Student Printz Advertising Rate Card 2009 - 2010

CAMERA-READY REQUIREMENTSTo assure the best quality electronic reproduction of your adver-tisement: All work should be sent in Adobe PDF format with fonts em-bedded. Set up colors as process (CMYK) colors at 300 ppi. All photos to print in black and white should be in grascale mode at 300 ppi, 3 percent highlight and 85 percent shadow.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINGClassifi ed ads are now available online at www.stu-dentprintz.com/pages/classifi eds/ or click the link for Classifi eds on The Student Printz homepage. The base cost is $3.75 and anyone can register as a user and en-ter thei own ad. The system will show you what the ad will look like and how much it will cost efore you eer have to commit to pay for it. Your ad will appear on the webpage and in the print edition of The Student Printz.

INSERTSThe price for preprinted free standing inserts is $120 per thou-sand. No agency discounts are available. The maximum size for inserts is 10 x 13 inches. Five days lead time required.

Ship inserts to:Signature Offset

2610 Lakeview RoadHattiesburg, MS 39401

Reference: USM/The Student Printz

COLUMN SIZESWe are a tabloid newspaper with a printable area of 10” width and 13.75” height.

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1.9414.05”6.158”8.226”10.374”21.51”13.75”

DISPLAY ADVERTISINGDisplay ads provide the perfect advertising opportunity for area businesses, university departments, and individuals advertising products, services or special events. A display advertisement is an ad that has an artistic element along with the message and is priced by column inches. The number of column inches is determined by multiplying the number of columns horizontally by the ad’s height in inches. For example, a 2x5 ad (2 columns wide by 5 inches deep) would equal a total of 10 column inches.RATES Local open rate: $6 per column inch National rate: $12 per column inchContract rates are available to local advertisers only. Ask your sales representative for more details. Local rates apply to businesses owned and operated in the Hattiesburg area. National rates apply to all other businesses. No agency discounts are available. The national advertising rate is charged to anyone who takes a commis-sion or fee.

BUSINESS BUILDERBusinesses that advertise in the Thursday edition can repeat the same ad with no changes in the following Tuesday edition for $4.25 per column inch. Offer does not apply to national advertisers, ad agencies, or local contract advertisers. The Business Builder special is only for Thursday-Tuesday consecutive runs, not Tuesday-Thurs-day.

COLORColor is available with a one-week advance notice. Spot color is $50 and 4-Color Process (CMYK) is $200.

DESIGNWe offer ad design and layout services at no additional cost to our advertisers. Ask your sales representative for more information.

PROOFSAd proofs are available if ads are submitted thre working days prior to the publication deadline. There is no additional charge for the proof or for ad pickup.

TEARSHEETSTearsheets are provided for all display advertisers, and are available by request for classified advertisers who provide a self-addressed stamped envelope for each issue requested.

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ADVERTISING POLICY The Student Printz, through its advertising manager and publica-tions manager, reserves the right to reject any advertising copy based on guidelines adopted by the University of Southern Mis-sissippi Board of Publications. Those guidelines are posted on our website: www.studentprintz.com

The Student Printz will accept advertising for legal activities only. Advertising considered libelous will not be printed. The Student Printz will not accept ads that give only an address, e-mail address, or telephone number and that do not give the name of the business or organization placing the advertisement.

Advertising credit requirements include: • All new accounts must pay in advance. • Political advertisements must be paid in advance. • All classifieds must be paid in advance. • All dot-com businesses must pay in advance.

The Student Printz is not liable for damages in any advertisement or for more than the cost of the space occupied by the erroneous ad. The Student Printz is not bound by any conditions, printed or otherwise, on insertion orders, contracts, or copy instructions when such conflicts with policies covered by this rate card.

ADVERTISING DEADLINES Edition Deadline Thursday........Monday Noon Tuesday.........Thursday Noon

CONTACT USAdvertising Manager (601) 266-5188Publications Manager (601) 266-6746Executive Editor (601) 266-6431Newsroom (601) 266-4266FAX (601) 266-4268

Mail: Physical address:

The Student Printz The Student Printz

The University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi

118 College Drive #5088 2609 West Fourth St.

Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Advertising e-mail address: Web site:

[email protected] www.studentprintz.com

AA/EOE/ADAI USM49927.5088 5.04

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For more information or to reserve your ad space call (601) 266-5188 or email [email protected]

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2009-2010 Publication Dates

Full Page68.60 column inches

5 columns by 13.72 inches

Half Page34.05 column inches

5 columns by 6.81 inches

Other commonly requested sizes:

Business Card Small Rectangle Runner 4 column inches 10 column inches 15 column inches 2 columns by 2 inches 2 columns by 5 inches 5 columns by 3 inches (actual size: 4.05”x2”) (actual size: 4.05”x 5”) (actual size: 10.374”x3”) not available on page one

We run ads of ANY SIZE. These are just a few commonly requested units. If you would like help in finding a size that meets you needs and your budget, contact our advertising department. We are happy to work with you to customize a package for you.

(601) 266-5188 [email protected] www.studentprintz.com

34.24 column inches4 columns by 8.56 inches




Sample Sizes for print edition

Horizontal Banner Ad: 468 px by 60 px

Actual size

Actual size

Medium Rectangle Ad: 300 px by 250 px Vertical Banner Ad:160 px by 600 px

Online Advertising: The Student Printz Online receives an average of more than 25,000 hits per month. An online ad can be linked so viewers click on the ad and are taken to your web site. Horizontal banner ads appear in the middle of our site. Rectangle and vertical banner ads appear on the right side of our site. All ads are run-of-site (placed on all site pages and run in rotation with other ads the same size. GIF, JPC, PNC and SWF (Flash) formats are accepted. A GIF may be animated.

Rates for any size ad are the same:$150 per month

$500 per semester$750 per year

Need assistance or have questions? Call us at 601-266-5188 or email [email protected]

www.studentprintz.com

Sample Sizes for online edition

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Student Printz Advertising Rate Card 2009 - 2010