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For advertisers and agencies
SilQRoute Times Media Kit
Everything a buyer needs in one page: who reads us, what we sell, and the standards every placement is held to. Last updated 30 August 2026.
The audience
- Publication
- SilQRoute Times
- Cadence
- Daily corridor briefing, Friday long read
- Editorial base
- Doha, QatarReporting across the Gulf, South Asia and Southeast Asia
- Core reader
- Founders, operators, allocators, family offices, policy advisers
- Seniority mix
- C-suite, partners and senior decision makersInvestors, board directors, government affairs leads and startup founders
- Sectors
- Venture capital, sovereign wealth, fintech, energy transition, logistics, sport and media
- Primary corridor
- London to Singapore, Doha to Lagos, Cape Town to New York
- Top geographies
- Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Singapore, IndiaNorth America and East Africa are the fastest growing regions
- Language
- English, UK spelling
- Channels
- Daily newsletter, long-read website, LinkedIn, Instagram, podcastEvery edition is archived as a permanent, indexed web page
- Content verticals
- Corridor capital, Gulf venture, sovereign strategy, sport economy, founder relocationSponsored editions can be built around any of these themes
- Engagement model
- High intent, lean scrollReaders open for signal, not noise. Average read time and click data shared under NDA
- List size
- On requestShared on request under NDA
- Open rate
- On requestShared on request under NDA
- Average click rate
- On requestShared on request under NDA
- Podcast downloads
- On requestShared on request under NDA
Circulation and engagement figures are shared directly with buyers under NDA, taken from our own send logs rather than estimates.
Ad formats
Corridor note
Mid edition, after the second story
A 90 to 120 word native placement. Written by the editorial desk from your brief, approved by you before it runs.
Editorial display
Long read pages on silqroutetimes.com
A single responsive unit set inside the article rule, never a pop up, never an interstitial, never auto playing video.
Branded newsletter
Standalone send
A full edition produced with your team on a corridor theme, archived permanently on the site with its own page and schema.
Podcast read
SilQRoute Times podcast
Host read opening or mid roll, scripted and approved in advance.
Rates are quoted per campaign against your brief. Multi edition and quarterly commitments are priced separately.
Our brand safety covenant
Framed the way premium publishers frame it: a standing covenant with the advertiser, reviewed quarterly against industry standards.
01
Editorial independence
The editorial desk and commercial work are separate. No advertiser buys, previews or amends editorial coverage, and no coverage of an advertiser is withheld because of a commercial relationship. A commercial relationship is disclosed on the page whenever it is material to the story.
02
A named, sourced editorial environment
Every article carries a named author and a dated corrections trail. Every factual claim carries at least two sources, and Qatar coverage always includes one local and one international source. There is no user generated, syndicated or aggregated inventory anywhere on the site.
03
Adjacency guarantees
Advertisers choose adjacency, not just audience. A placement can be excluded from any topic, section or individual article on request, at no penalty. Sponsor copy never runs adjacent to breaking coverage of conflict, disaster or tragedy.
04
Suitability over simple safety
Beyond universal exclusions (adult, gambling promotion, weapons, hate, misinformation, content farms), we review each campaign for tonal fit. A placement that is safe but jarring is a placement we decline or reschedule.
05
A controlled ad experience
One unit per screen at most. No pop ups, vignettes, interstitials, autoplay with sound or forced click zones. Every sponsorship is clearly labelled, and creative is approved by the editor before it runs.
06
Advertiser vetting
Category filters are on at the network level, and every direct advertiser is reviewed before a first campaign. Individual advertisers or agencies can be blocked permanently on request.
07
Privacy and consent by default
Google consent mode v2 is enabled site wide. Readers who decline advertising cookies receive non personalised advertising only, and we do not sell, rent or share reader data with advertisers or brokers.
08
Accountability
A named contact answers every brand safety question within one business day. Corrections are published openly and dated on the affected page, and this charter is reviewed each quarter against industry standards.
Next step
Send your brief through the advertiser form and we will come back with placements, timing and rates within two business days.