One of Insider’s pet peeves is customers who think a contract is not a contract. Insider signed a year out of home advertising contract with a restaurant group. The contract had a sixty day cancellation clause. The restaurant group sent an email last week saying that it was going a […]
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Outfront Wins MBTA Billboard Contract
NEW YORK, March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) (the “Company”), announced today that it has been awarded a new contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”) to manage 125 billboards on MBTA’s owned properties. OUTFRONT is scheduled to begin operations on March 4, 2018. This contract marks an expansion of OUTFRONT’s ongoing partnership with the MBTA. OUTFRONT will […]
Company of the Day: Alabama Outdoor
Company: Alabama Outdoor Markets: Alabama Headquarters Address: 631 Beacon Parkway West, Suite 112, Birmingham, AL 35209 Phone: 202-224-5815 Email: info@aloutdoor.com Alabama Outdoor operates three billboard locations with five faces around Birmingham, Alabama. The digital billboards are provided by Formetco. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Liberty Media in the iHeart Mix?
Liberty Media, who has a broad range of media and entertainment interests that include SiriusXM and the Atlanta Braves, have entered the iHeart Media sweepstakes as a potential investor. Liberty has offered a term sheet to certain key lenders and note holders of iHeart to buy a 40 percent stake […]
Weather Cams Can Make You Money
If you live in an area bedeviled by tornados and storms you should reach out to your TV station to see if they want to mount weather cams on your billboards. Insider has written about Durden Outdoor’s use of weather/traffic cams. Insider knows another out of home company that just […]
Rate This Board by Greg Callaham
Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]
Company of the Day – AdVision Outdoor
Company: AdVision Outdoor Headquarters: 1120 N. Anita Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705 Market: Tucson, AZ Phone: 520-292-6200 AdVision has an inventory of over 1,500 backlit outdoor advertising displays and AdBenches in the Tucson metro area, including Marana, South Tucson, the Catalina Foothills and NW side in Pima County. AdVision is a member of the […]
Lamar organic revenues up 0.7% during 4Q 2017.
Lamar’s fourth quarter 2017 financials can be summarized in this Sean Reilly quip: “We under-achieved on top-line growth, but its also fair to say, we did an outstanding job managing expenses.” Here are the highlights from Lamar’s fourth quarter 2018 earnings release and Seeking Alpha earnings call transcript. Revenue increased […]
Outfront organic revenues flat in 4Q 2017
Outfront reported flat fourth quarter 2017 organic revenues but increased cashflow due to controlled expenses. Here are the highlights from the 4Q 2017 press release and the Seeking Alpha earnings transcript. Revenues increased 1% to $401 million during the fourth quarter of 2017. Organic revenue, adjusting for acquisitions and currency […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Denver
Did you know Denver’s nickname of the “Mile High City” originates form the fact that the city is exactly one mile above sea level. Denver brews more beer daily than any other city in the United States. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Denver DMA. Infographics for the […]