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William Eccleshare: This isn’t the Moment to Sell Europe

Covid has temporarily put the brakes on the sale of Clear Channel Outdoor European assets according to Clear Channel Outdoor Worldwide CEO William Eccleshare.  Here’s a selection of comments by Eccleshare,  Americas CEO Scott Wells and CFO Brian Coleman at yesterdays’s Goldman Sachs Communicopia Conference.  A selection of their comments. […]

Thomas Wins $690,000 in Legal Fees

Remember William Thomas, the man who successfully challenged Tennessee’s sign code and forced the Tennessee legislature to pass a sign code revision to moot the challenge.  The Tennessee Star reports a court has ordered the Tennessee to pay $690,000 in Thomas’s legal fees.  Thomas was represented by the Institute for […]

Mixed Media on Operating During Covid and Joining the IBOUSA

Yesterday’s Company of the Day, Mixed Media, missed our conversation with Steve Weber, Director of Operations, as he spent the day with a dental emergency.  We did get caught up though and here are his comments on the business. We last talked in early 2019. What were main accomplishments of […]

3 Ways to Market Your Business

By Daktronics OOH Advertising Now is a better time than ever to revamp your business marketing efforts! Setting yourself apart from the sea of out of home advertisers is crucial for selling your ad space and expanding your clientele. Here are some tips and tricks from OOH industry leaders that […]

Company of the Day: Micro Outdoor

Company: Micro Outdoor Markets: West Virginia, Maryland. Headquarters: 2 Miller Hill Road, Osage, West Virginia 26543 Phone: 304-319-4141 Micro Outdoor Advertising owns over 200 billboards in north central West Virginia and Maryland.   Many of the boards are double stacks.   The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Morgantown, West Virginia Clarksburg, West Virginia […]

Sean Reilly: Time to play a little offense.

Lamar CEO Sean Reilly said Lamar will resume capital expenditures and acquisitions in an appearance at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia Conference. On spending money again. The first thing is beginning to play a little offense…we are beginning to do that by freeing up some capexp dollars and some acquisition dollars…that’s […]

Clear Channel Outdoor to Cut International Overhead by $20 million

Yesterday Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings announced plans to reduce headcount in Europe and Latin America in response to the impact of covid on revenue.  The company expects to achieve an annual pre tax cost saving of $20 million.  Looks to Insider like this equates to 2% of total international expenses […]

Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Transit Ad Restriction

By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs A federal appeals court said the Philadelphia-based transit system violated constitutional free speech by rejecting a bus ad it considered political. (Center for Investigative Reporting v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, September 14, 2020) Citing its 2015 Advertising Standards, the transit authority […]

Pearl Media Activates Nashville Digital Project

(Montclair, New Jersey) Pearl Media, an award-winning Out-of-Home Advertising and Marketing company, is proud to announce the activation of one of its newest digital and static Out-of-Home advertising properties at the corner of 5th Ave & Broadway, Downtown Nashville’s busiest and most iconic intersection.  This new media platform is the […]