McKinsey Partner Scott Nyquist takes a skeptical view of driverless cars in Why Driverless Cars Might Not Hit The Road So Fast. Next time you hear someone say they think that we’ll all be driving driverless cars in 10 years remind yourself that the error rate on futuristic projections is […]
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Company of the Day: Logan Communications
Company: Logan Communications Market: Massachusetts Headquarters: 129 Border Street, East Boston, MA 02128 Phone: 617-569-8720 Email: info@logancommunications.com Logan Outdoor is a family owned business which was founded in 1980 and operates a billboard plant in the Boston area including a portfolio of prominent displays near Logan Airport. [wpforms id=”9787″] […]
Going all Out for the Arts
Jason D. King, VP, Corporate Communications, Clear Channel Outdoor Americas For the second year in a row, Clear Channel Outdoor Americas proudly partnered with the New York Musical Festival to help give a space, voice and visibility to new works of art from a diverse range of writers and performers. And since it’s inception, […]
Up and to the right is great – until it isn’t.
31 years of out of home lending and investing have taught Insider this: You never lose money in a recession. You lose money by the dumb things you do just before the recession. The US economy has been up and to the right for 8.2 years. There have been 11 […]
Celebrity Street Cred: Why It’s Different This Time Around
Jodi Senese Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at OUTFRONT Media The times they are a-changin’. Yes, they certainly are. I doubt Bob Dylan wrote those lyrics with out of home (OOH) advertising in mind, but they do sum up the state of the industry. The beloved advertising medium of eminent musicians […]
Grand Rapids Bull Market Campaign
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—First Steps Kent is back on the street with a new campaign to push community efforts to strengthen and coordinate early childhood services in Kent County. The non-profit organization partnered with Midwest creative firm, Extra Credit Projects (ECP), to produce billboards, digital displays, and radio advertising that focus on bringing awareness to their mission and its positive […]
Company of the Day – Lindmark Outdoor Media
Company: Lindmark Outdoor Media Headquarters: 2380 Industrial Blvd. Norman, OK 73069 Markets: Oklahoma and New Mexico Phone: 405-928-5800 Email: info@lindmarkoutdoormedia.com Insider had the opportunity for a quick conversation with a very busy Trent Lindmark. So you have been busy over the last year. Do you mind bringing us up to date? It has […]
Lamar revenue and cashflow up in 2Q 2017
Here are the highlights from Lamar’s 2Q 2017 earnings release and conference call: Net revenue increased 2.5% to $397 million. Acquisition adjusted net revenue increased 1.7%. National revenue increased 4.5% and local revenue increased 1.5%. CEO Sean Reilly said that the company’s coast regions are doing well. It’s the middle […]
Company of the Day: Brite Media Group
Company: Brite Media Group Markets: Nationwide. Headquarters: 475 14th Street, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94612 Sales office: 40 Wall Street, Suite 3100, New York, NY 10005. Production plant in Reno. Phone: 212-370-1122 Brite Media Group is a specialty marketing company whose products include coffee ad sleeves, cash jackets and valet tickets. This […]
Magna’s 10 Reasons For Out-of-Home’s Consistent Performance
NEW YORK – AUGUST 8, 2017 – The latest Media Economy Report from MAGNA Intelligence, focuses on Out-of-Home (OOH) Advertising trends globally. A joint study in partnership with IPG Mediabrands’ out-of-home specialist agency, Rapport, the report, entitled Why Out-of-Home Outperforms, is based on an analysis of the global OOH industry […]