ADVERTISEMENT TARIFF 2024-2025

  2. Newspaper

Newspaper

Dinamalar has changed to the square centimetre format for billing. However, material has to be submitted in the column centimetre format only.

Advertisements Rate in INR

EDITIONS   BW COL FRONT PAGE PAGE 3 BACK PAGE
CHENNAI CNI 795 890 1275 975 1020
COIMBATORE CBE 435 475 740 570 620
MADURAI MDU 405 460 725 560 610
NAGERCOIL NGL 115 125 185 160 170
PONDYCHERRY PDY 235 235 355 290 305
TIRUNELVELI TVL 165 190 275 250 255
C-6 1950 2200 2850 2375 2550

Note: Business Page and Top of Column - 25% premium on Basic Rate.

Innovative Advertisements

Acceptance of such advertisements is subject to management approval. If accepted, a premium of upto 50% will be additionally charged. The cost will be determined according to the type and extent of innovation.

Special Category

25% discount on social awareness advertisements, 25 % discount for 'lost' or 'missing' advertisements.

25% extra for reverse advertisements / advertisements with statutory warning. 50% extra for election advertisements. Box Facility Charge: Rs. 50

Places reached by various editions

Chennai Edition - Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur districts.

Madurai Edition - Madurai, Dindugal, Theni, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar districts.

Coimbatore Edition - Kovai, Nilgiri, Tiruppur districts.

Pondicherry Edition - Puducherry state, Cuddalore, Viluppuram districts.

Tirunelveli Edition - Tirunelveli, Thenkasi, Tuticorin districts.

Nagercoil Edition - Kanyakumari district.

Mechanical Details

No. of Columns 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Width (cm) 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 33
Minimum size - Front Page 10 cm x 8 cm

Material

To make sure that reproduction is of good quality:
  • Material should be given only in the digital format - as a Corel Draw (CDR), EPS or Acrobat (PDF) file.
  • All text should be converted to curves! vectors, or fonts must be given.
  • All colours should be only in CMYK format.
  • Material should be sent on a CD or in a zipped version, mentioning the software used. A reference output printed on newsprint is also required.
  • The material can also be sent by email to aeadvt@dinamalar.in.

In cases where a reference output printed on standard newsprint is not given, requests for 'free make good' will not be entertained.

Positives / Negatives, Artworks and Laser Outputs shall not be accepted.