Author: billboardinsider

Short Versus Multi-Year Ad Contracts. What Do You Do?

In our company of the day feature today Brad Sourbeer of Parker Outdoor talks about his push for long-term ad contracts.  Many presenters at the fall 2022 IBO show talked about long term ad contracts: Huntington Outdoor CEO Justin Powell says long term contracts are recession prep. The best time […]

Hivestack Chief Tech Officer Mina Naguib to Chair Prebid DOOH Committee

October 4, Montreal Canada. Hivestack, the largest independent, global programmatic digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising platform has today announced that the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Mina Naguib has been appointed as Chairman of Prebid’s DOOH Taskforce. The Prebid DOOH Taskforce’s purpose is to enhance the Prebid framework with DOOH support and […]

PennFed Takes Over Concourse C Tunnel at Washington Dulles

Washington DC – – Clear Channel Airports (CCA), the Americas-based airports business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), and the nation’s leading airport media provider, announced today a new multi-year, multimillion dollar partnership and sponsorship with PenFed Credit Union, the country’s second largest federal credit union serving over […]

Company of the Day: Parker Outdoor

Company: Parker Outdoor Markets: Washington, Idaho & Arizona Headquarters: PO Box 22, Orondo, WA  98843 Phone: 888-800-2001 Email: ParkerOutdoor@aol.com Parker Outdoor is a family-owned and operated billboard business which started in 1987.  The company has an out of home plant with more than 164 faces including 9 digital screens in Washington, Idaho and Arizona.  The […]

Rothfelder and Falick on Permit Disputes

At the fall 2022 IBO show, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick talked about strategies for out of home permit disputes.  We’ve asked them to expand their comments for our reader’s benefit. Lawsuits challenging permit denials are frequently thrown out on sovereign immunity grounds unless the legislature grants permission to sue. […]

MediaChoice Acquires Reeves Advertising

AUSTIN, TX – Two Texas out-of-home advertising firms have completed a transaction involving Outdoor Advertising Assets in East Texas. MediaChoice, LLC a multifaceted marketing and advertising company based in Austin, Texas announced the recent transaction of their newest acquisition- Reeves Outdoor Advertising – this past week. The terms of the […]

Clear Channel Up, Lamar and OUTFRONT Down in 3Q 2022

Clear Channel Outdoor outperformed the market for the third quarter of 2022, Lamar followed the market and OUTFRONT underperformed the market, although all st0cks fell in the month of September due to recession fears.  Clear Channel finished the quarter up 28%.  Lamar fell 6% as did the S&P 500.  OUTFRONT […]

Adkom Adds Solar Powered Kiosks

For advertisers interested in a unique way to drive foot traffic to local events or stores, Adkom’s new 100% carbon-neutral media format delivers a fresh option to engage audiences.  Adkom’s newest addition to our growing inventory of sustainable media solutions is a solar-powered kiosk that takes consumer engagement to the […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]