ADVERTISING RATE CARD 2018

MusicRow is written for people who NEWS & ANALYSIS work in the music business. It began in 1981 and has been Nashville’s Music Industry Publication for over 35 years.

Subscribers receive a combination of digital information streams: twice-daily news e-mails, the CountryBreakout™ Radio Report, breaking news e-mails and six annual print issues including the indispensible InCharge, Artist Roster, Publisher and Touring Issues.

MusicRow blankets the Nashville music industry including labels, publishers, COMPREHENSIVE songwriters, musicians, studio owners, producers, engineers and more. INDUSTRY MusicRow reaches key tastemakers at retail, radio and media. DISTRIBUTION The Cost-Effective Morning and Afternoon News and CountryBreakout™ Radio Report reach over Way To Target Your 2,500 industry readers including country radio stations. Readers also include chart Company’s Message reporters for MusicRow CountryBreakout™, Billboard, and Mediabase/CA.

CountryBreakout™ Chart gathers weekly radio research from 100 reporting secondary radio stations nationwide. Published consistently for over 15 years.

1231 17th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212 | P.O. Box 120067, Nashville, TN 37212 615.349.2171 E-mail: sales@musicrow.com | Subscribe Online: musicrow.com © 2018 MusicRow Enterprises, LLC 2018 PRINT EDITORIAL CALENDAR

FEBRUARY/MARCH—Country Radio Issue AUGUST/SEPTEMBER—Artist Roster SPACE DEADLINE: 1/12 • STREET DATE: 2/5 SPACE DEADLINE: 7/20 • STREET DATE: 8/14 CAMERA READY ART DEADLINE: 1/23 CAMERA READY ART DEADLINE: 7/31 This issue announces the winners of MusicRow’s annual This issue includes a comprehensive directory of label CountryBreakout™ Awards. The CountryBreakout™ rosters, plus address/phone/e-mail contacts for their Awards are based on chart spins. Bonus distribution at managers, publicists, labels and booking agencies. Country Radio Seminar.

APRIL/MAY—InCharge OCTOBER/NOVEMBER—Publisher Issue SPACE DEADLINE: 3/16 • STREET DATE: 4/10 SPACE DEADLINE: 9/7 • STREET DATE: 10/2 CAMERA READY ART DEADLINE: 3/27 CAMERA READY ART DEADLINE: 9/18 This indispensable annual guide contains carefully Dedicated to Nashville’s creative community, this issue updated bios, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and offers a Publisher Directory and a look at the latest photos of more than 400 top decision makers in business trends in the publishing and songwriting Nashville’s entertainment industry. community.

JUNE/JULY—MusicRow Awards DEC. 2018/JAN. 2019—Touring Issue (includes SPACE DEADLINE: 6/1 • STREET DATE: 6/27 Next Big Thing list) CAMERA READY ART DEADLINE: 6/12 SPACE DEADLINE: 11/2 • STREET DATE: 12/4 This issue honors Song of the Year, Producer of the Year, CAMERA READY ART DEADLINE: 11/13 Breakthrough Songwriter and Breakthrough Artist of the Critics selection and in-depth look at new rising talents Year determined by MusicRow subscribed members. and current artists set to escalate to a new level in 2019.

PRINT AD RATES & DISCOUNTS (4 COLOR)

Size of Ad Single 5 or more Size of Ad Single 5 or more Insertion insertions Insertion insertions

Back Cover $1,695 $1,545 Full Page $1,395 $1,250 Inside Front Cover $1,595 $1,445 Two-thirds Page $1,025 $925 Page 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 $1,495 $1,345 Half Page $875 $785 Inside Back Cover $1,495 $1,345 One-Third Page $725 $650 Two Page Centerfold $2,500 $2,250 Sixth Page $575 $525 PRINT MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS

All finished artwork can be submitted digitally via e-mail or FULL PAGE CENTERFOLD/2 PAGE SPREAD by file transfer [email protected]

COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE: • InDesign • Photoshop • Illustrator (all fonts must be converted to outlines) • Acrobat Trim: Trim: We CANNOT accept PageMaker, Publisher or QuarkXpress 8.5” w x 11” h 17” w x 11” h files. If you are creating an ad using software that is not Bleed: Bleed: on this list, it must be saved as an eps, tiff or pdf. 8.75” w x 11.25” h 17.25” w x 11.25” h Live Area: Live Area: 8” w x 10.5” h 16” w x 10.5” h ACCEPTABLE AD FORMATS: • PDF (embed all fonts. Photo resolution: 300 dpi) 2/3 PAGE VERT 2/3 PAGE HORZ 1/2 PAGE • Packaged InDesign document • TIFF (CMYK, 300 dpi) • EPS (all fonts must be converted to outlines) • Resolution for color and grayscale images must be 300 dpi. (300 dpi must be the original resolution. Taking a 72 dpi image and upping its resolution will make the image pixilated and blurry.) 4.875” w x 10” h 7.5” w x 6.625” h 7.5” w x 4.875” h • Please save all color art as CMYK (not RGB or PMS) and all non-color art as grayscale or black. 1/3 PAGE VERT 1/3 PAGE HORZ 1/3 PAGE SQ • MusicRow uses a 133 line screen for halftones. Allow for a 15% dot gain.

PLACEMENT: All advertising appears “run of the book.” Acceptance of copy subject to publisher’s approval. MusicRow reserves the right to mark as “advertisement” any ad copy 2.375” w x 10” h 7.5” w x 3.312” h 4.875” w x 4.875” h simulating editorial content. 1/6 PAGE VERT 1/6 PAGE HORZ PAYMENT: All accounts paid with order. There will be a 1.5% monthly finance charge after 30 days.

ART & DESIGN SERVICES: MusicRow will prepare ads from your copy, photos and/ or logo. *First 30 minutes of design time are complimentary 2.375” w x 4.875” h 4.875” w x 2.5” h with purchase. Additional design time is $80/hr. DIGITAL ADVERTISING WEBSITE TOP BANNER Perched atop musicrow.com, this position commands the attention of all arrivals. Also shows on all article pages. No more than three ads rotate in this spot. 1 week (Mon.-Sun.)...... $540 TOP BANNER SIDE BANNER Shows on MR homepage and all article pages. No more than two ads rotate in each spot. 1 month...... $540 3 months...... $470

DOUBLE SIDE BANNER Shows on MR homepage and all article pages. No more than two ads rotate in each spot. 1 month...... $940 SPOTLIGHT SIDE BANNERS 3 months...... $820

SPOTLIGHT (VIDEO OR BANNER) Shows on MR homepage just under featured content, also shows on all article pages. No more than three ads rotate in this spot. 1 week (Mon.-Sun.)...... $490 3 weeks...... $420

Suitable formats include jpeg or gif or animated gif (72 dpi)

Top Banner 960px w x 250px h Side Banner 300px w x 120px h Double Side Banner 300px w x 250 px h Spotlight Video 450px w x 250px h Spotlight Banner 575px w x 250px h

H1

DAILY EMAILS MORNING NEWS Sent to subscribed members and radio reporters V1 every morning (Mon.-Fri.) with links to the day’s morning stories. Monthly Email: Calendar (Position 1) ...... $2,325 Weekly Email: Mon.-Sun. (Positions 2-3) ..... $775

AFTERNOON NEWS Sent to readers and radio reporters every H2 afternoon (Mon.-Fri.) with links to the day’s afternoon stories. Monthly Email: Calendar (Position 1) ...... $2,325 Weekly Email: Mon.-Sun. (Positions 2-3) ..... $775 V2 Ads can be linked to music, video or web pages and updated as desired.

Five spots available: H3 Horizontal 1 (H1) Vertical 1 (V1) Horizontal 2 (H2) Vertical 2 (V2) Horizontal 3 (H3)

Recommended format is jpeg (72 dpi) Horizontal Banner 500px w x 175px h Vertical Banner 160px w x 550px h RADIO PROMOTION

ARTIST COUNTRYBREAKOUT™ CHART SPOTLIGHT Radio Singles Chart delivered to MusicRow subscribers and country radio stations every Friday and available for download at musicrow.com. Ads can be linked to music, video or web pages.

Size of Ad 1 week 4 weeks

Full Page $540 $490 Strip Ad $395 $350 Artist Spotlight $540 $490 Chart Email $540 $490

STRIP AD #2 STRIP AD #1 STRIP AD #3

Suitable formats include PDF or jpeg (300 dpi)

Full Page 8.5”w x 11”h CHART Strip Ad 8.5”w x 2.875”h EMAIL Chart Email 500px w x 175px h

FULL PAGE

COUNTRYBREAKOUT™ CHART TRACKING Subscription to full chart access essential for successful record promoters. • Individual station playlist • Song histories • Custom song tracking

Month...... $299 Annual...... $2,990