The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus

Dispatch•Argus is your link to local in the Quad Cities

Dispatch•Argus•QCOnline is the boutique local media player serving Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and Whiteside counties in Illinois, and Scott County in Iowa.

Environment

Our community is where the Rock River meets the Mississippi, in northwest Illinois and east central Iowa. The Quad Cities sit on that big bend in the Big Muddy, where the river runs east to west.

It’s a beautiful part of the country: Rocky bluffs and driftless moraine give way to rich, rolling cropland, crossed by Interstate 80 on its way from New York to San Francisco.

The region boasts a population of nearly 475,000, making it the 90th largest market in the United States.

Dispatch•Argus•QCOnline is the boutique local media player serving Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and Whiteside counties in Illinois, and Scott County in Iowa.

Audited Circulation

Dispatch•Argus prints and distributes 37,000 multi-section newspapers daily, and 39,600 on Sunday, mainly via paid home delivery.

Single-copy sales account for about 17% of the audited circulation.

Digital replica edition boasts more than 3,500 subscribers.

City Zone market penetration is close to 20%.

Wednesday Ad Extra is mailed to 26,150 households in the QC.

QCOnline welcomes 300,000 monthly visitors, delivering more than 2.1 million page views

Portfolio of Products

Dispatch • Argus

The morning daily published 7 days a week. 

ADExtra

This advertiser is mailed Wednesday to more than 25,000 homes in the metro QC, resulting in a combination reach of 86% of households for the main print channels.

QCOnline.com

Updated frequently each day, the Dispatch•Argus website is responsively designed to be accessible on all devices. The site posts local news, sports, arts & entertainment, calendar of events, advertising, and more. Outlets for shared links include Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Goldbook

Monthly magazine features community news, social events, arts & entertainment, local philanthropic endeavours, plus much more. The print run is seasonally adjusted, and tops out at 14,000 in June, July and August. The magazine is mailed to the top 15% of the wealthiest homes in the area.

Radish

Monthly tab-format magazine focused on home and garden, healthy living, and food for the mind, body and soul. The print run is seasonally adjusted, and tops out at 23,000 in the summer months. The magazine is available for free at more than 300 locations in the region.

TV: What’s On This Week

Tab-format magazine delivered with the Dispatch•Argus Sunday edition. It features top picks for broadcast and cable tv, movie listings, sports viewing schedules, and daytime and primetime guides in grid form.

Keepsakes

This four-page wrap contains the preprinted inserts in the Dispatch•Argus Sunday edition. Readers may post photos and messages about special birthdays, anniversaries and more.

Showcase Community Map

The premier printed resource for the Quad Cities region. Glossy folding map printed every spring.

Expert Voice

Local sponsored content published daily at QCOnline.com

3-For-Me Daily Email Newsletter

Features three top news items, three local deals, three local events, and what’s happening in today’s weather.