Advertising with PCCNG & Fife Free Press

Advertising With PCCNG

The Pierce County Community Newspaper Group (PCCNG) is quickly becoming a leader in news in the Pierce County area. A trusted and reliable source for local coverage, each of our papers relate to the interests of readers in each of the areas that we serve. Our flagship paper - Tacoma Weekly has been publishing for 20 years. With a circulation of 20,000 the unique and diverse readership of this paper offers advertisers an opportunity not only to promote products and services but also to build a report with the people who live and work in the Tacoma area. Readers are eager to get their weekly paper and as a result our subscriber base is growing. Each week Tacoma Weekly mails into to more than 2,000 homes and businesses. We also include distribution in the areas surrounding Tacoma such as Lakewood, Puyallup and Gig Harbor. Our readers have shown an overwhelming amount of support not only of Tacoma Weekly but of the businesses that advertise here as well.

PCCNG also publishes two bi-weekly papers that cover the Fife, Milton and Edgewood communities. Mailed direct in-home the Fife Free Press and Milton-Edgewood Signal offer the affordability of print advertising coupled with the effectiveness of direct mail. Each issue is packed full of local news including a strong focus on education, local government and the issues that really matter to the residents of the Fife, Milton and Edgewood communities.

As a combination buy PCCNG gives advertisers the opportunity to market themselves in three communities that are committed to their local papers at a an economical rate. Tacoma Weekly, Fife Free Press and Milton-Edgewood Signal offer a combined circulation of 36,000 which includes distribution in public spaces including schools and local businesses along with weekly mailing and annual subscriptions.

We offer complimentary ad design services to all customers. Our graphic design staff brings wealth of knowledge and the proven ability to create print advertisements that get results.

Advertising Rates

Advertising in Tacoma Weekly, Fife Free Press and Milton-Edgewood Signal is sold by the column inch. For example, a “2x4” ad is sized at 2 columns wide by 4 inches tall, and is billed as 8 column inches.

Full page size is 6 columns by 21.5 inches.

Display Rates

Tacoma Weekly: $12/per column inch.

Milton • Edgewood Signal: $10/per column inch.

Fife Free Press: $10/per column inch.

Full Coverage Combo Buy (Ad runs in all three papers): $15/per column inch.

For contract discounts and additional options please download our media kit [PDF]

Classified Rates

Classified ads run in four papers for one low price.

Display Rate: $9/per column inch

For special directory, real estate and employment rates please download our complete media kit [PDF]

Media Kit

For more information and special rates, download our complete media kit [PDF].

Want more info?

Contact us

For 6th Ave, Proctor District and Gig Harbor contact Rose Theile.

For Fife, Milton & Edgewood contact Mallory Shultz.

For everything else contact Jamie McCormack.

Call us at
(253) 759-5773
or fill out this form.

Media Kit
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