Which of the Following Is True of Standard Advertising Units

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of standard advertising units system?

• A)It is also referred to as the agate line.
• B)It uses column widths 2-1/16 inches wide.
• C)It has complicated the newspaper purchase and production process.
• D)It cannot be applied to regional and local newspapers.
• E)It includes tabloid-size papers two columns widE.To make newspapers more comparable to other media that sell space and time in standard units, the newspaper industry switched to standard advertising units (SAUs) in 1984.All newspapers under this system use column widths 2-1/16 inches wide, with tabloid-size papers five columns wide and standard or broadcast papers six columns.The column inch is the unit of measurement to create the standard broadsheet or tabloid ad size.

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