Author: John Weller

American Commute Times Getting Longer

The Washington Post has a story indicating an upward trend in commute times in most major U.S. cities.  Here is a list of the top ten longest commutes.   The statistics were recently released courtesy of the 2017 American Community Survey provided by the Census Bureau.  Commute times have been […]

Company of the Day – Hart Advertising, Inc.

Company: Hart Advertising, Inc. Headquarters:  69 E Seminary St, Norwalk, OH 44857 Market: North Central Ohio Phone: (419) 668-1194 Email:  hart@accnorwalk.com Hart Advertising, Inc. was a family-owned, outdoor advertising company with over one thousand faces located in the Vacationland area of North Central Ohio between Cleveland and Toledo.  Hart Advertising, […]

Sriubas to Address IBOUSA on Increasing Industry OOH Buy

The USA OOH Industry enjoys roughly $8 billion (4%) of the overall U.S. advertising spend and has shown growth over the last decade attributed in a large way from the acceptance by advertisers of digital OOH inventory as a way to be a last contact before a decision point by […]

Vince Miller On The Importance of Safety

The OAAA Operations & Safety Seminar is scheduled for October 8-10 in Rosemont, IL, at the Embassy Suites. Insider talked to the OAAA’s Safety, Standards, and Technology Committee Chair Vince Miller, President of DDI Media, about the importance of safety in OOH operations. Why is safety an important topic for […]

The Billboard Football & Beer Battle – Slideshow

By Nicole Randall OAAA Communications Director Football season is back, and with it comes BBQs, burgers, and beer. Beer is by far the football fan’s adult beverage of choice. A 2016 Harris Poll found 75 percent of adult Americans prefer to drink beer while watching football. The top two breweries in the […]

Hurricane Florence Damage Update

The news after the weekend was encouraging as Insider checked in with several Outdoor companies with operations in North and South Carolina. Hal Stevenson at Grace Outdoor was feeling very blessed as the impact of the store was minimal for the Company. Claude Dicks at Allison Outdoor says all is […]

Las Vegas Billboards Completes New Billboard Acquisitions

Las Vegas Billboards LLC (LVB) recently acquired two digital panels and converted both sides of a static billboard to digital, adding four high-profile digital billboards. The expansion gives the company 24 digital billboard faces within the Las Vegas market to complement its traditional static inventory. This most recent purchase completed […]

Acquisition Activity – Perspective From The Brokers

Most of you may have noticed a number of acquisition related articles recently on our Insider web site.  As a thought experiment we started listing them for the year.  This is the list we created with links to the articles, and we stopped after we had only gone back as […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds September 15, 2018

“The response has been excellent.  Excellent investment.”  Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…”  David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up.  […]

Signs on the Right of Way: Right vs Wrong

Pressure is constant to liberalize longstanding restrictions against commercial use of highway right of way, as government looks for new ways to fund transportation. Debate about the future use of public right of way begs the question: what is allowed under current rules? Attorney Hunter Odom (Louisiana State University Law, […]