By PJ Pedroni, VP of OOH Solutions, Smartlink. Writing this hunkered down with my new (temporary) officemates from the SmartCave, the west coast annex of our Huntsville operation, prepared to outwit and outlast the COVID 19 pandemic. Like everyone else, I have been looking for ways to find a sense […]
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Company of the Day – Flynn Sign Company
Company: Flynn Sign Company Markets: Tennessee Headquarters: 85 Burnett Street, Crossville, Tennessee 38555 Phone: 931-484-9591 Email: Sales@Flynnsigns.net Flynn Sign Company is a family owned and operated business started in 1948 by Bill Flynn to hand paint and service signs. In 1970 the company moved to its 85 Burnett Street […]
Insider on the SBA Paycheck Protection Loan Program
We hope you owner/operators have been gathering information on the PPP, Paycheck Protection Program which authorizes up to $349 billion in forgivable loans to small businesses to pay their employees during the COVID-19 crisis. Insider has been doing a deep dive into the details and application process and, this morning, […]
Inrix Reports Traffic Down 40%
Inrix reported that for the week of March 21-27 travel volumes were 40% below normal, a decline from the previous week in which travel volumes were 30% below normal. Commercial trucking and fleet trucking are down by 5-10%. Here’s the Chart. Urban areas are seeing a 60% decline in travel […]
Out of Home Associations Join to Fight Coronavirus
30th March 2020 The World Out of Home Organization held its inaugural global conference call for national Out of Home associations on March 27. The conference call included reports on the harrowing effect the Covid-19 virus is having on societies across the world and business – plus welcome news of […]
Clear Channel Provides Liquidity Update
Insider wanted to break out Clear Channel Outdoor’s financial and liquidity update from their Press Release into a separate article as it provides guidance on CCO’s take of current economic conditions and their strategy over the short term. Here are those excerpts: The Company believes the anticipated net proceeds from […]
Clear Channel Confirms Sale of Shares in Clear Media
Here are press release excerpts from Clear Channel Outdoor confirming the sale of their share in Clear Media. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”), one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to irrevocably tender to sell its 50.91% […]
GO2020 Show Will Not Reschedule
The GO2020 out of home advertising conference has been cancelled. See note below from Kym Frank. Last month, it became clear that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we would be unable to hold GO2020, the Geopath/OAAA OOH Media Conference and Expo, in April 2020 as planned. At the time, we […]
Company of the Day: Fluhman Outdoor
Company: Fluhman Outdoor Media LLC Markets: West Texas, Southeastern New Mexico Headquarters: 505 South Arthur Street, Amarillo, TX 79102 Phone: 806-678-7778 Email: bruce@fluhmanoutdoor.net Fluhman Outdoor Media (FOM) began in the summer of 2013, and in just five years has grown to over 400 billboards in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. FOM offers […]
Ohio Outdoor’s Ben Harbaugh on Helping Customers
By Ben Harbaugh, Ohio Outdoor With so many other operators willing to share what is working for them, I wanted to also provide some insight into how we have been trying to help customers – or even future customers. A week or so ago, we opened up a shared slot […]