Snapshot. Creative Services: San Antonio CURRENT & Annual Pubs: Happy Hours App: CURRENT Events (sponsorship opportunities):

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2 Snapshot San Antonio CURRENT & Annual Pubs: - Weekly magazine (35k copies) - Glossy pages - Preprinted Inserts - Front Cover Ads - Special Issues - SA City Guide - SA Flavor / Cocktail (Summer) - SA Flavor (Winter) Digital - Sacurrent.com : 1 million PV s+ monthly - ROS advertising - Interstitials - Roadblocks - Content Sponsorships - Wallpaper 3 newsletters sent weekly Wednesday: In this week s CURRENT - Banner ads available Thursday: What to do this Weekend! - Banner ads available - Promotional picks of the week Friday Food enwesletter - Banner ads - Sponsored content Mobile SACurrent.com: - Leaderboard advertising Happy Hours App: - Mobile App - Happy Hour listings (geo targeted) - Featured Listings - Interstitials - Click to call - Includes happyhours.sacurrent.com CURRENT Events (sponsorship opportunities): - SA Flavor - Best of San Antonio - Cocktail, the Event - San Antonio Music Awards - Snowball Creative Services: - Event Programs - Postcards / Posters / Printed material - Logo creation CURRENT Events Team - Promotional Material distribution (4-6 events/week) - Photos & promotions onsite - Prepromotion / on site promo / post promotion - Photos loaded on photo gallery Third Party Event Planning & Execution - Event Creation & Execution - Third Party Sponsorship & Event Support

3 About the SA CURRENT The San Antonio Current has served as the city s premiere, award-winning multimedia source of alternative news, events and culture since The San Antonio Current bravely tackles issues that affect the local community and cover the most important people and events in San Antonio, all while growing the brand s culturally-active audience across its multimedia platforms. The San Antonio Current produces and sponsors countless cultural events each year, reaching both a local and regional audience. SA CURRENT by the numbers DISTRIBUTION 30k distribution, weekly on Wednesday 1,000+ locations Bexar County SOCIAL MEDIA 55k+ Facebook followers 27k+ Twitter followers 7k+ Instagram followers 12k weekly enewsletter subscribers READERSHIP 272k monthly SA CURRENT readers 1.5 million+ monthly SACurrent.com pageviews 227,553 unique monthly SACurrent.com readers AGE BREAKDOWN: % % % % % %

4 Where to find us Pick up the San Antonio CURRENT at over 1,000 locations in San Antonio, including street boxes, gyms, grocery stores, retail stores, restaurants, bars and college campuses. Top Spots Whole Foods Quarry UTSA Riverwalk Whole Foods Vineyard N. St Mary s King William Distribution is audited by Verified Audit Circulation

5 CURRENT Special Issues & Holidays JANUARY (2015) 1/14 The Drink Issue FEBRUARY 2/5 City Guide 2/12 Lust MARCH 3/5 Arts Issue APRIL 4/9 Fiesta 4/23 Best of SA 4/30 Thank you! MAY 5/7 Mother s Day 5/21 The FREE Issue JUNE 6/11 Father s Day 6/18 Pride Issue JULY 7/2 4 th of July Flavor (Summer) AUGUST 8/20 College Issue 8/27 Labor Day SEPTEMBER 9/24 Bike/Outdoor Issue OCTOBER 10/2 Music Issue 10/15 The Beer Issue 10/29 Halloween NOVEMBER 11/19 Holiday Issue 11/26 Thanksgiving DECEMBER 12/24 New Years Flavor - Winter

6 CURRENT partners We partner with a large variety of both local and national businesses and events. From local restaurants tothrough advertising, marketing, social media, grassroots and events, we help create a buzz around you. It is our goal to provide unparalleled service, inspire creativity and become a true business partner. Top Spots

7 SACurrent.com Online. All the time. Sacurrent.com is San Antonio s best way to stay current on news, arts, music, food and nightlife 24/7. With fresh daily content, we serve up over 1 million page views every month. SACurrent.com has grown by 300% over the past year to become the premier online food, arts and entertainment resource in San Antonio with more than 300,000 users. Target your advertising to your audience and own a share of the content within our news, arts, nightlife or food channels. Premium Opportunities: Top Skybox (250 x 90) Pencil Bar (1000 x 20) Intersitial (600 x 600) Roadblock (leaderboard, rectangle & sky) - Homepage - Channel Specific Sizes & Specs: Leaderboard (728 x 90) Medium Rectangle (300 x 250) Skyscraper (160 x 600)

8 Annual & Event Magazines ANNUAL MAGAZINES: In addition to our weekly publication, San Antonio CURRENT publishes 3 annual publications each year. We publish 35,000 of each of these full glossy magazines that are distributed at over 600 locations for 6 weeks. In addition, these magazines are distributed at key events all year and included in swag bags at several 5k s and other city wide events. FLAVOR & COCKTAIL: By popular demand, this refreshing issue will debut in Combining our Flavor & Cocktail magazines to create one fantastic annual issue featuring amazing summer tastes and thirst quenching cocktails. PUBLISHES: July FLAVOR: San Antonio s Ultimate Dining Guide features the hottest in the San Antonio culinary scene and over 250 restaurant listings. PUBLISHES: November SAN ANTONIO CITY GUIDE This is the essential guide to all things San Antonio. We introduce (and sometimes re-introduce) all the amazing activities, opportunities, eateries, drinkeries and shopping this great city has to offer. City Guide is arranged by area of town so readers can navigate new areas and find something to love anywhere in Bexar County. PUBLISHES: February QUANTITY: 35,000 EVENT MAGAZINES: The San Antonio CURRENT wants your event to be spectacular! We offer a unique opportunity to showcase your event with an official event magazine. These magazines are printed and published by us, but filled with any content that you want to include. Our sales staff will then fill the remaining pages with relevant advertising. Issues can be inserted into all 35k CURRENT s for city wide distribution in addition to an overrun to be available at your event. Custom sizes & formats available

9 Marketing & Eblasts The San Antonio CURRENT has a robust database of eager consumers. All of our 11,000+ subscribers count on us to deliver the best in the news, top weekend picks and food news every week. Exclusive eblasts also available. IN THIS WEEK (Wednesday) Highlights all the news in the new issue Ads available: Top Sponsor Ad & Skyscraper WEEKEND PICKS (Thursday) Top 10 Things to Do This Weekend Ads available: Top Sponsor Ad & Promo Listing FLAVOR FRIDAY Reviews & Highlights of food & drinks Ads available: Top Sponsor Ad & Content Rectangle

10 Happy Hours More than 30,000 downloads in San Antonio. App users can find out what happy hours are happening right now, right in their area. The app is geotargeted to showcase Happy Hours happening now, closest to the user. Enhance your presence with featured listings and premium advertising.

11 CURRENT Events SAN ANTONIO FLAVOR Food enthusiasts, rejoice! San Antonio s ultimate dining event has arrived and this scene has it all. Sample bites from local restaurants, enjoy beer, wine and cocktail samples, live entertainment and the coveted Culinary Showdown! BEST OF SAN ANTONIO The SA CURRENT is dedicated to celebrating the city of San Antonio through its annual Best of San Antonio campaign. Each year, the CURRENT spotlights sponsors in front of the most influential people in the city at the highly anticipated Best of San Antonio party. COCKTAIL: THE EVENT Notable local bartenders, clients, media and San Antonio s movers and shakers enjoy an evening of food, live entertainment, art and apothecary-style cocktails. The city s most celebrated mixologists come to celebrate the beloved cocktail - and impress you with their amazing cocktail making abilities. SAN ANTONIO MUSIC AWARDS & SHOWCASE The San Antonio Music Awards celebrates the city s local thriving music scene by featuring over 25 bands and DJ s at 10 different local venues each representing the various genres and talent our city has to offer. The Music Awards recognizes the winners of the Music Awards poll in an evening of live music, food and drinks. SAN ANTONIO BEER FESTIVAL Calling all beer enthusiasts! Join us for the largest beer festival in San Antonio. Sample over 200 craft and premium beers from local breweries and around the world. Plus, wine tasting, interactive games, tasty eats and live music to keep the party going all afternoon. SAN ANTONIO SNOW BALL Dust off your snow suit and gear up for San Antonio s coolest winter event featuring REAL SNOW, laser light show, real snow, surprise visits from live performers & more! Expect cold beer, frosty spirits and the best bites in town.

12 CURRENT Events Team powered by Microsoft The CURRENT EVENTS TEAM is a grassroots promotional team dedicated to showcasing the San Antonio Current and our partners. Utilizing the ever-growing SA CURRENT social media platforms and SACURRENT.com slideshow galleries, the SA CURRENT EVENTS TEAM is present at all of the biggest, best and most relevant cultural events, bars and restaurants in San Antonio, on any given day of the week, 24 hours a day. We are culturally-active, plugged-in and social media savvy. We re a unique team of charmismatic, informed and dynamic San Antonians who are passionate about the San Antonio Current and our partners, and are happy to share our excitement with people in and around the city and online. The most important part of the CURRENT EVENTS TEAM role is to grow awareness of our brand, your brand and engage our audiences with fresh and innovative real-time promotional activations! WHAT WE DO SA CURRENT EVENTS team posts on SA CURRENT social media in real-time, tagging their location and activity. SA CURRENT EVENTS team take onsite photographs at their events, to be uploaded as a slideshow gallery on PHOTOS.SACURRENT.COM and post-promoted via social media SOCIAL MEDIA GRASSROOTS PROMOTIONS SA CURRENT EVENTS team gathers demo data and contact information using MICROSOFT tablets at their events SA CURRENT EVENTS team distributes promotional material and generates buzz and awareness about brands, businesses and upcoming events SA CURRENT EVENTS team bring energy and enthusiasm wherever they go!

13 CURRENT Events Team powered by Microsoft WHERE WE ARE 60 DAY PREVIEW JUNE 2014 SA Summer Arts & Jazz Crockett Park (6/1) First Blue Star Arts Complex (6/6) Folk Life ITC (6/7 6/8) Embassy Suites (6/8) Second McNay Art Museum (6/12) Spurs Watch Slacker s (6/12) Lone Star Live Summer Concert Arneson (6/17) Cocktails & Witte Museum (6/26) JULY 2014 First Blue Star (7/4) Second McNay (7/10) Lone Star Live Summer Concert Arneson (7/15) Rooftop Jazz Concert Artpace (7/18) Pride Film Various Locations (7/23 7/28) Cocktails & Witte Museum (7/24) Cocktail: The McNay Art Museum (7/25) SAFilm Various Locations (7/28 8/3)

14 Boutique Promotional Agency The CURRENT EVENTS TEAM is available for your brand or event. Our 30+ promotional team is available to promote, photograph and social share on behalf of your brand. SOCIAL MEDIA GRASSROOTS PROMOTIONS WHAT WE DO SA CURRENT EVENTS team posts on SA CURRENT social media in real-time, tagging their location and activity. SA CURRENT EVENTS team take onsite photographs at their events, to be uploaded as a slideshow gallery on PHOTOS.SACURRENT.COM and post-promoted via social media SA CURRENT EVENTS team gathers demo data and contact information using MICROSOFT tablets at their events SA CURRENT EVENTS team distributes promotional material and generates buzz and awareness about brands, businesses and upcoming events SA CURRENT EVENTS team bring energy and enthusiasm wherever they go!

15 Event Planning & Execution Let the CURRENT help you plan and execute your event. With a network with hundreds of businesses in town and the expertise to effectively advertise your event, we are a great partner and can help plan, facilitate and bring in sponsors for your event. SAMPLE PARTNERSHIP: McNAY SECOND Thursdays GOAL: Grow awareness & loyalty with new generation of museum goers Monthly music & art celebration Partnership includes Advertising (print, online, ) Social Media Grassroots promotions Events Team Presence Photo recaps Partners secured for event Crispin Cider North Park Subaru