By James Delucia, President and CEO, AR James I have been a transit shelter operator in New Jersey for close to 25 years now. Like many in our industry, I view everything through the proverbial Outdoor Advertising lens. You know it is true. If you are like me, you notice […]
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PPP Forgiveness – Ready, Set, Document.
With PPP applications in and, hopefully, funds in the bank, Insider wanted to start turning to the subject of steps to take to maximize your businesses potential for debt forgiveness. We saw the following information from a community bank and wanted to pass along. Congratulations again on being approved […]
Intersection Wins Advertising Partnership with Austin’s Capital Metro
Austin, TX – May 14, 2020 – Intersection, the leading smart cities technology and media company, today announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract to sell advertising across Capital Metro (CapMetro), Austin’s public transit agency. Intersection will bring its suite of media products to hundreds of vehicles across […]
Company of the Day: Herring Outdoor
Company: Herring Outdoor, LLC. Market: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana Headquarters: 525 Central Avenue, 200, Laurel, Mississippi, 39440 Phone: 601-498-4600 Herring Outdoor is a private family owned company based in Laurel, Mississippi. Herring owns and manages billboard locations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The company is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. The company also […]
Sean Reilly on working with customers, challenged sectors and the $400 million bond issue
Here’s a selection of Lamar CEO Sean Reilly’s comments at this week’s JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications conference. On how the COVID slowdown hit Lamar and what Lamar did. It was state by state. As soon as a state would shut down there would be a phone call […]
Outfront Issues $400 Million 6.25% Notes
NEW YORK, May 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) today announced that two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries priced a private offering of $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “notes”). The notes are to be sold at an issue price of […]
Keeping a Company-wide Transformation on Track During the COVID-19 Crisis
By Scott Wells, CEO Clear Channel Outdoor Americas The past weeks have taught me management lessons I wish I never had to learn. There is change you plan for – like a business transformation, a new product line or new marketplace dynamics – and changes forced upon you that you […]
Applying Recency Theory During COVID-19
By Stephen Freitas, OAAA Chief Marketing Officer Soon after arriving at OAAA, I had the pleasure of meeting Erwin Ephron. Over the years, I would have the opportunity to speak with him many times, and at every encounter, I learned something new and insightful about media planning. Many people consider […]
Michael Wright on LD Management v Kentucky
On May 5, 2020, the American Bar Association – which had rated Judge Justin Walker “unqualified” to serve as a district judge – rated him “well qualified” to sit on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, often called the second most important court in the nation. His decision in L.D. […]
Company of the Day – Hicks Outdoor Advertising
Company: Hicks Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 102 Racer Drive, Cross Lanes, WV 25313 Markets: West Virginia Phone: 304.482.9300 Email: greg@HicksOutdoor.com Hicks Outdoors Advertising is owned and operated by Gregory Hicks Enterprises Inc.. The company owns and operates bulletins predominantly comprised of standard sizes 14′ x 48′, 10’6″ x 36′ and 12′ […]