Who:
Bay Area Beat: Local Music News is published in print and online since April 2, 2009. Based in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fl, Bay Area Beat is distributed throughout the major population centers of the West Coast of Florida, including but not limited to Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco , Manatee and Polk Counties .

Circulation/Distribution
5,000 copies of Bay Area Beat: Local Music News is available FREE the first Thursday of every month. Bay Area Beat will be distributed throughout Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties. (Distribution begins on Wednesday afternoons.) Your Account Executive can provide you with current circulation figures, circulation audit reports, and specific distribution points including area restaurants, music stores, music venues, nightclubs, local musician and artist services, and retail establishments.

What:
Bay Area Beat features in-depth feature interviews, reviews, previews, event listings and articles on Bay Area musicians, artists, performers, promoters, managers, DJ’s, venues, clubs, fashion designers, and local television and film producers.

Advertising:
When you advertise with Bay Area Beat both online and in print, you will instantly grab the attention of consumers, purchasers and supporters of the Tamp Bay Entertainment Scene.

Bay Area Beat reaches a unique audience both in print and online. Advertisers benefit greatly by knowing that readers of Bay Area Beat are interested in seeing live music, buying CDs, downloading MP3’s, and purchasing music and entertainment services, eating at local restaurants, and purchasing products that appeal to music lovers and creators.. Advertising with Bay Area Beat will give you access to a large and rapidly expanding target market of consumers who purchase services specific to the entertainment industry.

Advertising Rates

Full Page……………..$100
Half-Page……………..$75
Quarter Page ………….$50
Business Card ………..$25

Contact:
Jeannette Goldman at 727-526-2328 (BEAT)
bayareabeatadv@verizon.net

Deadines are the week prior to the publication date, although deadlines may be moved up 24 hours in the event of holidays, special issues or early print deadlines.

• Space reservations & ads requiring proofs: Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.
• Final ad copy & layout (non-proofs): Thursday, 5:00 p.m.
• Digital ads: Friday, 12:00 p.m. (noon)
• Payment: Friday, 3:30 p.m.
• All corrections: Friday, 5:00 p.m.

We are currently offering a first time discount of 20% off your first months advertising.

Bay Area Beat reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertising at any time.

Payment for all insertions must be made in advance.