A Maryland tax judge has upheld the City of Baltimore’s billboard tax, rejecting a constitutional challenge that free speech could be chilled by singling out one medium while not taxing radio, TV, and newspapers. The tax was imposed to raise revenue, “not on the right to disseminate information, ideas or […]
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Geopath Market Spotlight: Los Angeles
Did you know Los Angeles sits atop the third largest oil field in the country. Los Angeles is home to the largest boulder ever transported. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Los Angeles DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in […]
Company of the Day: Anderson Outdoor Advertising
Company: Anderson Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 9 Azalea Drive, Key West, FL 33040 Markets: The Florida Keys Phone: 305.294.5479 Email: AOAKW@AOL.COM Anderson Outdoor Advertising has been helping brands capitalize for over 22 years in the Florida Keys. They offer solar powered bus shelters, airport LCD monitors and backlit signs at both the airport and ferry terminal. […]
Nancy Fletcher on Reasserting Out of Home as a Core Media Buy
By Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO Aspirational, yes. The goal, says former OAAA Chairman Kevin Gleason (Adams + Fairway), is to make OOH more powerful than anyone has yet to imagine. OAAA’s five-year strategic plan is designed to help the industry get there by making OOH more of a […]
Sam Rockwell calls out billboards during Oscar speech
During his Oscar acceptance speech Sunday, Three Billboards actor Sam Rockwell thanked “everyone who’s ever looked at a billboard.” See minute 1:30 in the video. https://youtu.be/ipDnxapmtSE?t=86 [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Adams Loses Appeal of Madison Lawsuit
The State of Wisconsin District IV Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by Adams to appeal a court decision dismissing a case against the Dane County Board of Supervisors on the grounds that the supervisors violated state open meetings law during deliberations in which the supervisors denied an extension […]
Readers comment on “When is a Contract Not a Contract”
Last Friday Insider explained a decision not to renegotiate a written outdoor advertising contract even though a client threatened to withold future business. Insider touched a nerve and received lots of comments. Here’s a selection: “I would have either done what you did, or negotiated a contract extension/other upsell on their […]
Rate This Board by Greg Callaham
Rate This Board 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 […]
NY assemblywoman wants say in digital sign
The high profile digital billboard in the picture is featured on the New York City DOT twitter page. Queens Chronicle reports that a New York assemblywoman want to have a say in whether a digital billboard should exist at an approach to the RFK Triborough Bridge. The assemblywoman claims the […]
Company of the Day: Albro Advertising
Company: Albro Bench Advertising Markets: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania Address: 20 W 3rd St, Suite 4, Jamestown, NY 14701 Phone: 716-640-9729 Email: albro2signs@yahoo.com Albro Bench Advertising operates plant of 150 bus benches primarily in Western New York State. The company’s benches are concentrated in the following communities: James Town, New […]
























