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Ben Schwartz Tweets Billboard Picture to Promote Movie

Ben Schwartz, the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 tweeted a Sonic voiceover as he drove by a Sonic Movie 2 billboard. A few days ago a Sonic Movie 2 attendee tweeted a picture of a movie billboard to announce that he’d seen the movie as […]

Feedback on Fidago v Clear Channel Outdoor

Lots of feedback from yesterday’s article on Fidago v Clear Channel Outdoor.  Several readers wrote that the relationship between epilepsy and covid is more complicated than we presented. Some medicines which control epilepsy can affect the immune system and people with epilepsy may have other neurological issues impacting immunity.  Best […]

Lamar’s Jay Johnson Named to SBA Communications Board of Directors

March 29, 2022 05:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SBA Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: SBAC) (“SBA”) today announced the election of Jay L. Johnson to the SBA Board of Directors as a new independent director, effective March 28, 2022. Mr. Johnson is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial […]

Company of the Day: Highway Displays

Company: Highway Displays Outdoor Market: New York Headquarters: 404 Maple Street, Poughkeepsie, NY  12601 Phone: 845-452-2121 Email: info@highwaydisplays.com Highway Outdoor has over 420 static and digital billboards in the mid-Hudson valley.  The company was founded by Louis Schwartz, a Hungarian immigrant in 1918.  The company has 15 employees.  Sandra Schwartz is […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Sued in Covid Dispute

This month a former employee sued Clear Channel Outdoor after being dismissed for refusing to return to the office due to covid health concerns.  The case is Fidago v Clear Channel Outdoor. Joseph Fidago was a Procurement Manager at Clear Channel’s Allentown office. Fidago had a satisfactory review in 2019 […]

Link Media Parent, Boston Omaha Corporation, Announces Full Year 2021 Financial Results

Link Media parent company, Boston Omaha provided a press release with their 2021 financials. Here is the release: March 28, 2022 02:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boston Omaha Corporation (NYSE: BOC) (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, in connection with […]

Are You Back in the Office?

Today we posted about a lawsuit against Clear Channel Outdoor because it terminated an employee who requested a covid-related work at home accommodation.  Are you back in the office or working from home?  Take our survey.  We’ll report the results Thursday.     [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

Company of the Day – Iconic Outdoor

Company:  Iconic Outdoor Headquarters:  Two Clock Tower Place, Suite 540 Maynard, MA 01754 Markets:  Massachusetts, California, New York. Phone: 508.308.6644 Email:  sales@iconicoutdoor.com Formed by outdoor advertising pioneer James O’Neill, Iconic Outdoor offers advertisers premium out-of-home media, with over 20 Billboards & Wallscapes available in the following markets: Boston New York Los Angeles […]

Michael Rosen on Sports Betting and Out of Home

As an investor conference earlier this month OUTFRONT’s Jeremy Male identified sports betting as a high growth area for out of home.  Billboard Insider talked to Intersection CRO Michael Rosen to get his thoughts  on sports betting and out of home. What types of OOH are of most interest to […]

Neil Bell on Sales Training for Out of Home Sales Reps

New South Outdoor founder Neil Bell talked with Billboard Insider about a sales rep training event which he is organizing. Neil, I hear you’re putting together a sales training event for out of home sales reps. Can you tell us more about it? Yes. I tend to get pulled in […]