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The hugely visible “zipper” sign that wraps news headlines around a 22-story building in Manhattan’s Times Square will continue to be leased by Dow Jones for at least the next 10 years, B to B reports. Headlines will now be auto-published via news feeds from the Wall Street Journal Online, the Associated Press, and AccuWeather.com (recently partnered with MarketWatch Licensing Services to supply forecasts for the zipper). Dow Jones has leased the sign since 1995. The sign itself has been displaying news headlines since 1928.
The Times Square billboard business is estimated to be $69 million, and the area draws 40 million unique annual visitors, according to an AdAge article earlier this year (via Brand Autopsy).
Terms of the renewed lease were not disclosed.
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The spot began airing…
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Though the study,…
