Coffee & Work Cafes
Premium coffee shops and work-friendly cafes where readers have time, attention, and a table in front of them.
Morning attention
Issue #1 · 10,000 free copies · Los Angeles
Advertise where the internet becomes print.
A premium physical surface for brands that want to live inside culture, not chase it through another disposable feed placement.
Distribution
Put your brand in rooms that matter.
The American Record is built for curated physical distribution across high-value Los Angeles environments, places where tech-savvy, culture-aware readers work, read, gather, and share what they find.
Universities
Campus-adjacent drops for students, young builders, future founders, creators, and early adopters.
Next-gen readers
Startups & Coworking
Coworking spaces, founder rooms, creative studios, and offices where startup culture already lives.
Builder density
VC & Offices
Venture firms, private offices, agencies, production spaces, and professional rooms with high-value buyers.
Premium B2B reach
Culture & Gathering Places
Galleries, hotels, gyms, wellness spaces, restaurants, events, and local scenes where people gather and talk.
Pass-along culture
Targeted Placement
Distribution can be matched to the category, putting wellness near wellness, tech near founders, and food near local discovery.
Smarter context
Premium sponsorships
Premium placements for national brands.
National and premium advertisers can secure high-visibility placements, category exclusivity, and launch-issue status while local businesses retain accessible entry points.
Issue #1 flagship
Presenting Sponsor
$15,000
The flagship package for a brand that wants visible association with the launch issue.
- Premium full-page placement
- Priority position and launch issue status
- Category exclusivity included
- QR/reporting recap included
- First right on next 4 issues
Highest visual impact
Back Cover Sponsor
$10,000
Own the most collectible exterior surface of the paper.
Native ad showcase
Commercial Break Takeover
$6,500
Dedicated full-page ad environment inside the paper's advertising showcase.
Contextual ownership
Section Sponsor
$7,500
Premium adjacency for Money Trail, Crypto & DeFi, Startups & AI, Where LA Went, or Culture.
Scarcity add-on
Category Exclusivity
+35%
One advertiser per category for Issue #1. Useful for crypto, fintech, cannabis, wellness, and alcohol.
Founding package
4-Issue Partner
From $20K
Multi-issue commitment with launch priority, reporting, and renewal rights.
Editorial boundary: sponsorship buys placement, scarcity, and reporting. It does not buy editorial coverage or editorial control.
Launch pricing
Ad rates for national and local buyers.
National brands get premium display inventory. Local LA brands get smaller, affordable units designed for restaurants, gyms, wellness studios, boutiques, events, and neighborhood services.
National and premium display
Full Page
$5,000
Maximum impact for a launch, category statement, or high-conviction brand campaign.
Half Page
$3,500
Premium presence with room for story, offer, proof, and QR code.
Quarter Page
$1,800
Efficient direct response inside a physical editorial environment.
Eighth Page
$1,200
Starter display unit for first-wave national and regional advertisers.
Local LA launch rates
Local Half
$1,500
For higher-value local categories like med spas, fitness, real estate, restaurants, and hospitality.
Local Quarter
$900
Best default local placement for restaurants, salons, wellness, events, retail, and coffee shops.
Local Eighth
$500
A clean local test with a headline, offer, location, and QR code.
Strip / Banner
$350
Thin horizontal or sidebar strip for simple offers, events, and QR-led promotions.
Classified
$150
Text-first listing for events, hiring, pop-ups, rooms, services, and community notices.
Multi-issue packages: 4 issues, 10% off. 12 issues, 15% off. 26 issues, 20% off. Annual packages are custom. Local rates are for LA-area businesses only and subject to available inventory.
Display ad examples
National ad formats at a glance.
The launch issue supports full-page, half-page, quarter-page, banner, and sidebar-style placements for brand campaigns, product launches, and QR-led response.
Example display formats for premium inventory. Advertisers can supply finished creative or request print specifications before production.
Ad menu
Choose the right format for your campaign.
Choose from premium display placements, local units, strips, sidebars, and classifieds built for clear offers, strong visuals, and trackable QR response.
Full Page
Best for national brands, launches, premium cannabis/hemp, fintech, crypto, wellness, alcohol, and high-visual campaigns.
National and premium
Half Page
Strong display unit with enough room for a brand story, product proof, QR code, and offer.
National or local premium
Quarter Page
A flexible placement for restaurants, gyms, med spas, streetwear, events, and regional brands.
Most flexible
Eighth Page
A compact placement for local tests, simple product pushes, and QR-led offers.
Low-friction test
Strip / Sidebar
Thin banner or vertical rail unit. Good for coupons, event dates, store openings, QR prompts, and repeated frequency.
Frequency unit
Classified / Listing
Text-first local listing for events, hiring, pop-ups, real estate, rooms, services, and community notices.
Local entry point
Local LA examples
Affordable units for neighborhood advertisers.
Local businesses can choose smaller placements built for offers, events, openings, services, and neighborhood awareness without committing to a full-page campaign.
Example local inventory for restaurants, wellness studios, shops, events, pop-ups, neighborhood services, and community listings.
Editorial context
See where your ad can live.
See the editorial environments that surround the ads: culture, money, local discovery, internet analysis, and premium brand placements.
Front Page
Big hierarchy, fast context, and high pass-along value.
Money Trail
Finance, business, crypto, and market attention for higher-intent readers.
Numbers
Data-led pages with strong scanability and sponsor-friendly context.
Commercial Break
A dedicated advertising environment that still feels native to the paper.
Startups & AI
A natural home for apps, tools, AI products, founders, and SaaS brands.
Where LA Went
Local culture, hospitality, food, events, and neighborhood discovery.
What Broke Where
Internet analysis made readable, memorable, and physical.
Sample Ad
A full-page brand placement shown in context.
Why print works
Not another banner ad.
Print gives the campaign a physical life. The American Record gives that print surface internet context, cultural timing, and trackable action.
How it works
Five steps to get into print.
A straightforward process for local businesses, national brands, and regulated categories that need extra review.
01
Pick size
Choose full, half, quarter, or eighth page.
02
Submit creative
Share a file or folder link if the ad is ready, or request specs first.
03
Add QR
Include the destination URL so the ad can be tracked.
04
Review fit
We review legality, claims, disclosures, and placement fit.
05
Go to print
Approved ads are confirmed for the issue.
Reservation request
Reserve Issue #1 inventory.
Submit the reservation form with your company, placement, creative status, file link, and QR destination. We will follow up with availability, specs, and the right payment link after review.
Not just an LA paper. Launch distribution spans 20+ major metros, with new cities added every month.
This is a reservation request, not an automatic charge. Every ad is reviewed before acceptance.
Have a finished ad already? Paste a Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Canva, Figma, or PDF link in the creative field so we can review it faster.
Restricted category? See our advertiser access policy.