Advertise · GMM Studio
Serious journalism is the best company your brand can keep.
Put your name beside reporting people trust. Plain ads, clearly labelled, with no tracking, no pop-ups and nothing that makes the page jump. Sold direct by us, and measured by us.
- Beside every story
- A card inside the story on phones
- Home-page banner
- First Light morning brief
- Your own press room
- Partner Content articles
- Live dashboard
- English and Dhivehi
- Always labelled
- No tracking
Why GMM
✦No tracking
No third-party cookies and no consent pop-ups. Nothing follows readers around.
✦No jumping
Your ad is part of the page from the first moment, so the story never shifts.
✦Good company
You sit beside sourced, corrected journalism, never junk.
✦Always labelled
Every ad says “Advertisement”, in English and Dhivehi. Readers trust that.
Packages
Pick how loudly you want to show up.
Your name next to real reporting, on phones, tablets and computers. Every number rises as you move up.
Presence
Be on the record, every day.
- 20Side-column share
- 4/ yrCo-produced features
- 12/ yrFirst Light mornings
- 10/ moSocial companions
A feature every quarter
- Section banner
- Press room
- Machine-readable record
- Reports: Monthly
Context
Own your sector’s conversation.
- 30Side-column share
- 6/ yrCo-produced features
- 24/ yrFirst Light mornings
- 2/ yrHome-page takeover days
- 20/ moSocial companions
A feature every two months
- Section banner
- Press room
- Machine-readable record
- Reports: Monthly
Prominence
Most chosenLead the front page and the morning brief.
- 50Side-column share
- 9/ yrCo-produced features
- 36/ yrFirst Light mornings
- 6/ yrHome-page takeover days
- 30/ moSocial companions
A feature every six weeks
- Section banner
- Home-page banner
- Press room
- Machine-readable record
- Crisis readiness: Working hours
- Reports: Monthly
- Banner across the front page
- Inside the stories of your sector
- Beside every story
How First Light works
- What is First Light?
- Our daily morning brief. A sponsor strip in it puts your name at the top of an edition, labelled “Presented by”.
- Choose your own mornings
- Pick any dates, one day or several in a row. Book 5 working days ahead, and move a booked day once, free.
- Big days count double
- National days and the Budget edition use 2 of your mornings.
- Use them or lose them
- Unused mornings do not roll over. You can always see your balance, and we remind you 6 and 3 months before the year ends.
Compare the packages
Most chosen By invitationNumbers are per year unless it says a month
Where your ad appears
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner across the front page | Presence: not included | Context: not included | Prominence: included | Platinum: included |
| Inside the stories of your sector | Presence: not included | Context: included | Prominence: included | Platinum: included |
| Beside every story | Presence: included | Context: included | Prominence: included | Platinum: included |
Presence
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of the side column beside every storyweight | presence: 20 weight | context: 30 weight | prominence: 50 weight | platinum: 80 weight |
| Category front-page banner | presence: Included | context: Included | prominence: Included | platinum: Included |
| Home-page banner | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: Included | platinum: Included |
Context
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector billboard inside storiessections | presence: not included | context: 1 sections | prominence: 2 sections | platinum: 4 sections |
| Category exclusivity | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: not included | platinum: Included |
Craft
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-produced Partner Content featuresa year | presence: 4 a year | context: 6 a year | prominence: 9 a year | platinum: 24 a year |
| Special reports (long-form)a year | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: not included | platinum: 2 a year |
| Co-designed creative refreshesa year | presence: 2 a year | context: 4 a year | prominence: 6 a year | platinum: 12 a year |
Voice
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Light edition daysa year | presence: 12 a year | context: 24 a year | prominence: 36 a year | platinum: 52 a year |
| Public-notice weeksa year | presence: 2 a year | context: 4 a year | prominence: 6 a year | platinum: 12 a year |
| Home-page sponsorship days (full share)a year | presence: not included | context: 2 a year | prominence: 6 a year | platinum: 12 a year |
| “Presented by” quarters (First Light and home page) | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: not included | platinum: 2 |
Social
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored social companionsa month | presence: 10 a month | context: 20 a month | prominence: 30 a month | platinum: 30 a month |
| Companion cards (visual) | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: not included | platinum: Included |
| Sponsored posts on GMM channelsa month | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: 1 a month | platinum: 4 a month |
Record
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press room and statement channel | presence: Included | context: Included | prominence: Included | platinum: Included |
| Machine-readable record (search and AI) | presence: Included | context: Included | prominence: Included | platinum: Included |
| Crisis readiness | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: Working hours | platinum: All hours |
Insight
| Feature | Presence | Context | ProminenceMost chosen | PlatinumBy invitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reports | presence: Monthly | context: Monthly | prominence: Monthly | platinum: Monthly |
| AI-answer audit | presence: not included | context: not included | prominence: not included | platinum: Included |
Platinum
Three partners at a time. Every number above, at its highest.
- Three partners at a time, one per category
- Free each year: 4 crisis days, 4 photo or video days, 4 trade-press packs
- A named account director and a quarterly review
- First refusal on big days; wins every booking tie
- Same-day creative review
- A seat at our invitation-only policy roundtablesExtra, not in the contract
- An annual printed impact bookExtra, not in the contract
GMM StudioThe commercial lane
Whichever package you pick, you get all of this.
GMM Studio is the commercial side of Good Morning Maldives. We run your advertising. Our newsroom has no part in it, and your advertising never touches what the newsroom decides to report.
Only real views count
We count an ad only when at least half of it was on screen for a full second. Hidden or scrolled-past ads are never counted.
Your own live dashboard
A private link showing your campaigns, views, clicks and which places worked. Always up to date, with a CSV download and a print view.
See what ran
Your report shows what ran against the days and places you booked, so you can check it yourself.
A summary every month
On the first of the month we email you the totals, a table for each campaign and a day-by-day file.
You choose where and when
Pick your dates, your sections or stories, and English, Dhivehi or both.
We design it with you
One image, a headline and a button for each language. We build it, and you approve it before it runs.
Every ad is labelled “Advertisement”. Reports show what ran. They promise no audience size.
Illustrative figures, real page. Yours will carry your own campaigns.
Creative specs
For your designer: sizes and shapes
| Placement | Where it appears | Aspect | Creative (px) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Showcase (expandable) | After Top Stories on the front page — our flagship | 16:9 | 1600 × 900 |
| Homepage leaderboard | Centred band on the front page; also on section, topic and index pages | 970:140 | 1940 × 280 |
| In-article | Woven mid-story, at a natural break | 16:9 | 1200 × 675 |
| Sidebar rail | Follows the read down the article column on desktop; the same campaign appears as a card in the story on phones and tablets | 4:5 | 1080 × 1350 |
| First Light sponsor strip | At the top of a First Light morning edition, labelled “Presented by” | Set by us | Set by us |
One high-resolution image, a headline (≤ 60 characters) and a call to action (≤ 20). No animations or heavy scripts. Separate English & Dhivehi creative supported — we design your responsive creative with you.
Our standards
What we will — and won’t — do with your campaign.
We will label every placement plainly, keep advertising and editorial fully separate, and report only viewable impressions, counted first-party, in a report you can open any time.
We won’t set third-party cookies, sell reader data, run background auction scripts that slow the page, or place advertising on sponsored or institutional-only stories.
Talk to us
Tell us who you want to reach.
We’ll suggest a tier and the placements that fit — creative specs and available dates the same week.
advertising@goodmorningmaldives.comTry it
Where would my ad sit?
Pick a package. The glowing blocks are where your ad would appear.
Presence: beside every story, on the front pages of the sections you pick, and on your First Light mornings.
A simple sketch, not the real layout. Every ad is labelled “Advertisement”.
What you get back
See which places worked.
Illustrative figures
Views and clicks by placement
Show the numbers
| Period | Views | Clicks |
|---|---|---|
| Showcase | 4,200 | 38 |
| Home banner | 3,100 | 21 |
| Section banner | 2,600 | 24 |
| In story | 1,900 | 19 |
| Beside story | 1,400 | 11 |
Made-up numbers that show the layout. Your report carries your own campaigns, counting only ads that were really on screen.
Open the full sample reportHow booking works
From a first email to a live ad.
You write to us
Tell us who you want to reach and when. A few lines is enough.
We suggest a tier and dates
We reply with the package and the places that fit, and the dates that are free.
You approve the creative
We design it with you, or use your files. Nothing runs until you say yes.
It runs
Your ad goes live on the days you booked, and your dashboard shows what ran.
- First Light: book 5 working days ahead.
- Materials: send your final files 1 working day before your start date.