ADVERTISEMENT TARIFF 2025-2026

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 835 910 1330 1025 1040
COIMBATORE CBE 445 490 750 580 630
DELHI DEL 100 125 175 150 160
MADURAI MDU 415 470 735 565 620
NAGERCOIL NGL 120 130 190 165 175
PONDYCHERRY PDY 240 245 360 295 315
TIRUNELVELI TVL 170 195 280 255 260
C-7 2325 2565 2975 2575 2725

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.