The Bowdoin Orient is the student newspaper of Bowdoin College, located in Brunswick, Maine. The Orient has an average circulation of 2300 copies per issue and reaches people of all ages locally, nationally, and internationally. All of the readers are connected to Bowdoin College in one way or another and most will at some point be in the area to use the community's resources—hotels, restaurants, and stores. Your decision to advertise with The Orient will without a doubt help broaden your customer base and open doors for your business in the immediate and distant future.

Advertising Rates

  • Publication Frequency: Every Friday while classes are in session (see below for production schedule).
  • Average Circulation: 2300 copies, read by on-campus by students, faculty, staff, and local residents, and off-campus by parents, alumni, and friends of the College.
  • Columns: Five columns, each 1.84 inches wide with a 0.25 inch margin between each column.
  • Deadlines: All ads should be received by 5:00 p.m. on the Monday of the week they are to run.
  • Submission: We prefer ads submitted digitally via email (as a .tif or .pdf file, for example), but we also accept ads at our above mailing address.
  • Pre-payment Discount: We offer a 5% discount for pre-payment.
  • Frequency Discount: We offer a discount of 50% on every fifth ad.
  • On-campus Discount: All campus organizations receive a 50% discount on every ad.
  • Non-camera-ready Ads: Our staff can design and typeset an ad for you. We charge an additional 10% of the cost of the first ad for this service.
  • Payment: Invoices and one tear sheet will be sent out after the publication of each issue (unless the advertiser requests additional sheets or a whole issue).
Description Camera-Ready Advertisement
Per Column Inch $9.25 per vertical inch
Full Page Ad
10.25 x 15 in.		 $565.00
Half Page Ad Horizontal
10.25 x 7.5 in.		 $295.00
Half Page Ad Vertical (small)
3.94 x 15.0 in.		 $240.00
Half Page Ad Vertical (large)
6.04 x 15.0 in.		 $355.00
Quarter Page Ad
6.04 x 6.0 in.		 $166.50
Classified Ads and Inserts The Orient does not accept Classified Advertising or Inserts.
Business Cards Can be run as ads at a flat charge of $20.00.

Production Schedule (2012–2013)

Dates in gray are non-publication dates.

Fall 2012
1 September 7 Back to school
2 September 14
3 September 21
4 September 28 Parents Weekend issue
October 5 Fall Break
5 October 12
6 October 19 Homecoming
7 October 26
8 November 2
9 November 9
10 November 16
November 23 Thanksgiving Break
11 November 30
12 December 7
Spring 2013
13 January 25
14 February 1
15 February 8
16 February 15
17 February 22
18 March 1
March 8 Spring Break
March 15 Spring Break
March 22 Spring Break
19 March 29
20 April 5
21 April 12
22 April 19
23 April 26
24 May 3

Contacts

For further information involving local ads, please contact our business team.
Madison Whitley
Bowdoin Orient Business Team
Phone: (207) 725-3053
Email: orientads@bowdoin.edu

For further information involving national ads, please contact our representative.
Alisha Gianakakis
Account Manager
Toll-Free Phone: 1-888-897-7711 x 121
Fax: 978-231-0300
Email: agianakakis@mymediamate.com