Insider asked some printers and and creative designers “what kinds of jobs are you working on now” and here’s what they said. Baud Ramirez, Blue Sky Digital Printing We are seeing a lot of our customers cashing in their Promo Bucks and using them to advertise in the following areas: […]
Other News
Clear Channel Provides Liquidity Update
Insider wanted to break out Clear Channel Outdoor’s financial and liquidity update from their Press Release into a separate article as it provides guidance on CCO’s take of current economic conditions and their strategy over the short term. Here are those excerpts: The Company believes the anticipated net proceeds from […]
Clear Channel Confirms Sale of Shares in Clear Media
Here are press release excerpts from Clear Channel Outdoor confirming the sale of their share in Clear Media. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”), one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to irrevocably tender to sell its 50.91% […]
OOH Stocks Rally but Down for First Quarter
First quarter was a tough for stocks and even worse for out of home. The S&P 500 fell by 20% – the worst first quarter in history. Lamar declined 43%, Outfront declined 50% and Clear Channel declined 78% although all three companies have rallied from their lows last week. US […]
GO2020 Show Will Not Reschedule
The GO2020 out of home advertising conference has been cancelled. See note below from Kym Frank. Last month, it became clear that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we would be unable to hold GO2020, the Geopath/OAAA OOH Media Conference and Expo, in April 2020 as planned. At the time, we […]
Company of the Day: Fluhman Outdoor
Company: Fluhman Outdoor Media LLC Markets: West Texas, Southeastern New Mexico Headquarters: 505 South Arthur Street, Amarillo, TX 79102 Phone: 806-678-7778 Email: bruce@fluhmanoutdoor.net Fluhman Outdoor Media (FOM) began in the summer of 2013, and in just five years has grown to over 400 billboards in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. FOM offers […]
Ohio Outdoor’s Ben Harbaugh on Helping Customers
By Ben Harbaugh, Ohio Outdoor With so many other operators willing to share what is working for them, I wanted to also provide some insight into how we have been trying to help customers – or even future customers. A week or so ago, we opened up a shared slot […]
JCDecaux Stops Dividend and will acquire stake in Clear Media China.
Two interesting new items from JCDecaux. First in a press release on the 25th, JCDecaux announced the withdrawal of its 2019 dividend proposal in order to strengthen its liquidity, its balance sheet in response to the unprecedented global disruption due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Jean-François Decaux, Chairman of the Executive […]
Rothfelder On Constitutional Ramifications Of “Stay at Home” Orders
Billboard Insider reported in its March 26th edition on the recent OAAA webinar on the various “Stay at Home” orders issued by several states, counties, and cities, in light of the Covid-19 crisis. The Insider article and OAAA webinar are excellent explanations of the practical challenges and means to navigate […]
Shoutouts to Big Outdoor, Kessler Media, Champion Outdoor
Big Outdoor is running a coronavirus PSA on its Times square billboard. Kessler Media is reminding people that Florida restaurants are doing takeout. This ad uses humor. Champion Outdoor’s Gary Barbosa has created a set […]