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Advertising, demographics, policies and design services

The print edition of onCampus gives advertisers entry into a unique print newspaper market — 19,000 faculty and staff and 4,000 select graduate students at The Ohio State University's Columbus campus. We send our newspaper — and your advertising message — directly to their campus mailboxes. Another 1,840 issues are distributed at more than 31 locations on and around the Columbus campus, and the newspaper also is mailed to 1,260 faculty/staff at OSU's five regional campus sites.

Our total circulation is 26,100.

Our highly educated readers consider us as a primary source of campus news. A 2008 survey of OSU faculty/staff lists onCampus readership — those who always, usually or sometimes read the paper — at an impressive 87 percent.

onCampus is published 21 times a year, on a biweekly basis on Thursdays during the academic year, and once a month in July, August and December.

Demographics/view pdf

onCampus testimonials/view pdf

Print publication rates, dates and deadlines

Policies

University departments, units, programs and organizations that advertise in onCampus must sign a contract in advance and provide payment by submitting a 100-W internal form or internal billing numbers.

Advertisers from outside OSU must sign a contract in advance and provide payment after an advertisement appears in the newspaper. Past due accounts are subject to finance charges. onCampus reserves the right to discontinue contracts for nonpayment. Ad space is taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

onCampus reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertisement for any reason, including, without limitation, advertisements that advocate sedition or other illegal actions; promote activities that are detrimental or damaging to Ohio State; or may be construed as defamatory, invasive of privacy, fraudulent or obscene. onCampus does not endorse the content of any of its advertisements. onCampus does not accept advertising for the sale of alchohol, tobacco products or firearms.

For Information

Bill Estep
Advertising Manager, onCampus
The Ohio State University
1125 Kinnear Road
Columbus, Ohio 43212-1153
Phone 614/292-8421
Fax 614/292-1861
E-mail estep.47@osu.edu

The Fine Print

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Advertising Submission. onCampus accepts digital advertisements prepared by clients. The preferred file format is high-resolution PDF files, followed by EPS and TIF files. For additional design guidelines, call (614) 292-8421. Ads may be submitted via e-mail to estep.47@osu.edu or through an FTP site (call for instructions). All ads are subject to approval.

Design Services. onCampus also designs ads according to client input. Clients work on ad design with an onCampus designer. The cost is $75 per hour.

Color Ink. Black ink is standard. Color costs are: $120 for OSU red (Pantone 200); $230 for all other spot choices; and $335 for 4-color at full-page and A sizes, and $167.50 for ads smaller than the A size.

Multiple Insertion Discounts. See the rate chart.

Guaranteed Positioning. Special positioning is available on some pages for an additional charge.

We offer:

  • The Faculty & Staff island ad, which gives advertisers a G-, D- or DD-sized ad prominently placed on one of our most popular pages: $125 surcharge.
  • Page 2, Page 3 and inside back page positioning: $125 surcharge.
  • Back page placement: $250 surcharge for a full-page ad; $125 for a half-page ad. All other advertising placement is at the discretion of onCampus.

Editorial Inserts. onCampus offers its center spread for editorial inserts and reports on a first-come, first-served basis. onCampus also runs pre-printed inserts. For costs and other details, call (614) 292-8421.

Advertising Responsibility. The advertiser assumes responsibility for the accuracy of the content of any advertisement submitted. All advertisements must be clearly recognizable as advertising by their design.

Limitation of Liability. By submitting advertising to onCampus, the advertiser must agree to indemnify and hold harmless onCampus from any and all claims, actions, suits, proceedings, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities arising out of, connected with, or resulting from any advertisement (including illustrations, text, layout, positioning, etc.) published at the advertiser’s request.

Contracts. Advertisers must sign a contract in advance, and will be billed by insertion.

Late Fee. A $25 late charge will be assessed for advertisements delivered later than three working days before the publication date.

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