Regulations

Revise/Reject

  • The Daily News reserves the right to revise or reject advertisements. Advertisements that discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, national origin or sexual preference will not be accepted. Advertisements containing false or misleading statements will be rejected. Advertisements for products, services or promotions illegal in the state of Indiana, or that violate U.S. Postal Service regulations, will be rejected. All advertising is subject to the final approval of the editor of the Daily News.

Page Positioning

  • With the exception of certain special issues, no page position for any advertisement will be sold or guaranteed. Requests will be honored when possible in the daily issues. The Daily News assumes no financial responsibility for failure to honor page position or placement requests, nor will the Daily News be held liable for failure to notify an advertiser when such requests cannot be honored.
  • The Daily News assumes no financial responsibility for the placement or page position of an advertisement in relation to other advertisements contained in the publication, including but not limited to, competitors' advertisement and advertisements of similar size or design style.
  • No class of paid advertisement is accompanied by news stories or free notices.

Failure to Publish

  • The Daily News assumes no liability for failure to publish an advertisement or for the financial loss of business for failure to publish an advertisement.

Copyright and Liability

  • The advertiser and/or advertising agency assumes liability for all content (including text representation, illustration and appropriations considerations) of advertisements published and assumes responsibility for any claims arising against the Daily News.

Political and Editorial Ads

  • Advertisements having the appearance of editorial material must be identified as "paid advertisement." All political advertising must be paid in advance, and must be identified as "paid political advertisement," and include the name of the person or organization that paid for the ad.

Ad Restriction

  • Upside-down or sideways advertisements are not accepted. If copy is supplied in this manner, the Daily News will alter the copy into a normal vertical format prior to publication.
  • Advertisements exceeding 18" in height will be charged as a full column (20.5").
  • The Daily News is not responsible for photographs or other materials which are left with us for more than 10 days after the first publication. Advertisers wishing to have photographs or other materials returned must notify the Daily News of this request when materials are submitted.
  • The advertiser and/or advertising agency is responsible for obtaining photo releases from anyone whose picture or likeness appears in an advertisement.