Recent Posts
- 11 hours agoInsider mentioned the pending Ohio Supreme Court tax case Wednesday and Thursday we had a good news ruling. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled against Cincinnati’s targeted billboard tax as an
- 11 hours agoLast week’s Sales Tip focused on local advertisers’ sentiment, so this week’s follow up is Borrell’s Local Advertising Agency Survey, which was also fielded from April – June 2021. The key
- 11 hours agoToronto, ON, September 15, 2021 – Allvision, Canada’s premiere pure-play digital out-of-home media company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Bidwell as Executive
- 11 hours agoNEW YORK, NY – September 15, 2021 – OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month by launching its OOH campaign centered on the “Spirit of Orgullo” – taking
- 11 hours agoCompany: Blackbird Media Markets: Georgia, Tennessee Address: 1701 West End Ave, Suite 400, Nashville, FL. 37203 Phone: 615-873-1606 Blackbird Media operates two iconic out of home properties: The
- 1 day agoClear Channel Outdoor has petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge of Baltimore’s targeted tax on billboards, which was enacted in 2013. Courts in Maryland ruled in favor of the City;
Business
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Bidwell named Allvision EVP Sales and Marketing
September 17, 2021Toronto, ON, September 15, 2021 – Allvision, Canada’s premiere pure-play digital [...] -
Company of the Day: Blackbird Media
September 17, 2021Company: Blackbird Media Markets: Georgia, Tennessee Address: 1701 West End Ave, Suite 400, [...] -
Kalil & Co. Coming To The IBO Conference
September 16, 2021Kalil and Co. is looking forward to next weeks IBO conference in Pittsburgh, Insider spoke with [...] -
Company of the Day – Billboards for Education
September 16, 2021Company: Billboards for Education Headquarters: 9301 Ocoee St., #138, Ooltewah TN Market: [...] -
Goodman On Approaching Landlords
September 15, 2021Today out of home leasing and siting expert Andy Goodman of Age Advertising talks about how to [...] -
Company of the Day: Birdhouse Outdoor
September 15, 2021Company: Birdhouse Outdoor Advertising. Markets: Pennsylvania. Address: 1815 Sanderson Ave, [...]
- Local Media Acquires NC Structures From Scotty Outdoor
- Meet the New Guy At OAAA: Mike Hershey
- StreetMetrics’ Tapped to Measure Bus Advertising Nationally for Intersection
Digital Signs
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Apple’s Privacy Update Is An OOH Opportunity
September 16, 2021By James Munnerlyn, President and Co-Founder of Blip Billboards Facebook and Instagram ads — [...] -
Lamar Advertising Upgrades 18 Digital Displays in Downtown Chicago
September 16, 2021BROOKINGS, SD – Sept. 15, 2021 – As daily life slowly returns to normal and traffic picks up in [...] -
Branded Cities launches largest full-motion digital display on West Coast
September 15, 2021New York, NY– August 31, 2021 – Branded Cities, North America’s premier Out-of-Home and [...] -
Ask an Expert: Daktronics on The Care and Cleaning of Digital Billboard Cameras
September 14, 2021A reader writes: “We are having issues with our cameras on our digitals getting dirty, do [...] -
Tampa Downtown Partnership and IKE Smart City Launch Innovative Digital Kiosks
September 13, 2021New interactive kiosks will better connect the community TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Downtown [...] -
Broadsign and Sightcorp Team Up to Integrate Anonymous Facial Analysis
September 10, 2021Montreal, Canada and Amsterdam, Netherlands – September 9, 2021 – Broadsign, developer of the [...]
- Mayor de Blasio Celebrates Digitial Signage Week
- New Spectacular Sights and Lights Coming to Beijing Sino-Ocean Ledi Port from Daktronics
- HYP and Vistar Partner to Deliver DOOH Campaigns
sales
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Maximizing Ad Agency Partnerships
September 17, 2021Last week’s Sales Tip focused on local advertisers’ sentiment, so this week’s follow up is Borrell’s Local Advertising [...] -
The Best Way to Compensate Sales Reps
September 13, 2021By Kevin Gephart (I hope any sales rep readers will forgive me if I put on my management hat. I spent over a third of my career [...] -
Insights for Finishing Strong in 2021 and Planning for 2022
September 10, 2021Borrell Associates’ latest Local Advertiser Survey, which was fielded from April – June 2021, was recently released and [...] -
Momentum Continues to Build in OOH Transit
September 1, 2021Momentum Continues to Build in OOH Transit Earlier this month, OAAA hosted a panel of OOH transit media experts to discuss [...] -
Getting Your Renewal And The Rate Increase
August 30, 2021By Kevin Gephart Begin the renewal no later than 100 days before the end of the contract. It allows time for the process and, if [...] -
13 Steps For Executing An OOH Sale
August 23, 2021By Kevin Gephart Your renewal window starts now! How you execute your new OOH sale will competition-proof, and either secure or [...]
- Closing the Out of Home Advertising Sale
- Out of Home’s Hottest Ad Category – Part 2
- Out of Home’s Hottest Ad Category – Part 1
Creative
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OUTFRONT Commemorates National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 17, 2021NEW YORK, NY – September 15, 2021 – OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) celebrates National Hispanic [...] -
We All Can Participate!
September 14, 2021A message from Operation Christmas Child We pray you and your loved ones are doing well! We are [...] -
Reader Feedback on the Crust Pizza Ad
September 9, 2021We received a thoughtful email in response to Monday’s Rate This Ad column on the Crust Pizza [...] -
Smile Doctors Partners with Melody Roberts for OOH Rebrand
September 8, 2021Smile Doctors, the largest national dental support organization focused on orthodontic care, [...] -
Rate this Ad by Greg Callaham
September 7, 2021Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the [...] -
Ask an Expert: How do you convince a client to run better art?
September 3, 2021A reader writes My longtime customer’s artwork and vinyl look terrible, but I can’t get them to [...]
- IBO Speedway – The New Revenue Test is Working
- Clear Channel Airports Rolling Stones Promotion at Austin Airport
- Rate This Ad By Greg Callaham
Finance
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Lamar Increases Dividend 33% to $1.00
September 8, 2021Lamar announced a 33% dividend increase to $1.00 per share payable on September 30, 2021. Billboard [...] -
US Public OOH Companies Grow Faster Than Economy in 2Q 21
August 20, 2021Here’s a comparison of the performance of the public out of home companies versus the US [...] -
Clear Channel Outdoor Americas At a Glance
August 12, 2021Here’s an overview of Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2Q 2021 performance prepared by Paul [...] -
Lamar and Outfront Were Quarter Two Standouts
August 11, 2021Always nice to understand what the wider marketplace thinks about the Out of Home sector. Below [...] -
The Big 3 Are Investing Again
August 9, 2021Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel have accellerated investment plans after tightening the belt [...] -
Lamar Revenue Up 28% During 2nd Quarter 21
August 6, 2021Lamar’s revenue grew 28% during the second quarter of 2021. Here are the results from the [...]
- Outfront Revenues Up 53% in 2Q 21
- Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Up 68% in 2Q 21
- JC Decaux Reports Half Year Results
Regulations
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Billboard Tax Victory in Ohio
September 17, 2021Insider mentioned the pending Ohio Supreme Court tax case Wednesday and Thursday we had a good news [...] -
What People Are Saying About The Baltimore Tax Case
September 16, 2021Clear Channel Outdoor has petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge of Baltimore’s [...] -
Rothfelder On IBO Pittsburgh Conference
September 15, 2021IBO has scheduled it’s Fall Conference for September 22-24 at the Sheraton Station Square in [...] -
Is the “Fix” Flawed? Billboard Companies Sue New Regs in Kentucky
August 31, 2021Kentucky’s new billboard regulations are unconstitutional because they deem billboards as [...] -
Who’s In on the Austin v Reagan Supreme Court Case
August 24, 2021Lots of parties have filed briefs in the Supreme Court’s review of the Austin v Reagan [...] -
Rothfelder On Reagan vs Cedar Park And Standing
August 17, 2021Billboard Insider has previously reported that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of [...]
- Privacy Q&A…What Does “Privacy” Mean for OOH Media Companies?
- San Jose Airport Reviews Digital Billboards
- Today’s Cannabis: “Reefer Madness” Prohibition Fades to Legal Vice
Lists
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Billboard Insider’s 2021 List of US Bulletin/Poster Companies Ranked by Faces
June 30, 2021Here’s Billboard Insider’s 2021 list of 430 US out of home companies ranked by bulletin [...] -
Billboard Insider’s 2021 List of the Top 20 US Bulletin and Poster Companies, Ranked By Faces
June 28, 2021Here is Billboard Insiders’ 2021 list of the top 20 US out of home companies ranked by [...] -
The SignValue/Billboard Insider 2021 List of OOH Lenders
April 16, 2021Out of Home financing is a specialized form of finance. To save you the time and trouble of [...] -
2020’s Most Read Articles By Category
January 4, 2021Curious which of Billboard Insiders’ articles were read the most during 2020? We’ve [...] -
Billboard Insider’s Out of Home Law Firm List 2020
December 8, 2020Lots of people ask Billboard Insider for a law firm referral. Here’s Billboard [...] -
The Billboard Insider/SignValue 2020 Out of Home Lender List
October 26, 2020Billboard Insider and SignValue have compiled a list of financial institutions who have lent money [...]
- Billboard Insider’s 2020 Out of Home Investor List
- 367 US Out of Home Companies Ranked by Bulletin/Poster Faces
- The Top 20 US Bulletin/Poster Companies Ranked by Faces
Podcasts
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Jonathan Gudai says with a return of audiences there is a return of dollars.
July 28, 2021On today’s Billboard Insider podcast Adomni founder Jonathan Gudai talks about how out of [...] -
John James on his proudest OOH sale and what your website needs to effectively market your signs
June 16, 2021Today’s podcast guest is John James, the founder of SignBird. Today John talks about selling [...] -
Jay Johnson on OOH’s Resilience, Sustainable Leverage and Cyber Risk
May 24, 2021Today’s podcast guest is Jay Johnson, CFO of Lamar Advertising. Here’s what Jay said [...] -
Denise Levine: Things are Coming Back!
May 5, 2021Today’s podcast guest is Denise Levine, Chief Revenue Officer of Branded Cities a 20 year old out [...] -
Melody Roberts: Since the new year has started it’s been completely different.
April 28, 2021Today’s podcast guest Melody Roberts, Owner | Chief Creative Officer, of Out of Home Creative [...] -
Stephen Freitas Says Make the Medium Easier to Transact
March 31, 2021Today’s podcast guest, Stephen Freitas (Executive Advisor to the OAAA and Partner in OOH [...]
- Evan Richheimer and Luis Cerda: We always wanted to be entrepreneurs.
- Colossal Media Wants to Grow
- Jon Odom on Billboard Structures
