Loxton News Cover

A consistent award winner in SA Country Press Association annual judging, The Loxton News is published at Loxton, the business centre for both the largest irrigation area in the Riverland region of South Australia and also the Northern Mallee farming district.

Citrus, grapes, almonds, olives, stone fruits, vegetables, cereals, sheep, wool and cattle are products of the Loxton district, as are wine, fruit juice, olive oil and dried fruit.

Located on the River Murray, 250km north east of Adelaide, Loxton is the administrative centre of the Loxton Waikerie Council.

The Loxton News is part of the Taylor owned Murray Pioneer Group, with sister newspapers in SA’s Riverland at Renmark (The Murray Pioneer), Waikerie (The River News), Pinnaroo (The Border Times), Gawler (The Bunyip) and in Burra (The Mid North Broadcaster).

For further information about multi-paper buys with attractive rates for all six newspapers contact the Advertising Department on (08) 8584 7271.

ADVERTISING RATES AND INFORMATION

Rates effective 1 July 2007 — 30 June 2008

DISPLAY ADVERTISING
TotalDiscount
CASUAL$4.77
500cm ($2,195)$4.398%
1,000cm ($4,100)$4.1014%
2,500cm ($9,650)$3.8619%
5,000cm ($18,350)$3.6723%
7,500cm ($24,675)$3.2931%

*Per single column centimetre. All prices quoted with GST inc

INSERT RATES

Minimum 12c per insert (GST inclusive)

Over 16 pages or tabloid size - Price on application

COLOUR ADVERTISING RATES
SPOT COLOUR$180
FULL COLOUR$565
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Minimum $13.00 for 18 words or less.

Each additional four words after (or part thereof) is an extra $1.50. (GST inclusive).

Note: Payment required (cash/credit card) on submission of classified advertisement unless an account is already established.
PAGE LOADINGS
PAGE 215%
PAGE 350%
PAGE 525%
* Preference will be given to advertisements carrying loadings.
COVER PRICE
$1.20GST inclusive

BOOKINGS AND COPY DEADLINES

DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES — Published Wednesday

BOOKINGS & COPY:

Display Advertisements Booking: 5pm Friday
Display Advertisements Copy: 10.30am Monday
Classified Advertisements: 10.30am Tuesday
Cancellation deadline: 5pm Friday

*Complete artwork must be submitted as per the specifications outlined below.

MECHANICAL DATA
CIRCULATION
2,400
READERSHIP
7,200
COLUMN DEPTH40cm
Column Width3.4cm
2 Columns7.2cm
3 Columns11cm
4 Columns14.7cm
5 Columns18.5cm
6 Columns22.3cm
7 Columns26.2cm
Gutter Width4.2mm

ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSFER

Platforms Accepted:

PC Only (not Macintosh)

Applications Accepted:

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, CorelDraw.

Microsoft Word is for text only and is not an approved application for advertisements or photographs.

Graphics/photographs must be supplied as separate .jpg files and at least 200dpi and no greater than 300dpi, if colour, CMYK.

Saving to disk/CD:

When saving to disk the following must be included: original graphic files, fonts used, hard copy proof (colour if the advertisement is colour).

Submitting advertisements:

Advertisements accepted by email, USB flash drive and CD for PC. Our preferred method of file is Adobe Acrobat PDF. All fonts must be embedded. Any colour must be CMYK (NOT RGB).

Do not use True Type fonts. If advertisement is mono (black only) please supply in mono, not in colour.

This also applies to any logos or graphics.

Provider’s responsibility:

Ensure advertisement bookings are made before sending copy.

All advertisements must adhere to the above conditions and contain information on the application used, which platform and contact phone number/fax number of provider.

Any difficulties please call the Production Department on 8584 7271.

Email Address: ads@loxton-news.com.au