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The Sun Ad Specs, Ad Sizes, Copy Deadlines & ICC Colour Profiles


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The Sun

Editor: Victoria Newton
First issue date: 15 September 1964
Appears daily, Monday-Sunday

Specifications:

Colour Space: CMYK
Colour Profile (icc): ISOnewspaper26v4.icc
Resolution: 200dpi
Bleed: none
Crop Marks: none


The Sun | Display


Copy Deadlines

All Display Sections:

6pm business day before edition

TV Soap:

6pm Thursday, for that Sunday’s edition


Column Widths

Max Page Height: 338mm

  • 1 col: 34mm

  • 2 col: 72mm

  • 3 col: 111mm

  • 4 col: 149mm

  • 5 col: 188mm

  • 6 col: 226mm

  • 7 col: 264mm

  • DPS (14 col): 550mm
    leave central 6mm clear of any t&cs for gutter


Ad Sizes

Sections at this size:
Main Book
News
Features
Sport
Sun Goals
Racing
Favourite
TV Soap (Full Pages only)


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Full Page (34x7)

H 338mm x W 264mm


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Half Page (17x7)

H 170mm x W 264mm


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Half Page vertical (34x4)

H 338mm x W 149mm


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25x4

H 250mm x W 149mm


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20x3

H 200mm x W 111mm


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20x2

H 200mm x W 72mm


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10x7

H 100mm x W 264mm


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Bookends (34x2)

H 338mm x W 72mm each
Supplied as two 34x2s clearly marked ‘LEFT’ and ‘RIGHT’

*Please check with your commercial contact the width bookend you have booked as we have multiple variants.


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Bookends (34x3)

H 338mm x W 111mm each
Supplied as two 34x3s clearly marked ‘LEFT’ and ‘RIGHT’

*Please check with your commercial contact the width bookend you have booked as we have multiple variants.


TV Strip

H 47mm x W 264mm


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DPS (34x14)

H 338mm x W 550mm
leave central 6mm clear of any t&cs for gutter


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Half Page DPS (17x14)

H 170mm x W 550mm
leave central 6mm clear of any t&cs for gutter


The Sun | Classified


Copy Deadlines

All Classified Sections:

4pm business day before edition

TV Soap:

6pm Thursday, for that Sunday’s edition


Column Widths

Max Page Height: 338mm

  • 1 col: 30mm

  • 2 col: 63mm

  • 3 col: 97mm

  • 4 col: 130mm

  • 5 col: 164mm

  • 6 col: 197mm

  • 7 col: 231mm

  • 8 col: 264mm

  • DPS (16 col): 550mm
    leave central 6mm clear of any t&cs for gutter

Ad Sizes

Sections at this size:
Features (classified)
Motors
Property
Travel
Personal
Recruitment
Legals
TV Soap (Full pages only)


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Full Page (34x8)

H 338mm x W 264mm


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Half Page (17x8)

H 170mm x W 264mm


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25x4

H 250mm x W 130mm


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20x3

H 200mm x W 97mm


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20x2

H 200mm x W 63mm


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10x8

H 100mm x W 264mm


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10x2

H 100mm x W 63mm


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DPS (34x16)

H 338mm x W 550mm
leave central 6mm clear of any t&cs for gutter


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Half Page DPS (17x16)

H 170mm x W 550mm
leave central 6mm clear of any t&cs for gutter