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OUTFRONT Media Announces Sale Of Sports Marketing Business
NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (OUT) announced today that it has completed the sale of its Sports Marketing operating segment to Playfly Sports (Playfly,LLC). The Sports Marketing operating segment is the marketing and multimedia rights holder for a variety of colleges, universities and other educational […]
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 […]
Jeremy Male: We feel great about the markets we’re in. We feel great about the industries we’re in.
OUTFRONT is holding billboard pricing and resuming capital spending according to Jeremy Male. Here’s a selection of his comments at yesterday’s Goldman Sach’s Communacopia conference. Pricing We much prefer to maintain rate integrity…If we have an advertiser that’s paying $100, we’d much prefer to provide some incremental benefit, extra space […]
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 […]