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Thursday, May 26, 2016 Thu, May 26, 2016

OOH heavyweights Shute and Blackburn launch new specialist agency Partisan (More About Advertising)

Out of home industry heavyweights Kevin Shute and Richard Blackburn are launching a new OOH communications agency – Partisan Communications. The new agency is partnering with Eric Newnham’s Talon Outdoor, the leading independent agency that handles Omnicom’s OOH spend in the UK. Shute has been running his own OOH company Rainmaker and before that was a partner in Van Wagner. […]

moreaboutadvertising.com
Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:37 AM

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Wed, May 25, 2016

Hacker faces 10 years in prison for hacking highway sign with “Drive Crazy Yall” (TechWorm)

Eltgroth, a 26 year-old hacker from Texas, was arrested on Sunday for reprogramming an electronic highway sign to read “DRIVE CRAZY YALL.” As we have reported over the years, hacking highway signs, billboards, advertising boards are pretty commonplace in US but Eltgroth seems to have hacked and defaced the highway sign at a wrong time and wrong place. […]

techworm.net
Wed, May 25, 2016 at 6:01 PM

Digital billboard revenue to provide subsidies for residents in need: Dorval mayor (Montreal Gazette)

As part of a legacy project, Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau said the city plans to use $4 million in revenue from two commercial billboards to help needy residents partake in sports or cultural activities. Though before any subsidies can be considered, a bylaw amendment is required since current zoning prohibits the installation of advertising billboards in the city. […]

montrealgazette.com
Wed, May 25, 2016 at 5:57 PM

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