OJD ( , "Circulation Audit Office"), formerly , is a French nonprofit organisation (in French: Association loi de 1901) that certifies the circulation of newspapers and

periodical Periodical literature (singularly called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) consists of Publication, published works that appear in new releases on a regular schedule (''issues'' or ''numbers'', often numerically divided into annu ...

s in France, to provide

advertiser Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to present a product or service in terms of utility, advantages, and qualities of interest to consumers. It is typically used ...

s with

audience measurement Audience measurement calculates how many people are in an audience, usually in relation to radio listenership and television viewership, but also in relation to newspaper and magazine readership and, increasingly, web traffic. The term is someti ...

figures.

History

In 1963, Buisson founded, at

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, the ''Fédération Internationale'', a federation of the OJD and

IFABC The International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations (IFABC) is an organisation founded in 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. IFABC is ''a voluntary cooperative federation of industry-sponsored organizations established in nations throughout th ...

, and became its honorary president. In 2005, ''Diffusion Contrôle'' was renamed ''OJD'', its trading name since 1946.''

Journal Officiel Associations A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

'', 2 April 2005

References

External links

* Official website Newspapers published in France 1922 establishments in France Market research companies of France Newspapers circulation audit {{france-org-stub