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All Retail Advertising contract provisions are contained in the individual advertising contracts. Copies are available from your San Antonio Express-News advertising representative.

  • The Publisher may change the rate card terms and conditions or increase any and all advertising rates on 30 days advance notice to any Advertiser, and in that event, the Advertiser may terminate the contract within the 30 day period. If Advertiser orders advertising to be published after the 30 day period, Advertiser agrees it is in accordance with the new rate card rate. The space contracted is to be used in the daily Express-News, the Sunday Express-News, the Saturday Express-News and the San Antonio regional sections.
  • Publisher reserves the right not to accept any Advertiser’s order. Only publication of an advertisement shall constitute final acceptance of an Advertiser’s order. Without limiting the foregoing, Publisher reserves the right to arbitrarily reject, classify or revise any copy which it considers, in its sole discretion, not in the public interest, not in good taste, not in keeping with the Publisher’s standards or not desirable to the Publisher at the time requested by the Advertiser.
  • The Publisher reserves the right to alter any ad graphic or illustration or part of any graphic or illustration, or white letter or solid black background which, because of its size and unusual blackness of face or appearance, is regarded as a disfigurement of the paper by the Publisher.
  • The Publisher is not responsible for typographical or other errors in advertisements. Proofs will be furnished for the purpose of correcting errors, not for additions or changes to the copy first submitted. Notice of corrections or changes must be requested at a reasonable time before deadlines. Advertising material submitted to or produced by the Publisher is valid for one run. For subsequent runs, the Advertiser waives any changes and corrections not given to the Publisher before the deadline to make changes and corrections.
  • If a scheduled ad does not appear in the newspaper, the Publisher shall be relieved of all obligation to publish and of all liability for failure to publish such advertisement. All approved copy shall be published in the issue requested by the Advertiser. The liability of the Publisher for failure to publish an advertisement in the issue requested shall be limited to publishing the advertisement in a subsequent issue. Failure in good faith by the Publisher to insert or publish shall not constitute a breach of this contract.
  • The Advertiser shall defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the Publisher against any claim or cause of action against the Publisher by reason of either failure to publish or of the actual publication of any advertisement at the Advertiser’s direction. Without limiting the foregoing, the Advertiser agrees to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the Publisher against any and all liability, loss or expense arising from any claim for unfair competition; deceptive trade practices; infringement of trade marks, service marks, trade names or patent; violations of rights of privacy; and infringement of copyrights and proprietary rights resulting from the publication of any advertisement at the Advertiser’s direction.
  • Advertising set to resemble news matter must carry the words "PAID ADVERTISEMENT" at the top of the advertisement. It must be completely bordered. The Publisher’s headline or body type cannot be used.
  • Should conflicts arise between the terms and conditions of the Publisher’s form of contract and any other contract or writing executed between the Advertiser and the Publisher, no matter when in time the conflicting contract or writing is dated, such conflicts shall be resolved strictly according to the terms and conditions of the Publisher’s form of contract. The Publisher’s form of contract and the Publisher’s rate card in effect at publication date shall prevail over any conflicting writing.
  • Advertiser holds joint and severable liablity to the Publisher with each and every advertising agency or agent who orders advertising in the name of or on behalf of the Advertiser.
  • The terms and conditions of the written contract and the rate card shall bind the heirs, successors and assigns of the Advertiser and other Publisher.
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