The Grant County News Since The Grant County Express Rate Schedule. Demographic and Rate Information:

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1 17. C lassified Rates (continued) b. Classified Display Rates, per column inch: News $6.58 Express $6.85 News & Express $ weeks consecutive News $6.27 Express $6.55 News & Express $11.03 Contract 52 weeks consecutive News $5.36 Express $5.62 News & Express $9.11 c. Employment Display Advertising, per column inch News $7.07 Express $7.52 News & Express $11.85 d. Posted Notice News & Express 52 weeks $ weeks $ C irculation a. The Express serves readers in and adjoining counties. There are 13,250 copies distributed every Monday. Approximately 12,812 of these are delivered by Standard Mail (3 rd class). b. The News is distributed on newsstands on Wednesday and by Periodical Mail on Thursday. Current paid distribution (Newspapers in Education not included), is 4,851 per USPS Statement of Circulation. Subscription Pr ice $32.86 annual rate for News and adjoining counties, $19.08 for six months. Elsewhere in Kentucky $46.64 for one year, $25.44 for six months and out of state for one year $ Online subscriptions available. visit our N E W Web Page at grantky.com 2011 Rate Schedule Effective January 1, 2011 for The News Since 1906 and The Express P O Box 247 Williamstown Kentucky Telephone (859) Fax (859) grantads@grantky.com Demographic and Rate Information: Publication of: Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc.

2 Call or for advertising plans and features (859) Sales Staff Ken Stone, Publisher May Evans, Special Section Advertising Janet McKee, Classified Advertising Anita Appler, Bookkeeper Phone Fax Mailing Address or Come In and See Us at P O Box South Main Street Suite B Williamstown KY Dry Ridge Kentucky Monday thru Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm EST 2. National Representation Kentucky Press Service Inc 101 Consumer Lane Frankfort KY Commission /Payment Terms a. Commissionable discount is available at 15% off the national rate only. Local retail is non-commissionable. No camera-ready discount. No charge for composition. b. Advertising is payable at time of purchase unless the advertiser or their agency has established credit with the publisher. Credit is gladly available for qualified customers. Accounts outstanding after the 25th day of the month are subject to a 1.5% monthly service charge. Credit will not be extended to past due accounts. c. Billing period is by the calendar month. Publisher reserves the right to collect in addition to the amount due, reasonable cost of the collection including attorney s fees and costs of litigation. Checks returned by the bank for any reason will be charged the bank Shelbyville, Kentucky 13. Con tract & Copy Regulations All Advertisers receiving contract rates must have a signed contract. Contract advertisers subject to extra assessment at termination of contract according to rate earned. 14. Deadlines News Monday at 3:00pm Express Thursday at 3:00pm Deadlines will be early during observed holidays 15. Mechanical Requirements R.O.P. advertising utilizes a 6 column x 21.5 page, whereas classifieds are 8 column x 21.5 page. R. O.P. C o lumn Size C lassified C o lumn Size Double Truck Special Classifications a. Political and Legal rates are the same as R.O.P. or classified rates, as earned per insertion. Political advertisements must be paid in advance. Going out of business (GOB # must publish), yard/moving/garage sale, thank you/in memory of and for sale by owner must be paid in advance. b. Small Business Special 2 column x 2 inch retail advertisement combination News, Express & Marketplace $31.60 per

3 processing fee as well as $40 for checks under $500 and an additional $10 per hundred over $500. d. Political advertising and Going out of Business advertising is accepted only with payment in advance. Going out of business advertisements must have a G.O.B. license number on each advertisement. 6. Kentucky Combo and Statewide Advertising a. Kentuck y Combo Network, including 30 plus newspapers that produce products each week. The News and other Kentucky newspapers offer you a combination rate with any combination of the other newspapers with one buy and one bill. The Kentucky Combo rate card accompanies this package or is available upon request. b. Statewide C lassifieds reach over 1 million readers through 70 Kentucky newspapers, dailies and weeklies. Strict deadlines apply. Payment and advertisement copy must be received by 5p.m. Monday to run the following week. Statewide rates are: $250 for 25 words, $7.00 per additional word. Must be paid in advance. Statewide classifieds run by way of the Kentucky Press Association and rates are subject to change throughout the year. 7. Color Rates O ne color.. One issue $85.00 O ne color.. Combination. $ Each additional color.. $60.00 per paper per color P rocess color.. $ per paper Page is at publisher s discretion based upon printing press page capacity. Color rates are non-commissionable and not discountable. 10. Special Services a. Proofs available upon request provided copy has been submitted 24 hours prior to deadlines. Proofs are for correction only, not redesign. b. Original art, photography and other specialized services are week with 52 week contract or combination $40.80 per week with 26 week contract. Copy changes allowed once per month. 17. C lassified Rates a. Reader Classifieds Kentuck y C lassified Network Four lines of text for one week in the News, Express and online $9.68. Commercial advertising for one week with four lines of text $ Employment advertising for one week with four lines of text $ There is an additional cost for each line after four. Multi week and publication discounts available. 4. Adver tising Rate Policies a. The publisher reserves the right to accept, classify, cancel, edit or reject any advertising copy submitted, and to place the word Advertisement on any advertisement. b. Publisher shall have no liability whatsoever, by reason of any error in connection with any advertisement (including without limitation) omissions or additions to advertisements. The Publisher shall have no liability for failure to publish any advertisement. The publisher will not be responsible for and shall incur no liability for errors that occur when copy is received by telephone. Written requests for adjustments must be made within 5 days of publication of the erroneous advertisement. c. The advertiser assumes full and complete responsibility for advertising content that is published. The advertiser shall indemnify and save the publisher harmless against any demands, claims or liability arising from the publication of said advertising copy. The advertiser shall reimburse the publisher in settlement of claims of satisfaction of judgments obtained by reason of the publication of such advertising copy together with, including, but not limited to attorney s fees and cost of litigation. d. The publisher s schedule of copy and proof deadlines must be observed to assure publications. Proofs when submitted, will be for typographical corrections only. e. Photographs of individuals for advertising use must be accompanied by a release from the individual. Release forms are available from your advertising representative. f. All political and issue ads are subject to approval and must be paid in advance.

4 available for a nominal fee. c. Photographs for ads can be taken by a newspaper representative at the newspaper office. No photos on deadline days. d. Front page of the Express reserved in advance holds an additional charge of $ Additional 10% charge for special positioning. e. Copies of ads designed and composed by the News and Express staff for publication in other non-landmark papers are subject to a fee of $ R.O.P. Depth Requirements Standard Page: Minimum display advertisement acceptable: 1 column x 1. Advertisements over deep will be billed full column depth of Advertisements must measure a minimum of as many inches deep as columns wide. g. Should any government body levy a tax on any advertising covered by this rate card, such tax will become an additional charge to the advertiser, over and above the rates mentioned herein. h. Advertising set up to resemble news matter must carry the word Advertisement at the top right corner of the advertisement. i. The News and Express will not accept brokered advertising. j. Non-profit organizations will be given a 25% discount off the open advertising rate for retail display advertising only. DEADLINES G rant News M onday at 3:00pm G rant Express T hursday at 3:00pm Deadlines will be early during observed holidays

5 e5. Retail Advertising Rates LOCAL RETAIL RATES Effective January 1, 2011 Open 2-3 wk News Express News & Express Determine Your Discount Based on Your Annual Spending Level Annual Spending News Express Combo Paper & Shopper Annual Spending News Express Combo Paper & Shopper <$500 $9.60 $10.30 $13.60 $10,000 $7.88 $8.45 $11.16 $500 $8.93 $9.58 $12.65 $15,000 $7.68 $8.24 $ $1,000 $8.84 $9.48 $12.52 $20,000 $7.49 $8.04 $10.61 $2,000 $8.64 $9.27 $12.24 $30,000 $7.30 $7.83 $10.34 $3,000 $8.45 $9.07 $11.97 $40,000 $7.11 $7.63 $10.07 $5,000 $8.26 $8.86 $11.70 $50,000 $6.92 $7.42 $9.80 $7,000 $8.07 $8.66 $11.43 * All spending (color, online, preprints, etc.) counts toward fulfillment. 2 Must 3 4 Choose Your Ad Size Discount Ad Size Discount Ad Size Discount % % % Full Page 25% be on a spending based contract. Add Color for 30% of net cost of ad Minimum Charge of $40 per paper. Color capacity may be limited. (Maximum cost per paper $225 with no setup fee) Place your ad in out online Marketplace for $8 per website per ad. COMBO ADVERTISING RATE Group rates are available when an identical ad is placed in two or more LCNI markets within a 7 day period. Please ask you advertising representative for additional information. Minimum ad size is Retail Advertising Rates (continued) Commissionable National Rates News $11.27 Express $12.11 News & Express $16.00 Pre-Print Flat Rate Pricing News Open 12x 24x 48x 4 Tab & Below $250 $240 $230 $220 Greater than 4 tab $330 $320 $310 $300 Express Open 12x 24x 48x 4 Tab & Below $500 $490 $480 $470 Greater than 4 tab $700 $690 $680 $670 Pre-prints with page weights exceeding newsprint may be subject to surcharge equal to the applicable mail rate. Pre-prints must meet all postal regulations Minimum insert charge of $150 for any pre-print count of less than full press run. Quarter Fold additional charge if pre-print is not quarter folded for the Express. Pre-prints must be scheduled 5 days prior to insertion and delivered during regular business hours to: News c/o Cynthiana Publishing Company 302 Webster Avenue Cynthiana KY Telephone: Fax:

6 L C NI markets within a 7 day period. Please ask you advertising representative for additional information. Minimum ad size is 3.