John Miller, Lamar’s SVP of Sales did a 7 minute interview on the out of home industry at the DPAA Video Everywhere summit a couple weeks ago. On how digital signs are transformative I’ve seen a lot of innovation. But sometimes innovation is confused with novelty…What has been true innovation. […]
Month: November 2018
Company of the Day: Kentucky Outdoor
Company: Kentucky Outdoor Advertising Markets: Kentucky Address: 423 State Street, PO Box 917, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Phone: 270-842-6828 Kentucky outdoor owns over 100 billboards in south central and western Kentucky. David Sears is President. Thomas Connelly is vice President. Sears was named the 2017 small business person of the year […]
Link Media Grows Via Acquisitions
Boston Omaha, the parent company of Link Media reported financials for the 3 months ended September 2018. Here’s a summary of financial performance for Link Media Outdoor for the 3 months ended 2018. 000’s Link Media spent $136 million on acquisitions during the third quarter of 2018, including Waitt Outdoor […]
Richard Rothfelder On The OAAA Legal Seminar
I attended, for about the 15th time in a row, the bi-annual OAAA Legal Seminar on November 13 and 14. This year the seminar was held at the Westin New York Times Square, and as usual, it was well attended by billboard attorneys and principals from across the country. And, […]
Three of a Kind: Copycat Billboards
This month Daily Billboard blog’s ‘3 of a kind’ brings you three examples of movies and TV shows paying homage and leveraging other outdoor marketing campaigns to get attention in the city skyline. First up is one of my favourite copycat spoofs from June 2011, ‘Bridlemaids’, with the animated My […]
Company of the Day – Kessler Outdoor
Company: Kessler OutdoorHeadquarters: 2669 NATIONAL RD, ZANESVILLE, OH 43701Markets: Ohio, West Virginia & FloridaPhone: 740-453-0668Email: info@kessleroutdoor.comKessler Outdoor Advertising is a division of Kessler Sign Company , which was founded in 1972. Kessler Outdoor Advertising is owned and operated by Bob, Rodger and David Kessler. Kessler covers 14 counties throughout Ohio including […]
Stott Outdoor Employees Lose Homes in CA Fire
Stott Outdoor’s General Manager Jim Moravec tells Insider that Stott Outdoor employees have lost their homes in the California wildfires. Dave, You have not doubt heard about the devastation of the fires in northern CA particularly in Butte County. As of this writing it appears that Stott has a total […]
Four Life Lessons from Minnesota Business Icon Bob Naegele Jr.
By Nancy Fletcher, President and CEO, OAAA Forty years ago, Bob Naegele Jr. gave me my first job in out of home advertising, at age 23. I didn’t know much then, but I learned a great deal from this exceptional and decent man, who passed away November 7. I share […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Lexington
Did you know: The Jif peanut butter plant in Lexington produces more peanut butter than any other factory on earth. The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was in Lexington in 1817. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Lexington DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much […]
Company of the Day: Kennedy Outdoor
Kennedy Outdoor Advertising Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 9327 Martinsburg Rd, St Louisville, OH 43701 Phone: 740-258-7083 Email: kennedyoutdoor9@gmail.com Kennedy Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in Mount Gilead. OH. The company was started in 2009. Kennedy operates a mobile billboard in addition to a billboard plant. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement