Effective with January 2008 Issue | Rate Card Number 34

Billing Date and Terms
Advertisers, or their agencies, will be billed immediately upon publication of their ad. Terms are net 30 days from date of invoice. Advertisers shall pay a late charge of 1% per month (12% per year) on all invoices not paid within 30 days of the date of such invoices. Referee reserves the right to require advance payment for any advertiser who has an outstanding balance or does not have an established account with Referee. Advertising agency and advertiser are jointly liable for all invoices.

Agency Commissions
A commission of 15% of gross billing is allowed to recognize advertising agencies if display ad is submitted electronically and if bills are paid within 30 days of invoice date.

Inserts and Bind-In Cards
Contact the Advertising Department at 262-632-8855 for rates and specifications.

Submissions of any advertisement, insertion order, space reservation or position commitment shall constitute acceptance of the following General Conditions:

1.    As used in this section titled “General Conditions,” the term “Publisher” shall refer to Referee magazine.

2.    Rates are based on the number of insertions used within twelve (12) consecutive months.  Orders are accepted subject to terms and provisions of the current advertising rate card.  Publisher reserves the right to change rate upon 90-day notice.  Contract may be cancelled at the time a change rate becomes effective without incurring a short-rate adjustment provided the contract rate has been earned up to the date of cancellation.  Uniform rates apply to all advertisers at all times.

3.    No conditions, printed or otherwise appearing on the space order, billing instructions, or copy instructions which conflict with the Publisher’s stated policies will be binding on the Publisher.  Failure to make the order correspond in price or otherwise with the rate schedule is regarded only as clerical error and publication of the advertisement will be made and charged for upon the terms of the rate schedule then in force without further notice.

4.    If more or fewer insertions are used within twelve months than specified in the contract, charges will be adjusted in accordance with the established rates.

5.    All advertisements in Referee are accepted and published by Referee Enterprise, Inc. on the representation that the advertiser and/or advertising agency are authorized to publish the entire content and subject matter thereof.  The advertiser and/or advertising agency will defend, indemnify and hold Referee Enterprise, Inc. harmless for and against loss, expense or violation of right of privacy or publicity, plagiarism, copyright or trademark infringement, and any other claims or suits that may arise out of publication of such advertisement. 

6.    The Publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement for any reason.

7.    The Publisher reserves the right to insert the word “advertisement” prominently into any advertisement witch simulates editorial content.

8.    Publisher is not liable for delays in the delivery and/or non-delivery in the event of an Act of God, action by any governmental or quasi-government entity, fire, flood, insurrection, riot, explosion, embargo, strikes whether legal or illegal, labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow down, or any condition beyond control of Publisher affecting production or delivery in any manner.

9.    Publisher shall have the right to hold advertiser and/or its advertising agency jointly and severally liable for such monies as are due and payable to the Publisher for advertising which advertiser or its agency ordered and which advertising was published.

10.  When change in copy is not received by the closing date, copy run in previous issue will be inserted.

11.  The Publisher assumes no liability if for any reason it becomes necessary to omit an advertisement.  The Publisher’s liability for any error will not exceed the charge for the advertisement in question.

12.  Publisher is not responsible for mistakes in production of ad copy not submitted in writing.

13.  Cancellations must be received by the reservation closing date or advertiser will be held responsible for payment of space reserved.

14.  Publisher shall have no liability for errors in key numbers

15.  Conditions other than rates are subject to change by Publisher without notice.

16.  No other conditions shall be binding on the Publisher unless specifically agreed to in writing by the Publisher. Publisher will not be bound by conditions printed or appearing on insertion orders or copy instructions which conflict with provisions of these general conditions.