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Unilever pledges to cut ties with ‘platforms that create division’

The Drum has a interesting article on Unilever and how it may be allocating their Multi-billion dollar marketing budget. For those of you who do not know, Unilever includes, among others, the following well known brands:          Unilever will be addressing the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting, asking them to […]

Company of the Day – Abel Outdoor

Company: Abel Outdoor Advertising Markets: Montana Headquarters:  23685 US Highway 93 N, Arlee, Montana  59821 Phone: 406-880-4964 Abel Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in the following Montana communities: St Ignatius Florence Stevensville Hamilton Missoula The company was started in 2003 and is owned by Ernest Otoupalik [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid […]

Vendor Profile: Panasonic

Company:  Panasonic Products:  Digital Billboards and Digital Signs Headquarters:  Denver, CO Phone: 877-438-7881 Email: enterprise@us.panasonic.com Ask a consumer what Panasonic means and they’ll probably say tablets or computers or cameras.  If you’re in the out of home advertising business  Panasonic means Digital Billboards.  Panasonic digital billboards have been installed at […]

Liveboards versus Preservationists

OUTFRONT has deployed 250 smart digital screens in Boston’s transit system.  The MBTA is thrilled by the $100 million in revenue generated from the screens.    Boston Magazine writes there’s a backlash against the screens by the Massachusetts Preservation Alliance and Friends of the Public Garden who say that screens […]

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 […]