Special Shapes
Innovative formats that require more technical consideration… In all instances, please contact ci@news.co.uk for assistance with designing and delivering the shapes listed below.
We require these ads earlier, ideally 3-4 days prior to the stated edition deadlines in order to check they have been built correctly, and feed back any required amendments.
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Tabloid
Cover Wraps | Tabloid
The shapes can appear in:
The Times - All sections
The Sun - All sections
Sunday Times - Tabloid sections
Main Book (Times or Sun)
Click for Times Spec Sheet / Sun Spec Sheet
Times Front Cover Masthead: H 50mm x W 264mm (top of front cover) Sun Front Cover Masthead: H 100mm x W 264mm (top of front cover) Space for barcode: H 30mm x W 60mm (bottom left of outside back cover)
Inside pages are a DPS that appear on the inside front and inside back covers
(sent as 2 DPS files if bleeding across gutter or 4x single pages if not bleeding across gutter)
Times 2 Wrap
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Front Cover Masthead: H 40mm x W 264mm (top of front cover)
Inside pages are a DPS that appear on the inside front and inside back covers
(sent as 2 DPS files if bleeding across gutter or 4x single pages if not bleeding across gutter)
Supplement Wrap (Sport, Travel etc)
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Front Cover Masthead allowance: H 100mm x W 264mm (top of front cover)
Inside pages are a DPS that appear on the inside front and inside back covers
*No barcode space required.
(sent as 2 DPS files if bleeding across gutter or 4x single pages if not bleeding across gutter)
Cover Wraps | Broadsheet
The shapes can appear in:
The Sunday Times - News
Sunday Times News Wrap
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Front Cover Masthead: H 60mm x W 343mm (top of front cover)
Space for barcode: H 24mm x W 43mm (bottom right of front cover)
(sent as 2 DPS files if bleeding across gutter or 4x single pages if not bleeding across gutter)
Innovation Shapes | Tabloid
The shapes can appear in:
The Times - All sections
The Sun - All sections
Sunday Times - Tabloid sections
battenburg
Top Left: H 170mm x W 264mm
Bottom Right: H 170mm x W 264mm
(sent as 2 Half Pages, clearly marked left/right)
Cascade
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10 files required in total - see spec sheet for details.
(Ad Delivery via Email - please liaise with ci@news.co.uk)
C Shape
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 264mm
(sent as a Full Page)
chequerboard
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Floating Strip (10x14)
H 100mm x W 550mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Floating Island (10x8)
H 100mm x W 320mm
Fireplace (20x6)
H 200mm x W 244mm
Fireplace (20x8)
H 200mm x W 320mm
Fireplace (25x8)
H 250mm x W 320mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Fireplace Extended (34x8)
H 338mm x W 320mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Fireplace (6x6)
H 60mm x W 244mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Frame
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
H Shape
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Integrated Shapes
Integration allowance is 10mm on top of Sold Ad Size Can be supplied on email
MUST have a transparent background (PDF 1.4 or newer)
Jail Bars
H 338mm x W 111mm (x2)
(sent as a two 34x3s clearly marked ‘left’ and ‘right’)
L Shape
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 264mm
(sent as a Full Page)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
L Shape Extended
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Mantlepiece
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Podium
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Delivered size: H 250mm x W 550mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
S Shape (Snake)
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Staircase
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
T Shape
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Tailed Bookends (25 High)
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Delivered size: H 250mm x W 550mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Tower
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 264mm
(sent as a Full Page)
Tower Extended
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
TV Strip (T2)
H 46mm x W 504mm
Ad bleeds across gutter @275mm, keep 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
*exclusive to The Times
TV Strip (The Sun)
H 47mm x W 264mm
*exclusive to The Sun
U Shape
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
U Shape (Racing)
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
*exclusive to The Sun
W shape
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Waterfall
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as a DPS)
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Yin Yang
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Delivered size: H 338mm x W 550mm
(sent as either a DPS or 2 Full Pages clearly marked left/right)
Broadsheet
Innovation Shapes | Broadsheet
The shapes can appear in:
The Sunday Times - News & Business
*Shapes opposite for guidance only and not proportional.
Fireplace (25x8)
H250mm x W363mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Fireplace (27x8)
H 270mm x W363mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Fireplace (33x10)
H 330mm x W451mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs
Fireplace (38x12)
H 380mm x W537mm
Ad bleeds across gutter, keep central 6mm clear of headlines, text, t&cs