Month: November 2016

Company of the Day – Media South Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Media South Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  Jackson, Tennessee. Markets:  Tennessee, Mississippi. Phone: 866.945.0243 Media South was started in 2007 by Norm Isbell.  The company has 28 faces placed strategically in Tennessee and Mississippi.  Most of the faces are 10.5′ by 36′.   Prior to starting Media South, Isbell was a division manager for […]

Outfront 2.3% organic growth in third quarter 2016.

Outfront announced financials for the third quarter of 2006.   Here are the highlights from the earnings release and webcast. Revenues declined 1% to $383 million during the third quarter of 2016 due to the disposition of the company’s Latin American operations.  Organic revenues (excluding the impact of acquisitions and […]

Lawsuit Targets Tennessee Billboard Rules

A post from The Commercial Appeal, shares a story on a pending Tennessee lawsuit. For the past decade, Memphis outdoor-advertising operator and attorney William H. Thomas Jr. has defiantly put up billboards without permits and refused to take them down when ordered to do so. Thomas has also pursued a legal option and U.S. […]

Company of the Day: Maloney Outdoor

Company: Maloney Outdoor Markets: Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters:  PO Box 4849, Louisville, KY  40204 Phone: 502-584-5512 Email: info@maloneyoutdoor.com Maloney Outdoor is a family owned local billboard company serving Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana including New Albany, Clarksville, Jeffersonville, Floyd County and Clark County.  The company’s products include Expressway Bulletins, Billboards on […]

St. Johns County Considering Digital

St. Johns County, Florida commissioners are considering implementation of a two-year pilot program that would pave the way for at least some digital billboards to be installed along Interstate I-95. County Administrator Michael Wanchick said the item had been before the board twice since November 2015.  Wanchick said moving forward […]

Company of the Day: MV Outdoor

Company: Marin Ventures Outdoor Markets: California Headquarters: 1325 Howard Ave, Suite 816, Burlingame, CA  94010 Phone: 650-343-4789 Email: information@marinventuresllc.com Marin Ventures is a privately held outdoor advertising company which owns signs in California.  The company’s trade name is MV Outdoor.  The company is run by Grant Leschin.  Insider talked with […]

Poster Frames For Sale

Wingate Outdoor, an privately held Arkansas outdoor advertising company has some 5′ by 11′ junior poster panel frames for sale.  Insider talked with Ken Wingate. Ken how’s business been? Business has been great. My market is going through some changes currently in that many of the rural two lane highways […]

Rate This Board By Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This weeks rating is […]

Central Atlanta Progress Proposes New Digital Sign Ordinance

Central Atlanta Progress is taking the lead on a proposed ordinance that would allow—and even encourage—expansive new digital billboards and flashing signs in the area that includes the CNN Center, Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium, and the sports arenas. The proposal, introduced at Atlanta City Council last week, would designate […]

How many US out of home advertising companies are there?

  Insider thinks there are at least 825 independent outdoor advertising companies. Billboard Insider has identified 327 outdoor advertising company websites and is discovering new websites every day.  You can see 241 of the companies in Insider’s 2016 outdoor advertising website ranking.  We will release updated website rankings in a […]