SUBMIT AN ARTICLE
We encourage anyone with an interest in the mountain community to submit articles, letters, photos, and art. Please call Mountain Network News at 408-353-1901, or e-mail news@mnn.net

Mail submissions to:

Mountain Network News
23625 Sky View Terrace
Los Gatos, CA 95033-9212

Please type your submissions. Don't worry about formatting. All articles and letters are reformatted. Photos may be sent via email attachments in tif or jpg format. Use the full resolution and picture size available. If you have several pictures, send them separately. Larger photos should be emailed to mnnews@comcast.net. If you mail us a print, be sure it is protected by heavy cardboard.

We reserve the right to edit submissions.

We assume no responsibility for authors' opinions, errors, or omissions.

 


PLACE A DISPLAY AD
We publish monthly. Closing date is the tenth of the preceding month. (January ads and editorial close December 10.)

New advertisers must pay for their first ad in advance. Please mail a check. We assume no responsibility for advertisers' submission. Frequency discounts require a written contract signed by the advertiser and the publisher. Advertisers who do not meet the terms of their contract are subject to a short rate for previous ads run at a frequency discount.

Mail your check to Mountain Network News, 23625 Sky View Terrace, Los Gatos, CA 95033-9212.

For advertising information, call Neil or Marlene Wiley at 408-353-1901.

Preferred format is PDF. Be sure that fonts are embedded, and that the ad meets size requirements. Color ads should use CMYK color format rather than RGB. Black and white ads should be in gray scale. If you would like us to prepare your ad, we can arrange for design and production.

CIRCULATION: Over 4,000 households via postal delivery and distribution via advertisers.

 

 

Mountain Network News
Rate Card
2017-2018

 

Advertising Rates
Black and white

 

1 time rate
$

 

6 time rate
$

 

12 time rate
$

Business card

150

140

130

Jumbo business card

215

205

200

Quarter page

275

250

240

Third page

375

350

325

Half page

450

420

400

Two-thirds page

560

540

510

Page

850

825

770

Insert (loose) includes collation

970

935

900

Insert (bound in) includes collation, assembly, bindery, and special position, but not printing

2035

1990

1940

Charges for special position and color
(No change from 2016 rates)

 

1 time rate

6 time rate

12 time rate

Special position

Add 20% to base rate

Add 20% to base rate

Add 20% to base rate

Four-color 2/3 or page

Add $500

Add $475

Add $450

Four-color fractional

Add $250

Add $240

Add $230

Business card
in color

Add $100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classified ads—$8 per line (approximately 34 to 36 characters and spaces)
(Classified ad rate raised by $1 per line for 2017)

For more information:

  • Call Neil Wiley, publisher, at 408-353-1901

  • Email news@mnn.net or mnnews@comcast.net

  • Mail to Mountain Network News, 23625 Skyview Terrace, Los Gatos, CA 95033

For contract form and copies of the revised rate card, visit www.mnn.net.

 

 

 

 

Ad Size

Business card, vertical

3 3/4" high by 2 1/4" wide

Business card, horizontal

2 1/4" high by 3 3/4" wide

Jumbo business card

2 1/4" high by 5 " wide

Quarter page, vertical

4 1/2" high by 3 5/ 8" wide

Quarter page, horizontal

2 1/4" high by 7 1/4" wide

Third page, column

10" high by 2 1/4 " wide

Third page, horizontal

3 1/4" high by 7 1/4" wide

Half page

4 1/2" high by 7 1/4" wide

Two-thirds page

2 columns,
10" high by 5" wide

Page

11" high by 8 1/2 wide

 

We reserve the right to refuse editorial submissions, advertising, web page links, and listings.

PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD

Cost is $8 a line . Classified advertisers may receive a free listing of their ads at the MNN website. Email your classified ad to news@mnn.net. Or you can mail your classified ad to Mountain Network News, 23625 Sky View Terrace, Los Gatos, CA 95033. We'll call you to confirm the price. Deadline: 10th of the preceding month.

INSERT

Loose 8 1/2" by 11" sheet, one or two sides. Advertiser to supply 4300 printed pieces. Call Neil Wiley, (408) 353-1901 or 353-1546, to discuss mechanical requirements, closing date for materials and other details. Bound-in inserts also available.


SUBSCRIBE

Mountain Network News is mailed free of charge to all households and businesses on all rural routes out of Los Gatos and to all Redwood Estates boxholders. The circulation area includes the Santa Cruz Mountain communities of Lakeside, Lexington and Loma Prieta, including the Summit area, Redwood Estates. Aldercroft Heights, Holy City, Las Cumbres, Skyland, Hutchison Road area, Chemeketa Park and Glenwood.

If you live outside this area, or wish to give a gift of the MNN, a subscription mailed first class anywhere in the USA costs $36 for twelve issues. Call Neil Wiley at (408) 353-1901 or 353-1546 for information.


 

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