Advertise
Reach people who actually live here.
Our readers are Kansas City metro residents who care about local government, development and the businesses on their street. That is a narrow audience, and it is the point.
Who advertises with us
Mostly owner-run businesses within twenty miles of downtown: trades, clinics, restaurants, professional practices and the agencies that serve them. We do not accept political advertising, gambling, or anything we cannot verify is a real operating business.
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Restaurants & bars
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Clinics & practices
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Legal & professional
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Trades & home services
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Contractors
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Events & venues
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Fitness & wellness
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Creative services
Three ways to buy
Display
$450/month
- 300×250 or 728×90 slot
- Runs on every article page
- Monthly impression report
Partner Spotlight
$1,200one-time
- 800–1,000 word staff-written profile
- Permanent placement in the archive
- Labelled as paid, always
- One newsletter inclusion
Newsletter
$280/send
- Single sponsored slot
- Weekday morning send
- Open and click reporting
What we will not do
- Sell coverage. A Partner Spotlight is a profile, not a favourable review.
- Remove or soften a news story because an advertiser is unhappy with it.
- Run advertising that looks like news without a label.
- Take political or issue-advocacy money.
The full disclosure policy is in our editorial standards.