Deadline Information

The following instructions pertain to deadlines specified for each of the newspapers listed to the left. Meeting deadlines in a timely fashion with all materials and information necessary to produce your ad ensures delivery of a quality, professional product to you and your potential customers.

• For new advertisers placing their first ad, Final Space Deadline advances two hours.

• For multiple pages, double trucks, shopping center pages, color ads, holiday or extensive layout work, all deadlines are advanced by 24 hours.

• Proof Deadline is for ads produced by the newspapers or ads received as slick, paper, negative or by digital means that require any type of production work.

• Final Space Deadline is the final time an ad can be scheduled for publication and submitted for production work. However, ads submitted at this time that require production work are published at the advertiser's risk. No proofs will be provided and no credits will be given for ad errors submitted on Final Space Deadline.

• Final Space Deadline is also the deadline for pagination-ready ads that require no production work.

• Digital Ad Receipt Deadline, also called "EDI Deadline," is for ads submitted over The News & Observer's AdDrop site, via e-mail or on CD.

• No cancellations or ad-size changes are accepted after the Final Space Deadline without penalty. Any ad cancellation after Final Space Deadline is subject to a cancellation fee equal to 25% of the total cost of the ad.