Star-Revue Media Guide, January 2019

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A note from the publisher:

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eople are starting to notice the changes afoot here at the Star-Revue. This morning I got a phone call from a friend who lives in Red Hook. She said that her son was eating pizza on 7th Avenue in Park Slope with his friends. He told his mother that he noticed a bunch of people reading the Star-Revue. He was excited because he’s known the paper (and me) for most of his life and now his Park Slope friends are interested in coming to Red Hook!

We have long been Red Hook’s go-to paper, full of the local news that homeowners and residents crave. Over the past year we have beefed up the paper, doubling it’s size and adding much more arts, music and feature stories, as well as more advertising and special sections covering shopping and service businesses.

Our January issued included the following local stories: 1 – RETI Center Proposes Floating Industrial Center at GBX 2 – Dutch Delegation Visits Community Justice Center 3 – Celebrities Act at PS 676 holiday party 4 – New Enhanced Crosswalks are coming to Columbia Street 5 – Red Hook Health Survey completed 6 – DHS Opens Emergency-Use Homeless Hotel on Seabring Street 7 – Local Pol Makes Daily News Front Page It ALSO included the following stories of general interest 1 – Brett Yates’ inaugural column titled “I Hate Newspaper Columns” 2 – Kelsey Liebenson-Morse’s “Teaching Feminism at Yeshiva” 3 – Area opinion on Michele Obama’s Becoming 4 – Matt Caprioli’s “Queen America on Facebook Watch” 5 – Mike Cobb’s profile of Donald O’Finn: Artist, Rebel, Proprietor of Freddy’s Bar Our special section on health included Pilates, kickboxing and acupuncture.

The House of Ideas is busily at work on February and beyond. Our special sections are great advertising opportunities, and the regular ads are a unique way to cement your establishment in the minds of our growing flotilla of readers. I would be happy to send you a sample copy of the Star-Revue in the mail… just email me at george@ redhookstar.com. If you can’t wait, see us online at www.star-revue.com

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Coming in February: Fixing, Furnishing and Fancy Start thinking about home renovation, new furniture and home repairs with our special issue focusing on the home.

Sonja Kodiak Wilder

A perfect advertising spot for makers, sellers and architects of beautiful living.

CLOSING DATE: Monday, January 28, 5 pm.

For more information, call our advertising department: 917-652-9128 or email ads@redhookstar.com.

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Coming in March: Real Estate Deals, Steals and More!

For our real estate special, the Star-Revue will be featuring reviews of the new construction that has graced our streetscape over the past year.

In addition, a special article on zoning will unlock some of those mysteries.

A perfect advertising spot for health providers including home owners, real estate agents and brokers, lenders appraisers, and lawyers.

CLOSING DATE: Friday, February 22, 5pm.

For more information, call our advertising department: 917-652-9128 or email ads@redhookstar.com.

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Coming in April: Style and Fashion As the weather warms, the new styles start emerging from under everyone’s coats.

The Star-Revue will be surveying local fashionistas for what’s new for 2019.

Denys Trofimchuk

Plus, a special report on accessories for the high tech world.

CLOSING DATE FOR ADS: Monday, March 25, 5 pm.

For more information, call our advertising department: 917-652-9128 or email ads@redhookstar.com.

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ABOUT US The Red Hook Star-Revue was founded by me, George Fiala, in 2010, and has been publishing regularly since. I love the newspaper business, especially community newspapers. I chose Red Hook for a couple of reasons.

First of all, it’s a historic area surrounded by water on three sides, with a rich shipping background.

Second, it’s got the second largest public housing project in the city.

Third, there are a lot of hangers-on, whose family grew up in Red Hook, worked on the docks, bought modest homes, and whose families stayed.

Then of course there are new residents, who, charmed by the neighborhood as I was, not only moved in but in many cases have participated in its growth.

The art scene is also burgeoning, aided by the opening of Pioneer Works earlier this decade.

I’m excited that the paper is growing as fast as the neighborhood. In the last year, I’ve added a news reporter, an investigative reporter, an arts editor, a music editor, an art director and an advertising manager. This, to an already award-winning staff. We joined the NY Press Association back in 2012, and have been winners in their annual Better Newspaper Contest every year, including first places in Feature Writing, Photography, and Advertising Design.

In 2017, we entered the Best Community Newspaper category in the annual IPPIES awards, conducted by the CUNY School of Journalism. We were awarded first place, beating all other city papers. In 2018 we took second place.

I distribute the paper myself, out of my car. I can tell you that each month when I distribute the new issue, there are very few of the old ones left.

Now that we’ve added to our arts coverage, and made it borough-wide, we have widened our circulation include Park Slope, Gowanus, Dumbo and Fort Greene, in addition to Red Hook and Carroll Gardens.

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OUR READERS The zip code ‘11231’ contains the neighborhoods of Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, and the Columbia Waterfront District. This is the core of our audience.

In addition, the Revue can be found in Dumbo, Sunset Park, Park Slope and Gowanus.

The Red Hook Star-Revue guarantees a per-issue circulation of 9,000 copies distributed in local shops and institutions. It is a free newspaper, averaging 32 pages.

HOUSEHOLD INCOME We serve a diverse community, including both high and low income families.

TONY’S STORY­—MARK’S PIZZERIA The first time I heard about the Red Hook Star-Revue was when I was shopping around for this location. I knew every neighborhood had their own newspaper, so the first thing that I did, I tried to contact George.

I wanted to put my name in the paper so the neighbors knew that this location is going to have a new owner. Soon everybody was coming in the door, and 20 percent of the people had the newspaper in their hand. That’s why I decided that if I want to advertise my business, this is the paper I should advertise in. At the Star-Revue whatever they’re doing, they’re doing a great job!

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At the Star-Revue whatever they’re doing, they’re doing a great job!

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DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATES Full Page Half Page Quarter Page Eighth Page Sixteenth Page Display Classified Line Classified Web Ad

1 month $1100 $750 $400 $250 $150

3 months 6 months 12 months $700 $600 $500 per month $550 $325 $300 per month $300 $200 $150 per month $175 $150 $100 per month $125 $100 $60 per month $100 per month (3.75” wide x 2” tall) $35 per month (up to 5 lines, approx. 25 words) $100 per week ($75 for display advertisers)

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Meet our Ad Department!

LIZ

Sales Manager for The Red Hook StarRevue, Liz Galvin is no stranger to the area. Moving to Brooklyn in 1997, Liz settled into Carroll Gardens and Red Hook for the early years then bouncing around from Brooklyn Heights, to Liz Galvin Williamsburg, even Kensington and Greenpoint! Finally back where she considers home, Liz has been living in Red Hook for 5 years now along with the two apples of her eyes; her cats Audrey and Tony.

You may know her from hanging out at Bait & Tackle or Ice House or recognize her from working at The Good Fork or Sunny’s Bar or maybe just on the street— Liz is always running around!. She is also a Brooklyn real estate agent going on 6 years now and bartends at Olympia Bar in Dumbo! Find her on: Facebook both at www.facebook.com/liz.galvin1 and https://www.facebook.com/ LizGalvinRealEstateAgent/ and Instagram: @lizgalvin To contact Liz directly, call 813-486-6950 or email: liz@redhookstar.com.

JAMIE

Advertising Sales Associate Jamie Yates is a proud resident of Red Hook.

You can often find her at Sunny’s Bar or at Valentino Pier photographing the spectacular sunsets behind Liberty Island.

In her spare time, she enjoys writing poetry and painting. She lives with her husband and three amazing children.

To contact Jamie directly, call 646-5527458 or email Jamie@RedHookStar.com

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Jamie Yates

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TINA’S STORY­—FRIENDS OF P.S. 15

My name is Tina Heslin and I’m the chairperson for Friends of P.S. 15. We’re a nonprofit that supports P.S. 15 in Red Hook, NY. The Friends of P.S.15 was a group that started to help bring the community and the school together; to see what can the community do to help support our elementary school in our neighborhood.

I find the Red Hook Star-Revue to be affordable for advertising, especially being a non-profit.

I live in Cobble Hill and every time I would come down to Fairway, I picked up a copy of the Star-Revue. We decided to advertise as a way to reach the community in Red Hook and also other parts of Brooklyn. ...

All I had to do was provide what the meat of the advertisement was and [the Star-Revue staff] created something wonderful. Like, wow! I never would have been able to create that! So my ads have always been wonderful with the help of the staff...

I find the Red Hook Star-Revue to be affordable for advertising, especially being a non-profit. We want to make sure all our money goes to the students, and it really helps that they care about what we’re spending, and what we want to advertise in spending. So thank you!

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