TAO


Advertising


Today's Most Widely Read Organ and Choral Journal
Official Journal of the
American Guild of Organists
Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America

Advertisers:

  • Organ Builders
  • Book, Music, CD, and Software Companies
  • Concert Artists and Artists Managements
  • Music Schools, Workshops and Competitions
  • Carillon and Handbell Manufacturers
  • Music Tours, Music Organizations
  • Music Stores, Music Supplies, Choir Robes
  • Organ Supplies and Maintenance

Download our rate card in PDF Format

2010 TAO Rate Card
The official advertising rate card. Ad Sizes & Mechanical Requirements, Contract information, and guidelines.

2010 Advertising Rates

One
Issue
Six
Issues
Twelve
Issues
(Each
Issue)
(Each
Issue)
(Each
Issue)
One Page $910 880 860
2/3 Page 690 680 650
1/2 Page 660 640 620
1/3 Page 530 510 490
1/4 page 430 410 380
1/6 Page 310 290 270
One Column Inch 100 95 90
Cover II + III 1,100 1,050 1,025
Back Cover 1,280 1,240 1,200
Center Spread
(2 pages) -
(when available)
2,200

Advertising Payments Online

  • Coming soon. Advertisers may phone Karen Hamilton at
    212-870-2311, ext. 4302, if you would like to pay your bill by credit card.

Bleed
No charge for bleed.


Deadline
Closing date for all materials is the 15th of the second preceding month. (January 15 closes the March issue.) All advertising material means purchase orders, camera-ready art, and digital files.

Classified Advertising
Classified ads are available as an on-line service only at www.agohq.org. The charge to post an ad is $25 for one month and $35 for two months. Payment may be made online using a major credit card. Payment information can also be provided by calling AGO National Headquarters at 212-870-2310.

Issuance and Circulation

Published monthly, 12 issues per year, on or about the 1st of the month. Circulation of 23,000 includes all members of the American Guild of Organists, music schools, libraries, and related arts organizations.


Mechanical Requirements
Printing process is offset lithography on excellent quality paper. The American Organist will not design or typeset advertisements; all ads must be press-ready.

Digital Files (Macintosh or PC/Windows format)
Adobe Acrobat PDF (high resolution, same as original) preferred.

QuarkXpress and Adobe PageMaker or Acrobat files are also accepted under the following conditions:

  • Only Type 1 Postscript fonts should be used.
  • All fonts must be supplied.
  • All graphic files must be included in native application formats as well as EPS or TIFF formats. Grayscale images should be 300 dpi.
  • Line art (Bitmap) images should be 1,200 dpi.
  • Ads saved as Postscript files are not acceptable.
  • Press-optimized PDF files must have fonts embedded.

Proof must be provided for quality assurance:
All files must be accompanied by a proof or hard copy. Reproduction can only be guaranteed if a high-resolution proof can be compared with the digital file.

Disk types accepted
    Zip (100 MB)
    CD-ROM

Ads may also be submitted to Todd Sisley by e-mail:
tsisley@agohq.org

Space Width Height
1 page 7" 10"
2/3 page 4 5/8" 10"
1/2 page (3 columns) 7" 5"
1/2 page (2 columns) 4 5/8" 7 1/2"
1/3 page (2 columns) 4 5/8" 5"
1/3 page (1 column) 2 1/4" 10"
1/4 page (2 columns) 4 5/8" 4"
1/4 page (1 column) 2 1/4" 8"
1/6 page (2 columns) 4 5/8" 2 1/2"
1/6 page (1 column) 2 1/4" 5"
Bleed Size: 8 1/4" x 11 1/8"
Trim Size: 8" x 10 7/8

Click on image below to see a full size
graphical representation of ad sizes

Contract Regulations

  • All ads are non-commissionable.
  • There are no cash discounts.

Advertising Payments Online

  • Coming soon. Advertisers may phone Karen Hamilton at
    212-870-2311, ext. 4302, if you would like to pay your bill by credit card.

Contact
Todd Sisley
The American Organist Magazine
475 Riverside Dr., Ste. 1260
New York, NY 10115

212-870-2311, ext. 4306
212-870-2163 FAX
tsisley@agohq.org

Revised on 03/04/2010