Advertise
The Bowdoin Orient Business Office
2007-2008

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 Tuesday 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
|
$8.95 per vertical
inch |
| Full Page Ad
10.25 x 15 in. |
$535.00 |
| Half Page Ad Horizontal
10.25 x 7.5 in. |
$275.00 |
| Half Page Ad Vertical (small)
3.94 x 15.0 in. |
$225.00 |
| Half Page Ad Vertical (large)
6.04 x 15.0 in. |
$325.00 |
| Quarter Page Ad
6.04 x 6.0 in. |
$161.00 |
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
2007 |
Spring
2008 |
| Date |
Issue |
Notes |
Date |
Issue |
Notes |
| August 31 |
|
No Issue |
January 25 |
13 |
|
| September 7 |
1 |
|
February 1 |
14 |
|
| September 14 |
2 |
|
February 8 |
15 |
|
| September 21 |
3 |
|
February 15 |
16 |
|
| September 28 |
4 |
|
February 22 |
17 |
|
| October 5 |
|
Fall Break |
February 29 |
18 |
|
| October 12 |
5 |
Homecoming Weekend |
March 7 |
|
Spring Break |
| October 19 |
6 |
|
March 14 |
|
Spring Break |
| October 26 |
7 |
Parents Weekend |
March 21 |
|
Spring Break |
| November 2 |
8 |
|
March 28 |
19 |
|
| November 9 |
9 |
|
April 4 |
20 |
|
| November 16 |
10 |
|
April 11 |
21 |
|
| November 23 |
|
Thanksgiving Break |
April 18 |
22 |
|
| November 30 |
11 |
|
April 25 |
23 |
|
| December 7 |
12 |
|
May 2 |
24 |
|
For further information, contact our representative.
Marie Bergeron
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: mbergeron@mymediamate.com
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