Selling issue-based products within MediaOS is a necessary process. This article will discuss how to add, edit, and copy issues so you can ensure that your products are configured correctly.

Accessing Issues #

Complete these steps to access your product’s issues.

• Click Products using the left-hand navigation menu.
• Click Manage next to the issue-based product of your choice to display the product details.
• Click the Issues tab to see a list of your current issues.
• Here you will see a list of all your current issues, their sell-by dates, publication dates and release dates, as well as a few icons on the right side of the screen.
  • Sell By Date: This will lock the issue from selling new insertions as of this date, change this if you need to sell more insertions for a specific issue.
  • Press Date: The date that your issue is sent to the printer.
  • Release Date: The street date of your publication, this will affect invoicing.
• Click the Edit button on the right-hand side of an issue to edit the issue.
• If there are no line items sold for an issue, you’ll see a Delete button to the right of the Edit button, so you can delete the issue if you wish.

Adding a Single Issue to a Product #

• Click the +New button to see a drop down menu of the options you have when adding a new issue.

• Select Add Issue.
• A popup window will appear. Enter the following information.
  • Issue Name
  • Sell By Date
  • Press Date/Delivery Complete Date
  • Release Date
  • Rate Multiplier: This is an optional setting that will multiply any rates for line items assigned to this issue by the number entered. This is typically used for special edition issues.
  • Total Audience: This optional field will display the total audience the issue will reach.
• Click Save.

Mass Adding Issues #

The mass add issue option allows you to add all of your issues for the year at once.

• Click the +New Button and select Mass Add from the dropdown.
• Fill out the following fields:
  • Issue Per Year: the amount of issues you publish that year.
  • The date the first issue is mailed
    • This should be your first release date.
  • How many days prior to your mail date do you stop selling ads for the issue?
    • This will determine the Sell By Date.
  • How many days prior to your mail date do you send to press?
    • This will determine the Press Date.
• Click the Preview Issue Schedule button.
• You will be taken to a new screen with a list of issues and their sell by, press/delivery complete, and release dates.

• Name each issue and adjust the dates as needed.
• Select Create Issues.