Insider has reported on the Payroll Protection Program in which the SBA was tasked with supporting small businesses through a loan program that was ultimately funded to the tune of $659 billion. The PPP program was due to expire at midnight on June 30 with funds remaining, but just hours […]
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Circle Graphics New State of the Art Transit Facility.
Circle Graphics has relocated and reopened its specialty transit division. Transit advertising was hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic with dramatically reduced usage of airports and public transportation. The company used the down time to relocate the Burbank facility which has been previously run out of several locations. The facility […]
Hivestack Attracts Equity Investment
Hivestack, a global ad tech leader in programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising, today announced that it has secured $10 million CDN in equity funding by Investissement Québec (IQ) to support its global expansion. This significant funding will enable Hivestack to expand its workforce both in its Montreal headquarters as well […]
Talon Promotes Conway and Irilian
New York, NY – August 13, 2020 – Talon Outdoor, a leading independent Out of Home (OOH) media specialist, today announced the appointment of Jonathan Conway as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and of Shabnam Irilian as Senior Vice President, Head of Business Operations in North America (N.A.). Conway, who previously […]
Company of the Day – Mackay Advertising
Company: Mackay Advertising Market: Texas Headquarters: 301 West Vickery Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76104 Phone: 817-877-1866 Email: Mike@MackayAdvertising.com Mackay Advertising was founded in 1985 and provides outdoor advertising on buses, bus benches, and billboards in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. Mackay also offers graphic design services such as: Logos, Business Cards, […]
Lindmark Outdoor Makes Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies
NEW YORK, August 12, 2020 – Inc. magazine today revealed that Lindmark Outdoor Media, LLC is No. 3,041 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most […]
Who Cut What During the Second Quarter of 2020
How has COVID impacted the spending of the US public out of home companies? Here’s Insider’s analysis. Expenses Down 26% Now is not a good time to ask for a raise. The big three cut their expenses by a total of $284 million or 26% during the the second quarter […]
How OOH Influences Back-To-School Shoppers
With the largest reach of any media, OOH serves as a powerful marketing tool, especially for traditional brick-and-mortar and online retailers. The rapid growth of data analytics has further enhanced OOH’s ability to power retailers’ success by delivering ad messages to the intended target audiences through the most relevant OOH […]
Rate This Ad With Greg Callaham
Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]
Chris Cowlbeck on managing through Covid and what’s new at IBOUSA.
In addition to running Oklahoma based LOOK Billboards Chris Cowlbeck is General Manager of the Independent Billboard Operators Operators USA. Insider caught up with Cowlback earlier this week. How has Covid impacted Look Billboards. It’s been more of a mind game dealing with the way the media and politics has […]