Advertising & paid placement

How a booking runs

Unbooked slots carry labeled house promotions. Eligible approved and paid campaigns replace the exact selected slot for the purchased duration, then house creative resumes. Existing active runs are protected.

New advertisements use the exact listed fixed price and submission order after historical commitments. Legacy first-price bookings keep their saved price and priority. Choose next available or an earliest start in Eastern time. The full duration begins at first eligible display after that time, payment and review; delivery and paid clicks stop at the recorded end. No automatic renewal applies. A booking does not guarantee a particular future start time, impressions, clicks or sales.

What payment does and does not buy

Advertisements, paid visibility, affiliate relationships and house promotion must be identified at the point readers encounter them. Payment never verifies directory ownership, purchases favorable coverage or controls newsroom corrections.

Advertisers must substantiate claims and honor their published offers. Approval, signed payment status, refund or dispute blocks and other restrictions determine whether a booking can run. Reports describe recorded first-party activity; they are not audited audience guarantees.

Campaign help

Use campaign support for a creative revision, scheduling question or payment problem. Keep changes tied to the booking record. Local businesses in the ordinary directory are not automatically sponsors or partners.

Images, video and permissions

A campaign can include one checked, privately uploaded JPEG, PNG or WebP image, or a supported public YouTube or Vimeo video reference. The exact creative, its rights declaration and image assessment are tied to the saved campaign; a new checkout attempt cannot silently replace an existing booking. Uploaded images must remain eligible before paid display.

Video players load only when a reader chooses them. Provider-hosted video may change or become unavailable; reviewing a link is not a claim that its bytes are permanently preserved. Advertisers must hold appropriate footage, image, music, likeness and brand permissions and keep advertised offers accurate. Contact campaign support for revisions or if the purchased creative cannot run.

Referral advertising credit

The voluntary Junction advertising-credit program has its own versioned terms at /advertise/referral-terms. Qualifying verified paid advertising referrals can earn noncash value for the referrer’s own advertising; no reward is issued for visits, clicks, video viewing or engagement. Paid promotion never changes editorial findings, reviews or poll results.