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70% of Billboard Insider Readers Use AI to Design Billboard Ads

Last week we polled Billboard Insider readers about AI and out of home ad design.  70% of Billboard Insider readers said they use AI to generate content which they use in out of home ads.  Here are the poll results. If you are in the 30% of our readers who […]

Company of the Day: Cooper Outdoor

Company: Cooper Outdoor  Markets: Texas, Southern Coast, Southeast of San Antonio. Headquarters:  115 Waco, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401 Phone:  361-882-3088 Email: coopersales@cooperoutdoor.com Cooper Outdoor is a locally owned and operated family business which was founded in 1981.  The company has over 400 billboard locations in the following Texas counties: Aransas Bee Jim Wells Kendall Kleberg […]

Nic Brien Appointed as OUTFRONT CEO

OUTFRONT appointed Nic Brien as permanent CEO.  Here are excerpts from the OUTFRONT 8K, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue: Appointment of Chief Executive Officer On August 21, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of OUTFRONT Media Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Nicolas Brien as the Company’s Chief […]

OAAA Issues Guidance for Non-Tobacco Nicotine Advertising

The OAAA issued guidance to out of home companies yesterday relating to advertising for non-tobacco nicotine products (e.g. e-cigarettes or vaping).  Billboard Insider thinks of the common sense advice Ken Klein (who retired as the OAAA EVP Government Affairs in 2021) gave when talking about marijuana advertising: “Excess is not […]

A Use Case for AI – Generating Ad Ideas

Readers have requested more articles about AI and how it can be used in out of home.  One way to use AI is to generate out of home ad ideas.  Billboard Insider asked chat GPT to suggest ad slogans for an out of home ad for a dentist and got […]

Company of the Day: Connell Outdoor

Company:  Connell Outdoor Market: Las Vegas Headquarters: 5242 University Center Drive, Las Vegas, 89119 Phone: 702-795-0555 Connell Outdoor is a locally owned Las Vegas billboard operator with premium locations in targeted tourist corridors and key Las Vegas interstates and freeways.   Jessica Connell is Connell Outdoor’s Executive Director. Tell us about Connell’s history […]

SignValue’s JCDecaux at a Glance – 2Q 2025

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of JCDecaux’s  2Q 2025 financials. If you have questions, contact one of SignValue’s experienced analysts for a free and confidential consultation at info@signvalue.com or call 480-657-8400   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word “Subscribe” in […]

Signvalue’s Clear Channel Outdoor at a Glance – 2Q 2025

SignValue has prepared the following analysis of Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2Q 2025 financials. If you have questions, contact one of SignValue’s experienced analysts for a free and confidential consultation at info@signvalue.com or call 480-657-8400   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the word […]

Chad Smith Says OOH Needs Better Collaboration

By Chad Smith, VP Supply, Blip Billboards Whether you run a single board or 10,000, you’ve likely felt it: the pace is faster, the expectations are higher, and the margin for error is tighter. And yet, too often, we’re still playing from a handbook written for another era. The out-of-home […]

Spotlight Outdoor to Launch Strip LED Network this Fall

LAS VEGAS (August 19, 2025) – Spotlight Outdoor Ads, an enterprise leader in outdoor advertising and the out of home (OOH) industry, announces the upcoming launch of the Vegas Strip Tower Network, a first-of-its-kind, fully connected digital communications system situated along the world-famous Las Vegas Boulevard. Designed not only for […]