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Company of the Day: Movia

Company: Movia Markets: Nationwide US, Canada and Europe Address: Toronto, Canada Email: info@movia.media Phone: 416-271-1008 Movia helps brands maximize their advertising results with a unique combination of mobile ads and technology. Movia’s static and digital Mobile Billboards work together with tracking and Wi-Fi collecting sensors, allowing for both analytics and […]

Marnie Cody on what to include in a memorandum of lease

The usual out of home industry legal practice is to record a memorandum of lease as opposed to the full lease in order not to disclose proprietary details to competitors or other landlords in a market.  A Billboard Insider Reader asked “Is there potential for a lawsuit if a new […]

OUTFRONT Closes Sale of Canadian Assets to Bell Media

NEW YORK, June 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) and Bell Media Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), announced today that they have closed the sale of OUTFRONT Media’s Canadian business to Bell Media for a purchase price of C$410 million in cash, subject […]

RIP Tom Poe

Lamar Advertising senior account executive Tom Poe has died. Tom spent the last 22 years in Lamar’s Greensboro/Winston Salem office.  Prior to that he was a creative director  at Adams Advertising (1992-2003).  Tom was a Billboard Insider newsletter subscriber.  RIP Tom.  You will be missed!   To receive a free […]

OAAA at Cannes Lions 2024

Cannes Lions, the world’s largest Festival celebrating creativity and innovation in advertising, is rapidly approaching. For over 70 years, this global gathering unites the entire advertising ecosystem to honor the best creative work of the year and to convene on important industry issues to propel advertising forward. OOH is a […]

Rothfelder on Memorandums of Lease

The usual out of home industry legal practice is to record a memorandum of lease as opposed to the full lease in order not to disclose proprietary details to competitors or other landlords in a market.  A Billboard Insider Reader asks “Is there potential for a lawsuit if a new […]

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: Moreland Signs

Company: Moreland Signs Markets: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas Headquarters: 800 Market Street, Suite 215, Chattanooga, TN  37402 Phone: 423-756-7767 Email: morelandsigns@yahoo.com Moreland signs operates an outdoor plant of approximately 200 signs Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi.  In December 2018 the company sold its Tennessee signs to Blanning Company.   Moreland Signs was formed in 1988 and has […]

Global Out of Home Breaks the 5% Barrier

Global spending on Out of Home advertising reached $41.9bn in 2023, up 16% on 2022’s $36.2bn, breaking through the 5% barrier even as online continues to dominate media growth tables. OOH now accounts for 5.2% of global ad expenditure, up from 2022’s 4.7%. The breakthrough was highlighted in World Out […]

Company of the Day: Mollman Outdoor

Company: Mollman Outdoor Signs Markets: Oklahoma Headquarters: 627 Chickasha, OK  73018 Phone: 405-224-1560 Mollman outdoor operates a billboard plant with 220 static displays and 3 digital displays in Southwest Oklahoma.  The company is run by Matthew Mollman.   The company is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. Matt, how did Mollman enter the outdoor […]