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...Hansson had played an instrumental role trying to pass similar legislation in Arizona and North Dakota but to no avail....
...(In fact, this product has ugly detachable outdoor soles so they don’t so much say “last word in style” as “middle-aged guy who goes out in his slippers”.)...
...Exterion Media has beaten JCDecaux to win a £2bn, eight-year contract to handle advertising space on the London Underground — the most valuable outdoor media deal in the world....
...A sale of CBS Outdoor’s international arm could be completed in weeks with just two private equity bidders left in the running to purchase the outdoor advertising business....
...CBS announced in January that it was shaking up its outdoor advertising business, which analysts value at $4bn or more....
...“Early in my career it was simple – newspapers or TV – and if you were feeling really adventurous you’d throw in a bit of radio or outdoor advertising....
...Mr Highfield, currently in charge of Microsoft’s UK consumer and online business, will join Johnston’s fight to shore up advertising revenues while paying down debt....
...In addition, while radio advertising has been resilient in recent years, further competition for traditional broadcast radio comes from satellite radio provider Sirius XM and online options....
...Jagran Media Network also has interests in outdoor advertising, the internet, magazines and mobile phone services....
...Even in Clear Channel’s case, the attraction was not so much its radio stations, but its outdoor advertising business, one of the few media sectors that is not suffering from a decline brought on by digital...
...However, JC Decaux, the outdoor advertising group, has chosen the Manchester United and England star as the image on its new vanity mirror poster format. The format uses motion sensors....
...One question mark is whether the new owners of the company might seek to sell its 90 per cent stake in the outdoor advertising unit, which was spun off last year and is now worth more than $8bn....
...Last year, Clear Channel decided to spin-off its struggling live entertainment arm and to float 10 per cent of its outdoor advertising business but the moves failed to enthuse investors....
...Its young workforce, androgynously dressed in cargo pants and T-shirts, topped by Velcro-fastened outdoor gear from Eddie Bauer and REI, looked like a culture in the making....
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