Author: billboardinsider

The Little Logo Business That Could

We’ve all seen them.  The simple directional logo signs along the side of a freeway highlighting businesses at the next exit.  There’s money in the logo business.  Here’s an analysis of Lamar’s logo business, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue.  Listen to what Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly said about the […]

Burr Smith Talks About Taking on an Out of Home Patent Troll

At the Spring IBO show Billboard Insider’s Dave Westburg had a wide-ranging interview with Burr Smith, Chairman of Broadsign, and Ari Buchalter, Chief Strategy Officer of Broadsign.  We will run excerpts from the interview.  Today Burr Smith talks about taking on an out of home patent troll. The entire out […]

John Morgan Likes Out of Home

  Attorney John Morgan spends several hundred million dollars each year on billboards. In these excepts from his OAAA Mediacon 2026 keynote, Morgan talks about he uses billboards. Most of the billboards I look at aren’t creative. I was inspired by that gap, because the firms doing great creative work […]

Charlie MacIntyre on Bootstrapping and Meeting Artie Moreno

Billboard Insider has been running a series with out of home legend Charlie MacIntyre who recently sold his out of home plant to Adams Outdoor.  Charlie has talked about getting started in out of home, sales and marketing and managing through the great recession.  Today he talks about bootstrapping growth […]

Grey Vick on the Bell Board Podcast

Grey Vick (right) the founder of Grey Outdoor was interviewed by Neil Bell (left) on the Bell Board Podcast. Grey Outdoor operates 772 faces including 50 digital faces, in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Some excerpts. Grey Vick on Getting started I started in 2007. My first company was […]

OUTFRONT Runs LA Union Station FIFA takeover

NEW YORK, May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media (NYSE: OUT), one of the largest and most-trusted IRL media companies in the U.S., today announced the launch of its inaugural advertising and experiential program at Los Angeles Union Station, one of the city’s most recognizable destinations. This milestone marks the first […]

Adams Outdoor Partners with JustDane

Madison, WI — May 15, 2026 — Adams Outdoor Advertising is proud to announce JustDane as a 2026 recipient of the Adams Collaborate Public Service Advertising Program, an initiative that provides local nonprofit organizations with professionally designed outdoor advertising campaigns at no cost. Beginning May 11, 2026, JustDane’s year-long campaign […]

Company of the Day: Nick Signs

Company: Nick Signs Markets:  Minnesota Address: 3735 Hwy 73, Hibbing, MN  55746 Email:  nick@nicksigns.com Phone: 218-263-3044 Nick Signs operates a billboard plant in North Central Minnesota with 5 total faces, including 3 digital faces.    In addition the company provides business signs, wraps and logo design.  The company is over 20 […]

Meet Ross Reilly

At the 2026 OOH Mediacon OAAA CEO Anna Bager conducted a wide-ranging interview with Ross Reilly, the newly appointed President of Lamar Advertising’s Outdoor Division.   Here are some excerpts, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue.  We hear that 8 of the 14 direct reports of Sean Reilly now report directly […]

Nick Brien says AI companies like Out of Home

OUTFRONT CEO Nick Brien and CFO Matt Siegel presented at this week’s J.P. Morgan Tech, Media and Communications Conference.  Some excerpts from their talk, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue CEO Nick Brien says AI companies are a hot ad category The West has done exceptionally well. We’ve had meaningful benefit […]