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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 […]

Company of the Day – Mixed Media Group

Company: Mixed Media Group, Inc. Markets: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan Headquarters: 1152 Liberty Avenue, Cary, IL  60013. Phone: 847-462-8433 Email: steve@mixedmediaoutdoor.com Mixed Media operates signs in Illinois, Detroit, Eastern Iowa/Quad Cities and Iowa City.  The bulk of the company’s signs are in McHenry County, outside Chicago.  McHenry County Illinois is the most populated county in […]

Another City Sees Digital Billboard Benefits

Another city is raising money for city services by leasing land on city property for digital billboards.  On Sept 1 Kingston Mass approved two OUTRONT Media billboard leases generating approximately $200,000/year in lease payments for 25 years.  The billboards will be on  town-owned parcels at 8 Cranberry Road and 60 […]