Lamar is in a dispute with the City of Pittsburgh over a billboard on Mount Washington. Lamar owns the advertising space on Mount Washington where the old Bayer company billboard was located. Lamar put vinyl up a 30 feet by 200 feet vinyl on the site last week. The […]
Other News
Jean- Claude Decaux – Dreamer
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an an article on the life of Jean-Claude Decaux. The article talks about how Decaux found a way around what at that time were a limited supply of good places to affix advertising. He created more of them: Over the past 50 years, his […]
Outdoor Cheaper Than Most Other Forms of Media
I’ve attached a table below taken from Peter J Solomon Company’s Media Monthly newsletter for May 2016 showing the cost per thousand advertising impressions (“CPM”) of various forms of media. The chart is based on rate card, not actual rates. The PJSC newsletter is a great read if you wish […]
Formetco’s High Efficiency LED Technology Outperforms Competitors
Duluth, GA (June 6, 2016) – Formetco’s LED digital screens outshine the best LEDs available. The largest full-service supplier in outdoor advertising, Formetco features an exclusively designed and manufactured light-emitting diode (LED) in all of their digital billboards, video screens and sports scoreboards. This LED is created by using the […]
The Buzz on Undisclosed Ad Agency Rebates
Insider wrote Saturday about an Association of National Advertisers study which found that ad agencies are getting undisclosed rebates from radio, TV and outdoor clients. The study will be released this week. Insider asked three industry executives whether undisclosed rebates are are a problem in the outdoor industry. One source […]
Company of the Day: Bella Outdoor
Company: Bella Outdoor Markets: Montana Headquarters: PO Box 50119, Billings, MT Phone: 406-671-6155 Bella Outdoor was started in 2007 by Joe and Jenifer Mancuso. The company has twelve 8 by 20, 10 by 24 and 12 by 26 and structures around Billings. Prior to starting Bella Mancuso worked in sales […]
Coke Generates Buzz With “Ubiquitous” Billboards.
Coca-Cola has generated positive publicity with 60 Chattanooga area billboards containing one word: ubiquitous. Times Free Press reports that Coca-cola is using the 60 billboards to advertise its “Share a Coke and a Song” summer campaign. The campaign generated national media coverage and twitter chatter as people became curious about the billboards. Coca-Cola […]
Catalyst Addresses Digital Sign Brightness Concerns
Philly.com reports that representatives of Catalyst Outdoor Advertising have offered to plant 35 evergreens at a cost of $50,000 to shield certain homes from light emitted by a digital billboard. Certain homeowners have complained about the brightness of the sign which is located in Downingtown, PA. Insider’s take: Kudos to […]
Clear Channel Outdoor’s Matthew Dearden Appointed FEPE International President
Barcelona, Spain (June 6, 2016) – Matthew Dearden, Clear Channel Outdoor’s President, Europe, has been appointed President of FEPE International, the worldwide association of outdoor advertising companies. The news was announced at the 57th FEPE Congress in Barcelona by the current FEPE President, Antonio Vincenti. In his new role […]
Ad Agencies Getting Rebates From Media Companies for Advertising
Dow Jones Business News reports that an 8 month probe by the Association of National Advertisers found that ad agencies are getting rebates from radio, TV and outdoor companies for spending a certain amount of money on behalf of their radio, TV and outdoor clients. Rebates are a common practice […]
