Did you know… Boston built America’s first subway in 1897 – the Tremont Street Subway. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Boston DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in their geekOUT Library. For more information on how to become a […]
Month: September 2017
Hurricane Irma Florida Update
Florida billboard attorney Jennifer Sloane has this to say: “At the 11th hour, literally, Hurricane Irma took a more northward bound turn and headed towards central Florida (just west of Orlando). This unexpected turn did not give outdoor operators time to prepare. Luckily no structures have been seen damaged in […]
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 week’s rating is provided […]
Billboards Survive Hurricane Irma in Turks
The eye of Category 5 Hurricane Irma passed over Turks and Caicos last Friday with winds of up to 155 miles an hour. Island Displays has a plant of sixteen two sided 12′ by 6′ structures within the right of way on the main highway of Turks and Caicos. Looks […]
Company of the Day – Mixed Media Group
Company: Mixed Media Billboard Advertising Markets: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan Headquarters: 1152 Liberty Avenue, Cary, IL 60013. Phone: 847-462-8423 Email: steve@mixedmediaoutdoor.com Mixed Media operates signs in Illinois, Detroit, Eastern Iowa/Quad Cities and Iowa City. The bulk of the company’s signs are in McHenry County, outside Chicago. McHenry County Illinois is the most populated county […]
Outdoor Legal: Repairing Signs Damaged By Storms
Hurricanes and windstorms can damage billboards. This can create legal issues, especially if you want to rebuild a non-conforming sign which has been damaged by hurricane. City of Webster v SignAd is a legal case in which an out of home advertising company successfully contested a city’s efforts to prevent […]
Newspaper Enters Out of Home Advertising Business
Forsyth County News reports that Morris Multimedia entered the out of home advertising business by purchasing a double sided digital billboard in Cummings, Georgia from Incorvaia Media. Kalil and Co brokered the transaction. Kalil’s Max Drachman tells Insider about the transaction: “Morris Multimedia is a dynamic Television and Print company with assets […]
Bill Whiteheart Obituary
Bill Whiteheart, 70 of Winston-Salem, died on September 5, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital after collapsing while on a walk. in 1970 Whiteheart founded Whiteheart Outdoor Advertising, an out of home advertising company headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was also involved in county politics. Whiteheart was in the […]
Company of the Day: Millenium Outdoor
Company: Millennium Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters: 1399 Executive Drive W, Richardson, TX 75081-2262 Phone: 844-842-8664 Email: administrator@milleniumads.net Millennium Outdoor Advertising operates an outdoor plant in Texas and Arkansas. John Walton founded the company in 1991. Walton died in 2016. [wpforms id=”8663″] Paid Advertisement
Blue Sky Digital Printing Adds A New Printer
Insider heard that Blue Sky Digital Printing has recently increased their in house productivity. We checked in with Trent Lindmark on the latest news. We understand you’ve recently expanded your capabilities at Blue Sky Digital Printing? Yes, I am always looking for new ways to make our printing process more […]