Advertising Overview
the PAPER is a free community newspaperBoth editions of the PAPER have a combined circulation of over 53,000. The concept of these reader-friendly publications is total saturation coverage—street by street and house by house—in much of this four-county area. the PAPER has captured 1st- and 2nd-place honors numerous times in the "General Excellence" category in national competitions among free distribution weekly papers.
Service is our Specialty
Let our art department assist you with your advertising. We can help you design attractive display advertising and inserts to exciting colorful tabloids designed to suit your individual business. We can also help with layouts and ideas to make your advertising more effective. We have a library of illustration services to help you add quality and results to your advertising at no additional charge. Combining our experience and available resources with yours makes a winning professional team.
Advertising Deadlines
| Classified Advertising Copy (Elkhart County Edition) |
4:00 PM Friday |
| Classified Advertising Copy (Kosciusko County Edition) |
11:00 AM Monday |
| Display Advertising Copy (both editions) |
4:00 PM Friday |
Mechanical Requirements
| Columns per page |
5 |
| Column width in picas |
11 |
| Column width in inches |
1-13/16 |
| Points between columns |
12 |
| Page make up width in inches |
9-13/16 |
| Page make up depth in inches |
16 |
| Printing Process |
Offset |
| Material Preferred |
Camera-Ready |
| Columns |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| Inches |
1-13/16 |
3-13/16 |
5-13/16 |
7-13/16 |
9-13/16 | |
See our Ad Preparation Guide for more information