Month: February 2020

New South Outdoor Makes Alabama Acquisitions

New South Outdoor has purchased the digital and static billboard assets of 360 Media in Oxford/Anniston, AL, DPW Outdoor in northeast Alabama and MR Digital in northeast Alabama.  Marty Williamson of Williamson & Associates brokered the transactions. The combined group of locations created a great opportunity for Neil Bell at […]

Bloomberg Spending Big on Billboards

Lamar CEO Sean Reilly thinks Lamar’s political revenues will increase by 160% this year.  Not surprising if the rest of the presidential candidates decide to follow Mike Bloomberg’s lead.  He’s buying billboards. See Ad Age if you want to read more about Bloomberg’s billboards. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Rate This Board By Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great).  Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad.  This week’s rating is provided by Melody Roberts, an OBIE nominated billboard designer and founder […]

Company of the Day: Ohio Outdoor

Company:  Ohio Outdoor Markets:  Ohio Email: Ben@ohio-outdoor.com Phone: 330-464-8539 Ohio Outdoor operates a plant of 19 static and digital billboards in Ohio.  In addition to operating an out of home plant the company assists others with constructing and managing static and digital billboards.    Ben Harbaugh is the firm’s President. Insider […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds February 22, 2020

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 […]

Lamar Revenues Up 8% in 4Q 2020

Lamar announced 4th quarter and full year earnings yesterday.  Here are the highlights from the earnings release and conference call. CEO Sean Reilly recapped the year:” 2019 was a solid year for Lamar as we successfully integrated the Fairway, Ashby Street and Mid-America acquisitions, adding nine new markets across the […]

Michael Wright on Rethinking Reed and Commercial Speech.

By Michael F Wright Ever since Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1981), courts have been applying an ultra-lenient version of intermediate scrutiny under Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission (1980) to content-based regulation of commercial signs. Then in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona […]

Billboard Industry Honors Missouri Leader Bill May

SPRINGFIELD, MO – The billboard industry praised William “Bill” May as an effective advocate and attorney, thanking him for longtime leadership of the Missouri Outdoor Advertising Association (MOAA). At the end of 2019, May retired as executive director and general counsel of MOAA. Bill and his spouse Gail May were […]

Jeff Rushton on standardized digital billboard modules

Insider asked Media Resources Jeff Rushton about his efforts to standardize digital billboard modules on this week’s Billboard Insider Podcast: You’ve been leading the charge for standardized digital billboard modules Bill Ripp who’s a friend…came to us and wanted to drive for the industry a standard module size: 400 millimeters […]

Company of the Day: Discover Outdoor

Company: Discover Outdoor Markets: Texas, Oklahoma. Headquarters: PO Box 6351 Paris, Texas 75461 Phone: 903-491-3191 Contact Email:  discoveroutdoor@yahoo.com Discover Outdoor is a family owned company which owns 220 advertising faces in Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma. The company was started in 1993. James and Jan Martinez are the owners.  Jessica Martinez handles accounts receivable and will […]