Note: The following item was last updated and went into effect on April 21, 2025.

We believe in offering our advertisers the greatest value for their dollar on Myrick Multimedia products, but we also believe that each individual business owner, marketing executive, sales representative, etc. understands the following items that we enforce for those purchasing advertising directly for any of the websites.

All of that being said, Myrick Multimedia seeks friendly relations first with all customers – no matter of size or their business – so with that in mind, we don’t want to seem harsh with a bunch of “rules and regulations.”

However, we do want to make it clear that we do not deny services to anyone based solely on sex, race, religious beliefs, or political affiliation, so long as the message in the advertisement is not in any way discriminatory toward others.

So make it easier to understand our position, we’re offering this question and answer rundown of certain guidelines of what we will and won’t allow in the form of ads, and other handy information that potential clients would want to know up front. We have put these rules in place through learning via experience, and as we continue to grow and work with new people we will likely be updating this in the months and years to come.

What is allowed for advertising?

Here’s the truth: we LOVE to sell advertisements, but doing so also with a careful eye toward what is acceptable toward our audience being served content on a daily basis.

We follow internal editorial standards and practices developed through years of experience in the media industry to best serve both advertisers and readers. In order to maintain the level of these practices, we do reserve the right to deny advertising services to individuals and organizations who do not meet the ethical standards that we uphold within all our publications, or submit advertising that violates policies and norms established within this guide below.

Usually, we have no issue with advertisements of any kind, though there are exceptions. We don’t want to be accused of allowing a snake oil salesman onto one or all of the sites to ply their wares.

We can control that via online and direct sales locally, but note that we don’t have complete control over the advertisements available via Google AdSense. Advertising on Google Adsense is somewhat more targeted based on how Google tracks users on platforms across the internet, and are served via their own Adsense platform.

Thus, if you are absolutely determined to get an ad on in a category that we don’t allow, we suggest you try Google AdSense as a viable option. It probably won’t work. But you can try.

Essentially, these guidelines below are here to help you navigate potential problems ahead of time in ad creation for Today sites – especially when those ads need to get in front of users in a timely fashion. So when going over these guidelines, use common sense.

Ensuring that both customer and business don’t have to worry about inappropriate ads being served to readers on Haralson Today, Polk Today, Paulding Today or Today Sports Wire (PolkSportsWire), Today News Wire and via banner ads on top of Kevin The Editor directly (our main properties as of the most recent update), the following categories are not welcome for ad purchases:

• Any items that seek to defame, slander, or libel an individual, group, organization, product, brand, or other example that may not be listed here at the immediate moment. Those who want to advertise “My neighbor is a big fat @!FLAK^X!” would immediately have their ads rejected. An ad claiming a business has done something illegal without first providing proof of such activity would be rejected. Those involved in potential or current legal action seeking to use Today sites to further their aims should additionally seek to spend their advertising dollar elsewhere.
• Any items, services, or campaign that might result in potential criminal activity, such as the exploitation of user information for a company’s direct and illicit profit, theft, etc. For example: An ad promoting users to download an app that is being sold via an app store, but provides no real utility or value for consumers once a purchase is made, or is used to deliver malware, spyware or other tracking software onto their devices. These will be determined on a case-by-case basis if necessary during the vetting process of advertising.
• Contains materials that may copyrighted by a third party without their express permission or payment made for its use. An example: a video ad that contain music from a band that is copyrighted; artwork used without permission; use of photos taken by others used without consent in an ad submitted to Myrick Multimedia sites. (Note: Myrick Multimedia is not responsible if a third party makes claims that their copyrighted material has been used in an advertisement on one of the sites. It will be immediately removed, and no refund will be offered. Information about the individuals responsible for a copyright violation will be forwarded to third parties upon request.)
• Promotion or sale of alcohol, tobacco or drugs, with the exception of local bars, restaurants, or convenience stores. Advertisements will not explicitly include the depiction of alcoholic beverages in any of the above establishments content, nor the promotion of products available to readers 21 and over.*
• Promotion or sale of firearms; or any weapon that may be licensed or controlled by state and federal regulation
• Promotion or sale of material, content, items, apparel, or services for readers who are aged 18 and above (for example: we would not allow something that would be considered adult content to be included.)
• Promotion or sale of gambling-related services and activities, with the exception of non-profit “casino night,” “poker night,” “poker run” or other fundraising-related raffles or drawings that would be available to the general public.
• Promotion or sale of any item that would seek to entice any user that is under the age of 18 to make a purchase without their parent’s expressed permission. (I.e. – Someone trying to sell users under the age of 18 through tailored advertising a digital product such as Roblox bucks through a one-click purchase.)
• Political campaign advertisements (separate costs of advertising services and guidelines are provided for primary and general election campaigns when applicable. This does not include: Thank You Voter ads or Advertising around holidays or special occasions where a political figure may wish to say “Seasons Greetings” or “Happy Independence Day!” as an example.)
• Materials that is deemed explicit, uses language that would be deemed offensive, aggressive or exploitative in content or form by any reasonable person (for example: George Carlin’s list of 10 dirty words would be deemed completely unacceptable for use on ads on Haralson Today, Polk Today, Paulding Today, Today News Wire, Today Sports Wire or Kevin the Editor. Those who need to Google what that means will probably not have a problem with submitting an advertisement.)
• Anything that might infringe upon editorial standards** set for the current sites or any future products or services provided via Myrick Multimedia-based website, or may hinder, infringe, seek to profit from a Myrick Multimedia brand or property.
• Advertisements that seek to hinder, infringe, seek to profit from a third-party business, service, brand, logo, video, photo, or form of media that has not been listed here-in (you can’t reuse a Wendy’s burger photo, for instance, and slap your logo over it and try to submit your ad for your restaurant with it.)
• Advertisements that use business name, logo, or brand in order to seek an unfair competitive advantage (for example: no use of phrases such as “Our brand is 4 times better than [competitor brand], etc.”)

*Alcohol, Tobacco and other products for those over 21: Today sites do not wish to stifle opportunities for local businesses like restaurants who have an alcohol serving license to promote their products and services online. However, it is not our intention to utilize the platform to push potentially harmful and addictive substances onto the public at-large. The best suggestion for this would be the following: pictures of a glass of beer, wine or other alcoholic beverages with food as the centerpiece of a photograph in an ad is fine. A big 12 pack of Budweiser in the middle of the ad would be rejected out of hand. An establishment that caters to tobacco products could focus on humidors and atmosphere-style advertising instead of a specific focus on cigars, as another example. Those who want additional guidance on this specific issue should reach out to Kevin directly for more discussion on the matter.

**What do you mean by Editorial Standards, Kevin? Essentially, this is going to be determined on a case-by-case basis, with the intention of doing everything possible to favor the needs of the advertiser in balance with the readers of Myrick Multimedia sites. Essentially? It depends. Probably not the answer you want to hear, but note that Editorial Standards should for the purposes of advertisers be taken to mean that if you’re hemming and hawing about the ad, then you should reconsider what you’re submitting to be delivered to readers on Today sites.