Some things Insider heard this week:

• Clear Channel Outdoor has added management and sales layers.  The usual solution for a company struggling with a low margin and financial difficulties is to get leaner, lose layers and the delegate more authority.  Clear Channel Outdoor seems to be going the other way.  The new layers have created tension between the old leadership (Costa, Jessen, Johnson, McCaffrey, McGrath, Schmitt and Veres) and the new leadership (Levi, McCuin, Rifkin and Stevens).

• There’s a digital sign in Kansas City which someone shoots up every weekend.  Apparently it’s quite a visual.  The modules get replaced during and then it happens again.  Urban legend or fact?  Insider wants to hear from any Kansas City readers.

• There may be 3-4 other digital sign patents which are potentially as much of a problem as the T-Rex patent.  Watch this space for further developments.

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