Advertise
The Bowdoin Orient Business Office
2008-2009
The Bowdoin Orient
6200 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011
orientads@bowdoin.edu
Phone: (207) 725-3053
Fax: (207) 725-3975
Business Manager: Jessica Haymon Gorlov
Advertising in the Orient
The Bowdoin Orient is the student newspaper of Bowdoin
College, located in Brunswick, Maine. The Orient has an average circulation
of 2300 copies per issue and reaches people of all ages locally, nationally,
and internationally. All of the readers are connected to Bowdoin College in
one way or another and most will at some point be in the area to use the community’s
resources—hotels, restaurants, and stores. Your decision to advertise with The
Orient will without a doubt help broaden your customer base and open doors
for your business in the immediate and distant future.
Advertising Rates
Publication Frequency: Every Friday while classes
are in session (see below for production schedule).
Average Circulation: 2300 copies, read by on-campus
by students, faculty, staff, and local residents, and off-campus by parents,
alumni, and friends of the College.
Columns: Five columns, each 1.84 inches wide with
a 0.25 inch margin between each column.
Deadlines: All ads should be received by 5:00 p.m.
on the Monday of the week they are to run.
Submission: We prefer ads submitted digitally via
email (as a .tif or .pdf file, for example), but we also accept ads at our
above mailing address.
Pre-payment Discount: We offer a 5% discount for pre-payment.
Frequency Discount: We offer a discount of 50% on
every fifth ad.
On-campus Discount: All campus organizations receive
a 50% discount on every ad.
Non-camera Ready Ads: Our staff can design and typeset
an ad for you. We charge an additional 10% of the cost of the first ad for
this service.
Payment: Invoices and one tear sheet will be sent
out after the publication of each issue (unless the advertiser requests additional
sheets or a whole issue).
| Description |
Camera Ready
Advertisement |
| Per Column Inch
|
$9.25 per vertical
inch |
| Full Page Ad
10.25 x 15 in. |
$565.00 |
| Half Page Ad Horizontal
10.25 x 7.5 in. |
$295.00 |
| Half Page Ad Vertical (small)
3.94 x 15.0 in. |
$240.00 |
| Half Page Ad Vertical (large)
6.04 x 15.0 in. |
$355.00 |
| Quarter Page Ad
6.04 x 6.0 in. |
$166.50 |
Classified Ads and Inserts |
The Orient does not accept Classified Advertising or Inserts. |
Business Cards |
Can be run as ads at a flat charge of $20.00. |
Production Schedule
Dates in gray are non-publication dates.
Fall
2008 |
Spring
2009 |
| Date |
Issue |
Notes |
Date |
Issue |
Notes |
| September 12 |
1 |
Back To School Issue |
January 23 |
13 |
|
| September 19 |
2 |
|
January 30 |
14 |
|
| September 26 |
3 |
|
February 6 |
15 |
|
| October 3 |
4 |
|
February 13 |
16 |
|
| October 10 |
|
Fall Vacation |
February 20 |
17 |
|
| October 17 |
5 |
Homecoming Issue |
February 27 |
18 |
|
| October 24 |
6 |
|
March 6 |
|
Spring Break |
| October 31 |
7 |
Parent's Weekend Issue |
March 13 |
|
Spring Break |
| November 7 |
8 |
|
March 20 |
|
Spring Break |
| November 14 |
9 |
|
March 27 |
19 |
|
| November 21 |
10 |
|
April 3 |
20 |
|
| November 28 |
|
Thanksgiving Break |
April 10 |
21 |
|
| December 5 |
11 |
|
April 17 |
22 |
|
| December 12 |
12 |
|
April 24 |
23 |
|
| December 19 |
|
Winter Vacation |
May 1 |
24 |
Graduation Issue |
For further information involving local ads, please contact our business team.
Jessica Haymon Gorlov & Lizzy Tarr
Bowdoin Orient Business Team
Phone: (207) 725-3053
Email: orientads@bowdoin.edu
For further information involving national ads, please contact our representative.
Marie Pierce
Account Manager
Toll-Free Phone: 1-888-897-7711 x 112
Phone: 1-603-898-7711 x 112
Fax: 978-231-0300
Yahoo SN: Workscreenname
AIM SN: RieB28
Email: mpierce@mymediamate.com
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