Insider reviewed 81 OSHA citations written to display advertising companies (NAICS Code 541850) for the last 24 months (January 2018 to January 2020). Three takeaways. Citations declined in 2019 versus 2018. OSHA wrote $49,000 in fines against display advertising companies in 2019 versus $179,000 in fines during 2018. The large […]
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Company of the Day: Leslie Outdoor
Company: Leslie Outdoor Advertising Markets: Milledgeville, Sandersville and Dublin, GA Headquarters: 121 West Mcintosh St, Milledgeville, GA 31061 Phone: 478-456-4747 Email: leslieoutdoor@gmail.com Leslie Outdoor operates a plant of Formetco digital billboards at 7 locations in Georgia. The company is owned by John and Faye Leslie who are experienced outdoor advertising entrepreneurs. Insider interviewed John and […]
Defamation on a billboard can get you in big trouble.
Defaming someone on a billboard can get you in big trouble. That’s the lesson of Anagnost, Crews and Grenier v Michael Gill. Here are the facts. Michael Gill owned three electronic billboards in New Hampshire. He was not in the out of home business but used the digital billboards to […]
Supreme Court Declines to Review Thomas Case
The US Supreme Court declined to review the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that Tennessee’s billboard law was unconstitutional. The ruling invalidated Tennessee’s sign code. On June 25, 2020 Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee signed legislation to revise Tennessee’s sign rules to fix the […]
Company of the Day: King Outdoor
Company: King Outdoor Advertising Markets: Pennsylvania Address: 304 N Washington Avenue, Suite 201, Scranton, PA 18503 Email: info@kingoutdoor.net Phone: 570-34408250 King Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 32 static and 55 digital spaces in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1966. Jerry Frank is the company’s CEO and President. […]
Out of Home Revenues Coming Back
Revenues at Insider’s Indiana/Minnesota out of home plant have almost fully recovered from Covid declines. Take a look at this chart below. Three quarters of the revenue decline was caused by closed businesses asking for abatement. One quarter of the revenue decline was caused by businesses asking for a contract […]
Tom Goddard is bullish on out of home and thinks there are private equity opportunities in Asia, Latin America and China.
OAAA CEO Anna Bager did a thoughtful interview this week with Tom Goddard the Chairman of Ocean Outdoor and President of the World Out of Home Organization. Goddard is bullish on out of home, bullish on vinyl and he thinks there are private equity opportunities in Latin America, China and […]
EMBARK, Tyler Celebrate Oklahoma City’s 100th Bus Shelter
EMBARK and its partner Tyler Outdoor marked the 100th new bus shelter that was installed in Oklahoma City on July 1. The 100th shelter installation is located at SW 23rd St. and Walker Ave., with funding for this particular shelter provided through a grant from the City of Oklahoma City […]
OOH Media Plan Awards Submissions Open through August 31, 2020
Is Your Case Study Strong Enough to Win A Media Plan Award? The OOH Media Plan Awards program honors effective OOH media plans that maximize the synergies between media and creative strategies by budget size. Eligibility for the 2020 OOH Media Plan Awards competition requires an OOH campaign ran […]
Stephen Johnson on Building Your First Digital Billboard
Today’s podcast guest is Stephen Johnson of Waller Outdoor. He talks about what he’s learned while building and running his first digital billboard in Waller, Texas. Stephen how did you get interested in a digital billboard. My parents started to work in the newspaper business when I was a little […]
























