Business

Company of the Day: Giesken Outdoor

Company: Giesken Outdoor Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 115 Sophia’s Lane, Ottawa, OH  45875 Phone: (866) 443-7536 or (419) 233-71453 EMail:  tom@gieskenoutdoor.com Giesken Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant with a trivision and a digital billboard in Sidney, Ohio. Giesken is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. In December 2021 Giesken sold most of his billboards to […]

Meet OAAA EVP Laura Colona

In December 2021 Laura Colona was hired at the EVP/Commercial Marketing Officer of the OAAA.  Colona is based in New York City.  She heads up the OAAA’s marketing and presides over the OAAA CMO Council, CRO Council, Creative Council and Innovations committee.  Billboard Insider interviewed her earlier this week. What’s […]

Company of the Day – Gilbreath Outdoor

Company: Gilbreath Outdoor Advertising Markets: Southeast Texas Headquarters: 407 South Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, TX  77546 Phone: 281-992-4555 Email: info@gilbreathoutdoor.com Headquartered in the greater Houston area , Gilbreath Outdoor has locations in the following Texas Cities: Alvin, Angleton, Arcola, Baytown, Beaumont, Bergheim, Bertram, Boerne, Brazoria, Brookshire, Bulverde, Caldwell, Cameron, Canyon Lake, […]

Company of the Day: George Lay Signs

Editors note:  Billboard Insider has learned that George Lay signs sold its billboard plant last year. Company of the Day: George Lay Signs Market:  Kansas Headquarters: 1016 N. Waco, Wichita, KS  67203-3999 Phone: 800-888-0433 George Lay Signs is a family-owned Wichita based signs company and billboard business.  The company was started in 1955 when […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds February 12, 2022

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]

Don’t Let Success Bring You Down

On this week’s Digital and Dirt Podcast, Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly said this:  “A lot of people can handle adversity.  Success sometimes brings people down…Right now we’re at a moment of time when Lamar is really successful.  It’s not going to change my management style…”. Reilly has a point.  […]

OUTFRONT Promotes Max Siegelman

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) announced the promotion of Max Siegelman to Head of Cultural Relevance. Formerly the Director of Social Media, Siegelman’s position will now include an expansive pallet of ideas and technologies that will enable new connections between OOH in both the real and […]

Company of the Day: General Outdoor

Company:  General Outdoor Advertising Markets: California Address: 632 S. Hope Avenue, Ontario, CA  91761 Email: staff@generaloutdoor.com Phone: 909-983-4414 General Outdoor is a family-owned company which was founded in 1954.  General Outdoor operates a network of digital bulletins in San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California. Several of the signs are monument signs which also […]

Henson Sentenced to 8 Years

Jeffery T. Henson, also known as Matthew Burns, who used a stolen identity to get a job as comptroller of Watchfire Signs has been sentenced to 8.5 years of prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering.  He has also been ordered […]