Ken Klein | January 7th, 2021
Ad Age says NBC’s promotion of its show “Mr. Mayor” starring Ted Danson is a “love letter to Los Angeles.” In this case, the “love letter” is billboards and other out of home displays. The network
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Ken Klein | December 21st, 2020
1. Out of home media was considered essential business State shutdown orders included lists of essential businesses that could/should continue to operate, such as this Executive Order from Connecticut’s Governor Ned Lamont: New York State, responding
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Ken Klein | December 21st, 2020
Congress is set to pass another COVID relief package that will reauthorize and replenish emergency loan and grant programs for small businesses that continue to endure hardship as a result of the pandemic. The relief package
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Ken Klein | December 16th, 2020
President-Elect Biden plans to nominate former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, replacing Elaine Chao of President Trump’s Cabinet. Mayor Pete snapshot: He’s 38 Rhodes Scholar Navy veteran, deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 Mayor
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Ken Klein | December 10th, 2020
Beware of the Tax Man Next year will be pivotal for billboard taxation. The highest court in Maryland will render a decision on the constitutionality of Baltimore’s billboard tax, enacted in 2013. The Ohio Supreme Court
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OAAA | November 16th, 2020
There is no question that this holiday shopping season will be unlike any other due to COVID-19, but the traditional hunt for a holiday bargain is still on the docket. According to a new survey from
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OAAA | November 6th, 2020
Longtime industry leader Wade Leslie IV, president and chief executive officer of West Virginia Outdoor Advertising, died at home on November 3. He was 57. “A great guy who was great for the industry,” summed up
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Ken Klein | November 4th, 2020
As America counts votes in a close presidential election, here are early take-aways from the election for out of home media. More OOH political ads DoItOutdoors saw a 75+ percent increase compared to the 2016 presidential
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Steve Richards | September 17th, 2020
In Northwest Indiana, union steelworkers put up a billboard for Trump 2020. In Scranton, PA, friends of Joe Biden said Scranton is Biden country (on a digital billboard displayed prior to a Trump rally there). Both
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Ken Klein | September 16th, 2020
A federal appeals court said the Philadelphia-based transit system violated constitutional free speech by rejecting a bus ad it considered political. (Center for Investigative Reporting v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, September 14, 2020) Citing its 2015
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