Month: July 2019

Clear Channel Outdoor Announces Proposed Stock Offering

SAN ANTONIO, July 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (“Clear Channel Outdoor”), one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of its common stock.  Clear Channel Outdoor is proposing to sell 100 million shares of common stock […]

Broadsign Powers One of Asia’s Largest Digital Displays

MONTREAL, JULY 23, 2019 — Broadsign International Inc., the leading out-of-home (OOH) marketing solution, today announced that it has been selected by Oriental Sunrise Media Group, a growing Chinese OOH media company, to deliver advertising, augmented reality, and live content experiences to Oriental Sunrise’s digital signage network. This network includes […]

Company of the Day – Victor Sign Company

Company: Victor Sign Corporation Markets: Greater Chicago, IL Headquarters:  2734 W. Superior St, Chicago, IL  60612 Phone: 773-661-0056 Email: info@victorsignchicago.com Victor Sign Corporation has operated a billboard plant of wallscapes, bulletins and digital signs in Chicago for over 85 years.  At one time Victor Sign & Display Company (as it […]

OAAA Names IAB Senior Executive Anna Bager President and CEO

Digital, Mobile, Video Advertising Veteran Will Lead OOH into the Future July 22, 2019 (Washington, DC) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the national trade association that represents the $8+ billion US out of home (OOH) advertising industry, announced that it has named Anna Bager, Executive Vice […]

Rothfelder on Knick vs Township of Scott, An Important Ruling

Insider’s Note: Richard Rothfelder is a Partner at Rothfelder & Falick and a frequent and welcome legal contributor at Billboard Insider.  During the last few days of its term, the US Supreme Court decided on June 21, 2019 an extremely important case, for both the outdoor advertising industry and Supreme […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

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 […]

Company of the Day: View Outdoor

Company: View Outdoor Markets: Indiana, Illinois, Florida Headquarters: 1000 E 80th Place, Suite 700N, Merrillville, IN  46410. Phone: 866-757-8439 View Outdoor owns manages over 600 bulletins, wallscapes and transit wraps in Illinois and Indiana.  The company was founded in 2004 by Dean White who many of you know as the former owner of […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds July 20, 2019

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “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 “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Mike Norton on the Cincinnati Billboard Tax

In June 2018 the city of Cincinnati passed a 7% tax on billboard revenues.  Lamar and Norton Outdoor got the tax blocked in court.  The case is on appeal.  On Wednesday’s Billboard Insider podcast Insider asked Mike Norton what he learned from that experience: I would like to think that […]

Deficit Ridden Chatham Transit Forgoes Transit Ads

Scenic America has “gifted” Chatham Transit System a certificate in appreciation of a decision to give up transit advertising.  “All the little things and not so little things add up” says a Scenic representative. All the little things add up.  Maybe Scenic should “gift” the transit system the $165,000/year to […]