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Readers Comment on Stephen Adams

We had two Billboard Insider readers reach out to us after our article yesterday on the life and passing of Stephen Adams. From Niki Gleason “Stephen Adams touched so many of us outside the business world. As the wife of Kevin Gleason, President/CEO of Adams Outdoor Advertising, I would like […]

US Out of Home Revenue Up 2.1% in 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – MARCH 18, 2024 – Out of home (OOH) advertising revenue increased 2.1% in 2023 compared to the previous year, accounting for $8.7 billion in total spend, based on figures released today by the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the leading trade group representing the entire […]

Company of the Day: Kentucky Outdoor

Company: Kentucky Outdoor Advertising Markets: Kentucky Address: 423 State Street, PO Box 917, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Phone: 270-842-6828 Kentucky Outdoor owns over 100 billboards in south central and western Kentucky.  David Sears is President.  Thomas Connelly is Vice President. Sears was named the 2017 small business person of the year by the Bowling Green Chamber of […]

Stephen Adams, Nov 7, 1937 – March 14, 2024

  Stephen Adams, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Dies at 86 Stephen Adams, an entrepreneur with diverse business interests and a long personal history of giving, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2024 at his home in Connecticut with his wife and best friend Denise and family members at his side. Stephen […]

Miles Driven Down Slightly in January 2024

Vehicle miles travelled declined by 0.8% in January 2024 to 247.1 billion miles according to the FHWA January 2024 Travel Trends.  Billboard Insider thinks heavy January snowstorms had something to do with this because most of the decline was concentrated in the snowbound north-central and south-central states.  On a trailing […]

Company of the Day – Klein Outdoor

Company: Klein Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 54 Broad Street, Suite L107, Red Bank New Jersey 07701 Market: New Jersey Phone: 732-450-0505 Email: davidklein@kleinoutdoor.com Klein Outdoor owns and operates two  two-sided digital structures (11 X 38  & 14×48) in Eatontown and Paramus New Jersey.  The Company has developed and sold over 40 other locations […]

Public Transit Trips Up 11% in 4Q 2023

Good news and bad news for OUTFRONT and the transit ad providers in the fourth quarter 2023 transit ridership figures.  The good news is that transit passenger trips increased by 12% in the fourth quarter of 2023 and transit trips were up 16% for the full year 2023 according to […]

Company of the Day: Keystone Outdoor

Company: Keystone Outdoor Advertising Markets:  New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Headquarters: PO Box 202, Cheltenham, PA  19012-0202 Phone: (856) 767-5028 Keystone Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 165 total faces including 24 digital displays which target bridges, expressways and suburban roads in Southern New Jersey, Trenton and Philadelphia.  The privately-held firm was started in 1977 by […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds March 16, 2024

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: I would like to purchase a classified ad on Billboard Insider to help advertise my business.  It worked so well for The Nine, that I know it’s money well spent.  John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on […]

Goddard Says Global Out of Home Back on Track

Global Out of Home revenue looks set to exceed 2022’s $36.8bn, a full recovery from the pandemic, with six factors set to drive further growth in 2024 and beyond, World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard said, opening WOO’s first in-person Africa Forum in Cape Town this week. These […]