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  Billboard Connection - Billboards, Outdoor Advertising, Billboard Franchise
Founded by a longtime outdoor advertising industry expert, we exist to help small and mid-sized businesses tap into the potentially huge benefits of billboards, posters, taxi tops, buses and more – without having to take a number behind bigger advertisers.
For starters, you may not be privy to all of the options at your disposal, because some billboards are owned by individuals and small companies that are difficult to locate – which means you could miss out on the location that would work best for you.
In addition, the outdoor advertising industry is like many others: The best customer service, rates and locations often go to the companies with the greatest buying power, a description that usually applies to big businesses or those that have the funds to hire high-powered advertising agencies.
www.billboardconnection.com   (444 words)

  
  Billboard magazine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its most famous chart, the "Billboard Hot 100", ranks the top 100 songs regardless of genre and is frequently used as the standard measure for ranking songs in the United States.
Previous to this, several substantial radio and MTV hits had not appeared on the Billboard chart at all, because companies chose not to release them as standalone singles, in hopes that their unavailability would spur greater album sales.
At the end of each year, Billboard tallies the results of all of its charts, and the top single/album/artist(s) in each of those charts is awarded in the form of the annual Billboard Music Awards, held in December.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billboard_magazine   (890 words)

  
 Billboard magazine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry.
When founded in 1894, Billboard magazine was originally concerned with carnival entertainment, but music coverage grew to the point that its earlier subjects were spun off into a separate journal in the 1950s.
Billboard also uses a system called Broadcast Data Systems or BDS, which they own as a subsidiary, to track radio airplay.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billboard_Charts   (890 words)

  
 Opinion: Billboard bullying
The new code gave billboard owners until 1999 -- a legal, seven-year amortization period -- to recover their investment and take down the billboards.
On those roads, the county would change its distance requirements for billboards, so that billboards could be closer together and closer to residential areas.
If a billboard marked for removal by the county settlement was annexed into a city, that would count as a removal, even though the billboard might not come down.
www.sptimes.com /2002/03/11/Opinion/Billboard_bullying.shtml   (752 words)

  
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By the official rules of billboards, someone pays rent on the sign for a time, and by doing so can put an image there that turns our neighborhoods into advertising supplements.
Billboard liberation suggests that our eyeballs and our neighborhoods can be reclaimed and that a billboard can be transformed from being yet another ad into an explicit critique of advertising and consumerism, or even into art.
The idea is to transform a billboard from being a medium for a single message - either one purchased by an advertiser or government, or one injected by a billboard liberator - to being a medium for multiple, changing messages from anyone in the community.
www.sniggle.net /Chalkboard/index.php   (512 words)

  
 miaminewtimes.com | | Metro | Enough Billboards Already! | 2001-04-12
He was outraged that after the commission gave the billboard companies a chance to help legislate, "they responded with silence." And they had misbehaved worse than that.
A stern-faced Joe Sanchez said he was "sideswiped" by the revelation that both city administrators and billboard companies had ignored a 1990 ordinance requiring hundreds of billboards to be dismantled by 1996.
Billboards along such heavily traveled corridors typically sell for between one and two million dollars.
www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/2001-04-12/metro3.html   (1230 words)

  
 Tri-Valley CAREs - Media Advisory - TVC to Unveil Billboard August 20th, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: )
WHY: The new billboard, a lighted, high-quality vinyl creation in brilliant reds and yellows, will be seen by 24,100 drivers each day, including many of the Livermore Laboratory staff who live in town or commute home to other communities in the Tri-Valley or East Bay.
The billboard artistically features part of the target chamber of the National Ignition Facility and invites the viewer to ponder NIF's relationship to advancing nuclear weapons science.
The new Livermore billboard is similar to one placed by the Los Alamos Study Group near the Los Alamos weapons lab in New Mexico, and is part of a coordinated campaign.
www.trivalleycares.org /praug01.htm   (478 words)

  
 Smoke signs: patterns of tobacco billboard advertising in a metropolitan region -- Luke et al. 9 (1): 16 -- Tobacco ...
Billboards were defined as outdoor stationary structures upon which advertising or public service announcements were posted.
Billboard observation was limited to St Louis city and county.
It is essentially impossible to avoid billboards as soon as one ventures onto the roads and highways in St Louis.
tc.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/9/1/16   (4642 words)

  
 PFLAG Billboard Defaced Near Pewaukee   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pewaukee — Authorities are investigating the recent vandalism of a PFLAG-sponsored billboard on Highway 16 as a possible hate crime.
The billboard, which contained PFLAG’s telephone number along with the message “Our gay children enrich all our lives,” was thoroughly defaced sometime before July 8.
She also informed them that the organization had recently received some harassing phone calls in which anonymous individuals demanded that the billboards be removed.
www.instepnews.com /pflagvandals.html   (234 words)

  
 Laughing Squid » Billboard Liberation Front: To Serve Man   (Site not responding. Last check: )
According to the press release, their billboard improvement was called “To Serve Man” and was in celebration of McDonald’s 50th Anniversary.
This billboard modification was above an beyond what is typical for the BLF and included an animatronic Ronald McDonald force feeding a hamburger to an obese child, with a backdrop covering the billboard which consisted of well-fed Ronald McDonald and alien figures.
The latest reports we have received are saying that the actual billboard modification was still in place, so their still may be time for you to go down and see it in person.
www.laughingsquid.com /2005/05/30/billboard-liberation-front-to-serve-man   (2373 words)

  
 Opinion: The billboard boosters
Though no one will ever see a billboard as lovely as a tree, Floridians may have more billboards and fewer trees in their future.
Their purpose is to encourage a permanent compromise between the cities and the billboard cartel.
Counsel for the cities and counties have been to a series of meetings where the billboard lobby has proposed a mediation process for exchanging billboards in less desirable locations for places where they would be worth more.
www.sptimes.com /News/031501/Opinion/The_billboard_booster.shtml   (734 words)

  
 AVN :: Articles - Jenna Jameson Billboard Offers Suggestion for Holiday Fun   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The billboard features Jameson wearing only a pair of stiletto-heeled white boots and balancing two large, silvery blue Christmas tree ornaments decorated with shimmering white ribbon.
The 48-feet high, 32-feet wide “Jenna for the Holidays” billboard is sponsored by ClubJenna.com, her Website, and by Vivid.com, the website of Vivid Entertainment, the leading adult movie company and distributor of Ms.
On the first billboard, Jameson asks, "Who Says They Cleaned Up Times Square?" as she gazed down on the Times Square throng dressed in very tiny panties and with her gloved hands placed strategically over fish net-covered breasts.
www.avn.com /index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=Print_Article&Content_ID=63003   (185 words)

  
 How to Advertise on a Billboard | eHow.com
Billboard advertising is a high-impact way of getting your advertising message across.
Check out billboard sizes: Typical billboards are 14 by 48 feet, 12 by 24 feet (30-sheet) and 5 by 11 feet (8-sheet).
The function of billboard advertising is primarily to reinforce advertising messages that you've been putting out using other media.
www.ehow.com /how_16618_advertise-billboard.html   (637 words)

  
 Billboard Advertising Portal: AdForum   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Visibility is the single most important aspect in maintaining a successful billboard advertising agency.
With AdForum it does not matter if your billboard advertising agency is large or small, we can help you reach potential clients that are looking for the type of billboard advertising you provide.
Whether you are looking to create visibility for your billboard advertising agency or are looking to find a billboard advertising agency that can help you with your advertising campaign AdForum is the place to go.
ww0.adforum.com /billboard-advertising-g.htm   (235 words)

  
 Billboard Music Charts - Latest Music News - Music Videos
The 27-year-old songbird checks in with Billboard about why she isn't 'average,' her desire to score films, her stint with depression and her upcoming album.
Enraged Britney fans are blaming the pop princess' runner-up post on Billboard's recent decision to include titles sold through one retailer in the tally.
The Eagles have the No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 for the first time in 13 years, the cast of "High School Musical 2" is just one week away from tying the all-time record for longest-running No. 1 hit on Hot Singles Sales and more.
www.billboard.com   (750 words)

  
 Billboard honors the game industry - News at GameSpot
Billboard, the longtime authority on what’s hot and what’s not in the music and film world, added a giant step to that march as it brings video games into the fold with its first annual Digital Entertainment Awards.
Billboard drew the members of the awards panel from the digital entertainment industry elite.
Says Billboard president John Kilcullen: "The individuals who we have chosen as judges for these awards are visionary executives and creative minds who are driving the transformation of the digital entertainment industry."
www.gamespot.com /news/2004/06/22/news_6101104.html   (335 words)

  
 Mark Strand Poetry Billboard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Images of the poetry billboard are at www.poetrycenter.org.
WHERE: Strand's poetry billboard will be up for at least one month from December 19, outside of Lightology's 20,000 sq.
The Poetry Center and Lightology believe this to be a brilliant message during the holiday season and the darkest part of the year.
www.poetrycenter.org /welcome/strandbillboard.html   (357 words)

  
 BILLBOARD EVENTS
The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard join forces to deliver a cutting-edge, two-day seminar on the role of music in film and television.
The 4th annual Billboard Touring Conference and Awards is the premier gathering for the concert industry.
What Teens Want, hosted by Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter and Nielsen Entertainment, covers how the teen market is changing, new and upcoming trends, multiplatform marketing, mobile marketing, the growth of social networking, blogs, user-generated communities and more.
www.billboardevents.com   (1229 words)

  
 Billboard Program
A group that advocates for strong families is sending its message via a billboard this weekend in Detroit.
The new billboard will appear on the eastside of southbound Interstate 75 near the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan.
The billboard is expected to be unveiled between Saturday and Monday.
www.pflagdetroit.org /BillboardProgram.htm   (430 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Usher and Alicia Keys reigns over Billboard Awards in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS – Usher dominated the Billboard Awards from the moment he opened the show by dropping from the ceiling until the evening's final tally, when he counted up 11 awards to lead all contenders.
Kanye West, who has a leading 10 Grammy nominations, picked up four Billboard awards, including rap artist of the year.
Billboard Award winners are determined by the magazine's year-end chart listings, which are based on record sales and airplay.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20041209-0308-billboardawards.html   (463 words)

  
 The Desktop Billboard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Desktop Billboard is a larger version of the Shirtpocket Billboard for office desks, table tops, or display cases.
It is a miniature programmable scrolling electronic sign that can display any message you choose (up to 50 characters in each of 4 different message areas) across 70 tiny red LED lights.
The display area is twice as wide as the Shirtpocket Billboard (5 pixels high by 14 pixels long) and the whole circuit is housed in a cherry wood cabinet.
www.bmumford.com /craft/desktop.html   (228 words)

  
 Grateful Dead Family Discography: Billboard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Billboard was started in 1894 to provide coverage of travelling carnivals.
The music coverage grew as the music industry grew until the 1950's at which point other entertainment coverage was transferred to another publication and Billboard concentrated exclusively on music.
The Billboard name is now synonymous with music charts.
www.deaddisc.com /books/Billboard.htm   (153 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Project Billboard Announces Settlement With Clear Channel Spectacolor in Times Square ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The two new locations offered to Project Billboard are on the Conde Nast building at Broadway and 42nd Street and the W Hotel at Broadway and 47th Street.
Project Billboard will display a stylized peace dove and the words "Democracy is best taught by example, not by war" on the wrap-around billboard at 42nd Street, and a ticker displaying the "Total Cost of Iraq War" on the vertical billboard at Broadway and 47th Street.
Project Billboard is a non-partisan, not-for-profit public benefit organization (501(c) (3)), established in 2003 by a group of concerned Americans seeking to achieve a renewed national commitment to the principles of open inquiry, debate, diversity, tolerance, and free expression.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=171-07152004   (413 words)

  
 McDonald's Corp. News | Chicago Business News, Analysis & Articles | McD’s launches next strike in breakfast war — in ...
Designed by ad agency Leo Burnett with the input of an engineer, the billboard features a real sundial whose shadow falls on a different breakfast item each hour until noon, when the shadow of the McDonald’s arches are dead center.
The billboard, which went up near the intersection of Clark and Addison on Friday, is the latest in a campaign aimed at urging Chicagoans to turn to McDonald’s for breakfast.
Huff says he evaluated several available billboards before settling on the one west of Wrigley Field, where the sun hits at just the right angle to tell time between 6 a.m.
www.chicagobusiness.com /cgi-bin/news.pl?id=21278   (610 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: L.A. now in Mexico?
An immigration activist group is drawing attention to a photograph showing a billboard ad for a Spanish-language TV newscast in L.A. on which the "CA" abbreviation after "Los Angeles" has been crossed out and the word "Mexico" added in its place.
An e-mail to supporters of Americans for Legal Immigration states: "We just received this photo of a billboard in CA that reads 'Los Angeles CA' but the CA is crossed out and replaced by the word 'Mexico.' It looks like this billboard is compliments of Clear Channel."
In the center of the billboard, placed within the L.A. skyline, is an image of the Angel of Independence, a well-known monument in Mexico City, further suggesting the merging of Los Angeles and Mexico.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43973   (388 words)

  
 Billboard.biz - Music Business - Billboard Charts - Album Sales - Concert Tours
Mumbai-based Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. (SCIL), one of India's biggest record and video labels, said yesterday it has obtained a court order that prohibits YouTube's Indian Web site from disseminating SCIL copyrighted content.
Billboard's digital and mobile correspondent weighs-in on the best and worst developments of the week.
Germans lined up to buy Apple Inc.'s iPhone as it made its European debut Friday, with the company hoping to replicate the success the combination phone, music player and mobile Web browser has seen in the United States.
www.billboard.biz   (816 words)

  
 Mobile Billboard Advertising by Admobile.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Mobile billboard advertising related phrases are on Admobile.com.
Other phrases include automotive advertising, billboard advertising prices, what is advertising, tshwane advertising, placemat advertising.
www.admobile.com /mobile_billboard_advertising_b.html   (476 words)

  
 Billboard Latin Music Conference & Awards 2005
The Billboard Latin Music Awards is the only ceremony whose winners are based on radio and retail chart performances.
Finalists for the Billboard Awards are determined solely based on their performances on Hot Latin Tracks and Top Latin Albums.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales and radio airplay data that informs Billboard's weekly charts during a one-year period from the issue dated February 14, 2004 through this year's February 5 issue.
www.billboardevents.com /billboardevents/latin/about_awards_2004new.jsp   (192 words)

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