Columns
5 Star Travel Package
Traveling has never been easy, but never before has it been so exasperating. The Five-star Travel Package takes the hassle out of the hustle with advice from top travel writers who know how to travel smart and well. Rick Steves, Christopher Elliott, Eileen Ogintz and Jae-Ha Kim offer the latest on travel industry trends, advice on the best places to travel with children, even where to go to rub elbows with your favorite celebrity. Include our World’s Fare travel component, a five-story package highlighting the hottest destinations, culture and food from around the world, and you’ve got everything you’ll need to inform your reader and enhance your print and online travel coverage.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Ana Veciana-Suarez
Veciana-Suarez, an author and commentator for The Miami Herald, explores the human experience, touching on private issues and events that shape our country, including the refugee experience and working in America. Her Cuban heritage infuses her writing with vibrancy and color.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Andy Rooney
Rooney, the legendary "60 Minutes" commentator, offers wry observations on everything from big business and politics to the frustrations of everyday life.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Ask Amy: Advice for the real world
In the tradition of the great personal advice columnists, the Chicago Tribune's Dickinson is a plainspoken straight shooter who relates to readers of all ages. She answers personal questions by addressing issues from both her head and her heart. A solid reporter, Dickinson researches her topics to provide readers with informed opinions and answers.
Amy Dickinson’s memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them” (Hyperion), will hit bookstores Tuesday, February 3. TMS is pleased to offer our Ask Amy column subscribers a special excerpt from the book at no additional cost.
Ask Amy readers will enjoy learning about the life of their favorite advice guru before she became Ann Landers’ successor and how she created her own “fairy-tale ending” to her life story. The book has already received enthusiastic reviews and will be promoted heavily on "Good Morning America," "The View," NPR, in Redbook and Good Housekeeping magazines, as well as via a national book tour.
The 2,500-word excerpt will be made available for publication on Sunday, February 1. Editors can run it in two parts or run one independent of the other. The excerpt will move with the book cover art and Amy’s photo.
For column rates and to receive the book excerpt and a signed copy of the book, contact your TMS representative at tmssales@tribune.com or 800-245-6536.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Ask the Builder
Carter is a former contractor who walks readers through home improvement projects step by step. He offers instructions on hiring the right professionals, as well as helpful project cost-breakdowns. Carter also provides materials suggestions and new ideas for homeowners who prefer to do smaller jobs themselves. Great for classifieds.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Cars.com Classified Cars Feature Package
This story and art package includes timely, well-written stories from Cars.com, as well as features on car insurance, financing, shopping, safety, care and repair. You'll also receive color photos, graphics and illustrations.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Celebrity Travel
Jae-Ha Kim, a New York Times bestselling author, writes "Go Away With..." a celebrity travel column that allows readers to vicariously travel along with stars like Matt Damon, Jennifer Garner, Rachael Ray and Apolo Anton Ohno.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Cultivating Life
This nationally renowned garden designer, author, television host and Target design consultant has been bringing the indoors out since operating his own nursery in Tiverton, R.I. Each week, Conway provides easy-to-do projects and simple solutions for outdoor living, cooking, gardening and entertaining. His package includes a 650-word column (with photo) and reaches readers 28 and older–particularly homeowners. Sean Conway's website is at www.cultivatinglife.com.
Available: U.S. & Canada
Daily Bridge Club
Daily Bridge Club offers seasoned players tips and tricks to improve their game. It entertains as well as instructs. Many of the deals are set in an imaginary bridge club with well-developed characters that anyone who plays the game will find familiar. Since 1981, Stewart's instructional column has appeared in The Contact Bridge BULLETIN, the world's most widely read bridge magazine.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Daily Racing Form's Consensus
The Daily Racing Form is the official newspaper of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners. Readers enjoy expert selections from America's turf authority. Clients receive daily handicap consensus on races at five tracks of their choice.
Available: International, U.S. & Canada
Licensing and Reprints
TMS Licensing: We license popular cartoon characters, puzzles and content from renowned creators for print, interactive, TV and film, mobile and board games. TMS also licenses unique commentary in politics, travel, health, business and other categories.
TMS reprints: We grant websites, newsletters, books and other publications permission to reprint any of the 150-plus columns, cartoons, magazine articles, photos and graphics found in our catalog. This content also can be used in corporate communications and training materials.