Author: billboardinsider

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 […]

Company of the Day: Pelican Outdoor

Company:  Pelican Outdoor Advertising Markets: New Orleans, Louisiana Headquarters:  201 Kent Avenue, Metairie, LA  70001 Phone: 504-738-5153 Pelican Outdoor operates 23 billboard structures in New Orleans, Louisiana.  It is the only locally owned and operated billboard company servicing the greater New Orleans metro area.    Most of the structures are two sided, 14 by […]

Billboard/Poster Company Revenues Recovering Fastest From Covid

Here’s a chart showing of the change in revenues at the public out of home companies compared to each company’s reliance on roadside billboards.  There’s a correlation between how reliant a company is on billboard/poster revenues and how fast it is recovering from covid. Small wonder that Clear Channel Outdoor, […]

Perception vs Reality: The Focus Group of One

By Kym Frank, President, Geopath   Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, many of us have heard the opinions of a “focus group of one.” In fact, only a few weeks ago, I responded to a “traffic skeptic” on Billboard Insider who claimed that the Geopath mobility data (and consequently all of […]

Seen Outdoor and Chuck Agency Merge

NEW YORK, NY, November 13th, 2020 – Today, Seen Outdoor Media LLC and CHUCK Agency LLC announce their exciting new merger to become Seen Media Group, LLC. The merger brings to the market an ​out-of-home media vendor primarily focused on street level advertising, offering a wide variety of media formats […]

Company of the Day: Pattison Outdoor

Company:  Pattison Outdoor Markets:  Canada Address: 2700 Matheson Boulevard East, Suite 500, West Tower.  Mississauga, ON  L4W 4V9 Phone: 905-282-6800 Pattison Outdoor is Canada’s leading out of home, transit and digital display company.  The company’s plant includes 200 markets coast to coast.  Steve McGregor is President.  Barry Wolde is EVP/CFO.  […]

How the Election Impacts Out of Home

  OAAA EVP Ken Klein and Davis & Gilbert Partner Gary Kibel presented an outstanding webinar on the election and out of home.  Some highlights: Gary Kibel, Partner, Davis & Gilbert on the impact of the new California Privacy Initiative on the out of home business. Beacons and geolocation data […]

Billboard Insider Readers Think OOH Revenues Will Grow 5-10% Next Year

On last week’s OAAA webinar PJ Solomon investment banker Mark Boidman cited projections showing that US out of home revenues would grow 9-16% in 2021. Billboard Insider asked readers how much they think US out of home revenues will grow next year.  Two-thirds of our readers expect US out of […]

3 of A Kind: Action Shot

This month Daily Billboard Blog is showcasing three action shot ad creatives helping a trio of brands from different industries stand out in a big way in the city skyline. The first eye-catching example is for energy drink Red Bull spied along West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip in July 2011. This giant-sized […]

Boidman confirms OOH bid ask spread has widened for large transactions.

Last week Billboard Insider quoted PJ Solomon investment banker Mark Boidman suggesting the bid ask spread has widened on out of home transactions.  Yesterday Billboard Insider ran comments by some out of home investment bankers suggesting that the bid ask spread hadn’t widened especially for smaller transactions.  Mark Boidman tells […]