Advertise / Online Advertising Specifications

For more information, please contact Teri Schure at (212) 891-1313 or tschure@commentarymagazine.com.

Commentarymagazine.com now offers banner, skyscraper, and rectangle ads.

427,000 visits and 740,000 page views served each month.*

COMMENTARY is America's premier monthly magazine of opinion and a pivotal voice in American intellectual life.

Many of COMMENTARY's articles have been controversial, and more than a few have been hugely influential touchstones for debate and discussion in universities, among policy analysts in and out of government, within the ranks of professionals and community activists of all kinds, and in circles of serious thought worldwide. A large number of articles can be counted as landmarks of American letters and intellectual life. Agree with it or disagree with it, COMMENTARY cannot be ignored. To read it is to take part in the great American discussion.

Advertising on the Commentarymagazine.com Web site gives you access to our large and rapidly expanding group of media leaders, opinion makers, business professionals, internationalists, academics, politicians and frequent travelers.

More than 230,000 unique users a month find Commentarymagazine.com essential.*

More than a neoconservative opinion leader, Commentarymagazine.com provides users with a succinct view of the political and economic climate globally.

Creative Specs and Rates

728x90 GIF, JPEG, or Flash. 45k (maximum) file size.

Displayed throughout the site in the top position just below the masthead: USD$1,000/month (rotates with other ads).  

160x200 GIF, JPEG, or Flash. 25k (maximum) file size.

Displayed throughout the site.

Above the fold: USD$600/month (rotating)

Below the fold: USD$400/month (rotating)

160x600 GIF, JPEG, or Flash. 40k (maximum) file size.

Displayed throughout the site.

Upper skyscraper position: USD$800/month (rotating) 

Lower skyscraper position: USD$600/month (rotating)

468x60 GIF, JPEG, or Flash. 20k (maximum) file size.

Displayed throughout the site.

USD$600/month (rotating)

234x60 GIF, JPEG, or Flash. 20k (maximum) file size.

Displayed throughout the site.

USD$300/month (rotating)

160x110 GIF, JPEG, or Flash. 20k (maximum) file size.

Displayed throughout the site.

USD$350/month (rotating)

Maximum 55 characters with spaces included.

Displayed in the 'Advertisers Links' areas throughout the site:

USD$100 per text link/month

Text link boxes are available per month and can accommodate up to 15 links. Call or e-mail for rates to tschure@commentarymagazine.com

E-Newsletter Ad

185 x 60. GIF, JPEG, or Flash. 20k (maximum) file size.

Goes out monthly to 1,700 subscribers: USD$500/month (rotating)

No expanding, floating, pop-up, or in-stream ads.

30-second animation (maximum).

Ad with white background must have a 1-pixel border (minimum).

ALT tags may contain up to 50 characters (including spaces).

Sound must be user-initiated (on-click) with clearly identified play and stop controls.

Maximum file size/loops: 30k max (Flash) 20k max (standard), 3 loops max, 15 seconds animation max.

A default GIF must be provided for users without Flash or JavaScript.

All public policy, advocacy, political or candidate advertising must be clearly identified on every frame.

Custom arrangements may be available upon request, and are subject to a premium. All ad space is sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

Advertising should not contain material that Commentarymagazine.com considers to constitute or promote discrimination. No adult material, gambling or tobacco advertising will be accepted.

Commentarymagazine.com reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertising at any time.

We require a letter from the advertiser or agent, ordering the advertising at least three days before the advertising is scheduled to run.

Payment for all advertising must be made in advance.

* Traffic analysis based on March 2008 - Google  Analytics