Effective October 17, 2026. These terms apply to display ads, section sponsorships, sponsored business features, paid directory listings, newsletter sponsorships and free directory listings on The Boston Report (thebostonreport.com), published by Peter Klausz. If your written order says something different, the written order controls for that order.
1. Orders and prices
- Current introductory prices are listed on our Advertise page. They are in U.S. dollars and do not include any applicable taxes.
- Nothing is booked or billed until we confirm a written order (an email from ads@thebostonreport.com is enough) that states the price, placement, start and end dates and deliverables.
- We may change listed prices for future orders. A price change does not affect an order already confirmed for its current term.
2. Labels and editorial independence
- Every paid placement is labeled: “Sponsor” for section sponsorships, “Sponsored” for paid articles and newsletter blocks, and “Featured listing (paid)” for paid directory listings. Links in paid placements carry a rel="sponsored" attribute.
- Advertisers have no say in our news coverage, headlines, corrections or story selection. Buying a placement does not buy, prevent or soften coverage.
- For a Sponsored Business Feature, we write and edit the piece. You may review it for factual accuracy about your own business. We decide whether it meets our editorial, legal and advertising standards before publication.
3. What we do not accept
- Political advertising. No ads, sponsorships or sponsored content about candidates, elections, ballot questions, political parties or committees, political issues or government decisions.
- Misleading, deceptive or unsubstantiated claims, including unproven health claims; adult content; gambling; illegal goods or services; weapons; tobacco and vaping; hateful or harassing content; and anything that breaks Google’s publisher policies or the law, including federal truth-in-advertising rules.
- We may decline, pause or remove any placement that breaks these rules, with a refund of any unused prepaid amount unless the placement was removed because of your violation.
4. Your materials
- You confirm that you own or have permission to use the names, logos, photos and text you give us, and that your claims about your business are true.
- You let us display those materials in the agreed placements for the agreed period, and keep a copy of published sponsored articles in our archive with their labels.
- You are responsible for your materials and claims and agree to cover our reasonable costs if a third party makes a claim against us because of them.
5. Payment
- We take payment through Stripe (checkout or payment links) or by invoice. Stripe processes card details; we never see or store your full card number.
- Monthly packages are billed in advance and renew each month until canceled. Per-article features are paid before publication.
- A placement starts only after payment is confirmed by Stripe or the invoice is paid. A thank-you page after checkout is not, by itself, confirmation.
6. Cancellations and refunds
- You can cancel a monthly package at any time by emailing ads@thebostonreport.com or through the Stripe billing link in your receipt. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the month you have already paid for.
- If we fail to deliver an agreed placement, we will either run it for the missed time or refund that part of the price.
- If we decline to publish a Sponsored Business Feature after review, or cancel an order before it starts, you get a full refund.
7. Results and reporting
- We do not guarantee impressions, clicks, calls or sales.
- When reliable tracking is available, we report what our analytics measured for your placement, with the dates covered. We do not estimate or inflate figures.
8. Business directory
- Basic listings are free and published at our discretion. We build listings only from information the business publishes itself, such as its official website, and we may correct factual errors at any time.
- Listings added by us are marked “Unclaimed.” To claim a listing, you must show that you work for the business. We verify claims by phone or business email before giving edit access.
- Verified owners may edit only their own listing. Every edit is reviewed before it appears.
- The directory has no ratings or reviews. You may not post fake reviews, misleading information or claims about competitors. We may suspend listings or owner access for misleading information or abuse.
- Paid listings appear first in results while they are paid up and always show the “Featured listing (paid)” label. Payment never changes our news coverage.
9. Newsletter sponsorships
Newsletter sponsor blocks are labeled “Sponsored” and go only to readers who confirmed their subscription. We do not share subscriber lists or email addresses with sponsors.
10. Limits
To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any order is limited to the amount you paid for that order in the three months before the claim. We are not liable for indirect or lost-profit damages, or for outages and events outside our reasonable control.
11. Law and changes
These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We may update them; the effective date above will change, and changes apply to orders confirmed after that date.
Contact
Questions about these terms or an order: ads@thebostonreport.com. See also our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Editorial Standards.