DS Talent Pool: Tracy Bloch September 28, 2010 by Super UserI noticed an industry friend put up a tweet the other day to lend a hand to a friend and former colleague looking for her next gig, and I offered to provide some profile in the DS Talent Pool. Tracy Bloch is a New York-based corporate attorney who knows the OOH business inside and out, …
DS Talent Pool: Tom McGowan September 20, 2010 by Super UserTom McGowan and I met on my first day on the job with BroadSign, having been enticed to join the team. He impressed me right away, because he spoke his mind and knew the technical side of the business like few I’d run into through the years. He’s the subject of my latest Talent Pool …
DS Talent Pool: Mark Lawson September 16, 2010 by Super UserMark Lawson and I go back several companies between the two us, and have done a number of similar things. He’s the subject of my second DS Talent Pool profile. A Toronto guy, Mark recently left Bassett Media Group this spring after a couple of years of riding the rollercoaster that is a DOOH media …
DS Talent Pool: Kate Sheehy September 14, 2010 by Super UserI don’t know what it is but I have heard from several industry friends the last little bit who are making career shifts. A little bit, I think, has to do with the state of the industry and how the molasses pace of many deals just wears on people, and on staffing budgets. I also …
Sixteen:Nine and rAVe work new partnership September 14, 2010 by Super UserWell after 1,700-plus posts, the odd angry letter and threatened lawsuit, and endless side notes about me being “such a smart-ass”, Sixteen:Nine is making a bit of a big move this week. I have entered into a content and sales/marketing partnership with rAVe [Publications] that will see some Sixteen:Nine content being used on rAVe’s AV …
Adcentricity bulking up in Toronto office September 14, 2010 by Super UserCo-founder Jeff Atley sent over word that the Toronto office of Adcentricity, where he’s based, is looking to add three new bodies. We are currently looking to fill 3 positions at ADCENTRICITY in our Toronto office for immediate placement. If you know of someone who may be interested and a good fit for any of …
"Well, duh" Dep't: DSF and DSE are BFF September 9, 2010 by Super UserIn an announcement this evening I would describe as, ummm, quirky … the Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has rather grandly named Digital Signage Expo (DSE) its official trade show, and in turn the DSF is the exclusive trade association sponsor of DSE, the industry’s largest annual gathering. The agreement is described as historic, but I’d venture …
Tour of Ogilvy's Innovation Lab part of next NYC The Screen event September 8, 2010 by Super UserThe Screen USA is holding another one of its morning breakfast briefings in New York later this month, this one focused on creative. The event is being held in cooperation with the global creative agency Ogilvy & Mather – with a morning briefing to be held at Ogilvy’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday the 21st, followed by …
DPAA's new prez now official-ish: Susan Danaher September 7, 2010 by Super UserThis has not been confirmed but DailyDOOH spoke to Susan Danaher in her new office at the Digital Place-Based Advertising Association offices today. She is the new president, replacing Suzanne Laforgia who left to joing RMG Networks. Danaher sat on the old OVAB board for a couple of years when she was president of Reactrix. …
Spicer recruited to run NEC's VUKUNET August 24, 2010 by Super UserThis was smart. NEC Displays announced today it has hired on Graeme Spicer to head the effort to spread the understanding and adoption of its VUKUNET digital signage platform, which includes the universal advertising platform and a free content management suite. Graeme let me know about this a few weeks ago and he’s actually be …
