Advertising · Effective October 2026
The Rate Card.
Every price, in plain sight, print, web, newsletters, live sports, and real estate.
Built for Navajo County businesses: the cheapest thing on this page costs less than
two cups of coffee, and nothing requires a contract you need a lawyer for.
Every price on this page includes Arizona transaction privilege tax.
21,912+local stories online
Wedsprint edition, weekly
2reader newsletters
Livegames & meetings streamed
42listings & events running
Main Street Starter
For the diner, the barbershop, the feed store.
$115/month
$230 bought separately
- Business-card ad in print, every week
- Sidebar ad on the website, all month
- One newsletter community spotlight a month
Everything a five-person business needs to stay visible, for less than $4 a day.
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Most popular
Hometown Hero
For the businesses everybody already knows.
$295/month
$595 bought separately
- Eighth-page in print, every week
- Sidebar ad on the website, all month
- Painted Desert Weekly logo sponsorship, one issue a month
- One game-day verbal shoutout a month
Print presence plus digital plus a touch of Friday night, the full hometown footprint at half the à-la-carte cost.
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Exclusive
Friday Night Lights Partner
Own a season. One sponsor per school.
$1,350/season
$2,240 bought separately
- Presenting sponsor of every streamed home game (~10 games)
- Logo on the live scoreboard overlay, every game
- Sports-page print strip, every issue all season (~12 weeks)
- Sports-section logo in the Weekly newsletter all season
About $135 a game for your name on the broadcast the whole town is watching. Exclusive, one sponsor per school, first right of renewal next season. Add away games for +$450.
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One-time
Grand Opening
New in town? Under new management? Big anniversary?
$950one-time
$1,220 bought separately
- Full-page print ad, full color
- Sponsored story, the story behind the business
- One week of the site leaderboard
- Dedicated email blast to both newsletter lists
One loud week, no ongoing commitment. The week you open is the week the whole county should hear about it.
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Marquee Partner
For banks, dealers, hospitals, and casinos.
$695/month
$1,235 bought separately
- Quarter-page in print, every week
- Leaderboard or sticky mobile, site-wide
- Both newsletters, every issue
- One game presenting sponsorship a month
- First right of refusal on breaking-news coverage sponsorship
Top-of-mind everywhere the Tribune reaches, with the marquee inventory reserved for you first. Upgrade to a weekly half-page for +$250.
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Six-column broadsheet, 10.5″ × 21″. On kitchen tables and counter tops across Navajo County every week. Free ad design included on any 3-month commitment.
Business card
2 col × 2″
$35/week
The handshake ad, name, number, what you do.
Eighth page
3 col × 5.25″
$115/week
A photo and an offer without the quarter-page spend.
Quarter page
3 col × 10.5″
$210/week
Room for a photo, prices, and a coupon.
Half page
6 col × 10.5″ or 3 col × 21″
$385/week
Dominates the spread it sits on.
Full page
6 col × 21″
$700/week
Grand openings, anniversaries, big sales.
Front-page strip
6 col × 2″ · one per issue
$150/week
Below the fold on page one. First come, first served.
Custom size, open rate
any cols × inches
$8.50/col. inch
Build your own, a 2 col × 5″ ad is 10 column inches, $85. The package sizes above save up to 35%.
Full color
add-on to any display ad
$50/ad
Color sells. Black-and-white is the listed rate; this adds process color.
Back page
6 col × 21″ · full color included
$875/week
The other front page, the one face-up on the counter. One advertiser per issue.
Position guarantee
page 3, section fronts, above the fold
$75/week
Add-on to any display ad, subject to availability.
Classified line ad
up to 4 lines
$12/week
$2 each extra line. Print + the website classifieds.
Preprinted inserts
you print, we carry
$80/1,000
Menus, flyers, sale circulars tucked in every copy.
Every position is a single-advertiser slot, your ad is never in a carousel with five others. Click and view counts reported monthly.
Sidebar
300 × 250 · every article, and the front page
$60/month
The workhorse. Runs site-wide.
Sidebar tower
300 × 600 · every article, follows the reader down the story
$95/month
The tall one. Stays on screen while they read.
In-article
640 × 200 · inside the story after the 4th paragraph, and at the end of every story
$85/month
Sold on its own, by size. Sits where readers are already reading.
Community sponsor
300 × 250 · a tile on your town's community page
$70/month
Holbrook, Winslow, Joseph City or Snowflake-Taylor, next to the weather, the team and the calendar. Or every town for the same price.
Marketplace listing
your logo in the Local Marketplace strip · every page
$25/month
The cheapest way onto every page of the site. Up to eight businesses, side by side, above the footer.
In-feed card
native card in story lists
$75/month
Sits inside the news feed, clearly labeled.
Featured Sponsor
front page, beside the lead story · vertical 240 × 400 · shared rotation
$90/month
Next to the day's top story, the same height. Every Featured Sponsor takes a turn, one every few seconds.
Leaderboard
728 × 90 · top of every page, plus the banner rows on the front page and section fronts
$95/month
First thing readers see, and the banner between rows further down.
Sticky mobile banner
stays on screen on phones
$120/month
Over half our readers are on a phone.
App full-screen
1080 × 1920 · one slide in every six of the app's Reel
$110/month
The whole phone screen, between stories, in the Tribune app. Readers swipe past it.
Section sponsorship
“Sports, presented by ___” · web only
$150/month
Your name on a whole section. Pair it with print in Cross-Media Combines below, one sponsor per section either way.
Sponsored story
written with you, clearly labeled
$175flat
Tell the story behind the business. Stays online forever.
Story newsletter boost
add-on to a sponsored story
$40flat
Your story featured in the next Painted Desert Weekly.
Two free reader newsletters with the best open rates in the county, your message rides along, one sponsor per issue.
Painted Desert Weekly sponsor
Wednesdays · logo + 3 lines + link
$40/issue
$140/month for every issue.
High Desert Happenings sponsor
Sundays · logo + 3 lines + link
$30/issue
$100/month for every issue.
Both newsletters, monthly
every issue, both lists
$200/month
Save $40 vs. buying each.
Community spotlight
3-line plug, no logo
$20/issue
The cheapest way into an inbox we offer.
Dedicated email blast
your message, the whole list, nothing else
$250/send
Maximum one per month, any advertiser, when it's booked, it's gone.
Own the same real estate in print and online with one buy. One sponsor per section, period, whoever holds the combine holds both.
Section sponsor, print + web
site section banner + section-front strip in every issue
$295/month
“Sports, presented by ___” on the website and atop the sports page every Wednesday. $370 bought separately.
Sponsored story, web + print
online story + print adaptation in the Wednesday paper
$245flat
The story behind your business, online forever and in everyone's hands Wednesday. $290 bought separately.
Friday-night games and council meetings, streamed live on tribunenewsnow.com with your name on them, on the player, on the scoreboard overlay, and out loud.
Home game presenting sponsor
logo on stream + overlay + verbal mentions
$75/game
“Friday Night Lights, presented by ___.”
Away game presenting sponsor
same package, we take the broadcast on the road
$95/game
Road games cost more to carry, crew, miles, and uplink. Your name travels with the team.
Season presenting, home games
one school, every streamed home game · stream only
$650/season
Roughly ten games. The Friday Night Lights bundle below adds the scoreboard, print, and newsletter.
Season presenting, home & away
one school, every game we stream, anywhere
$1,200/season
The whole schedule (~18 games), about $1,410 bought game by game.
Scoreboard sponsor
logo beside the live score
$35/game
Add-on to any game. Seen on every score check.
Halftime ad read
announcer-read, 30 seconds
$25/game
Your message, read live at the half. Add-on to any game.
Highlight-clip sponsor
“Plays of the Week, brought to you by ___”
$150/month
Your name on every game highlight we cut and share.
Meeting stream sponsor
council & board livestreams
$30/meeting
Civic-minded and cheap. “Coverage made possible by ___.”
Podcast episode sponsor
host-read, 20 seconds
$25/episode
$85/month across all shows.
Submitted online at /obituaries/submit/, published in the Wednesday paper and on the website after the newsroom reviews it.
Obituary notice
text + one photo · print + web
$75/notice
Includes one photo. Tax included.
Death notice
name, dates, service details only
$25/notice
The short form. Tax included.
Trustee sales, probate, name changes, tax rolls and other required publications. Runs in print on the dates you choose; an affidavit of publication is issued after the last run.
Legal notice
per run · affidavit included
$35/run
Up to 250 words per run; longer notices are quoted. Tax included.
Calendar listings are free. A featured spot pins the event to the top of /events/ and runs it in the Wednesday paper.
Featured event
top of the calendar + Wednesday paper
$15/week
Tax included.
Structured listings with photos, a map pin, and a lead form that emails buyers straight to you, with monthly views-and-leads reporting.
Standard Listing
Appears in search and on the map
$49/30 days
Lead inbox, inquiries emailed to you
Featured Listing
Pinned to the top of /real-estate/ with a ★ badge
$99/30 days
Open-house promotion in the sidebar widget
Premium Showcase
Spotlight in the weekly newsletter
$179/30 days
Views & leads performance report
Featured Realtor card
photo card atop /real-estate/ + profile page
$75/month
Four slots. Your listings, your face, your phone number.
Listing photography
we send a photographer · 8–12 finished shots
$60flat
Good photos sell houses and make your listing the best-looking one on the page.
Nonprofit & civic rate
Registered nonprofits, churches, schools, and community groups get 50% off any print or digital product. The paper exists for the same town you serve.
Annual prepay: 12 for 10
Prepay any bundle for a year and pay for ten months. Two months free, locked rate.
Free ad design
No art department? We are one. Ad design is free with any 3-month commitment, bring a logo and an idea.
First-timer discount
New advertisers get 25% off their first month of any single product. Try us cheap; stay because it works.
Plain-dealing guarantee
Month-to-month unless marked seasonal. No contracts you need a lawyer for, no auto-renew surprises, and a monthly performance report with real numbers.
Ready, or just curious?
Email the ads desk and a human will answer, usually the same day. Tell us your budget first and we'll tell you honestly what it buys.
