Author: billboardinsider

Company of the Day: Harvest Outdoor

Company: Harvest Outdoor Markets: Illinois Headquarters: 2516 Waukegan Road, PMB 350, Glenview, Illinois  60025-1774 Phone: 847-509-8876 Email: info@harvestoutdoor.com Harvest Outdoor operates a wall and billboard plant in Chicago.  Mike McHugh is the company’s owner.  He started the company in 1998 after a stint as a special projects coordinator for the City of Chicago. One of […]

OAAA Adds LaFoy, Maher, McCaffrey and Peppers to Board

May 7, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) announced today it has appointed four advertising industry innovators to its Board of Directors. Each new member of OAAA’s Board of Directors is a pioneer in the out of home (OOH) industry, all contributing to […]

Eccleshare: We’re targeting $100 million in operating costs in Q2.

Here’s what Clear Channel Outdoor executives said about expense cuts, selling Latin America or Europe and the future on yesterday’s first quarter 2020 earnings call. Worldwide CEO William Eccleshare on Expense Cuts We are targeting over a $100 million reduction in operating costs in Q2 and at least $25 million […]

Clear Channel Outdoor up in US, down elsewhere in 1Q 2020

Clear Channel Outdoor announced first quarter 2020 financials yesterday.  Consolidated revenue was down 6% as increased revenues in the US were offset by declining revenues in Europe and China.  Cashflow declined 46% due to losses in Europe and China as well as increased corporate overhead.  Here’s a summary of the […]

Lewis Manderson, RIP

Industry legend Lewis Manderson Jr. has passed away.  He was 94.  Manderson founded and ran the out of home advertising company Creative Displays Inc. for over 20 years.  After selling the company he was involved investment and charitable activities.  The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business and the […]

Shoutout to Meadow Outdoor

Meadow Outdoor is running this PSA on California’s Hwy 101 in Redwood City, CA between San Jose and San Francisco. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Rothfelder on L.D. Management vs Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Another State has found itself in the same predicament as Tennessee and Texas, after a Federal Court’s ruling that the Kentucky Highway Beautification Act is unconstitutional. Specifically, on April 24, 2020, the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, issued its opinion in L.D. Management Company vs. […]

King Outdoor Growing with Daktronics

King Outdoor, a family-owned business in Scranton, Pennsylvania, recently partnered with Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, to install a 10-millimeter line spacing digital billboard, as well as two other 16-millimeter billboards, increasing their ad holdings by 32%. “We wanted to make sure we had the best, newest technology for our […]

Lamar Honors Nurses

  There has never been a more important time to acknowledge the work of nurses. In commemoration of National Nurses Week, Lamar has dedicated space on its digital billboard network across the country to display artwork celebrating the work of these heroes. Created by Denver street artist Austin Zucchini Fowlers, […]

Lakeland Outdoor Honors Grads

Lakeland Outdoor has been honoring grads on digital billboards.  Insider talked with Lakeland’s Kathy Oertel. Tell us about the program Lakeland Outdoor decided to showcase some of our 2020 graduating Seniors on our digital locations in Central Florida. Vikki Kast our Admin Assistant aka “scheduler guru extraordinaire” deserves a shoutout […]