Advertising 2025
Deadlines:
- For deadlines and submission delivery options, click here.
- For payment methods click here.
- For certification/notarization and legal ads, click here.
- For more information on Preferred Placement, click here.
Classified Ads
Classified ads are text only and are published in the classifieds section of the newspaper as a group. No decorative elements, boxes, color or highlights are permitted. The first 15 words will cost $4. Each additional 1-5 words cost $1. For example, ads with 16 – 20 words will cost $5. In counting words, every space is considered to separate two words. So 301-474-4131 is one word and (301) 474-4131 is two words.SUBMIT YOUR CLASSIFIED AD HERE
Display Ads
Display ads include graphics, color (included) and boxes and may appear anywhere except Page 1. Preferential placement is available (subject to availability and editorial approval) on payment of a 25% surcharge. Rates are based on customer-provided camera-ready ad copy or copy requiring only basic set-up. Graphics help may be available with notice and at a separate charge. Pricing: A column inch (CI) represents a printed area that is 1 column wide and 1″ high. For example, an ad two columns wide and 3″ high would be 2 cols x 3″ = 6 column inches. Heights are rounded up to the nearest half inch. Ad Widths match the width of the newspaper’s columns. There are only five permissible widths. These are:- 1.9375” (1 column);
- 4” (2 columns); 6.125” (3 columns);
- 8.1825” (4 columns) or 10.25” (full page width).
FOR DISPLAY AD SUBMISSION, ESTIMATES OR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE
Payment: All ads must be paid for at time of ordering unless advertiser has been approved for monthly billing.
Billing application available here. For more information on payment options, click here.
For more information contact us by email: ads@greenbeltnewsreview.com or by phone: 301-474-4131. Note: the office is only staffed Monday and Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. Email is preferable.
Other Display Ad Charges
Legal Notices: Legal notices are charged by the word and the size of the font. The standard charge is based on our standard 9 point Times New Roman text for such ads. Smaller or larger font sizes are available but TNR is standard and ads may be multiple columns.
Please contact the ad department for a quote.
Certification and Notarization: Some advertisers require a certification of their ads for legal purposes. The charge is $15 for certification. If the certification must be notarized, there is an additional $15 fee. This charge is for the entire run of a particular ad – so, for example, if an ad is set to run for three weeks, only ONE certification and notarization charge will be assessed.
Preferred Placement Charge: 25% extra, $10.00 minimum upcharge. Preferred placement is a guaranteed location in the newspaper specified by the advertiser, with first-come, first-served. Such placements include the last page (where priority is given to the requesting advertiser with the largest ad). The type of ad permitted on some pages is limited and the front page never contains advertising. For more information, email the ad desk at ads@greenbeltnewsreview.com.
Inserts
The News Review can insert pre-printed materials (e.g., flyers, brochures) within the newspaper at the time of printing for distribution throughout the city. Email the Ad Desk for further information at ads@greenbeltnewsreview.com.
Payments
Ads must be prepaid by 6 p.m. Tuesday evening for Thursday publication unless previously approved for billing. Payment may be made by:
- Currently, only classified ads can be paid for though this website by Square. Classifieds can also be paid for by the methods below.
- Check – made out and mailed to Greenbelt News Review, 15 Crescent Rd. Suite 100, Greenbelt, MD 20770, dropped in the mail slot of the exterior door of the News Review Office, or left in the advertising dropbox at the Co-op grocery store.
- Zelle – The News Review accepts electronic payments through Zelle. Find out more at zellepay.com. Direct your payments to business@greenbeltnewsreview.com.
- Credit Card – On request, ads can be paid by credit card through Square. An invoice is sent electronically and can be paid online. Once paid, the ad desk will schedule the ad. Payment may be made over the phone during office hours.
- Frequent advertisers can apply for credit and be billed. Please see the credit-application information and application instructions. Billed advertisers wishing to pay by their invoice by credit card will be assessed a 3.5% service charge.
- Billed advertisers with electronic payment systems can arrange to pay their bills electronically. Contact business@greenbeltnewsreview.com for further information.
Billing Application
The Billing application must be filled in to allow for monthly invoicing of ads . Please fill out and submit the billing-application.
Publication Deadlines
Discounts
Advertisements must be submitted by 6 p.m. Tuesday (camera-ready) or 2 p.m. Monday if minor layout assistance is required. For a new ad with multiple components or a complicated layout that is not camera-ready, contact us a week in advance of the Monday deadline as our design services are limited. There is a charge. Call Monday or Tuesday between 2 and 4 p.m. at 301-474-4131 or email ads@greenbeltnewsreview.com for more information.
Materials for publication may be emailed to ads@greenbeltnewsreview.com or mailed to 15 Crescent Rd., Suite 100, Greenbelt, MD 20770
The advertising dropbox in the Co-op grocery store is picked up at 5 p.m. Tuesday evening. Ads and payments maybe also put in the mail slot of the News Review office outside door (up a short flight of steps about 40 feet to the left of the Community Center entrance closest to Roosevelt Center).
Deadlines may change on weeks when a holiday falls within our production schedule.
Discounts are available based on ad volume. Call us for further information.