Advertise on Nerve

Nerve is a media company dedicated to all things smart, sexy, culturally important, and entertaining. Nerve.com is the online community for original, award-winning stories, features and photography, as well as discerning coverage of the best films, television, books and music. Nerve also houses the leading online dating destination for young, urban trendsetters.

Media Kit
Creative Specs
Film/DVD
Alcohol
Consumer Electronics
Gaming
Music
Retail
Television

Unit	Dimensions	Max File Size	Expansion	Loop	Animation/Video
Leaderboard	728X90	60K Initial / 100K Polite	Down to 728x300	3 loop max	30 seconds
Rectangle	300x250	60K Initial / 100K Polite	Left, 500x250	3 loop max	30 seconds
Skyscraper	160X600	60K Initial / 100K Polite	Left to 500x600	3 loop max	30 seconds

Skin	1024x600	300K	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pop-Up	300x250	40K	None	3 loop max	30 seconds
Prestitial / Pre-Roll	600x400	60K Initial / 100K Polite	None	3 loop max	15 seconds
Full Page Interstitial	700x500	60K Initial / 100K Polite	None	3 loop max	7 seconds
Floating Unit	400x400	60K	None	None	7 seconds

Email Newsletter	620 max width	40K (.gif, .jpg ONLY)	None	3 loop max	None
HTML Email	700x900	100K (.gif, .jpg ONLY)	None	None	None

All Creatives • All units should target new windows on click. • All units and tags must be iFrame/ JavaScript compatible • We accepted third party tracking vendors including Doubleclick, Atlas, Bluestreak and more • We do NOT accept third party tracking on newsletters and HTML emails • Nerve requests a third-party login to compare ad serving numbers • Allow FIVE days lead time on all creatives			Flash • For publisher-served Flash, add the following Action Script to the button action in the Flash file: on(release){ getURL(clickTAG, "_blank"); } • Please note the code must be exactly as above with capital "TAG" to avoid errors. • Save Flash files as version 10 or lower. • Submit backup images (.gif, .jpg) of 40k or less for each .swf.
Rich Media • We work with all rich media vendors and third party servers, including Pointroll, Eyewonder, EyeBlaster, Atlas, etc. • Please send Javascript tags for all vendors. • Must include play and stop button			Expansion • User initiated by rollover or click (all audio MUST be click) • Must contain and visiable close button • Expandable video accepted
Video • Automatic start is allowed. Any audio must be muted to start. Video player requires prominent stop/close button. • Please send in Quicktime format, other types can be converted. • Max initial load of 40k, video stream up to 1MB.			Audio • User-initiated on click only. Requires prominent stop/mute button