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Rothfelder on What’s Next After the Tennessee Ruling
Yesterday Insider reported that a Tennessee Appeals Court upheld a challenge to Tennessee’s out of home advertising rules. Insider talked with out of home attorney Richard Rothfelder about the opinion. Could the Supreme Court take up the case? This Supreme Court has been conservative and protective of First Amendment rights, […]
Stu Lee on Insuring Out of Home Installs
Out of home insurance expert Stuart Lee of Bassler Insurance answers a couple insurance questions today. Intersection placed a car atop a CTA station as part of an outdoor advertising campaign. Is this type of campaign covered under an out of home company’s general liability policy? An exposure like this […]
Joyce Outdoor Installs Scranton Wallscape
You don’t have to be a huge company in a mega market to use wallscapes. Joyce Outdoor developed this wallscape in the Scranton market, targeting the athletic facilities of Scranton Preparatory School. Insider talked with Joyce Outdoor’s Kevin Joyce. Who’s the advertiser? Geisinger, a major Pennsylvania healthcare company. They cobranded […]
PQ Media Projects Global Out of Home Growth of 8.5% in 2020
Global out-of-home (OOH) advertising revenues, including all digital, traditional and ambient media platforms, increased an estimated 7.5% to $55.99 billion in 2018, the fastest growth rate in 11 years, according to new research from PQ Media. Key industry growth drivers included an increase in live ad-supported updates during major global […]
Company of the Day: Ad-Trend
Company: Ad Trend, Inc. Markets: Kansas City Headquarters: 14450 S US 71 Hwy, Kansas City, MO 64147 Phone: 816-283-0600 Ad-Trend owns a static billboard plant with 125 faces in the Kansas City metro, St. Joseph, MO and surrounding communities. Ad-Trend was founded in 1983 by Jim Boeh and is the largest […]
Tennessee Appeals Court Upholds Challenge to State Billboard Law
A three-judge panel of US Sixth Court of Appeals upheld a federal trial court ruling that Tennessee’s billboard law is unconstitutional (William Thomas v. Clay Bright, decided September 11). A three-judge panel of the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal trial court decision that Tennessee’s billboard control […]
McKinney CEO Joe Maglio on OOH
McKinney CEO, Joe Maglio, was interviewed this week by David Doty in Forbes magazine on Creativity and the Future of Agencies. Here is an excerpt from the article with a comment from Maglio on the power of OOH. Doty: So, there is a lot of convergence in your creative work, digital […]
Volta Charging Raises $64 Million in New Funding
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Volta, the industry leader in developing innovative and highly-used electric vehicle charging networks, today announced the closing of a $20 million follow-on to their Series C funding round, bringing the total Series C capital raise to $100 million. Over the last year Volta has seen their revenue triple […]
Company of the Day – Ad Focus
Company: Ad Focus, Inc. Headquarters: Denver, CO Markets: Including Colorado Seattle, WA Florida Atlanta GA Minneapolis, MN Kansas City, MO Memphis, TN Los Angeles/San Diego, CA Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ Houston, TX Charlotte, NC Phone: 303.292.2450 Email: hello@theadfocus.com Ad Focus offers unique and effective OOH advertising solutions. Their products include digital […]