ADVERTISING RATES
Effective January 2010

A high quality advertising medium with a specialized targeted audience for businesses to introduce and expose their products and services.

The Golf News is a tabloid size monthly publication designed to communicate information on the local golf scene for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and surrounding areas. It serves as a communications vehicle for the golfing industry and as a catalyst for the golf fraternity.

Circulation and Distribution – The Golf News distributes up to 12,000 copies throughout Atlantic Canada free of charge starting in April and continues on a monthly basis until October of each year to all the golf clubs, related businesses and key distribution points throughout Atlantic Canada (a total of seven issues per year).

Advertising Rates

Black & White Measurements
    Width Height
Full Page $1,295 10.625" 11.25"
3/4 Page $1,095 10.625" 8.125"

1/2 Page H

$895 10.625" 5.375"
1/2 Page V $895 5.25" 10.825"
1/4 Page H $595 10.625" 2.625"
1/4 Page V $595 5.25" 5.375"
1/6 Page H $495 5.25" 3.5417"
1/6 Page V $495 3.4583" 5.375"
1/8 Page H $395 5.25" 2.625"
1/8 Page V $395 2.5625 5.375"
Earlug $295 2.025" 2.15"

Other sizes are also available on request.

Guaranteed Position
Front Page earlug $295
Inside Cover 25% extra
Other postions available on request

Colour Charges
Full process colour $595
(Advertisers to supply materials)

Commissions and Cash Discounts
15% discount allowed to recognized agencies.

AD DESIGN INFORMATION
Computer Specs
The Golf News is composed on a Macintosh computer system. Documents being sent must be compatible with the following programs . . . InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, Adobe Acrobat (print ready pdfs)

Computer File Transfer
Electronically created ads must be sent via our FTP site, email or CD.

FTP Settings
Please compress files before uploading.
Host: golfnewsonline.ca
User Name (ID): user.golfnewsonline.ca
Password: GNftp

Printing/Scanning Specs
• 300 DPI photo images & 1200 DPI line art images
• Use flattened TIFF and EPS files only
• Use CMYK, grayscale, duotone, and bitmap images only
• NO JPEG, GIFS, RGB, or Index colour
• Please check all of your trapping before an ad is sent
• Be sure to delete any channels or layers before sending the files
• Make sure “black” ink areas are made of black ONLY and not CMYK.
• Send the ad document and all fonts & graphics contained in it, plus a hard copy.
• Send ALL Fonts (printer and screen) used in the document and in vector eps.

Mechanical Specifications
Tabloid size – Image area 10.625” x 11.25” Printing Method – web offset
Material to be supplied on disk or electronically

Publication Date
Monthly (April – October) 7 issues per year

Deadline
7th day of each month, unless informed otherwise.

Golf News Graphic Design Department info
Kim Gallant-Wills, Graphic Designer, Golf News
Phone: 902-864-4480   Fax: 902-864-4435    Email: kwills@ns.sympatico.ca

Advertising Benefits
A high quality advertising medium
Distributed FREE of charge
Projected readership of 4.5 per copy
A specialized market
A targeted audience
A professionally designed publication
A catalyst for the golfing and business fraternity
20 years in the golf industry
Atlantic Canada’s Golf Newspaper
Electronic ONLINE version


Fairway Promotion Inc.
33 Lexington Av
Fall River, NS
B2T 1E7

Tel: (902) 861-(4653) Fax: (902) 860-2191
e-mail: golf.news@ns.sympatico.ca