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PHOTO
SUBMISSION PERIOD
The
photo submission period for the 2013 Cutest Baby Contest (the
“Contest”) begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“EST”) on
December 31, 2012 and ends at 5:00 p.m. EST on January 14, 2013 (the
“Submission Period”).
PUBLICATIONS
The
following publications are participating in this Contest (the
“Publication” or “Publications”): The Daily Telegram
ELIGIBILITY
The
Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States who are
eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, and who
reside within thirty (30) miles of the circulation area of the
participating Publications (the
“Entrant” or “Entrants”). Employees, contractors and interns
of GateHouse Media, Inc. (“GateHouse Media”) and the businesses
appearing on this page (the “Sponsors”), and each of their
respective divisions, affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries,
advertising and promotion agencies (including, in each case,
immediate family members) are not eligible to enter the Contest. For
purposes of this Contest, “immediate family members” is defined
as spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents and
grandchildren, whether as "in-laws", or by current or past
marriage, remarriage, adoption, co-habitation or other familial
extension, and any other persons residing at the same household
location, whether or not related. In order to enter the Contest or
win the prize, the Entrant must comply fully with these official
rules (the “Rules”), and by entering agrees to be bound by these
Rules and the decisions of GateHouse Media, whose decisions shall be
binding and final in all respects.
HOW
TO ENTER THE CONTEST AND SUBMIT A PHOTO; ENTRY FEE
Entry
Fee
The
entry fee for the Contest (the “Entry Fee”) is $12.00 (debit or
credit card or check or cash).
There
are two (2) ways to enter the Contest:
Online
Entrants
should log on to the following website, www.lenconnect.com/cutestbaby
during the Submission Period, complete all the required information,
pay the Entry Fee and upload a photo (the “Photo” or “Photos”)
as instructed on the Website. Entrants should then click “submit”
to be entered in the Contest (the “Online Entry” or “Online
Entries”).
OR
Entry
Form
The
entry form for the Contest (the “Entry Form”) is available in The
Daily Telegram's office beginning 12/31/12.
The
Entry Fee, the completed Entry Form and the Photo (together, the
“Print Entry Materials”) should then be submitted to the offices
of the Publication one of the following two (2) ways:
1.
Postal Mail:
Entrants should mail the Print Entry Materials to the Publication at
the following address: 133 N. Winter St., Adrian, MI 49221
For Print Entry Materials submitted through postal mail, the only
acceptable method of payment of the Entry Fee is a check. Credit
card information and cash should not be sent through postal mail, and
GateHouse Media will not be responsible for the security and receipt
of cash or credit card information sent this way.
OR
2.
Hand-Deliver:
Entrants should hand-deliver the Print Entry Materials to the
Publication located at 133 N. Winter St. in Adrian, MI. The offices
of the Publication are open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. Until
5:30 p.m. EST, and closed on Saturday and Sunday.
ALL
ONLINE ENTRIES AND PRINT ENTRY MATERIALS (TOGETHER THE “ENTRY” OR
ENTRIES”) MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE OFFICES OF THE PUBLICATION BY 5
P.M. EST ON JANUARY 14, , 2013 (THE “SUBMISSION DEADLINE”). NO
ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS TIME.
The
Photos will not be returned to the Entrant.
Entries
for the Contest will not be accepted through e-mail or via facsimile.
GateHouse
Media will not be responsible for incomplete, lost, late, postage
due, misdirected or illegible entries and will not be responsible for
credit card information or cash sent through the postal mail.
CONTEST
RULES
1.The
object of the Contest is to showcase to the Publication audience a
“cute baby” (the “Baby” or “Babies”).
2.The
Baby in the Photo must be under the age of twenty-four (24) months as
of January 31, 2013.
3.Entry
of the Photo in the Contest must be authorized by the parent or legal
guardian of the baby (the “Parental Consent”). The Entrant will
be required to submit the Parental Consent to GateHouse Media upon
request.
4.Professional
photos will be accepted. When submitting professional Photos, a
copyright release from the photographer (the “Copyright Release”)
must be submitted to GateHouse Media upon request. If the Photo
contains any material or elements that are not owned by the Entrant
and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the Entrant
is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Photo, any
and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition and
use of the Photo in the manner set forth in these Rules without
additional compensation. The Entrant will be required to submit
copies of any releases and consents to GateHouse Media upon request.
5.There
is no limit to the amount of entries an Entrant may submit of
individuals during the Submission Period.
6.
A maximum of five (5) Photos of the same Baby will be accepted
during the Submission Period.
7.The
Photo must not have been published or be under consideration for
publication or prizes elsewhere.
8.The
Photo must be of the Baby only. No other persons should appear in
the Photo.
9.All
Babies must be wearing a minimum of a full coverage diaper in the
Photo.
10.The
Photo must be in natural color or black and white. Sepia tone and
duotone Photos are not acceptable.
11.Photos
that have been altered, manipulated or enhanced using computer
software programs will not be accepted. Minor adjustments to the
Photo such as lightening or darkening areas of the Photo, slight
contrast or color adjustments and cropping are acceptable. If
GateHouse Media determines a Photo has been altered, manipulated or
enhanced, GateHouse Media reserves the right to disqualify the Photo.
12.The
Photo must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of GateHouse
Media, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit,
or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content (collectively,
“Inappropriate Content”). GateHouse Media retains sole
discretion as to what constitutes Inappropriate Content.
13.All
Photos become the property of GateHouse Media and may be used by
GateHouse for marketing or any other commercial purpose.
VOTING
PHASE
Each
Photo submitted to the Publication must be approved for posting on
the Website by staff of the Publication. Only those Photos that are
approved for posting by the Publisher of the Publication will be
deemed eligible to win the Contest.
All
Photos submitted during the Submission Period and approved by the
Publisher of the Publication will appear on the Website beginning at
5:00 p.m. EST on
January 15, 2013 and ending at 5:00 p.m. EST on January 29, 2013 (the
“Voting Phase”). Members
of the general public will be invited to view the Photos by going to
the Website and voting for the Baby they think is the “cutest”
(the “Vote” or “Votes”). Voting
ballots will also be available at the Publication’s office during
regular business hours. Each ballot is counted as one (1) Vote.
There is no fee to Vote in this Contest. Voting
is limited to persons eighteen (18) years of age or older (the
“Voter” or “Voters”).
GateHouse
Media will not be responsible for misdirected Votes. The use of
robotic or automatic devices to submit Votes is prohibited and
GateHouse Media reserves the right to nullify any and all such Votes
and to disqualify the responsible individual from voting. Entrants
are prohibited from obtaining Votes by any fraudulent or
inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes
or other inducements to members of the public, as determined by
GateHouse Media in its sole discretion.
For
purposes of this Contest, the Vote must be cast on the Website by a
“unique” Voter. A “unique” Voter is an individual person:
(a) who has registered to vote on the Website, (b) with unique
registration information (i.e. e-mail address) that is not
duplicative of another Voter’s information. A
unique Voter may vote no more than ten (10) times per day for a
Photo. If GateHouse
Media determines, in its sole discretion, that an abuse of the
“unique” Voter rules has occurred, GateHouse Media may disqualify
votes cast by such Voters or Entrants, including if more than five
(5) of such Voters or Entrants registered from the same residential
computer “IP address”.
Use
of E-mail Addresses
By
participating in the Voting Phase of the Contest, Voters agree to
opt-in to receive e-mail communications from GateHouse Media or the
Sponsors. If Voters
choose to opt out of such future communications from GateHouse Media
or the Sponsors, they will be able to do so by following the
instructions on any electronic communications sent by GateHouse Media
or the Sponsors. Upon opting-out, GateHouse Media or the Sponsors
will
no longer send e-mail messages to the Voter. A
Voter’s choice to opt out will not affect any Votes cast in this
Contest.
WINNING
PHOTO
At
the conclusion of the Voting Phase, the Photo to receive the highest
number of Votes will be declared the winning Photo. In the event of
a tie, a random drawing among the tied Photos will be conducted at
the offices of the Publication to determine the winning Photo. The
winning Photo will be announced on the Website by January 31, 2013.
GateHouse
Media reserves the right to take more time to determine the winning
Photo as it deems necessary in its sole discretion.
PRIZE
The
Entrant who submitted the winning Photo (the “Winner”) will be
awarded 1st
Place $250 Meijer Gift Card, 2nd
Place $150 Meijer Gift Card, 3rd
Place $100 Meijer Gift Card.
Odds
of winning depend on the number of eligible Photos and eligible Votes
received.
The
Winner will be notified by phone or overnight mail in accordance with
the contact information provided on the Entry Form. The Winner must
sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release in
order to be eligible to accept the prize. The prize must be picked
up by the Winner at the offices of the Publication or
the Winner must make alternate arrangements with the Publication by
February 28, 2013. The offices of the Publication are open Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. Until 5 p.m. EST, and closed on Saturday and
Sunday.
No
substitution or transfer of the prize will be allowed, except at the
sole discretion of GateHouse Media. GateHouse Media reserves the
right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. All local,
state and federal taxes incurred by accepting a prize will be the
sole responsibility of the Winner. The prize has no cash value and
may not be redeemed for cash at any time. No compensation will be
given for lost, stolen, mutilated or expired gift cards or gift
certificates. GateHouse Media is not responsible for replacing
lost, stolen, mutilated or expired gift cards or gift certificates.
Fulfillment of gift cards and gift certificates is the sole
responsibility of the merchant, not GateHouse Media.
All
decisions of GateHouse Media regarding the Contest are final.
INTERNET
It
is the Entrant’s responsibility
to enter in the appropriate manner. Each Entrant is responsible for
all costs or charges involved in accessing the
www.lenconnect.com/cutestbaby
website and warrants that the cost of accessing the site, if any, is
part of a larger agreement with an Internet Service Provider or some
other means, and that the cost of this access is not an incremental
cost. If for any reason the internet portion of the program is not
capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus,
bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical
failures, or any other causes beyond the control of GateHouse Media
which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, GateHouse Media
reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel,
terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. Should the online portion
of the Contest be terminated prior to January 14, 2013, finalists
will be drawn at days-end from eligible entries received online up to
the time of cancellation. GateHouse Media assumes no responsibility
for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in
operation or transmission, communication line failure, theft, or
destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries.
GateHouse Media is not responsible for lost, misdirected, illegible,
damaged or undelivered entries. GateHouse Media is not responsible
for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network
or lines, computer online systems, services or providers, computer
equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received due
to technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any
web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage
to participant's or any other person's computer related to or
resulting from participation or downloading of any material in this
Contest. CAUTION: Any attempt by an Entrant to deliberately damage
any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is
a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be
made, GateHouse Media reserves the right to seek damages from any
such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of a
dispute, entries made by Internet will be declared made by the
authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of
entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the
natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g.
business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for
assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the
submitted e-mail address. Automated entries are prohibited, and any
use
of such devices will cause disqualification. Collection and use of
personally identifiable information will be in accordance with the
www.lenconnect.com/cutestbaby
Privacy Policy as posted on www.lenconnect.com/cutestbaby
CONDITIONS
By
entering, Entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules and the
decisions of GateHouse Media, which are binding and final, and
release GateHouse Media, and each of its divisions, affiliates,
parent companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies
and anyone associated with the production of this Contest, and their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all
liability for any claims, injuries, losses or damages (including
attorneys fees) of any kind arising out of their participation in
this Contest or resulting from acceptance, possession, use or misuse
of any prize. The potential prize winners waive the right to assert
as a cost of winning the prize any and all costs of verification and
redemption or travel to redeem said prize and waives any liability or
claims (including attorneys fees) which might arise from redeeming or
seeking to redeem said prize. In the event of non-compliance with
these Official Rules, or if prize notification is returned to
GateHouse Media as undeliverable, if prize is refused or cannot be
accepted for any reason, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate
winner will be selected in a random drawing. Upon forfeiture or
refusal, no compensation will be given. Acceptance of prize
constitutes permission to use the winner's name, photograph,
likeness, Contest submissions and/or statements attributed to winners
regarding the Contest, for advertising and publicity purposes without
further compensation or consent. All entries become the property of
GateHouse Media. This Contest shall only be construed and evaluated
according to the laws of the state of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of laws and submission of any entry
constitutes acceptance of such laws. This Contest is void where
prohibited. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
This
Contest is not intended for gambling. If it is determined that an
Entrant is using the Contest for gambling purposes, he/she will be
disqualified and reported to authorities.
GateHouse
Media and its affiliates reserve the right to use any and all
information related to the Contest, including information on Entrants
obtained through the Contest, for marketing purposes or any other
purpose, unless prohibited by law.
GateHouse
Media and their affiliates reserve the right to change the rules of
the Contest at any time.
NAME
OF WINNER
To
obtain the name of the winner, contact the Publication at
517.265.5111.
SPONSORS
Enterprise
NewsMedia, LLC, Enterprise NewsMedia Holding, LLC, Enterprise
Publishing Company, LLC, GateHouse Media Massachusetts I, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Massachusetts II, Inc., George W. Prescott Publishing
Company, LLC, GateHouse Media Arkansas Holdings, Inc.
GateHouse
Media California Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Colorado Holdings,
Inc., GateHouse Media Connecticut Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media
Corning Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Delaware Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Freeport Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Illinois
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings II, Inc., GateHouse
Media Iowa Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings II, Inc., GateHouse Media Louisiana
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Macomb Holdings, Inc., GateHouse
Media Michigan Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Michigan Holdings II,
Inc., GateHouse Media Minnesota Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media
Missouri Holdings, Inc.
GateHouse
Media Missouri Holdings II, Inc., GateHouse Media Nebraska Holdings,
Inc., GateHouse Media Nebraska Holdings II, Inc., GateHouse Media
Nevada Holdings, Inc.
GateHouse
Media New York Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media North Dakota Holdings,
Inc., GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Oklahoma
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers, Inc., GateHouse Media Tennessee
Holdings, Inc., Mineral Daily News Tribune, Inc., News Leader, Inc.,
Terry Newspapers, Inc., Copley Ohio Newspapers, Inc., The Peoria
Journal Star, Inc., 350
WillowBrook Office Park, Fairport, New York 14450. The Daily
Telegram, 133 N. Winter St., Adrian, MI 49221
ADMINISTRATOR
The
Contest Website is being administered by UPICKEM.
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