Month: July 2024

Do It Outdoors Runs Timely Campaign

do it outdoors has been running a timely campaign in Washington DC over the past month.  It is a welcome call for both sides to turn down the hate. “The one who votes Republican is your neighbor.” “The one who votes Democrat is your neighbor.” “The one who doesn’t vote […]

Global Tech Outage Impacts Time Square Digitals

The Wall Street Journal called if The Software Patch That Shook The World. Triggered by an errant software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike a massive software disruption spread as most people on the U.S. East Coast were asleep and those in Asia were starting their days. Over the course […]

Company of the Day: Orion Outdoor

Company: Orion Outdoor Markets: California, Nevada Headquarters: PO Box 6341 Folsom, CA  95763 Phone:  800-272-3885 Orion Outdoor owns a billboard and bus shelter outdoor advertising plant in Folsom and El Dorado Counties in California and billboards in Las Vegas and Southern California.  The firm’s CEO is Beau Palley.  He originally entered the business in […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds July 20, 2024

“Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of […]

West Virginia Reestablishes their Outdoor Advertising Assocation

The reestablishment of the Outdoor Advertising Association of West Virginia has been over two years in the making.   After a 10 year hiatus, it became official on July 17, 2024.   WV Outdoor President & CEO, Bill Lodzinski along with Lamar-Wheeling  VP/GM, Shane Walters were instrumental in starting the conversations and […]

Company of the Day: Onsite Insite

Company: OnsiteInsite Markets: Arizona Address: 6200 E. Thomas Road, Suite 201, Scottsdale, AZ  85251 Email: info@azbillboard.com Phone: 480-990-0800 OnsiteInsite is a locally owned and operated company with a plant of 14 by 48 billboards along the Santan Freeway Loop 202 in the southeast valley of Phoenix between I-10 and the Price Freeway Loop 101 in […]

Charlie Callari Reflects on a Career Selling Media

Billboard Insider asked out of home sales exec Charlie Callari about what he’s learned in the course of a 30+ year  career in media sales. How did you get into out of home? It was 2017 and I was just getting out of the yellow pages business. I had previously […]

Miles Travelled Up 1.3% During May 2024

US miles travelled increased 1.3% according to the FHWA May 2024 Travel Trends.   All regions of the United States had more miles travelled.  The South Gulf States lead the way up 2% in May.  The Northeast grew the slowest, up 1%. Here’s the raw data for the past 25 […]

Transit Ridership Up 7% in 1Q 24 but Still Below Pre-covid

US transit ridership was up 6.8% during the first quarter of 2024 according to the American Public Transportation Association First Quarter 2024 Ridership report.  This is the 12th straight quarter of ridership improvement after steep declines during covid.  The industry still has a ways to go to recover from covid. […]