Author: billboardinsider

Inrix Reports Traffic Up 5% Last Week

US passenger travel increased by an additional 5% last week according to the Inrix US National Traffic Volume Synopsis issue #7.   Passenger travel improved to 64% of normal for the week ended May 1 up from 59% of normal for the week ended April 24.  Travel is compared to a […]

Clever Marketing from a Vinyl Printer

Remember the news stories about covid-19 inspired toilet paper shortages.  Last Friday Insider received a box from Fedex.  Inside is a roll of toilet paper which says “WE ARE HERE MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.  Call us today.  API.”  Very clever.  Well played Associated Posters.   [wpforms id=”9787″]     Paid […]

Link Media Hires Lodzinski and Heck

Link Media Outdoor is pleased to announce that they have brought on Bill Lodzinski as General Manager of the Mid-Atlantic/West Virginia market. Bill has prior hands on experience as a General Manager for Outfront Media in Philadelphia, and Lamar Advertising in Bridgeport, WV, Roanoke, VA, plus Ocala, FL. Bill began […]

Company of the Day: Greyline Outdoor

Company: Greyline Outdoor Markets: New York Address: PO Box 281, Brant NY  14027 Phone: 716-983-9820 Greyline Outdoor originally formed in 1988 as S&S Enterprises, a small, local sign shop under owner/operator(s) Everett Scritchfield, Jr. and Linda Scritchfield.  1993 marked the first purchase of billboard by the company and set the […]

America Reopening: Travel up 18% last week.

Evidence that America is reopening is beginning to mount as the average number of daily miles traveled for individuals is up 18% from 9.8 miles during the week of April 6 to 11.5 miles during the week of April 20. That’s according to an analysis from Geopath, the not-for-profit org that provides the industry-standard […]

Shoutouts to LMR, Arena Outdoor

Lmr Digital is donating ads on billboards in Gonzales, Louisiana to congratulate high school seniors.  Denise Divine Crifasi says the company is also running bible verses.  Yesterday a passerby commented: “I drove by your billboard and sat at red light and read your billboard.  I needed these scriptures in my […]

Who’s buying out of home assets?

Crisis or opportunity.  It depends on your perspective.  If you kept your debt low during the past few years you’ve got an opportunity now Circle City Outdoor revenues are down due to the covid crisis.  But Circle City has minimal debt and views the coronavirus as an opportunity to buy […]

Company of the Day: Great Outdoors

Company: Great Outdoors Advertising Market:  Maryland Headquarters: 12736 Knoll Rd, Mount Airy, Maryland  21771-6002 Phone: 301-831-3473 Email:  bryan@greatoutdoorsadvertising.com Great Outdoors Advertising operates an out of home advertising plant with 14 billboard faces around Hagerstown, Maryland.   Insider talked with owner Bryan Mack. Bryan, how did you enter the business? I lost a […]

Michael Wright on the Alito Concurrence

On April 3, 2020, the State of Tennessee petitioned the Supreme Court for review in Bright v. Thomas. The State asks the Court to decide whether the Tennessee Billboard Law’s permit exception for onsite signs is content based under Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015). Bright raises important First Amendment […]