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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, […]

Yoakum on Digital Billboard Standards

By Kerry Yoakum, VP of Government Affairs, OAAA. Billboard Insider recently published support for standardization for the sake of advancing digital billboards. Here’s a link to OAAA’s webpage on billboard standards which is available to the public. Aspect ratios The first guideline you will find is a document which provides […]

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 […]

Daktronics Announces Coronavirus Steps

BROOKINGS, S.D., April 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ – DAKT) today announced its Board of Directors’ and management’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and spread and has already affected people, economies, and businesses around the world. Daktronics is closely monitoring and assessing the rapidly evolving environment and […]

Shoutouts to Link Media, Steel City, Graham and Veale Outdoor

Link Media Outdoor is running coronavirus PSA’s encouraging people to do takeout, donate blood and practice social distancing. Steel City Outdoor and Graham Outdoor  are running encouraging “We’re all in this together.” copy. Veale Outdoor is running ads highlighting takeout businesses. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

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 […]

Who Is Advertising Now

Insider asked some printers and and creative designers “what kinds of jobs are you working on now” and here’s what they said. Baud Ramirez, Blue Sky Digital Printing We are seeing a lot of our customers cashing in their Promo Bucks and using them to advertise in the following areas: […]

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% […]