Author: billboardinsider

Jen Clites and Shawna Hanson on Sign Permitting

The Daktronics Experience podcast interviewed Jen Clites and Shawna Hanson on digital sign permitting.  Some of the highlights. How Daktronics helps customers with regulations The most common thing that we do is the customer…will ask the sign legislation team to look up local codes…and tell them whether it’s likely or […]

How Much Debt is Too Much?

At the most recent Independent Billboard Operators (IBO) Conference in Pittsburgh, Billboard Insider’s Dave Westburg moderated a fantastic panel discussion on industry merger and acquisition activity.  During the discussion, Dave made some comments related to his thoughts on the healthy amount of debt for a billboard company.  At Stark Capital […]

OUTFRONT Appoints Stephan Bisson VP Investor Relations

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) is pleased to announce that Stephan Bisson will be joining OUTFRONT Media as Vice President, Investor Relations on November 15, 2021. Stephan will be responsible for all aspects of investor relations and will report to Matthew Siegel, Executive Vice […]

Company of the Day: Coast Outdoor

Company:  Coast Outdoor Advertising Markets:  British Columbia Address: 325 – 645 Fort Street, Victoria, BC  V8W 1G2, Canada Email: darren@coastoutdoor.com Phone: 250-388-3733 Coast Outdoor is a family business which operates a billboard, transit and bus plant in British Columbia.  The plant includes 200 billboards on Vancouver Island and another 200 billboards across the British Columbia […]

Proof of Performance Language in an OOH Ad Contract

A reader of What’s in a Good Out of Home Ad Sales Contract? asked Billboard Insider what proof of performance language should be in an ad contract.  Here’s the proof of performance language in the OAAA sample bulletin contract on the OAAA website. Proof of Performance.  A photograph will be […]

Guess How Canada Measures Out of Home?

Remember the outcry last year over the announcement the the US out of home industry was going to consider revising the out of home measurement standard from likelihood to see to opportunity to see viewsheds?  Guess how the Canadian out of home industry measures out of home?  Here’s a quote […]

Company of the Day: Circle City Outdoor

Company: Circle City Outdoor Markets:  Indiana, Minnesota Headquarters: 1405 West Crestwood Ct, Spokane, WA  98033 Phone: 612-616-8133 Email:  fredricksonoa@msn.com Circle City Outdoor operates a 71 face billboard plant in Indiana and Minnesota.  The signs are clustered around Indianapolis, Indiana and Northfield, Minnesota.  Billboard Insider talked with the company’s general manager Duane Fredrickson. How did […]

Jim Poage on the White House COVID Vaccination Plan

Billboard Insider asked Formetco Safety Director Jim Poage for an update on pending White House COVID 19 vaccination rules. What’s new with the White House COVID19 vaccination plan? Well, technically speaking, the expectation that businesses with 100 or more employees will require vaccinations or weekly testing of employees is still […]

David Wolotsky Celebrates 40 Years in Out of Home

By Victoria Mottesheard and David Wolotsky, OUTFRONT Media David Wolotsky has been an established professional in Out of Home for the past 40 years. He is a legend, a leader, a friend to the industry and to many of you in OOH, in Washington, DC, and beyond. As David retires […]