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Texas Man Charged With $5M Pandemic Relief Fraud

In this weeks Podcast, part of the discussion centered around the potential for fraud in the Payroll Protection loan program. Ken Klein passed along this news article as a followup to that discussion. Law 360 posted this week that a Texas man fraudulently tried to score over $5 million in […]

Vistar Media and Quividi Join Forces to Fuel Programmatic DOOH

Quividi, the world’s #1 audience and campaign intelligence platform for digital out-of-home (DOOH), today announced a partnership with Vistar Media, the leading global provider of programmatic technology for DOOH. Quividi’s audience analytics will now be accepted in the Vistar exchange as network impression metrics. Vistar Media and Quividi share a […]

Company of the Day: Horton Outdoor

Company:  Horton Outdoor Markets:  Alabama, Georgia, Florida Headquarters: 162 W Main Street, Suite 101, Cartersville, GA  30120 Phone: 404-902-6902 Email: info@hortonoutdoor.com Horton Outdoor was started in 2015 and operates a billboard plant in Alabama, Georgia and Florida.  The company has grown via the acquisition of G&G Enterprises, Owen Media, Lewis Outdoor, […]

Clear Channel Plays Defense With a Shareholder Rights Plan

Clear Channel Outdoor announced a “shareholder rights plan” on May 19: SAN ANTONIO, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) announced today that its board of directors (the “Board”) unanimously adopted a shareholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) to protect the interests of all Company […]

New Tradition Lights Up the Largest Digital OOH Display West of the Mississippi

May 20, 2020 LOS ANGELES — This February, an exciting new digital advertising screen became a part of the Los Angeles skyline. New Tradition Media and The Reef have partnered to launch this screen in one of the world’s most iconic cities. New Tradition, an out-of-home media frontrunner when it […]

Ken Klein on the OAAA’s Government Focus Post-Covid

On this week’s Billboard Insider Podcast Ken Klein, the OAAA’s EVP Government Affairs, talked about how the OAAA is representing the industry post-covid. In addition to the Paycheck Protection help, and in addition to the individual checks that have arrived to many out of home workers, Congress is looking into […]

OAAA Announces 78th Annual OBIE Winners

May 20, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) announced today the 78th Annual OBIE Award Winners. OAAA presented the 59 OBIE Awards during a virtual awards show. The OBIE Awards recognize exceptional out of home (OOH) advertising design. This year’s Platinum OBIE Award, […]

Shoutouts to Link Media, Rogers Media and Giesken Outdoor

Link Media Outdoor is commemorating healthcare workers who are daughters of a Link Media Outdoor account executive April Kissinger.  Bailey Kissinger is normally an oncology nurse, but she has volunteered to work with the COVID 19 patients when the need was expressed. She is on a COVID 19 floor at […]

Verizon Joins DPAA

NEW YORK, May 20, 2020 – DPAA, the leading global trade marketing association representing advertising and content outside the home while driving the digitization of out-of-home media, announced today that Verizon Media has joined the association. In conjunction with their association membership, Verizon Media’s Iván Markman, Chief Business Officer, will […]

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 […]