Month: February 2021

Company of the Day: Stark Outdoor

Company: Stark Outdoor Markets: Eastern Texas. Headquarters: 914 Lake Air Dr, Waco, TX Phone: 800-559-1013 Email: glenn@swiftoutdoor.com Stark Outdoor operates a plant of 44 double-stacked billboards with 176 faces in eastern Texas.  Glen Browder bought the company in 2016 from Herb and Wilma Stark.    Browder also owns Swift Media in Texas. How […]

Brian Kennedy Buys 100% of Shares of Regency Outdoor

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Brian Kennedy, Founder and long-time CEO of Regency Outdoor Advertising Inc. (“Regency”), has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Regency and all of its assets including hundreds of billboards in key locations throughout Southern California, and numerous strategic properties and buildings. Kennedy […]

New Tradition Acquires 87 Regency Faces in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10, 2021 – New Tradition, a leading Out-of-Home media company, announced today the acquisition of 87 advertising faces from Regency Outdoor Advertising’s portfolio of 411 locations. This transaction represents New Tradition’s largest acquisition to date, joining the company’s already strong portfolio in the Los Angeles area which includes […]

Daktronics New Digital Billboard Series Receives Future-Proof Upgrades

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Feb. 10, 2021 – Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, announces the release of the DB-6600, the company’s latest digital billboard solution, featuring additional memory and processing power that better supports the latest trends in programmatic advertising, audience measurement and mobile integration. “With technology, the future depends on the choices you make now,” shared Lori Sieler, Daktronics OOH product manager. “Our displays are like your mobile phone; each new model offers expanded capabilities. When we […]

New and Noted February 11, 2021

Blip Billboards made the Wall Street Journal.  See Gamestop, Dogecoin Move off the Internet – to Highway Billboards. ****** A member of the Pink Floyd band is helping to fund the Shinnecock Nation’s fight  to erect digital billboards in New York State.  “It’s like the state is trying to starve […]

PenFed Runs Massive Campaign in Washington Dulles Airport

TYSONS, Va., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — PenFed Credit Union, the nation’s second largest federal credit union, today announced the launch of its massive advertising campaign in the Washington Dulles International Airport. The “PenFed Saves You Money” advertising campaign is located in one of the most heavily trafficked areas within the airport: the […]

Company of the Day- Southern Outdoor Ads

Company: Southern Outdoor Advertising, dba Giraffe Advertising Headquarters:  9655 Perkins Rd, Suite C-155, Baton Rouge, LA 70810 Market:  Baton Rouge, LA Phone:  225.910.0428 Email:  sales@southernoutdoorads.com Southern Outdoor Advertising provides custom solutions throughout East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Ascension Parishes. Their inventory includes billboards, transit bench ads, and kiosk advertising at the Perkins […]

Beau Burkett Sells Four San Antonio Digital Faces to OUTFRONT

Last week Burkett Media sold four digital faces in San Antonio to OUTFRONT.  Max Drachman at Kalil and Co was the broker.  Insider talked with Beau Burkett about the transaction. What did you sell? Two signs (four digital units total) all 14x48s.  I spent over a year working to craft […]

Robert Campbell Recalls the 1991 Billboard Showdown in Congress

Thirty years ago, the US Senate defeated anti-billboard legislation 60–39. Robert Campbell, currently a Lamar Regional Manager based in Mobile, AL, was in Washington, DC, when that historic vote occurred. Billboard Insider asked Campbell to tell us what happened. We thought of Robert because he’s from Alabama, home of Senator […]

Rothfelder On Panhandling And Other Applications Of Reed vs Gilbert

Billboard Insider published an interesting article in its February 8th edition entitled Reed vs Gilbert and Panhandling? According to the article, the City Council of Spokane Valley, Washington is considering amendments to the City’s sign code to regulate panhandling (I suppose the politically correct term is actually “street solicitation,” but […]