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Who we are

Published bi-weekly on Tuesdays with daily updates to our website during the school year, The Ubyssey is one of the country’s largest student publications. We employ a cadre of both Full-time and Part-time student editors, writers and software developers. The Ubyssey boasts such alumni as Pierre Berton, Prime Minister John Turner, Allan Fotheringham and Bruce Arthur in such publications as The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and The Vancouver Sun, along with thousands of other contributing Alumni working for Media Companies around the Globe.

Our website

Award winning

Named Best Campus Website by the Canadian University Press

668,000

impressions each month

120,000

unique web readers each month

450,000

unique web readers each year

Web advertising

Placements

  • Homepage

    Leaderboard*

    970 x 90 pixels (desktop)

    728 x 90 pixels (desktop)

    320 x 50 pixels (mobile)

  • Box

    300 x 250 pixels
    (desktop + mobile)

  • Articles

    Leaderboard*

    970 x 90 pixels (desktop)

    728 x 90 pixels (desktop)

    320 x 50 pixels (mobile)

  • Sidebar

    300 x 250 pixels

    300 x 600 pixels

  • Intra-Article

    468 x 60 pixels (desktop)

    300 x 250 pixels (mobile)

Desktop

Mobile

*Leaderboards require all sizes mentioned

Pricing

1,000 Web Impressions, or views of your advertisement, is the smallest denomination we offer. Depending on the time of year and number of advertisements in circulation, it can take a few hours, or up to a full day for your ad to be viewed 1,000 times by our readers.
$30
All impressions are $30 CPM

Our newspaper

8,000

copy distribution

85+

campus locations

Full colour

all issues are printed in full colour

Tabloid format

120 lpi halftone screens

The Guide to UBC

12,000

copy distribution

95%

pickup rate

Full colour

all issues are printed in full colour

7,000

copies distributed through campus partners

About the Guide

The Ubyssey’s Guide to UBC is an 80-page booklet with all the information incoming students need to know about UBC, being a UBC student and the Vancouver area. 12,000 copies are distributed to students during first-day orientations, move-in days, around various areas of UBC and more. This makes the Guide to UBC the perfect advertising opportunity for businesses and events as this guide covers a large area of topics, such as food and activities, and is available for students to take year-round.

Placements

  • Full-page

    4.5" x 7.5"

    $975.00

  • Half-page

    4.5" x 3.5"

    $545.00

  • Quarter-page

    4.5" x 1.75"

    $315.00

Premium Advertisements

  • Full-page Centre Spread

    9" x 7.5"

    $2,500.00

  • Full-page Back Cover

    4.5" x 7.5"

    $1,500.00

  • Inside Front / Back Cover

    4.5" x 7.5"

    $1,250.00

  • Second from Cover

    4.5" x 7.5"

    $1,150.00

Ad Requirements

  • full colour, free of charge
  • 300 ppi
  • CMYK
  • accepted formats: JPEG, PDF, PNG

Mechanical Specifications

  • all artwork requires a bleed of 0.25"
  • all issues are printed in full colour

Guide Bundles

Premium Bundle

Print Size: 4.5" x 7.5" Value: $975.00
+
Web 30,000 impressions Value: $900.00
=
$1,550.00 Value: $1,875.00

Plus Bundle

Print Size: 4.5" x 3.5" Value: $545.00
+
Web 20,000 impressions Value: $600.00
=
$900.00 Value: $1,145.00

Extra Bundle Plus

Print Size: 4.5" x 1.75" Value: $315.00
+
Web 10,000 impressions Value: $300.00
=
$490.00 Value: $615.00

Extra Bundle

Print Size: 4.5" x 1.75" Value: $315.00
+
Web 5,000 impressions Value: $150.00
=
$370.00 Value: $465.00
Buy 4 weeks ads, get one week free!

All Offerings (Click to add to email)

Print Advertising

  • Full Page $1450
  • 1/2 Page $950
  • 1/4 Page $595
  • 1/8 Page $295

Web Advertising
and Print Bundles

  • Web Ad CPM $30/CPM

Guide Advertising

  • Full Page $975
  • 1/2 Page $545
  • 1/4 Page $315
  • Full Page Center Spread $2500
  • Full Page Back Cover $1500
  • Inside Front/Back Cover $1250
  • Second From Cover $1150

Guide Bundles

  • Full Page + 30 Web Ad CPM $1550
  • Half Page + 20 Web Ad CPM $900
  • Quarter Page + 10 Web Ad CPM $490
  • Quarter Page + 5 Web Ad CPM $370

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