Online Advertising

Since becoming one of the first student newspapers published online in 1995, The Minnesota Daily Online, located at mndaily.com, has grown rapidly.

Our award-winning website offers exciting and interactive advertising options to increase your brands' presence with our audience.

More and more, students and the community at large are relying on the internet for their source of news and other content.

  • 3,108,662 page views in the past year
  • 259,027 average page views per month
  • 308,351 page views per month for Fall 2011
  • 312,745 page views per month for Spring 2012
  • 972,197 unique visitors in the past year

Our website was named the Best Associated Site compared to all college newspapers in the country.


Contact Information

The Minnesota Daily

2221 University Ave. SE Suite 450
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Main Phone 612.627.4080

Sales Director

Megan Grossardt
612.627.4080 ext. 3145
mgrossardt@mndaily.com

Retail Sales Manager

Lukas Peterson
612.627.4080 ext. 3143
lpeterson@mndaily.com

Classified Sales Manager

Brittany Swaine
612.627.4080 ext. 3006
bswaine@mndaily.com

Pricing

All ads are priced per 1,000 impressions with a 10,000 impression minimum.


Video Boxes

  • We offer two interactive video box options: the full-size Primary Video Box, featured above-the-fold on the top right of nearly every page at 300x400 pixels, and the Secondary Video Box, at 300x250 pixels, placed below-the-fold on nearly every page alongside our editorial content.

    $15.00
    Primary Video Box, per 1000 impressions
     
  • $11.00
    Secondary Video Box, per 1000 impressions
     

Banners

  • The Middle Banner (640x90 pixels), which is placed directly on the home page between editorial content, within a single scroll from the top for most visitors.

    $11.00
    Middle Banner, per 1000 impressions
     


  • The brand new "Pencil" Banner (880x36 pixels) appears on the home page and some landing pages.

    $14.00
    Pencil Banner, per 1000 impressions
     


  • The Story Banner (860x120 pixels) appears at the top of all article pages and is larger than the Pencil Banner.

    $12.00
    Story Banner, per 1000 impressions
     


  • The Article Sidebar (234x60 pixels) shows up on the mini-sidebar for all articles and blogs, under related editorial content.

    $8.00
    Article Sidebar, per 1000 impressions
     

Specialty

  • The Page Curl (custom sizes) is an animated, interactive ad that sits in a corner of the site and follows the user through scrolling. It is a fun and effective option.

    $15.00
    Page Curl, per 1000 impressions
     


Tips for Sending Online Ads

We accept online ads in PDF, TIFF, PSD, JPG, PNG, EPS formats, as well as Flash SWF for most spots. We also support embedded HTML ads, including iframes, if you would like to do your own tracking.
All ads must be sent as the exact size they are scheduled for. If the ad is sent as the wrong size we cannot be held responsible for the ad quality.