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Website Static Ad Units
Leaderboard (728x90) Skyscrapper (160x600)
Tower (160x300) Large Rectange (250x250)
Standard Banner (468x60) Square Tile (160x160)
Medium Rectangle (250x150)  


Newsletter Ad Units
Leaderboard (728x90) Large Rectangle (250x250)
Medium Rectangle (250x125) Banner (468x60)
Digital Ad Specifications
Ad Size gif/jpg file size Rich Media file size Expanded Dimensions Expansion Direction Polite file size (secondary load) Animation limit Looping limit
728 x 90 20k 30k 728 x 270 down 80k 30 sec 4 times
250 x 250 20k 35k 336 x 600 up or down 80k 30 sec 4 times
250 x 125 20k 35k 336 x 500 up or down 80k 30 sec 4 times
160 x 600 20k 35k 400 x 600 left or right 80k 30 sec 4 times
160 x 300 20k 35k 400 x 300 left or right 80k 30 sec 4 times
160 x 160 10k 15k N/A N/A 80k 30 sec 4 times
468 x 60 20k 35k N/A down 80k 30 sec 4 times
Additional Information:
Expandable Unites:
  • Expansion allowed on mouseover or click
  • Expansion hotspots cannot exceed 50% of total ad space
  • Audio: user initiated only
  • Video: host or user initiated
  • A visible close button or link is required


Audio/Video Specification
  • Audio is user initiated on mouse click
  • A visible mute button is required
  • Video can be either host or user initiated and must include video control buttons


Flash units
  • The following Clicktag must be assigned to button instance in the topmost layer.
      on(release) {
       getURL(clickTAG,“_blank“);
      }
  • Publish Flash ads as Flash 9 and provided a default GIF/JPEG for mobile browsers


HTML E-mail Newsletter
  • Accepted ad formats: GIF/JPEG (animated or static) - we do not accept rich media or 3rd party served creative
  • E-Newsletter Ad Dimensions and File Sizes:

    Ad Size gif/jpg file size Animated gif file size Animation limit Looping limit
    728 x 90 20k 35k 30 sec 4 times
    250 x 250 20k 35k 30 sec 4 times
    250 x 125 20k 35k 30 sec 4 times
    468 x 60 20k 35k 30 sec 4 times


Ad Creative Policy
  • Duncan McIntosh Company, Inc. has final approval for all ads with respect to editorial and creative content
  • Duncan McIntosh Company, Inc. reserves the right to remove an advertisement from its web sites at any time for any reason
  • Duncan McIntosh Company, Inc. maintains a 5 business day turnaround time on all campaign requests
Mechanical Requirements
AD SIZE BLEED LIVE/SAFETY NON-BLEED TRIM
Full Page 8.125" x 10.75" 6.875" x 9.625" 6.875" x 9.625" 7.875" x 10.5"
2-Page Spread 16" x 10.75" 14.75" x 9.625" 14.25" x 9.625" 15.75" x 10.5"
1/2 Page Spread 16" x 5.312" 14.375" x 4.687" 14.75" x 4.687" 15.75" 5.187"
2/3 Page Vertical 5" x 10.75" 4.5" x 9.625" 4.5" x 9.625" 5" x 10.5"
1/2 Page Vertical 4.028" x 10.75" 3.313" x 9.625" 3.313" x 9.625" 3.813" x 10.5"
1/2 Page Horizontal 8.125" x 5.312" 6.875" x 4.687" 6.875" x 4.687" 7.875" x 5.187"
1/2 Page Island 5.125" x 7.812" 4.5" x 7.187" 4.5" x 7.187" 5" x 7.687"
1/3 Vertical 2.812" x 10.75" 2.187" 9.625" 2.187" 9.625" 2.687" x 10.5"
1/3 Page Horizontal 8.125" x 3.75" 6.875" x 3.125" 6.875" x 3.125" 7.875" x 3.625"
1/3 Page Square 5.125" x 5.312" 4.5" x 4.687" 4.5" x 4.687" 5" x 5.187"
1/4 Page Vertical 3.938" x 5.312" 3.313" x 4.687" 3.313" x 4.687" 3.813" x 5.187"
1/4 Page Horizontal 8.125" x 2.938" 6.875" x 2.313" 6.875" x 2.313" 7.875" x 2.813"
1/6 Page Vertical N/A 2.187" x 4.687" 2.187" x 4.687" N/A
1/6 Page Horizontal N/A 4.5" x 2.313" 4.5" x 2.313" N/A

Specifications
Saddle stitch
Magazine trim size: 7.875" x 10.5"

Live Matter Safety
  • For full page ads, all live content intended to print must be kept at least .25" inside trim size.
  • For spread ads, all live content should be kept at least .25" from gutter for each side.
  • For safety information on partial ads, please refer to the mechanical specifications above.

Electronic Files (Preferred for All Ad Materials)

Electronic Files: Electronic files can be submitted on either CD, DVD or sent to our FTP.

High-resolution PDFX-1a is the preferred format, but we will accept EPS (with type outlined) or application files: Quark XPress 6.1, Illustrator 11.0, Photoshop 8. If sending application files, please be sure to include all supporting links (images, logos, etc.) and fonts (printer & screen). Microsoft Publisher, Word, PowerPoint and Pagemaker are unacceptable formats.

All color MUST be built in CMYK mode, not RGB. All color ads should be supplied with a "hard" color proof. We will accept a PDF for proofing, but be aware that every monitor renders color differently.

Publisher will not be responsible for color if a proof is not provided.

Digital ads may be e-mailed to: ads@editorandpublisher.com

Additional Charges
Advertiser-submitted files that are not output ready or do not meet our specifications will incur an additional prep charge of $100 per hour, billable in quarter-hour increments.

FTP info

Large files can be transmitted to us via our FTP site, although you will need an FTP program such as Fetch or Transmit to send files. File should be Stuffed or Zipped before sending.**

Please contact your sales represenative to retrieve the FTP connection and login information.

Please place files into the Incoming E&P Advertiser's folder After files have completed sending, please send an e-mail to ads@editorandpublisher.com with the file name and location.

**Note: When naming files, do not use any spaces or grammatical symbols in the file name, with the exception of an underscore.