Gateway Outdoor Wins Transit Advertising Contract in Westmoreland County, PA
Hackettstown, N.J., February __, 2007 – Gateway Outdoor Advertising, an out-of-home media company with transit advertising, billboard and convenience store advertising contracts (GOMedia) throughout North America, has received a new award, after an RFP process, for a ten-year agreement with Memphis (TN) Area Transit Authority (MATA) for the exclusive rights to sell advertising on buses and trolleys that serve Shelby County’s 900,000 residents. Gateway had held the contract for the past ten years. Cris Criswell is responsible for the Memphis account. The Memphis office is located at 1375 North Watkins. The office’s phone number is 901-276-1332.
“The new ten-year contract with MATA demonstrates our ability to simultaneously deliver results for advertisers and generate revenue for transit organizations,” says Craig P. Heard, Gateway Outdoor’s president and CEO. “All of us at Gateway Outdoor look forward to continuing our partnership with MATA over the next ten years, and to providing our clients with high-quality, cost-effective advertising in Memphis.”
About Gateway Outdoor Advertising
Gateway Outdoor Advertising is an out-of-home media company with transit advertising, billboard and convenience store advertising contracts throughout North America. The company was founded in 1937 in Pittsburgh, and has sales and operations throughout North America to serve its clients in United States and Canada. Besides offering advertising signage on convenience stores, billboards, buses, and transit benches and shelters, Gateway Outdoor is the exclusive U.S. marketer of a new product called Grab-Adä transit advertising handles. These transparent strap hanger grips contain spaces for ads, which passengers can view while standing or sitting in buses or subways. Grab-Ad has been tested successfully in Europe and Asia. For more information about Grab-Adä transit advertising handles, visit www.grab-ads.com
For more information on Gateway Outdoor, call Craig Heard at 908-684-8122 or visit www.gatewayoutdoor.com.
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