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Kym Frank Resigns as Geopath President

Billboard Insider has confirmed with several sources that Kym Frank has resigned as Geopath President. Frank had been President of the out of home audience measurement organization since 2015. Frank was a forceful advocate for the power of out of home in her blog posts and twitter feed.  We wish […]

The OAAA/Geopath Show CEO Panel

Anna Bager moderated a CEO panel at yesterday’s OAAA/Geopath conference.  Some of the highlights. Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly on the resilience of billboards. Since this time last year I have consistently underestimated our ability to come back.  This time last year we were all drawing down our revolvers…things exploded […]

7 Takeaways from Day 1 of the OAAA/Geopath Conference

Here are 7 takeaways from day one of the OAAA/Geopath 2021 conference. (1) The recovery is occurring faster than expected, says Sean Reilly, CEO, Lamar Advertising (2) “We learned how to sell other verticals,” Scott Wells, CEO, Clear Channel America on selling during covid. (3) “Covid brought new brands” to […]

OAAA Releases Digital Video Out of Home Buyers Guide

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 25, 2021) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), today released its first “OAAA Digital Video Out of Home (VOOH) Buyers’ Guide” to help advertisers navigate the VOOH landscape and take advantage of the medium’s benefits. With the country emerging out of the pandemic […]

Company of the Day: Zalla Media

Company: Zalla Media Markets: Kentucky Headquarters: 2333 Anderson Road, Crescent Sprints, KY  41017 Phone: 859-250-8793 Email: shannon@zallamedia.com Zalla Media operates a digital billboard on I-75 in Northern Kentucky just over the Ohio River from Cincinnati.  The sign is on the most heavily traveled interstate in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area and gets 284,452 impressions each week.  […]

Out of Home Delivers 3 Recruiting Audiences for the Price of 1

With all of the pandemic gyrations businesses need OOH now more than ever.  Virtually every business is being stymied by the labor shortage.  OOH can help in a way that no other medium can.  The quantity of job candidates isn’t determined by the size of an ad budget but rather […]

Intersection’s Michael Rosen: We’re Seeing a Significant Uptick in Transit RFP’s

Intersection’s Chief Revenue Officer Michael Rosen talked with Billboard Insider about how transit advertising is recovering from covid. What do we know about transit ridership and how it is recovering from Covid-19? Cities are seeing a recovery at a rapid pace as weather turns warmer, vaccinations increase and new guidelines […]

OAAA Announces 79th Annual OBIE Winners

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 24, 2021) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) today announced the 79th  Annual OBIE Award Winners. Each year the OBIE Awards honor the year’s most accomplished creative campaigns in out of home (OOH) advertising, and this year OAAA presented 58 awards via a […]

do it outdoors Partners with StreetMetrics

do it outdoors media has announced a strategic partnership with StreetMetrics in an effort to revolutionize moving out-of-home (OOH) media campaigns with stronger analytics. StreetMetrics, the leading independent, 3rd party measurement and attribution provider for moving advertising formats enables do it outdoors media, the largest national mobile billboard company, to […]

Jay Johnson on OOH’s Resilience, Sustainable Leverage and Cyber Risk

Today’s podcast guest is Jay Johnson, CFO of Lamar Advertising.     Here’s what Jay said about out of home’s resilience, managing through covid, sustainable leverage, cyber risk and the acquisitions market. What was your biggest surprise about out of home coming into the industry? The resilience of the out of […]