Comments on: Skullphone Haxxors Clear Channel? ~ Los Angeles

By: euthanasia

euthanasia — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:36:26 +0000

It was quality regardless of how it was done.

By: pablo

pablo — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:53:02 +0000

These spots were PAID for, not hacked. Although there might have been some sort of artist subsidy or sponsorship to get the snippets up there.

Also, Jenny Holzer already did this back in 1982 on the electronic billboards in Time Square. It was the same material she was wheatpasting on telephone booths that year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer

By: Erich Redson

Erich Redson — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:24:12 +0000

Clear Channel Spokesman:
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/clear-channel-d.html

By: Erich Redson

Erich Redson — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:16:18 +0000

local blog curbed LA says it wasn’t a hack at all, although they don’t have any evidence, only an unnamed source: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/03/billboard_hack.php

By: ted

ted — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:05:12 +0000

Billboard companies always have remnant space, and rate card is just a bunch of numbers, you’d have to be a fool to pay it.

Still, it seems unlikely that CC would want to run these ads even if they were getting paid 1/10th of ratecard, what would be the benefit to them?

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:32:41 +0000

Well, you are all wrong. This was a paid program. Sorry to inform you, but your “hacker” bought the space on 10 boards from Clear Channel.

By: CITY

CITY — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:22:18 +0000

both those are on olympic. missed em

By: OWL

OWL — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:51:32 +0000

SKULLPHONE SERIOUSLY TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. HACKERS ARE THE FUTURE. THAT IS SO FUCKING GENIUS AND HAS PUT SP IN VANDALISM ART HISTORY.

By: mom

mom — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:07:30 +0000

Someday Skullphone all around the world !

By: rob

rob — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:06:54 +0000

From the Clear Channel media kit:

“Each network will be sold for $97,000 for 1 spot / per display on all 10 digital
structures per 4-week period.”

Thats $97,000 to go up on 10 billboards, doubt he paid