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Affluent
Three times as likely to own a luxury car
93% of fab readers are male
Educated
More than half have a university degree
82% of fab readers are 25-44
Successful
Twice as likely to own a home over $500,000
100% are more fab


Fitness & Self Care
fab readers are four times more likely to utilize a stationary workout machine
52%
Own and use a bike
43%
Go to the gym more than 4 times a month
28%
Own and use inline skates
53%
Are concerned with daily grooming
43%
Focus on health and well-being
43%
Spent over $1000 CDN on clothes last year
   

Travel & Entertainment
fab readers are Five times more likely to stay on vacation for over 20 days
86%
Travel outside Toronto at least once a month
83%
Dine at a restaurant at least once a week
81%
Attend bars and clubs
74%
See a movie once a month
17%
Go to concerts regularly
39%
Frequent Flyers
   

Technology
fab readers are twelve times more likely to own a PDA
Seven times more likely to own a laptop
Three times more likely to take a professional or managerial role as employment
Five times more likely to bank online

High Quality
fab is a free, gloss-cover magazine. Published bi-weekly, fab’s unique format combines the readability and short lead time of a newspaper with a sleek, sophisticated look and the long shelf-life of a magazine.

Lifestyle Leaders
fab sets the trends for trendsetters. We are informative, entertaining, and relevant. fab is armed with the fiercest staff of established writers and the freshest up-and-comers in the industry.

Broad Distribution
fab has an audited circulation of 31,000 copies, and an established readership of over 68,000 per issue.

Fun
Clubs, spas, movies


Fashionable
Cosmetics, fitness, phones
Fiscally Responsible
Banks, cars, real estate

 

Geography
fab is distributed in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montreal.

Reliability
13 years of reliable on-time distribution 26 times a year 31,000 copies distributed bi-weekly

Locations
300 locations where you can grab a fab: Timothy’s, HMV, Sunrise, Sheraton Hotel, Lettieri, Rogers, Bally Fitness, Toronto Libraries, Loblaws, U of T, Woody’s, Come As You Are, Remington’s, Gladstone Hotel, Hasty Market, Glow Tan, Starbuck’s, St. Lawrence Market, Chapters/Indigo...


Deadlines & Themed Issues

PRIDE Three Times The Pride
# THEME ISSUE DATE BOOKING ARTWORK
345
Summer Travel
April 30-May13 18-Apr 23-Apr
346 Home & Garden May 14 - May 27 2-May 7-May
347 Pride Prep May 28 - June 19 16-May 21-May
348 Pride Parade June 11 - June 24 30-May 4-Jun
349 Pride Roundup June 25 - July 8 13-Jun 18-Jun
350   July 9-July 22 27-Jun 2-Jul
351   July 23-Aug 5 11-Jul 16-Jul
352 Underwear Aug 6 - Aug 19 25-Jul 30-Jul
353   Aug 20 - Sept 2 8-Aug 13-Aug
354   Sept 3 - Sept 16 22-Aug 27-Aug
355 Home Sept 17 - Sept 30 5-Sep 10-Sep
356 Travel Oct 1 - Oct 14 19-Sep 24-Sep
357   Oct 15 - Oct 28 3-Oct 8-Oct
358   Oct 29 - Nov 11 15-Oct 22-Oct
359 Technology Nov 12 - Nov 25 31-Oct 5-Nov
360 Holiday Entertaining Nov 26 - Dec 9 14-Nov 19-Nov
361 Gift Guide Dec 10 - Dec 23 28-Nov 3-Dec
362 New Year’s Dec 24 - Jan 6 12-Dec 17-Dec
363 Looking Forward Jan 7 - Jan 20 26-Dec 31-Dec


Specifications

DISPLAY
SIZES MEASUREMENTS
Full Page (no bleed): 7.375" W x 9.875" H
Full Page with bleed: Trim Area
8.125" W x 10.625" H
+ .25" bleed on all sides
  Image Area
7.375" W x 9.875" H
(no critical type/image may extend past this area.
1/2 pg horizontal: 7.375" W x 4.875" H
1/2 pg vertical: 3.604" W x 9.875" H
1/4 pg square: 3.604" W x 4.875" H
1/4 pg horizontal: 7.375" W x 2.375" H
1/8 pg horizontal: 3.604" W x 2.375" H  
   

BUSINESS DIRECTORY
UNIT MEASUREMENTS
One Unit 1.75” W x 1” H
Two Unit Vertical 1.75² W x 2.1233² H
Two Unit Horizontal 3.203² W x 1² H
Three Unit Horizontal 5.5² W x 1² H
Three Unit Vertical 1.75² W x 3.203" H
Four Unit Horizontal 7.375² W x 1² H
Four Unit Vertical 1² W x 4.273² H  

Digital Files & Formatting

Artwork to be supplied by email as a press quality PDF file (PDF version 1.3 (Acrobat 4). The final ad must be cropped to the active area only and there should be no additional white space or extra information outside the active area. Please ensure all fonts are embedded an any colour images are in CMYK.

Artwork must be scanned at 300dpi. Halftone screens must be no more than 100lpi for the interior section, 150lpi for the cover/gloss section.

We also accept digital artwork in high resolution EPS, TIFF formats however, please note that we cannot make any text changes to these files.

We also accept QuarkXPress 7.31, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator files for MacIntosh. Please include all supporting images and fonts.

All colour ads must be provided in CMYK format. Clients that submit artwork in RGB will be notified to adjust their artwork to avoid unwanted colour shifting.

Artwork that does not conform exactly to the modular sizes provided will be re-formatted, reduced, enlarged or framed at the discretion of fab.

We do NOT accept ads submitted in Word or other processing software such as CorelDraw, Powerpoint or Microsoft Publisher. We cannot use images that are less than 200 dpi or that have been highly compressed.

You must include with your file: client name, contact phone number and the date of the issue in which the ad is to run.

You must also provide a proof of your digital file by fax, sent to: 416-925-6674 to the attention of Erin Booth.

If you have any questions or for FTP information, please contact Erin Booth, Advertising Production Coordinator at 416-925-6665 xt 214.

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To download a PDF copy of the 2008 Media Kit - Click Here

For more info contact our advertising Staff:
Brian Garrison x22

Address:
511 Church St, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 2C9

Tel: 416.925.5221
Fax:
416.925.4817