Duck Duck Gray Duck – A Look At Marketing In Minnesota

The City Council in
Minnetonka, MN, will approve a Clear Channel settlement about a billboard issue that no one really cares about but Clear Channel and
Minnetonka. The ruling will allow Clear Channel to run its two-sided digital billboards 24 hours a day and switch their messages every eight seconds. This is a victory for Clear Channel in a state where everything is against the law.
Minnetonka thinks the brightly lit signs will distract drivers and cheapen the look of their precious city. Aren’t the old, dilapidated wooden billboards with peeling graphics of Dick Enrico from 2nd Wind Exercise & Equipment already doing that? In any case, I’ll be sure to give the new digital boards a looksee when I’m driving while talking on my cell phone, eating a burger, and surfing the web.