History
The history of WEMF
RAPID
Launch of RAPID (Realtime API-Dataset) as the second offering of the Better Prediction Initiative (BPI).
BPI & PAC
Launch of the "Better Prediction Initiative" (BPI) with the first "Prediction Accuracy Check" (PAC)
Agency.OS
Go-live of the tool Agency.OS
MACH Total Audience
Launch of the new MACH Total Audience
DOOH and Streaming
Integration of digital out-of-home (DOOH) and streaming services (audio / video) into the MACH strategy
KTQs
Publication of contact and title qualities (KTQs) for print media
Social Media
Integration of social media into the MACH strategy
MACH Values
Launch of the MACH Values psychography study
DOOH-Audit
Launch of the WEMF DOOH audit for the certification of DOOH campaigns
MA Net
First edition of the MA Net Internet study
MedienDB
Launch of MedienDB, the database for planning advertising campaigns
Readers E-Paper
Integration of the e-paper readership into MACH Basic
IGEM-Digimonitor
First publication of the IGEM Digimonitor together with the Interessengemeinschaft Elektronische Medien
Ad-hoc Research
New area of individual ad hoc research is initialised
NEXT>LEVEL
Launch of the web-based data portal NEXT>LEVEL
MACH Total Audience
First edition of MACH Total Audience (combined print and online reach of media brands at currency level)
Product Consulting
Initialisation of the new "Product Consulting" division
MACH Cinema
First edition of the MACH Cinema currency study
MA Sponsoring
First publication of MA Sponsoring in cooperation with JB Felten & Cie AG - until 2024
MA Radar
First edition of MA Radar (now MACH Values)
NET Metrix
Foundation of the company NET-Metrix AG, which collected the online reach of all participating websites as an official media currency until 2020
MA Strategy
Expansion of the "MA Strategy" to include the media category "Websites".
i-jic
The WEMF is a founding member of the International Association of Joint Industry Committees (i-jic).
Circulation certification
Introduction of circulation certification as a basis for indirect press promotion
MA Comis
First publication of the "MA Comis" with data on the number of users of web offerings
MA Strategy
Start of the intermediate study MA Strategy - today: MACH Strategy
MA Leader
Start of the MA Leader study - until 2015
MACH Online
Introduction of the WEMF online tool "MACH Online" for efficient access to WEMF research and statistical data.
WEMF Association
Foundation of the WEMF association as the organisation responsible for WEMF AG für Werbemedienforschung
MACH Consumer
First publication of the newly designed national market media study MACH Consumer.
Renaming
Renaming to "AG für Werbemedienforschung"
MACH Basic
First edition of the MACH Basic readership study
MACH research system
Start of the MACH research system
Qualitative media study
Publication of the experimental study "Qualitative Media Study (QMS)" with comparative data on the contact and title qualities of Swiss newspapers and magazines
Media Analysis Executives
The "Media-Analyse Führungskräfte (MAF)" is carried out for the first time in French-speaking Switzerland under the name "Analyse média des dirigeants (AMD)"
KMS
First edition of the KMS (Consumer Media Study - today: MACH Consumer)
Supplementary media studies
Merger with the AG für Ergänzende Mediastudien EMS (publisher of the first consumer media studies)
Cinema research
Inclusion of cinema research as part of readership research.
Certification of the KS / CS association
Integration of the KS / CS Communication Association Switzerland
Start of circulation figures
The WEMF takes over the certification of the Swiss Advertising Federation / SRV-FRP (now Kommunikation Schweiz KS/CS)
Start readership research
First publication of a joint readership research (Leserforschung 1965 / Analyse des lectuers 1965)
Foundation
Foundation of WEMF by the VSM, ks/cs and VSW associations (or their predecessor organisations) and positioning as responsible for community research on readership, audience and listening.