Sponsor the Monitor · Fall 2026
Reach Bourbon County where it reads its news.
The Monitor is Bourbon County's independent, locally owned newsroom. Our readers are your neighbors, and they read us every day on our site, in their inbox and on Facebook.
How many people we reach
- 55,000+ page views on our site since June 20
- 19,000+ different readers on the site in that time
- 194,000 views of our Facebook posts in 28 days
- 474 subscribers, and a 58% average open rate on our daily email
Who they are
- 3 in 4 live in Bourbon County or the towns around it
- 9 in 10 are 35 or older
- 85% read on their phones, so every ad is built for mobile
Sources: Google Analytics, June 20 to Sept. 30, 2026, automated traffic removed; Meta Insights, Sept. 2 to 29, 2026; Ghost, Sept. 6 to Oct. 6, 2026.
Month to month. No contracts. Three monthly tiers from $100, and our limited-time Founder offer, are below.
Four ways to sponsor
On our site and in our emails, Gold always gets the top spot, Silver sits a bit below, and Copper is a little lower. Each spot shows one sponsor at a time, and the sponsors in a tier take turns evenly.
Founder
A year of Gold Bar
$3,000 one time
- A full year of every Gold Bar perk, paid up front
- Permanent recognition as a Founding Sponsor
- A Founder pack: Monitor mug, tote and window decal
- Five more digital subscriptions, for a total of 10
Gold Bar
Be seen first
$300 / month
- The top banner on our front page and every story page
- Presenting sponsor of our daily news and events emails
- Two Facebook posts about your business every month
- Your events and job openings pinned to the very top
- A Sponsor Spotlight story, and ad design included
- Five digital subscriptions for employees or customers
Silver Dollar
Be in the stories
$200 / month
- A banner on our front page and inside every story
- A banner in our daily news and weekly events emails
- A Facebook post about your business every month
- A Sponsor Spotlight story on what you want to promote
Copper Coin
Be part of it
$100 / month
- Your ad in rotation, front page and after every story
- Your ad in rotation in our daily and weekly events emails
- Your logo and link on our Sponsor Wall page
- Events and job openings listed ahead of non-sponsors
- A turn sponsoring our weekly Facebook events roundup
Gold, Silver and Copper are month to month, with no contracts. Silver and Gold include everything in Copper. No artwork? We design your ads for $100, one time. Pay for a year, get a month free.
Back Local News. Get Seen.
Nick Graham · 620-945-7334
nick@bourboncountymonitor.com
Ads and news stay separate. Sponsoring the Monitor neither earns nor influences coverage, and every paid placement and sponsored story is labeled.