Ad Specifications

ETC.

SUBSCRIPTION: INSIDER $299.00 for one year, $399.00 per year in Canada, Mexico and foreign; HSR $55.00 for one year, $80.00 per year in Canada, $120.00 per year foreign; payable in U.S. funds only, non-refundable.

MATERIALS: Digital files/ad specifications: Must be designed in QuarkXpress, Photoshop or Illustrator. Must be CMYK for color. No Pantones unless specifically requested. Include all fonts, images and any other attachments needed for output. Please contact your traffic coordinator if other programs being used are not compatible with programs mentioned here. Instructions, additional specifications and support files are available on our Web site or by fax. Please call for more information.
Color proof required. Digital files are preferred. For an additional charge we will accept film. All supplied film will be CopyDot scanned.Web site :www.vpico.com/specs.

CLOSING: Digital files must be received by Virgo materials deadline date. Copy to be typeset or designed by Virgo must be received by Virgo 70 days prior to cover date. If copy or artwork has not been received by Virgo prior to press time, Virgo may elect to substitute available materials and previously run advertisements in their place. Cancellations not accepted unless received at least 60 days prior to cover date in writing.Cover date is the 1st of the month stated on the issue and in the advertising agreement unless otherwise specified.

FREQUENCY: HSR is published 12 times per year. INSIDER is published 13 times per year.

TERMS: All payment terms must be in writing and are subject to management approval. All invoices are net 10 days, unless otherwise specified. After 10 days, the gross rate stated in the advertising agreement will be due. Account balances with invoices past terms are subject to a 1 1/2% monthly finance charge and all invoices past terms may be subject to a 20% late fee.

COMMISSIONS: A 15% percent agency commission will be given to recognized agencies, provided invoices are paid within terms.

COLLECTIONS: Should advertiser and/or agency default on any of its payments of advertising bills, advertiser and/or agency become responsible for all costs of collection, including, but not limited to, collection fees, attorney fees, travel expenses, and court costs.

MISCELLANEOUS:

a.Virgo reserves the right, using its sole discretion, to accept, reject, or edit any advertisement not within Virgo’s publishing standards.

b.Advertiser and/or agency assumes sole responsibility for the content of all advertising printed by Virgo and will indemnify and hold Virgo harmless for any claims arising against Virgo, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, invasion of privacy, and trademark, and copyright infringement.

c. Virgo will charge the advertiser the prevailing market rates for the typesetting, layout, or designing of advertisements.

d. Advertiser and/or agency will be billed or have deducted from prepaid amount(s) any frequency discounts given by Virgo which become inapplicable due to schedule cancellation over the term of the agreement.Advertiser and/or agency will be billed at the current one-time rate when multiple insertion contracts and/or insertion orders are not on file with Virgo. Advertiser and/or agency has the option to revise a contract to increase or decrease the frequency rate. Decreases in frequency must meet Virgo’s written cancellation policy. In the event of a contract revision, advertiser and/or agency will either be short-rated or credited, depending on the actual earned space used or to be used.

e. Notice will be given before rate changes.Any contract made before rate changes will be billed at the new rate.

f.Advertising rates are based on an average paid and non-paid circulation of 11,000 for INSIDER and 17,600 for HSR. Exact circulation may vary from issue to issue.

g. Any advertiser and/or agency based in a foreign country must prepay for each advertising insertion prior to advertisement being published.

ONLINE AD REQUIREMENTS

Insertion Orders/Materials webtraffic@vpico.com

Ad Requirements File Format: GIF or JPEG
Java, Javascript, Shockwave or VRML are not accepted at this time. Maximim File Size 18K Animation Guidelines: Please no flashing images or rapid frame in animated GIF89a files.

Closing Materials: Submitted 2 weeks prior to start date. Don’t have an ad ready to go?
Contact your account executive for quotes.

Terms: All ads are pre-paid,Visa and Mastercard accepted. A 15% agency commission will be given to recognized agencies, provided invoices are paid within terms. Virgo reserves the right, using its sole discretion, to accept, reject or edit any advertisement not within Virgo’s publishing standards. Advertiser and/or agency assumes sole responsibility for the content of all advertising and will indemnify and old harmless Virgo Publishing and its subsidiaries for any claims arising against Virgo, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, invasion of privacy, and trademark and copyright infringement. Ads may rotate up to five advertisers per ad space.

Send Materials to: Attn. Traffic Coordinator, Virgo Publishing 3300 N. Central Ave. Ste. 300, Phoenix, AZ 85012.
Email: danielle@vpico.com

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