Provisions
Please contact the Minnesota Daily Sales Department with questions regarding provisions.
Please contact the Minnesota Daily Sales Department with questions regarding provisions.
01 All advertising (subject matter, form, wording, illustrations and typography) submitted is subject to the approval of the Business Manager and/or Publisher. We reserve the right to refuse any advertising content that does not meet the company’s newspaper standards of acceptance.
02 The Minnesota Daily reserves the right to refuse any advertisers (based on advertisements) or advertisements that could have a possible negative impact on the Daily’s readers as determined by management.
03 The subject matter, form, wording, illustrations and typography of all advertising are subject to approval by the Publisher, but unless otherwise authorized in advance, no change will be made without the consent of the Agency or Advertiser. Advertising content that attacks, criticizes or demeans any individual, race, religion, sex, institution, firm, business, profession, organization or affectional preference shall not be accepted.
04 All display advertisements submitted to the Publisher must plainly identify the name of the Advertiser.
05 All classifed display ads require borders.
06 Type of heading, text, etc., shall not be the same or similar to that used in the Minnesota Daily news and editorial content. Advertisements having the appearance of editorial material must have “Advertisement” printed above, and the Publisher reserves the right to insert "Advertisement" above any copy.
07 Political ads must be paid in advance and must plainly identify the sponsor of the ad.
08 The Publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The Publisher shall not be liable for any other errors appearing in an advertisement unless the Publisher received corrected copy before the copy deadline, with corrections plainly noted theron. In the event of an error in an advertisement for which the Publisher is liable as herein defned, its liability shall be limited to refunding such proportion of the entire cost of the advertisement as the space ccupied by the error bears to the whole space occupied by such an advertisement.
09 AThe liability of the Publisher for failure to publish an advertisement for any reason in the issue specifed shall be limited to publishing the advertisement in a subsequent issue (at the regular rate).
10 Terms of sale for linage ads: Payments are due 12 days after the billing date.
11 Terms of sale for display ads: E.O.M (End-of-Month). Charges for advertising purchased under an agreement with the Minnesota Daily must be paid within 28 days of the billing date to receive a discount. Any charges not paid within these terms are subject to a 1.5% finance charge, compounded monthly (19.56% per year). The advertiser is responsible for interest charges accrued.
12 The Publisher may revoke the credit privileges of any Advertiser for failure to pay charges when due. The Publisher may declare all monies owed to the Publisher by an Advertiser immediately due and payable in full. Copies of the Minnesota Daily Credit Policy are available upon request.
13 If an account becomes delinquent, the Advertiser is responsible for paying collection costs, attorney's fees and any costs associated with placing the obligation with a collection agency or to an attorney for litigation.
14 A service charge of $15 will be added to any check returned to the Minnesota Daily unpaid by the Advertiser's bank.
15 The Minnesota Daily is affliated with ASC and Dun & Broadstreet of Minneapolis. The Publisher has the right to obtain and submit information on any account for credit purposes.
16 The Advertiser and/or Advertising Agency agrees to defend and indemnify the Publisher against any and all liability, losses or expenses arising from claim of libel, unfair competition, unfair trade practice, infringement of trademarks, trade names or patents, violations of rights of privacy and infringement of copy rights and proprietary rights resulting from the publication of Advertiser’s advertisement.
17 Advertisers and Agencies forwarding orders to the Publisher which contain incorrect rates and conditions are hereby advised that the advertising called for will be inserted and charged at the regular schedule of rates and conditions enforced at that time.
18 A sample of all mail-order items must be submitted and approved by the Publisher prior to publication of advertisement.
19 Composition produced by the Publisher shall be its property and shall not be reproduced photographically and used by other publications without consent of the Minnesota Daily.
20 The Publisher reserves the right to change advertising rates and conditions on 30 days notice. In such an event, the Advertiser may amend or cancel contracts or space reservations as of the date of the change.
21 Cancellation policy: Ads to be cancelled must be phoned into the offce by deadline the day before publication. the advertiser is only charged for the days the ad actually ran. Late fees will be assessed for ads canceled after deadline.
22 Changes to advertisements will not be made without the consent of the Agency or Advertiser unless authorized in advance.
23 If a tear sheet is not requested by the client within 60 days of publication, the Minnesota Daily cannot guarantee availability of tear sheets.