Word: billboarded
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...Jets, he segued smoothly into subsequent careers in financial planning and software sales. During the tech boom, Grant co-founded two sports-related Internet-based companies. "I was a shark," he says. "You eat what you kill." But after the tech bubble vaporized, he found himself staring at a billboard advertising a teaching fellowship in Los Angeles. A year later, he's teaching honors English to eighth-graders in the tough Watts neighborhood. He makes $36,000; in tech his base salary alone was $60,000. "My lifestyle has taken a change, but I touch kids nobody else could touch...
...think that just because you drive your own car, advertisers won't be able to find you. On 10 billboards, mostly in California, Alaris Media Network, a Sacramento-based company, has installed "smart signs." Although they have the dimensions of traditional billboards, they are electronic and therefore able to change their advertising according to who is driving by. The signs are equipped with sensors that can tap into the radio stations that drivers are listening to as they pass. The company then determines the most popular radio station for certain blocks of time. From the radio stations, Alaris learns...
...play’s title, taken by editor-writer Caridad Svich from a billboard advertisement in New York City located near Ground Zero, embodies the theme of regaining stability and normalcy during turbulent times...
...come: last week's news that Apple is eyeing a $6 billion bid for Universal Music bolstered persistent rumors of Apple's long-term ambition to add digital music delivery to its iLife philosophy. Also in the U.S., Madonna's single American Life debuted last month at #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 on the strength of download sales alone. Itching to show they're ahead of the trend, European distributors held a Digital Download Day last week, inviting people to visit online vendors at www.digitaldownloadday.com and help themselves to a free 35's worth-30 downloads or 300 streams...
Despite having only been released in Kaada’s native Norway, Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time earned the distinction of being one of 2001’s ten most important albums by Billboard Magazine. The Norwegian underground legend’s debut has finally reached the States, and is well worth searching...