Anyone want to pitch in for a BIG full page newspaper ad THANKING Wisconsin protesters?

[Matariki]

Let them know that LOTS of folks in the rest of the country are paying attention and appreciate what they're doing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Sounds good to me!

Have you priced it?

:hi:

[Matariki]

2. I could do that.

[Matariki]

3. Can anyone from Wisconsin tell me what the main papers in Madison are?

[mzteris]

4. the rightwing-

Wisconsin State Journal...

There's the Isthmus - which is very left, but a weekly.



edit to change "madison" to "wisconsin" duh.

[highplainsdem]

5. I think the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is the largest paper in the state.

I did some quick googling and saw one site saying a full-page ad there is $15,000 but I don't know how accurate that is.

[Matariki]

6. Ouch.

well fuck this idea in that case.

[highplainsdem]

7. Again, I'm not sure that's accurate. You'd probably have to email the paper to check.

But a full page ad in a paper with a large circulation is always going to be expensive. The Sunday Journal Sentinel probably has the widest circulation in the state.

[Matariki]

8. Yeah, I'll email them on Monday.

Then if it seems like a feasible amount, I'll repost the idea. Thanks for the info.

[highplainsdem]

9. Just found more info. $337 a column inch.

http://www.gaebler.com/Cost-of-Newspaper-Advertising-In-Milwaukee---WI

No idea exactly how many column inches to a full page.

[highplainsdem]

10. This link explains column inches. Over 120 per page, in their example.

http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/tech/column_inches/col_inches.htm

So a $15,000 price for a full page ad would be much less than buying the same space at normal column inch rates.

The other Milwaukee papers listed at the other link I gave you are much cheaper since the circulation is much smaller.

[ehrnst]

11. Ads in College papers are usually a bargain - as are hispanic publications. (nt)

[MannyGoldstein]

12. I'm in

PM me when you're ready to go.

[Hannah Bell]

13. i wonder if that kind of money wouldn't better be spent supporting the recall effort

or the protesters directly.

$15K is a lot of money for a gesture where the cash goes to the newspaper, not the protest.

[cognoscere]

14. Good point. On the other hand, maybe if we told them we were republicans, the

price would drop to a buck and a half.