Our Insider article on the Colorado “Adopt a Highway” sign takeover by the marijuana industry brought us some follow up correspondence and information we wanted to pass along. Westword, through an open-records request to the Colorado Department of Transportation, learned that of the 287 miles of Colorado roadway that are currently […]
Author: John Weller
Company of the Day – Cincy Digital
Company: Cincy Digital Headquarters: 7811 Laurel Ave. Cincinnati Oh. 45243-2608 Markets: Cincinnati, Ohio Phone: 513.342.6866 Email: sales@cincydigital.com Cincy Digital LLC is a locally owned OOH media firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincy Digital owns one well located billboard with both north and southbound reads in a prime location on I-71 between two premier upscale shopping […]
FOARE Scholarships Awarded to Urban Planners, More Available
The Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (FOARE) has awarded scholarships to three graduate students with a future in community planning. The Reagan Family Scholarship Endowment, awarded to graduate students studying city or urban planning or a similar discipline, is intended to help groom a new generation of leaders […]
Company of the Day – Chicago Billboards
Name: Chicago Billboards Headquarters: 10022 Bode Road, Plainsfield IL 60585 Market: Greater Chicago & Northern Indiana Phone: 847-344-2918 Email: info@chicagobillboards.com Todd Sanders is an owner and partner in Chicago Billboards and Insider had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about the company. Todd, How did you get into the […]
My Turn: OOH Collaboration in Action
By Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO After I spoke on the benefits of collaboration (at the OOH Media Conference + Expo in Austin May 8), many people have asked what they can do to advance the industry. Here are five action categories that combine self-interest with industry progress. 1. Cooperation OOH groups […]
Supreme Court Declines On/Off-Premise Sign Case
By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA On May 29, the US Supreme Court declined a challenge to San Francisco’s outdoor advertising restrictions which permit on-premise advertising but prohibit off-premise advertising. In 2015, Contest Promotions, a company that runs raffles for prizes such as movie and concert tickets […]
Company of the Day – CK Outdoor
Company: CK Outdoor Headquarters: 920 E. 56th Street, Suite B Kearney, NE 68847 Market: South Dakota & Iowa Phone: 800-628-6060 Email: karla.steele@usacommunications.tv Insider had a chance to talk with Karla Steele about CK Outdoor. Tell us a little about CK Outdoor’s history and plant. CK Outdoor operates 90 billboards along I-80, I-90, I-29 […]
Covenants Not to Compete and Out of Home
Insider caught up with Houston billboard litigation and transaction attorney Richard Rothfelder during the IBOUSA conference in Jacksonville, FL. We asked Richard about the case of Catalyst Outdoor Advertising vs Douglas, in which a billboard company sued a former employee for violations of a non-competition agreement. We discovered that Rothfelder […]
Banned on Billboards . . . Cannabis Stores “Adopt” Colorado Highways
After Colorado legalized marijuana, cannabis outlets began sponsoring official signs on public right of way that acknowledge litter clean-up. Meanwhile, Colorado bans cannabis dispensaries from buying billboard ads: “. . . it shall be unlawful for any Retail Marijuana Establishment to engage in Advertising that is visible to members of […]
A Tribute to Josh Kruter
By Andy Sriubas, Chief Commercial Officer @ OUTFRONT Media The OOH world lost one of its most positive and forward-thinking people this year. Josh Kruter was a leader in our industry’s effort to transform itself into a more competitive and contemporary media outlet. Josh achieved so much because he had the right attitude. […]
























