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Outdoor Advertising

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    County Puts the Brakes on Miami's Bid to Cover Every Vertical Surface With Advertising

    Forty-story billboards are still illegal -- at least for now.​If Marc Sarnoff and Tomás Regalado had their way, pretty much any stationary object within 1,000 feet of a major Miami roadway would be plastered with an LED billboard by next Tuesday. (Surely this has nothing to do with the fact that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Bruno the Dim Loses One for the Billboard Industry

    Bruno Barreiro is the sharpest knife in the drawer. NOT!​How the heck special interest groups and corporate conglomerates keep counting on Miami-Dade County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro is beyond belief. It's no secret Bruno the Dim is one of their tools, but the man can't pass legislation to save ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    As Commission Votes On Clear Channel's 14 New LED Billboards, Activists Protest

    Sarnoff, the city's biggest billboard backer, has taken thousands from advertising companies.​Raise your hand if this sounds like what Miami needs: fourteen new glowing LED billboards along the highway demanding drivers in hi-def to buy Svedka Vodka, iPods and cut-rate car insurance. Oh, hi th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Moët I-395 Billboard an Obnoxious & Dangerous Distraction

    ​As though the combination of drinking champagne and driving a car hasn't created enough traffic accidents over the years, Moët & Chandon is launching a distracting digital billboard visible to drivers heading into Miami Beach via I-395.The billboard ad campaign, which starts today, is called ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2010

    Mark Siffin: Times Square in Miami

    ​As though the combination of drinking champagne and driving a car hasn't created enough traffic accidents over the years, Moët & Chandon is launching a distracting digital billboard visible to drivers heading into Miami Beach via I-395.The billboard ad campaign, which starts today, is called ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Three Dumb Ways the City of Miami Is Trying to Avoid Bankruptcy: Red-Light Cameras, Billboards, and Sarnoff's Little Sacrifice

    Sarnoff will work without pay for an entire month​The City of Miami is facing a $100 million budget hole thanks to a 15 percent drop in property values. City hall has vowed not to raise taxes, and while Commission Chairman Marc Sarnoff has talked openly about the possibility of bankruptcy, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Commission Approves Massive Electronic Billboards Downtown, But Are They Legal?

    via Miami City Square​After two hours of discussion, the Miami City Commission this afternoon voted 4-1 to grant final approval for two skyscraper-tall digital billboards to be built atop a new parking garage next to the Arsht Center. Only Frank Carollo voted against the plan after express ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Signs of the Times

    via Miami City Square​After two hours of discussion, the Miami City Commission this afternoon voted 4-1 to grant final approval for two skyscraper-tall digital billboards to be built atop a new parking garage next to the Arsht Center. Only Frank Carollo voted against the plan after express ... More >>

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Insurgent Billboards

    Signage lobbyist Eston "Dusty" Melton wages guerrilla war on his old employers

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    2001: A Billboard Odyssey

    Last year much was learned about Miami's illegal signs, including the fact that they're still standing and still lucrative

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Enough Billboards Already!

    Miami city commissioners: We are outraged, of course, but let's not be hasty

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Miami: America's Billboard Sanctuary

    Will city commissioners embrace outdoor advertising, or will they heartlessly shun a vital industry?

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Things Definitely Are Lookin' Up

    Miami shakes off its skanky image and prepares for the big time: Billboard capital of the universe!

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Packed, Stacked, and Hijacked

    How a citizens advisory board created to investigate illegal billboards became an industry support group

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Everywhere a Sign

    When it comes to constructing roadside billboards, the City of Miami is a regular free-for-all

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