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Clear Channel Airports Awarded 5-Year Renewal with Long Beach Airport for Innovative Media Makeover

High-impact digital and printed advertising program reaches business and leisure travelers at Long Beach Airport. (Photo: Business Wire) LONG BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced it was awarded a five-year contract expansion with city-owned Long […]

Company of the Day: AR James Media

Company: AR James Media Markets:  New Jersey, New York   Address:  1000 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 212, Woodbridge, New Jersey  07905   Email: info@arjamesmedia.com   Phone:  848-999-2185   AR James Media operates bus shelter advertising, jr posters, bulletins and parking garage advertising in New York and New Jersey.  The firm is […]

iHeart & Lenders – Is There Finally A Deal?

In an SEC 8-K filing dated February 9th, it appears that iHeart Communications and the Lender group, representing $20 billion in debt, may be very close to a deal. The filing indicated that on February 8th, the Lender group provided to iHeart the following term sheet which includes:  A Pre-packaged/Pre-arranged […]

Daucanski on Transit Advertising

Dave Daucanski has returned to the out of home business as Senior Vice President for Vector Media’s Public Transit group.  Daucanski had 15 years of experience selling out of home with Clear Channel Outdoor, Lamar and All Over Media, before leaving the industry in 2017 for a post with New […]

Analysis: Why Did the Feds Penalize New York State?

  By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA On February 1, FHWA informed New York State DOT that it would withhold $14 million as penalty for the State’s installation of illegal on-road signs that promote New York State. Kerry Yoakum, an attorney and former state regulator at Ohio […]

Trump Calls for Shift to State and Local

  President Trump’s infrastructure plan calls for a shift from federal control and funding to states and localities. The 53-page plan released by The White House February 12 did not specifically target the Bonus Program. However, on Page 23, the plan encouraged states to repay federal highway funds for the […]

Company of the Day – 718 Outdoor

Company: 718 Outdoor Market: Brooklyn, New York Headquarters: New York Phone: 718-664-4315 Email: info@718outdoor.com 718OUTDOOR is a media company specializing in traditional OOH platforms, and they are all about New York. They operate a plant that includes elevator ads, walls, murals and advertising panels.  Their area of focus is their home town of Brooklyn.  Glenn Merone is the […]

Your out of home company and politics.

Out of home advertising company assists city councilman with fundraising and offers paid internship to son of city councilman.  City Councilman introduces legislation to get out of home company out of a jam when it runs into a dispute with the city.  It’s all here in last Friday’s District Dig […]

Traffic Safety: Drowsiness is a Big Problem

  New research on driver behavior says drowsiness is a bigger problem than previously revealed in government estimates. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety issued a report February 8 based on dash-cam video from 700+ crashes. Detecting drowsiness after crashes is difficult and under-reported, the auto club said. Federal estimates […]

Outfront plans Fenton, MI digital billboard

TCTimes reports that Outfront Media is seeking to convert a billboard in Fenton Township, Michigan to digital.  The board is located on US 23 at Thompson Road.  This would be the only one of Outfront’s six billboards in Fenton Township which can be converted to digital.  The other boards are […]