UK...Billboard Ad Industry Under Investigation

The Office of Fair Trade has "launched an inquiry into the UK's 750 million ( euros) billboard and ad industry including both the structure and competition within the sector."

" The move follows complaints that the dominance of a small number of specialist buyers and outdoor media owners maybe distorting prices and shutting out potential rivals," This is from U Talk Marking.Com

The four companies that control most of UK's outdoor advertising sites: CBS Outdoor; Clear Channel, JCDecaux and Primesight and two agencies: Posterscope and Kinetic.


L.A. Deep Pockets: L.A. Billboard companies on Pace to spend $1.5 MILLION Lobbying City Officials. For the first 3 months of 2010, 5 major firms in L.A. paid $379,000 to firms lobbying on their behalf, according to reports filed with the City Ethics Commission.

Bill McInerney
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