By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick, LLP On August 25, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rendered its unanimous opinion in Reagan National and Lamar Outdoor vs City of Austin, holding that Austin’s prohibition on the digitization of off-premise signs, while allowing it for on-premises, […]
Grace Outdoor CEO Diana Stevenson tells Insider that Grace Outdoor has taken over management of 19 Atkins Outdoor faces in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Grace will be selling the advertising and managing the signs. Grace Outdoor Advertising owns and manages over 500 advertising faces in both South and North Carolina and […]
Every OOH media owner that deals in static inventory deals with the issue of vinyl bulletin materials when the campaign is over. Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager of IBOUSA, received an email recently from Every Shelter, a non profit that is trying to develop uses for the spent vinyls in the […]
Rate This Ad 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 […]
Company: Media Outdoor Displays Markets: Texas Headquarters: 14731 Bulverde Rd. San Antonio, Texas 78247 Phone: 210-860-9414 Email: info@mediaoutdoordisplays.com Media Outdoor Displays operates 140 static billboard faces in the San Antonio Metro Market and surrounding counties. Most of the billboards are 12 by 24 or 14 by 48. The company was formed […]
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 […]
Hurricane Laura made landfall on parts of Texas and Louisiana. Looks like Lamar punched holes in a bunch of vinyl minimize damage to the structures. Insider hears that modern vinyl has gotten so strong that it bends steel before it rips. Never noticed this before in hurricane prep… […]
Yesterday Insider reported that US out of home revenues were down by 45% during the second quarter of 2020. Place based advertising took the biggest hit (-83%) followed by street furniture (down 69%) and transit (down 68%). Billboards were down 30%. Insider’s take: Looks to Insider like Lamar and the […]
Twelve students have been selected by the Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (FOARE) to receive scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year. The FOARE Scholarship Program supports the education and career goals of those who are part of the out of home (OOH) advertising industry family. 174 students have […]
New York, NY – August 27, 2020 – Talon, a leading independent Out of Home (OOH) media specialist, today announced a strategic partnership with Havas Media Group to provide its OOH services, proprietary technology and data platforms to the agency’s blue-chip clients. The collaboration, expanding from the UK now to North America, […]
