Month: October 2017

Regulatory Roundup – October 27th

Revere, MA is setting up a subcommittee to review the city ordinances for billboards. The Revere Journal reports that with a current moratorium on billboards expiring March 5, 2018, the committee hopes to have reviewed and tightened up the current ordinances by that date.The current ordinance allows billboards by special permit […]

Callaham Graphic Design is an Award Winner

Greg Callaham Graphic Design recently won four American Graphic Design Awards. Graphic Design USA, a national trade publication sponsors the annual competition.  Insider had a chance to interview Greg Callaham on the recent success for his firm. Greg, congratulations on your four American Graphic Design Awards.  Can you provide us […]

Executive Order 13771

One of the overlooked stories of the Trump Administration has been the absence of regulatory activity impacting out of home companies, or other industries for that matter.  The reason is Executive order 13771.  The order was issued on January 30, 2017.  Here are the key points: Any executive department or […]

Billboards and colleges

WBUR has a post on how the University of Maine is buying billboards to advertise that it is discounting out of state tuition for students who meet certain academic standards. NJ.com reports that Kean University is spending $303,000 on 10 strategically placed billboards in New Jersey, Delaware and Philadelphia to […]

Company of the Day – Prime-Site Media

Company: Prime-Site Media, LLC Headquarters: 39555 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 600, Novi MI 48375 Market: Lower Michigan Phone: 248.449.2959 Email: jay@prime-sitemedia.com Co-Managing Partners Jay Carll and Bob Klausmeier bring strong experience to their all digital billboard plant located in lower Michigan.  Bob took some time with Insider last year to discuss the digital […]

Watchfire and YESCO Team Up on Billboard and On-Premise Projects

DANVILLE, Ill. — (October 25, 2017) — Once rivals in the highly competitive LED electronic display industry, today Watchfire Signs and YESCO are collaborating on a number of high profile digital sign projects, including two high resolution digital billboards in St. George, Utah. Click to Tweet. YESCO recently selected Watchfire […]

Company of the day: Porlier Outdoor

  Company: Porlier Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri, Kansas Headquarters: 127 Mulberry Street, Foristell, MO  63348 Phone: 636-463-2100 Porlier outdoor operates a billboard plant in Missouri and Kansas.  The signs are clustered from St Louis west to Kansas City.  The firm was started in 1988 by Brent Porlier.  Insider talked with […]

Jim Poage on staying safe on a billboard.

Insider asked Jim Poage, Formetco’s Director of Safety to talk about staying safe when you’re on a billboard. The event in Newman is so tragic.  No matter which outdoor company or vendor that it occurs with, we all feel a great sense of loss when something like this happens.  Our […]

Geopath Spotlight: Detroit

Did you know? Detroit was the first city to pave a road. 1,200 feet underneath Detroit there are 1,400 acres of salt mines. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Detroit DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in their geekOUT Library. […]

DOmedia Advertising Database Surpasses 1 Million Assets

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DOmedia, which operates the largest database of out-of-home advertising in the U.S., announced today that advertising agencies can now access over 1 million media assets through its platform. In 2017, nearly 25 percent of agency-driven U.S. out-of-home advertising spend is committed to be managed via […]