On the latest round of conference calls the public company out of home executives cited weakness in West Coast markets. They are one to something. The University of Toronto used cell phone data through May 2023 to track which cities have recovered fastest from COVID. Most large cities still aren’t […]
How do you code an autonomous vehicle to stop for the cops? Who gets the ticket? An autonomous vehicle in San Francisco was pulled over by cops. It initially stopped then took off as the cops walked back to their vehicle. Evidently the cops called the vehicle’s owner and the […]
New York, NY– April 19, 2021 – Branded Cities, a premier Out-of-Home and iconic media company in North America, today announced the acquisition of a portion of the San Francisco assets of City Outdoor, further increasing its North American footprint. The all-cash deal adds two iconic faces to Branded Cities’ […]
Courthouse News reported that San Francisco Mayor London Breed cannot be sued for allegedly pressuring advertising firms to pull a political rival’s billboards that were denounced as racist by the mayor and several other elected officials, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Failed mayoral candidate Ellen Zhou sued Mayor Breed, Clear […]
Paris, July 31st, 2019 – JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced today that it has been awarded the iconic Street Furniture contract for San Francisco (population: over 860,000). The 20-year contract was awarded by the San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in a unanimous vote […]
New Tradition Media has acquired Total Outdoor’s San Francisco out of home (OOH) media assets, making it the largest player in high-profile static signage in the Downtown San Francisco area. Jon Dobres, on behalf of Total Outdoor, stated “The deal is a value-enhancing opportunity for clients of outdoor media in […]
San Francisco’s required warning labels on ads for sugary drinks violates First Amendment free speech protection, a federal appeals court has ruled. The ruling was a victory for out of home advertisers, the beverage industry, and retailers. On January 31, the full US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (11 judges) […]
NEW YORK, June 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) announced today the implementation of its ON Smart Media platform at the Caltrain Station in San Francisco, located at the northern terminus of the line at 4th and King streets. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Sparkpost, American Express, and Sharepost are […]
A U.S. appeals court on Monday agreed to reconsider an earlier ruling which had blocked a San Francisco law that mandated health warnings for soda and other sugary drinks. Insider had reported in June of last year about San Francisco’s desire to become the first city in the U.S. to require […]
More and more smart small screens are coming to big cities. Here’s the press release for the launch of Clear Channel Outdoor’s smart small screen network in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle wrote about the small screen network on Saturday. Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) (NYSE: CCO), a subsidiary of […]
