Month: March 2021

Outfront Collaborates with Galleries on Blockchain Art Show

  ATLANTA, GA — March 19, 2021 — ABV Gallery (ABV) and Nifty Gateway are collaborating to bring to life one of the first physical NFT exhibitions in Atlanta, GA. This group exhibition, “Chain Reaction,” will feature leading crypto artists from around the globe on 20 digital displays within the […]

Company of the Day: Toor Billboards

Company:  Toor Billboards Markets:  Washington Address: 600 155th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA. Email: info@toorbillboards.com Phone: 206-800-3545 Toor Billboards is a Seattle-based billboard advertising agency specializing in mobile billboard advertising.  Eduard Dumitrescu is the company’s managing partner. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Billboard Insider Classifieds March 20, 2021

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “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 […]

Stevenson and Powell on Finding Good Out of Home Locations

Some advice from Grace Outdoor’s Hal Stevenson and Huntington Outdoor’s Justin Powell on finding good out of home locations taken from In Their Words – Out of Home Executives talk about out of home. Hal Stevenson, Grace Outdoor Advertising You’ve got to start with politics. You’ve got to understand the […]

Pete Hautem on Out of Home Sales Successes and Lessons Learned

Pete Hautem has 43 years experience as an out of home and printing sales rep.  Billboard Insider asked Pete to talk about 2 sales successes and what he learned Pete, how did you get into out of home? I was out of a job in 1978…My wife worked in Peachtree […]

Rothfelder On PETA vs Hinckley And Ads On Public Transit Systems

On March 15, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an interesting First Amendment decision with potentially broad impact on the out of home industry. The case is PETA vs Hinckley, and you can access the opinion here. The case arises from the request […]

San Jose Billboard Battle is Not Over

The San Jose billboard saga continues as the City Council faces opposition, but not from the billboard industry. The allegations come from Citizens for Free Speech and Equal Justice who, as reported by the The San Jose Spotlight,  illegally erected a digital billboard near Highways 880 and 101 to sell […]

Company of the Day: Transformation Media

Company: Transformation Media Markets:  10 eastern states. Headquarters: 1019 Route 519, Building #1, Eighty Four, PA  15330 Phone: 724-228-3469 84 Outdoor (now Transformation Media) was formed the late 1990’s, when the founder of 84 Lumber Company, instructed his site investigators to locate sites for billboard structures as they searched for new store locations.  […]

Stephen Freitas on 4 Trends Which Benefit Out of Home

By Stephen Freitas, Partner, OOH Capital In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Richard III, the title character himself conveys the mood of the play with the line, “Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun.” It is a metaphor in which Richard expresses sadness like winter, turned […]

Kentucky Legislature Approves Sign Rule Fix

The Kentucky legislature has approved HB 328, a revised billboard control act to fix the previous law which a court invalidated.  Yesterday the House approved an amended version by 30-6, the Senate approved the amended version by 91-3 and the measure has been delivered to the Governor.  The bill amends […]