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Detroit Free Press Programs
DNIE offers a variety of programs that include sponsored classroom delivery of electronic replica (digital) editions - e-Editions of the Detroit Free Press OR customer paid print delivery on Thursdays, Fridays or Sundays. Our educational rate for e-Editions is 15 cents per copy Mondays through Saturdays, but sponsorship is available for e-Editions - while funds last. Customer paid print copies are available at 25 cents per copy on Thursdays and Fridays; 75 cents Sunday. Due to a funding shortfall, we no longer offer sponsorship of print copies of the Free Press. Browse the list below and click Order Now for the program(s) that meet your needs! Payment status - sponsored or customer paid - is listed as part of the program title. Sponsored e-Edition programs may also include delivery of print supplements - only on Thursdays or Fridays.
An e-Ed Free Press 100% sponsored 2010-2011 digital order
The Detroit Free Press Monday through Sunday electronic replica digital edition - e-Edition - at no cost to you - from September 6, 2010 through June 10, 2011! Receive 100% sponsored delivery of Mon-Sun e-Editions - digital electronic replicas of the Free Press - during the 2010-2011 school year. This is a pre-set program for: Delivery of e-Editions - electronic access at school or home - available Monday through Sunday through Friday, June 10, 2011 Minimum of 10 to a maximum of 300 electronic copies per day The following dates are excluded: 11/25-11/26/10, 12/20/10-1/2/11, 4/4-4/8/11 and 5/30/11. Please call 800-678-0789 or e-mail dnie@dnps.com if you need to: exclude additional dates include any of the excluded dates listed above change the pre-set delivery period to start before September 6, 2010 or end after June 11, 2011 IMPORTANT NOTE! A minimum of two and a maximum of four FREE BONUS print supplements will be scheduled for delivery during the 2010-2011 school year. All print supplements will be delivered on TBD Fridays. The preset quantity for supplements is 30. Topics and exact dates will be communicated through our weekly DNIE Weekly News e-newsletter, which is sent Monday afternoon. Remember to update the order quantity from the preset 10 e-Editions and 30 supplements to the desired number of e-Editions and student supplements after you create the order! The quantity of FREE BONUS supplements may always be more than the number of e-Edition newspapers you've ordered. TBD teacher resources are usually classroom posters with a preset quantity of one (1). >>Order Now<<

An e-Ed Yak's Corner 10-11 & 100% sponsored e Free Press
100% sponsored digital digital delivery of 32 issues of Yak's Corner, the 8-page magazine for younger readers produced by our educational nonprofit, Michigan K.I.D.S. Yak's Corner is an easy-to-read mixture of news, features, puzzles and facts of interest -- all written with ages 6-12 in mind. The program also includes yearlong daily and Sunday access to Detroit Free Press E-editions (electronic replica editions.) The combination of the weekly Yak's Corner and daily and Sunday Free Press e-Editions provides students with news and information from Michigan and around the world, enhancing students' crtical thinking skills and improving performance in informational text. All Yak's Corner e-Edition program orders include: Online access to 32 issues of the Thursday Yak's Corner - September 16, 2010 through June 2, 2011, excluding 11/25/10, 12/23/10, 12/30/10, 1/6/11, 2/24/11 and 4/21/11. Yak's Corner is usually available for viewing and/or download online by Tuesday morning. Monday through Sunday electronic deliveries of 10 or more e-Editions (electronic replica copies) of The Free Press from Monday, September 6, 2010 through Friday, June 10, 2011 Online "Yaktivities" - discussion starters, comprehension questions and quizzes based on each week's Yak's Corner issue general newspaper use teacher resources IMPORTANT NOTE! A minimum of two and a maximum of four FREE BONUS print supplements will be scheduled for delivery during the 2010-2011 school year. All print supplements will be delivered on TBD Fridays. The preset quantity for supplements is 30. Topics and exact dates will be communicated through our weekly DNIE Weekly News e-newsletter, which is sent Monday afternoon. Remember to update the order quantity from the preset 10 e-Editions and 30 supplements to the desired number of e-Editions and student supplements after you create the order! The quantity of FREE BONUS supplements may always be more than the number of e-Edition newspapers you've ordered. TBD teacher resources are usually classroom posters with a preset quantity of one (1). >>Order Now<<

Free Press 2010-2011 CUSTOMER PD FR PRINT DELIVERY @ $.25
This program offers customer paid Friday print delivery of the Free Press @ $.25 per copy. The minimum order per delivery is 5 copies, which is the preset order quantity. Remember to update the order quantity to the desired number of copies after you create the order! The preset calendar for this program is September 10, 2010 through June 10, 2011. The preset exclusion dates are: November 26, December 24 & 31, April 8 and 22. Other dates may be excluded or added. Please call 800-678-0789 or e-mail dnie@dnps.com if you need to: exclude additional dates include any of the excluded dates listed above change the preset delivery period to start before or after September 10, 2010 or end before or after June 10, 2011 IMPORTANT NOTE! A minimum of two and a maximum of four FREE BONUS print supplements will be scheduled for delivery during the 2010-2011 school year. All print supplements will be delivered on TBD Fridays. The preset quantity for supplements is 30. Topics and exact dates will be communicated through our weekly DNIE Weekly News e-newsletter, which is sent Monday afternoon. Remember to update the order quantity from the preset five(5) print copies and 30 supplements to the desired number of print copies and student supplements after you create the order! The quantity of FREE BONUS supplements may always be more than the number of Friday print newspapers you've ordered. TBD teacher resources are usually classroom posters with a preset quantity of one (1). >>Order Now<<

Free Press 2010-2011 CUSTOMER PD TH PRINT DELIVERY @ $.25
This program offers customer paid THURSDAY print delivery of the Free Press @ $.25 per copy. The minimum order per delivery is 5 copies, which is the preset order quantity. Remember to update the order quantity to the desired number of copies after you create the order! The preset calendar for this program is September 9, 2010 through June 9, 2011. The preset exclusion dates are: November 25, December 23 & 30; April 7. Other dates may be excluded or added. Please call 800-678-0789 or e-mail dnie@dnps.com if you need to: exclude additional dates include any of the excluded dates listed above change the preset delivery period to start before or after September 9, 2010 or end before or after June 9, 2011 IMPORTANT NOTE! A minimum of two and a maximum of four FREE BONUS print supplements will be scheduled for delivery during the 2010-2011 school year. All print supplements will be delivered on TBD Fridays. The preset quantity for supplements is 30. Topics and exact dates will be communicated through our weekly DNIE Weekly News e-newsletter, which is sent Monday afternoon. Remember to update the order quantity from the preset five(5) print copies and 30 supplements to the desired number of print copies and student supplements after you create the order! The quantity of FREE BONUS supplements may always be more than the number of Friday print newspapers you've ordered. TBD teacher resources are usually classroom posters with a preset quantity of one (1). >>Order Now<<

Free Press 2010-2011 CUSTOMER PD TH-FRI PRINT PAPERS @$.25
This program offers customer paid THURSDAY & FRIDAY print delivery of the Free Press @ $.25 per copy. The minimum order per delivery is 5 copies, which is the preset order quantity. Remember to update the order quantity to the desired number of copies after you create the order! The preset calendar for this program is September 9, 2010 through June 10, 2011. The preset exclusion dates are: November 25-26, December 23-31, April 8-9 and April 22. Other dates may be excluded or added. Please call 800-678-0789 or e-mail dnie@dnps.com if you need to: exclude additional dates include any of the excluded dates listed above change the preset delivery period to start before or after September 19, 2010 or end before or after June 10, 2011 IMPORTANT NOTE! A minimum of two and a maximum of four FREE BONUS print supplements will be scheduled for delivery during the 2010-2011 school year. All print supplements will be delivered on TBD Fridays. The preset quantity for supplements is 30. Topics and exact dates will be communicated through our weekly DNIE Weekly News e-newsletter, which is sent Monday afternoon. Remember to update the order quantity from the preset five(5) print copies and 30 supplements to the desired number of print copies and student supplements after you create the order! The quantity of FREE BONUS supplements may always be more than the number of Friday print newspapers you've ordered. TBD teacher resources are usually classroom posters with a preset quantity of one (1). >>Order Now<<

SUNDAY FREE PRESS CUSTOMER PAID PRINT DELIVERY $.75
Free Press Sunday Classroom delivery at educational discount rate of 75 cents per copy; minimum of 10 copies per delivery; minimum of two deliveries. Program also includes a mailed CD of teacher resources. If you need assistance, call 800-678-0789 or email dnie@dnps.com >>Order Now<<

Yak & TH Free Press 10-11 CUSTOMER PD PRINT COMBO @ $.25
CUSTOMER PAID Thursday delivery of the print edition of Yak's Corner, the 8-page mini-newspaper for ages 6-12 produced by our educational nonprofit, Michigan K.I.D.S., along with the print edition of the Thursday Detroit Free Press. You pay $.25 per set of Yak's Corner and the Free Press. Yak's Corner is an easy-to-read mixture of news, features, puzzles and facts of interest -- all written with ages 6-12 in mind. Coupled with daily coverage of news and information from Michigan and around the world in the Thursday Free Press, this program provides students with up-to-date informational text to enhance crtical thinking skills and improve performance. Delivery is made on Thursdays beginning September 16, 2010 through Thursday, June 2, 2011. There will be no delivery Noveber 25, December 23 and December 30 of 2009 and on January 6, February 24 and April 21 of 2011. All Yak's Corner customer program orders include: Up to 32 Thursday deliveries of 20 or more print copies of The Free Press with 20 print copies of Yak's Corner from September 16, 2009 through June 2, 2010. li>Online "Yaktivities" - discussion starters, comprehension questions and quizzes based on each week's Yak's Corner issue general newspaper use teacher resources IMPORTANT NOTE! A minimum of two and a maximum of four FREE BONUS print supplements will be scheduled for delivery during the 2009-2010 school year. All print supplements will be delivered on TBD Thursdays. The preset quantity for all supplements is 30. Topics and exact dates will be communicated through our weekly DNIE Weekly News e-newsletter, which is sent Monday afternoon. Remember to update the order quantity from the preset 20 copies of the the Free, 20 copies of the print Yak's Corner and 25 supplements to the desired number of newspapers, Yak's and student supplements after you create the order! The quantity of FREE BONUS supplements may always be more than the number of newspapers you've ordered but the number of Yak's and the Thursday Free Press must be the same. TBD teacher resources are usually classroom posters with a preset quantity of one (1). THIS IS A CUSTOMER PAID PROGRAM, @ 25 CENTS PER SET. IF YOU WANT SPONSORSHIP, IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE WITH THE E-ED YAK'S CORNER VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM. >>Order Now<<

Yak 10-11 PRINT section @ $.05 w/100% sponsored e Free Press
Customer paid print delivery of 32 issues of Yak's Corner, the 8-page magazine for younger readers produced by our educational nonprofit, Michigan K.I.D.S. at 5 cents each. Yak's Corner is an easy-to-read mixture of news, features, puzzles and facts of interest -- all written with ages 6-12 in mind. The program also includes 100% sponsored yearlong daily and Sunday access to Detroit Free Press E-editions (electronic replica editions.) The combination of the weekly print Yak's Corner and daily and Sunday Free Press e-Editions provides students with news and information from Michigan and around the world, enhancing students' crtical thinking skills and improving performance in informational text. This program includes: Delivery of 32 issues of the Thursday Yak's Corner - September 16, 2010 through June 2, 2011, excluding 11/25/10, 12/23/10, 12/30/10, 1/6/11, 2/24/11 and 4/21/11. You also have access to Yak's Corner online, which is usually available for viewing and/or download by Tuesday morning. Monday through Sunday electronic deliveries of 20 or more e-Editions (electronic replica copies) of The Free Press from Tuesday September 6, 2010 through Friday, June 10, 2011 Online "Yaktivities" - discussion starters, comprehension questions and quizzes based on each week's Yak's Corner issue general newspaper use teacher resources IMPORTANT NOTE! A minimum of two and a maximum of four FREE BONUS print supplements will be scheduled for delivery during the 2010-2011 school year. All print supplements will be delivered on TBD Fridays. The preset quantity for supplements is 30. Topics and exact dates will be communicated through our weekly DNIE Weekly News e-newsletter, which is sent Monday afternoon. Remember to update the order quantity from the preset 20 print Yak's at 5 cents each, 20 100% sponsored e-Editions and 30 FREE supplements to the desired number of print Yak's, e-Editions and student supplements after you create the order! The quantity of FREE BONUS supplements may always be more than the number of sponsored e-Edition newspapers you've ordered or the number of print Yak's you have agreed to pay for @ 5 cents per copy. TBD teacher resources are usually classroom posters with a preset quantity of one (1). THIS IS A CUSTOMER PAID PROGRAM, @ 5 CENTS PER COPY FOR PRINT EDITIONS OF YAK'S CORNER. IF YOU WANT 100% SPONSORSHIP OF ALL COSTS, IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE WITH THE E-ED (DIGITAL)VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM. >>Order Now<<