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American Community Newspapers
Classified Ad Network

The American Community Newspaper network offers advertisers the opportunity to advertise in its extensive network of 327 papers covering 27 states.

The network includes 126 daily papers, 100 paid weekly papers, and 105 free weekly papers. The states covered include: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.

Total American Community Circulation: 3,247,200+ million.

Price for 25 word classified: $850

Additional words: $15.00 each additional.

Your ad will run one time in each paper during the designated week. The daily newspapers reserve the right to run the ad any day during the week. Most of the weekly papers publish on either Wednesday or Thursday. Deadline is one week prior to publication.

Important: before placing ads in the American Community Newspaper network see American Community Newspaper Guidelines


How To Count Words For Classified Ads

  • Hyphenated words count as two words. (i.e. low-budget = 2 words)
  • Phone numbers (or email address) count as one word.

  • Websites count as one word.

  • Complete street or rural addresses count as two words
    (i.e. 123 Main St. = two words.)

  • City, state, & zip code count as one word EACH (i.e. Los Angeles, CA 91235 = 3 words.)

  • P.O. Box with number counts as THREE words. (i.e. P.O. Box 427 = 3 words.)



List of Participating American Community papers


Alabama 7 American Community publications
Athens News-Courier Daily 7,200 Cullman Times Daily 11,096 Athens Best Bargain Shopper Shopper 11,000 Cullman Times Extra Shopper 15,650 Leed News Weekly 2,751 North Jefferson News Weekly 4,743 Pell City St. Clair News-Aegis Weekly 4,235
Total Circulation 56,675

Arkansas 3 American Community publications
Benton Courier Daily 7,844 Malvern Daily Record Daily 4,263 Malvern Daily Record TMC TMC 3,100
Total Circulation 15,207

California 2 American Community publications
The Bishop Times TMC 4,200 The Inyo Register Weekly 5,570
Total Circulation 9,770

Florida 6 American Community publications
New Smyrna Observer Daily 2,360 Suwannee Valley Shopper Shopper 17,932 Branford News Weekly 1,450 Mayo Free Press Weekly 1,365 Jasper News Weekly 1,504 Suwannee Democrat Weekly 4,462
Total Circulation 29,073

Georgia 29 American Community Publications
Americus Times-Recorder Daily 6,365 The Daily Citizen News Daily 12,878 Clayton News/Daily Daily 4,400 Cordele Dispatch Daily 4,722 The Henry Daily Herald Daily 3,200 Moultrie Observer Daily 7,200 Thomasville Times-Enterprise Daily 9,412 Tifton Gazette Daily 8,600 Union Recorder Daily 7,510 Valdosta Daily Times Daily 18,909 Berrien/Cook Buyers Guide Shopper 8,500 Clinch Area Buyers Guide Shopper 6,000 Colquitt Mailbox Post Shopper 15,451 Crisp Sunbelt Shopper Shopper 14,500 Douglas Shopper Shopper 18,869 Lowndes Mailbox Post Shopper 30,039 Milledgeville Buyer’s Guide Shopper 10,200 North Georgia Busy Shopper Shopper 29,000 Sumter Sunbelt Shopper Shopper 16,500 Thomas County Buyers Guide Shopper 17,725 Thomaston Shopping Guide Shopper 9,674 Tift Area Buyers Guide Shopper 16,041 Turner County Buyers Guide Shopper 4,000 Worth County Buyers Guide Shopper 6,600 Dalton Advertiser TMC 20,000 Coffee County News Weekly 2,117 Excalibur Weekly 3,700 Jackson Progess-Argus Weekly 4,003 The Thomaston Times Weekly 5,500
Total Circulation 321,615

Idaho 2 American Community Publications
Blackfoot Morning News Daily 4,245 Blackfoot Shopper’s Extra Shopper 3,722
Total Circulation 7,967

Illinois 10 American Community Publications
Chicago Sun Times Daily 474,533 Commercial News Daily 17,733 Effingham Daily News Daily 13,339 Mt. Vernon Register News Daily 9,515 Shelbyville Daily Union Daily 3,400 Danville AD-vantage Shopper 12,200 Shelbyville Daily Union TMC TMC 8,400 Pioneer Press Weekly 222,604 Marion Weekly Review Weekly 5,000 McLeansboro Times-Leader Weekly 3,387
Total Circulation 770,111

Indiana 32 American Community Publications
Anderson Herald Bulletin Daily 27,601 Columbia City Post & Mail Daily 4,152 Decatur Daily Democrat Daily 5,291 Greensburg Daily News Daily 6,150 Jeffersonville Evening News Daily 9,100 Kokomo Tribune Daily 22,787 Lebanon Reporter Daily 6,157 Linton Daily Citizen Daily 3,588 Logansport Pharos-Tribune Daily 11,863 New Albany Tribune Daily 6,615 Pilot News Daily 6,284 Rushville Republican Daily 3,423 Terre Haute Tribune Star Daily 31,000 Washington Times Herald Daily 9,168 Berne Shopping News Shopper 5,604 Columbia City Shopping News Shopper 6,150 Columbia City Tuesday Shopper 12,400 Crown Point Shopping News Shopper 21,200 Decatur Daily Dem. Extra Shopper 4,896 Batesville Herald-Tribune Weekly 3,145 Bourbon News Mirror Weekly 1,145 Bremen Enquirer Weekly 1,684 Crown Point Star Weekly 2,900 Culver Citizen Weekly 1,008 Hancock County Image Weekly 45,000 Hendricks Co. Flyer Group Weekly 75,500 Knox Leader & Review Weekly 3,033 Monroeville News Weekly 607 Nappanee Advance News Weekly 2,054 Jeffersonville Sunnyside Weekly 17,000 Pennysaver Times Weekly 86,147 Zionsville Times Sentinel Weekly 4,000
Total Circulation 446,652

Iowa 17 American Community Publications
Clinton Herald Daily 13,300 Daily Iowegian Daily 2,711 Storm Lake Pilot Tribune Daily 2,895 The Spencer Daily Reporter Daily 4,480 Oskaloosa Herald Daily 4,177 The Ottumwa Courier Daily 16,000 Centerville Ad Express Shopper 13,000 Northwest Iowa Shopper Shopper 23,790 Oskaloosa Shopper Shopper 21,000 River City News & Advertiser Shopper 8,000 Storm Lake Buena Vista Shopper Shopper 20,000 The Wapello County Shopper Shopper 14,000 Knoxville Journal Reminder TMC 13,500 The Ottumwa Courier TMC TMC 12,000 Dickinson County News Weekly 2,251 Knoxville Journal Express Weekly 5,062 Pella Chronicle Weekly 5,062
Total Circulation 181,228

Kansas 1 Publications
Coffeyville Journal Daily 3,607
Total Circulation 3,607

Kentucky 26 American Community Publications
The Ashland Daily Ind. Daily 21,000 Corbin Times-Tribune Daily 6,159 Glasgow Daily Times Daily 9,279 Harlan Daily Enterprise Daily 7,000 Middlesboro Daily News Daily 6,444 Richmond Register Daily 7,250 Somerset Commonwealth JournalDaily 9,422 Cumberland Trading Post Shopper 17,700 Regional Shopper Stopper Shopper 50,000 Lake Cumberland Shopper Shopper 29,877 London Classified Connection Shopper 3,000 Ashland Daily Ind. Plus TMC 21,000 Corbin Tri-Co.Shopping Guide TMC 41,050 Madison Co. Advertiser TMC 23,500 Carlisle Mercury Weekly 400 Grayson Journal Enquirer Weekly 2,900 Greenup News-Times Weekly 3,000 Grayson Co. News Gazette Weekly 4,759 Hazard Herald Voice Weekly 5,300 London Sentinel Echo Weekly 7,082 Wayne County Outlook Weekly 5,800 Morehead News Weekly 5,300 Olive Hill Journal-Times Weekly 2,000 The Floyd County Times Weekly 7,029 Russellville News Dem. Leader Weekly 6,220 McCreary County Record Weekly 4,842
Total Circulation 307,313

Maryland 3 American Community Publications
Cumberland Times-Review Daily 30,818 Garrett County Weekender Weekly 16,000 Frostburg Express Weekly 3,150
Total Circulation 49,968

Minnesota 2 American Community Publications
The Mankato Free Press Daily 25,000 The Mankato Express TMC 16,000
Total Circulation 41,000

Mississippi 14 American Community Publications
Laurel Leader Call Daily 7,641 Meridian Star Daily 17,701 Picayune Item Daily 6,136 Starkville Daily News Daily 6,350 W. Point Daily Times Leader Daily 2,813 Newton Shopping News Shopper 9,000 Starkville Crossroads Shopper 3,650 West Point Crossroads Shopper 2,945 Pearl River County Shopper Shopper 10,500 The Meridian Free Press TMC 25,500 Kosciusko Star Herald Weekly 6,000 Newton Record Weekly 2,300 Poplarville Democrat Weekly 2,133 Wayne County News Weekly 4,095
Total Circulation 106,764

Missouri 2 American Community Publications
The Joplin Globe Daily 32,000 The Joplin News Herald TMC 22,000
Total Circulation 54,000

Nebraska 2 American Community Publications
Custer County Extra TMC 8,275 Custer County Chief Weekly 3,300
Total Circulation 11,575

New York 9 American Community Publications
Lockport Union Sun & Journal Daily 15,547 Medina Journal Register Daily 4,304 Niagra Gazette Daily 24,697 Olean Times Herald Daily 17,580 Salamanca Press Daily 2,100 Tonawanda News Daily 10,790 Salamanca Pennysaver Shopper 12,693 Olean Twin Tier Review TMC 12,850 Albion Advertiser Weekly 1,204
Total Circulation 101,765

North Carolina 17 American Community Publications
Observer-News Enterprise Daily 2,453 The Robesonian Daily 13,150 The Sampson Independent Daily 8,340 Tarboro Daily Southerner Daily 3,761 Bethel Herald Shopper 2,017 Edgecombe Review Shopper 2,724 Sampson Co. Shopping Guide Shopper 8,000 Bladen Journal Extra TMC 3,600 The Robeson Midweekly TMC 15,625 Apex Herald Weekly 2,521 Stanley News & Press Weekly 9,343 The Randolph Guide Weekly 2,300 The Balden Journal Weekly 4,200 Fuquay-Varina Independent Weekly 4,133 The Garner News Weekly 3,954 Holly Springs Sun Weekly 6,141 Cleveland Post Weekly 8,006
Total Circulation 100,268

North Dakota 2 American Community Publications
Valley City Times-Record Daily 2,839 Valley City Weekly Shopper 9,045
Total Circulation 11,884

Ohio 13 American Community Publications
Gallipolis Daily Tribune Daily 5,014 Portsmouth Daily Times Daily 15,219 St. Marys Evening Leader Daily 4,459 Pomeroy Daily Sentinel Daily 4,370 Ashtabula Star Beacon Daily 20,546 Wapakoneta Daily News Daily 4,212 East Auglaize Merchandiser Shopper 4,752 Gallipolis Tri-County Shopper Shopper 15,700 Shelby Auglaize Review Shopper 8,753 St. Marys Extra Merchandiser Shopper 5,951 Portsmouth Focus TMC 15,148 Hubbard Press Weekly 2,500 Minster Community Post Weekly 981
Total Circulation 107,605

Oklahoma 52 American Community Publications
Altus Times Daily 4,597 Ada Evening News Daily 8,799 Chickasha Daily Express Daily 4,841 Claremore Daily Progress Daily 5,723 Cushing Daily Citizen Daily 3,200 Duncan Banner Daily 9,100 Durant Daily Democrat Daily 6,300 Emond Evening Sun Daily 7,824 Enid News Eagle Daily 19,611 Guymon Daily Herald Daily 2,700 News Capital & Democrat Daily 10,668 Norman Transcript Daily 15,539 Pauls Valley Daily Democrat Daily 2,966 Poteau News & Sun Daily 4,455 Pryor Daily Times Daily 4,900 Sapulpa Daily Herald Daily 5,491 Stillwater News Press Daily 9,250 Talequah Daily Press Daily 3,900 Woodward News Daily 4,942 Ada Buyers Guide Shopper 12,113 Cushing Shopper’s Guide Shopper10,931 Cushing Show & Tell Shopper 20,000 Duncan Bargain Guide Shopper 15,000 Enid Shoppers Edge Shopper 18,000 Pauls Valley-Valley Trader Shopper 6,500 Poteau Shopper’s Guide Shopper 20,111 S.W. Oklahoma Shopper Shopper 8,400 Stillwater Shop & Swap Shopper 19,250 Will Rogers Shopping News Shopper 8,900 EASTOC Extra TMC 12,550 Edmond Wednesday-Extra TMC 13,702 Enid Neighbor TMC 12,112 Sapulpa Daily Extra TMC 10,000 Tahlequah Midweek TMC 10,500 Antlers American Weekly 939 Choctaw/Nicoma Free Press Weekly 1,110 Del City Sun Weekly 736 Ft. Gibson Times Weekly 465 Frederick Leader Weekly 974 Harrah Herald Weekly 361 Hartshorne Sun Weekly 1,376 Jay American Weekly 1,300 McLoud News Weekly 622 Midwest City Sun Weekly 3,298 Midwest City Sunday Sun Weekly 5,535 Moore American Weekly 1,794 Moore South Leader Weekly 16,000 Oklahoma County News Weekly 567 Stillwell Democrat Journal Weekly 5,000 Tuttle Times Weekly 1,250 Waurika News Democrat Weekly 1,289 Westville Reporter Weekly 2,100
Total Circulation 377,591

Pennsylvania 20 American Community Publications
Bradford Era Daily 12,700 Johnstown Tribune-Democrat Daily 43,500 Kane Republican Daily 1,972 Meadville Tribune Daily 15,652 New Castle News Daily 18,848 Punxatawney Spirit Daily 5,406 Ridgway Record Daily 2,641 St. Marys Daily Press Daily 4,929 The Sharon Herald Daily 20,793 Titusville Herald Daily 4,000 Meadville Bravo Extra Shopper 7,600 Indiana Bulletin Board Direct Shopper 15,289 Indiana Bulletin Board Ext. Shopper 10,846 Johnstown Starwatch Shopper 24,024 Ridgway Shop Right Shopper 32,492 New Castle Cover Story TMC 11,566 New Castle South Co. News TMC 8,050 Punxatawney Co. Neighbors TMC 7,100 Titusville Herald TMC TMC 4,514 Sharon Allied News Weekly 15,000
Total Circulation 266,922

Tennessee 5 American Community Publications
Crossville GladeSun Shopper 5,000 Crossville Chronicle TMC TMC 19,000 Clairborne Progress Weekly 6,752 Crossville Chronicle Weekly 8,038 Macon County Times Weekly 5,690
Total Circulation 44,480

Texas 32 American Community Publications
Athens Daily Review Daily 5,205 Big Spring Herald Daily 5,149 Borger News Herald Daily 4,977 Cleburne Times Review Daily 7,000 Corsicana Daily Sun Daily 6,051 Gainesville Daily Register Daily 5,881 Greenville Herald-Banner Daily 8,481 Huntsville Item Daily 5,593 Jacksonville Daily Progress Daily 4,396 The Mineral Wells Index Daily 3,200 Mexia Daily News Daily 2,301 Orange Leader Daily 7,828 Palestine Herald Press Daily 8,300 Port Arthur News Daily 14,808 San Marcos Daily Record Daily 4,550 Sweetwater Reporter Daily 2,970 Weatherford Democrat Daily 5,159 Hill Country Shoppers Guide Shopper 15,000 Palo Pinto Shopper Shopper 14,700 Nolan County Shopper Shopper 4,000 Navarro Co. Sun Extra Shopper 15,000 Opportunity Valley News Shopper 24,500 Outpost Advertiser Shopper 33,695 Parker County Shopper Shopper 31,033 Big Spring Crossroads Co. Adv. TMC 5,500 Johnson County News TMC 19,572 Mexia Daily News TMC TMC 4,200 Texas Trader TMC 21,424 Cedar Creek Pilot Weekly 3,157 Commerce Journal Weekly 2,500 Hubbard City News Weekly 987 Bonham Favorite Weekly 3,000
Total Circulation 300,117

Vermont 1 American Community Publication
Newport Daily Express Daily 4,603
Total Circulation 4,603

Washington 4 American Community Publications
Colville Sun Shopper 17,406 Deer Park Tri-County Extra Shopper 9,914 Colville Statesman-Examiner Weekly 5,388 Deer Park Tri-County Tribune Weekly 2,995
Total Circulation 35,703

West Virginia 17 American Community Publications
Beckley Register-Herald Daily 30,376 Bluefield Daily Telegraph Daily 21,476 Fairmont Times-W. Virginian Daily 12,461 Logan Banner Daily 8,417 Point Pleasant Register Daily 4,656 Coal Valley AD-Vantage TMC 12,500 Beckley Post Report Weekly 28,500 Coal Valley News Weekly 5,100 Eastern Zone Market Basket Weekly 8,426 Fayette Tribune Weekly 3,250 Fayette County Market Basket Weekly 16,175 Montgomery Herald Weekly 2,286 Nicholas Co. Market Basket Weekly 14,700 Potomac Highlands Weekly 13,700 Princeton Times Weekly 5,000 Raleigh Explorer Weekly 11,000 Wyoming Co. Report Weekly 7,000
Total Circulation 205,023



Things to know before placing your ad:

1.Most newspapers will print the first few words of your ad in bold type or capital letters.

2.Because of the extensive network of papers involved, tearsheets cannot be provided. However, National Advertising Agency ensures that your ad is properly placed throughout the network.

3.Individual papers reserve the right to reject your ad if it doesn't meet their standards.

NOTE: Before we place your ad, we will contact you (call or email) to confirm your ad details, and/or provide FREE assistance with your ad.


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