Architecture Minnesota 2008 Media Information

Architecture Minnesota Magazine is regional, award-winning, and the official publication of AIA Minnesota, a Society of the American Institute of Architects. Each bi-monthly issue reaches architects, designers, specifiers, owners, and construction professionals, as well as building product decision makers in Minnesota, North and South Dakotas, western Wisconsin, and northern Iowa.

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Editorial Calendar by Issue
Issue	Focus	Reserve By & Materials Due
2008
Jan/Feb	Energy Design Directory: Consulting Engineers	Nov 2 & Nov 9 2007
Mar/Apr	AIA Minnesota Honor Awards & Landscape Architecture Directory: Landscape Architecture Firms	Jan 4 & Jan 11 2008
May/Jun	Housing for Lifestyles Directories: AIA Minnesota Firms, Consultants	Changed Feb 29 & Mar 7 2008
Jul/Aug	150 Years of Minnesota Architecture Directory of Renovations, Remodeling, Restoration	May 2 & May 9 2008
Sept/Oct	Interiors Directories: Interior Architecture/Interior Design	(NEW) July 3 & July 11 ‘08
Nov/Dec	Minnesota Architects Work Around the World AIA Minnesota Convention Issue Directory of General Contractors	Sept 5 & Sept 12 2008
2009
Jan/Feb	To Be Determined Directory: Consulting Engineers	Nov 7 & Nov 14 2008
Mar/Apr	AIA Minnesota Honor Awards & Landscape Architecture Directories: Landscape Architecture Firms	Jan 9 & Jan 16 2009
May/Jun	Housing for Lifestyles Directory: AIA Minnesota Firms, Consultants	Mar 6 & Mar 13 2009

READERSHIP

4,600 DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND FIRMS
AIA Minnesota members, which include registered architects, intern architects and interior designers, representing over 320 architecture firms in Minnesota; non-member registered architects in Minnesota; AIA firms in adjacent states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Northern Iowa and Western Wisconsin; selected AIA firms and members throughout the U.S.; Minnesota Chapter Members of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) , the International Facilities Managers Association (IFMA), and deans of all accredited schools of architecture in the United States and Canada.

2,200 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LEADERS
Members of the following organizations: Minnesota Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Associated General Contractors (AGC), American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC) of Minnesota, Associated Builders- Contractors (ABC), local and national developers and contractors.

1,100 PAID SUBSCRIBERS (other than industry professionals)

1,500 PRIMARY DECISION MAKERS
Minnesota legislators; selected Upper Midwest college and university presidents; Minnesota public libraries; Minnesota county administrators; Minnesota municipalities with 5000+ population; CEO’s of selected privately-held and publicly-held companies; Minnesota media, including major newspapers, TV and radio stations and periodicals.

1,700 NEWSSTAND DISTRIBUTION
Throughout Minnesota - Distributed by St. Marie’s Gopher News Company, and Valley News Company Nationally – distributed by Ingram Periodicals

Bonus Distribution
Throughout the year in excess of 10,000 to conferences, workshops, and other events of importance to architects and the construction industry in the Upper Midwest, plus distribution at the Annual Convention & Products Exposition of the American Institute of Architects Minnesota (AIA Minnesota) and various Home and Garden Shows.

Architecture Minnesota has readers in all 50 states and many foreign countries.

Publication Date
Published two weeks prior to the issue month, i.e. May/June issue published mid April.

2008 Advertising Rates (gross) (for black & white ads per issue)

COLOR RATES PER TIME. Add to above appropriate figure.

4-color $550 (CMYK)
2-color (process) $300
3-color (process) $350

COVERS: Publisher chooses covers and location.
BLEED: No charge for bleed if client is on contract for three issues or more.
BLOW-IN CARDS: Do not offer.
COMMISSIONS AND DISCOUNTS: 15% commission on gross rates listed above to advertising agencies And 15% discount to those clients on a 3x, 4x or 6x contract. Discounts will not be given if ads are not ready for press.

Contract and Content Regulations

ADVERTISING RESPONSIBILITY
Advertisers and their agencies assume liability for all content of advertisements printed and assume responsibility for any claims which may arise from their advert- tising. The publisher reserves the right to reject any advertising. Publisher is not liable for errors in key numbers or the advertising index.

CLOSING DATES AND CANCELLATIONS
If copy is not received by the closing date and the insertion order has not been cancelled, the previous advertisement of the advertiser will be inserted. Cancellations are not accepted after the closing date. Cancellations of any portion of a contract voids rate guarantee.

RATES
Advertising must be inserted within one year of the first insertion to earn the contract frequency discount rate. If the number of insertions is not specified on the order or the contract, each insertion will be billed at the one-time rate (1X). Advertising ordered at a frequency discount rate and not earned within one year from the first insertion will be billed at earned rate or will be short-rated. Mixed ad sizes and the addition of color (at the appropriate additional charge) are permitted in the contract period; however, ads may only increase in size.

COMMISSIONS AND DISCOUNTS
See above.

TERMS Net 30 days.

LATE PAYMENT CHARGES A service charge of 1.5% per month will be added.

Digital Requirements Note Changes from 2007

Architecture Minnesota is printed on a web press on 60# white, coated stock. Covers are 100# Recovery. The magazine is perfect bound. Ink is soy-based. ADS MUST BE READY FOR PLACEMENT (ad is complete). NO PREPRESS.

4 COLOR PROCESS - 175 line screen. Overall maximum density of all colors not to exceed 280%

BLACK & WHITE ADS - Black and white EPS files of TIFF files in grayscale mode.

MEDIA - CDs

FILE FORMATS: MAC FORMAT ONLY. QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop andPDF’s are accepted. NOTE: If sending a PDF from a QuarkXPress file, it must be made with Acrobat Distiller ONLY (not exported directly). Other programs listed above can be exported directly to a PDF. If sending original files, be sure to include all images and fonts used.

IMAGES/SCANS 300 dpi saved as a TIFF or EPS. Images provided on a disk must be in a CMYK format and color corrected. NOT ACCEPTED - Spot, Pantone/PMS, RGB color, or JPEG images and images below 300 dpi (such as from a website – 72 dpi).

ACCEPTED FONTS - Postscript Type 1 or Type 3. NO TrueType fonts accepted. Use stylized fonts and do not use menu-styled fonts for bold, italic, or bolt italic type. All fonts used in art files (EPS and TIFF) must be converted to outlines. All printer and screen fonts MUST BE INCLUDED with all digital files. When creating PDFs, make sure all fonts are embedded.

LOGOS AND ARTWORK should be EPS. Avoid rotation and cropping of images in layout programs. Do not nest EPS files in other EPS files. All color MUST BE CMYK.

PRODUCTION QUESTIONS ONLY: Email Emily Dowd, dowd@aia-mn.org

SPECS:List file format, fonts, and color specs on a separate sheet of paper. Label CD with client name, contact name, return address, phone number and email address.

AD SUBMISSION: Send specs, CD, and two proofs (or color outputs) of the ad to Judith Van Dyne, 275 Market St., Ste. 54, Minneapolis, MN 55405 or email a PDF to archmnads@gmail.com. For large files, contact Emily Dowd at dowd@aia-mn.org.

Fractions	Decimals
Trim size – 9 x 11
Full page - 8-1/16” x 9-15/16”	8.0625” x 9.9375”
Full page bleed - 9” x 11” trim
File size 9-1/4” x 11-1/4”	9.25” x 11.25”
2/3 page vertical - 5-1/4” x 9-15/16”	5.25” x 9.9375”
1/2 page horizontal - 8-1/16” x 4-13/16”	8.0625” x 4.8125”
1/3 page box - 5-1/4” x 4-13/16”	5.25” x 4.8125”
1/3 page vertical – 2-1/2” x 9-15/16”	2.5” x 9.9375”
1/6 vertical - 2-1/2” x 4-13/16”	2.5” x 4.8125”
Spread - 17-3/8” x 9-15/16”	17.375” x 9.9375”
Spread bleeds – 18” x 11” trim
File size – 18-1/4” x 11-1/4” (trim size)	18.25” x 11.25” Single page insert - 9”w x 11”h

Questions? Please call Judith Van Dyne at 612/338-6763 x214 or vandyne@aia-mn.org.