HILLS NEWS OVERVIEW
Forming the key link between Sydney’s second city, Parramatta, and the expanding north west, The Hills Shire is an affluent area with high home ownership, high numbers of professionals and white collar workers and a strong percentage of tertiary educated residents. Many of Sydney’s leading education institutions are in the region including the state’s top high school. It also has one of the highest penetrations of computer users in Australia.
For shopping, readers are well served by Castle Towers, North Rocks, Baulkham Hills and Winston Hills retail centres and Norwest Private Hospital provides leading-edge health care. The Norwest Business Park provides an expanding centre for employment and industry, HQ for some of Sydney’s leading companies including Woolworths and ResMed.
The Hills News is committed to build on these services, providing quality editorial on local issues that directly affect the community. From local news, sports and entertainment to classifieds and real estate, the Hills News is the preferred paper for readers and advertisers.
Source: emma conducted by Ipsos MediaCT | People 14+ for the 12 months ending Apr 2016 | Nielsen Digital Ratings Monthly Apr 2016.
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The Hills News is part of Fairfax Community Newspaper (FCN) NSW; designed to provide local residents with specialised local news, sport, council information, entertainment and events, as well as product or service availabilities in their local area.
AUDIENCE
By constantly supporting businesses, as well as sponsoring many local events, the Hills News is able to provide residents with specialised local news on sport, council, entertainments and community events, as well as products and services available.
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Hills News Rates
EGN/Display, Classifieds, Trades & Services:SECTIONS | RATE EX GST | RATE INCL GST |
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Display Module | $105.00 | $115.50 |
Classifieds Jobs, Notices, For Sale, Real Estate & General Classifieds | $18.60 | $20.46 |
Adult Services | $20.00 | $22.00 |
Trades & Professional Services Directory | $22.70 | $24.97 |
AD SPECS
Please note all verbal bookings, alterations or cancellations must be confirmed in writing prior to booking deadlines. Alterations or cancellations after deadline may not be accepted and charges may still apply.
Failure to supply material resulting in an advertisement’s non appearance will also incur charges.
Earlier deadlines may occasionally be implemented to accommodate press and production time lines, especially around and after Public Holidays.
Display Deadlines:
HILLS NEWS | DEADLINE |
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Publication Day | Thursday |
Booking & Cancellation | 10am Friday prior |
Material Copy (Ad Creation) | 1pm Friday prior |
Complete Supplied Material | 1pm Monday prior |
Classifieds Deadlines:
HILLS NEWS | DEADLINE |
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Publication Day | Thursday |
Booking & Copy (Ad creation) for Classifieds, Trades & Services | 4pm Monday |
Booking & Supplied material for Classifieds, Trades & Services | 4pm Tuesday |
Booking (lineage ads only) Phone Deadline for Classifieds, Trades & Services | 9.30am Wednesday |
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