A Maryland appeals court yesterday ruled that a Baltimore City excise tax on billboards does not violate the First Amendment rights of Clear Channel Outdoor, upholding a state tax court decision in favor of the City’s Finance Department. Key components of the ruling include: EXCISE TAX – FIRST AMENDMENT An […]
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Football’s Biggest Game Features Daktronics Products at Hard Rock Stadium
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Jan. 29, 2020 – The biggest football game of the year is set to kick off this Sunday in Miami, Florida, at Hard Rock Stadium, a venue featuring multiple Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) LED displays. The four corners of the stadium will bring video content to fans while the longest ribbon board […]
Media Resources Hires Clark as Head of Digital LED Display Division
Media Resources is proud to announce the addition of Greg Clark to our Digital LED Display division as Manager, U.S. Digital Operations. “Greg will play a major role in our continuing U.S. expansion. With hundreds of U.S. digital installs per year he will be busy. Additionally, he will oversee the […]
Company of the Day: Colorado West Outdoor
Company: Colorado West Outdoor Advertising Market: Grand Valley, Colorado Headquarters: 2475 Commerce Blvd. Grand Junction, CO 81505 Phone: 970-242-5248 Colorado West Outdoor Advertising is a second generation family-owned firm which owns over 100 billboards as well as a bus bench and bus shelter advertising business in Grand Junction Colorado. The company was started in […]
Wrapping an Entire Poster Face
Yesterday Clear Channel Outdoor announced it had upgraded 1,300 structures to “Premiere Panels”. Looks to Insider like Clear Channel is wrapping the entire face of of certain posters rather than installing the vinyl under the face’s frame. The result is this… in place of this… Insider likes the bigger bolder […]
Lamar’s Low New Interest Rate
Kudos to Lamar Media as they should have finalized their Term B loan package with JP Morgan and Wells Fargo yesterday. Insider reported earlier this week that they should be seeing rates of 1.5% over LIBOR and now that is confirmed. Reuters stated yesterday that the interest coupon is among […]
Karla Steele’s Proudest Out of Home Sale
Karla Steele is an independent out of home sales rep in the midwest. Steele recently formed K Steele Solutions to help smaller out of home companies create marketing tools and help with data organization. She has experience with land leases and permits as well. Insider talked with Steele last week. […]
Talon Appoints Jim Wilson as US CEO
NEW YORK, January 29, 2020 – Talon, the leading independent Out of Home (OOH) media and technology agency, today announced that Jim Wilson has been appointed as its U.S. Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Wilson will join Talon from TEGNA’s Premion, the first-in-market over-the-top (OTT) advertising and technology platform, that he […]
Vistar Canadian Programmatic Spend up 228%
NEW YORK & TORONTO – January 29, 2020 – With rapid advancements in targeting and measurement, and a surging interest in buying DOOH, the programmatic OOH industry is on track for rapid growth in 2020. Vistar Media, the leading programmatic technology provider for digital out-of-home, is helping accelerate that growth […]
Company of the Day – Compass Outdoor
Company: Compass Outdoor Headquarters: 2725 Parleys Way Suite 120, Salt Lake City, UT 84109 Markets: Utah & Idaho Phone: 385.355.1510 Email: dave@compassbillboards.com Compass Billboards is an outdoor advertising company located in Salt Lake City, UT selling billboard and ad space across Utah and Idaho. Their product lines include static and […]