Author: John Weller

Gas Prices Stabilize Over Holiday Weekend

Motorists are paying the highest gas prices since 2014, but the good news:  the national average price at the pump held steady over the Memorial Day holiday. The five-day national average was $2.97 a gallon, the AAA motor club said on May 29. Oil market dynamics: OPEC may increase output […]

Company of the Day- Chesapeake Outdoor

Company:  Chesapeake Outdoor  Headquarters:   5 Hill St Onancock, VA 23417 Markets: Virginia Phone: 757.787.7662 Email: teressa@chesapeakeoutdoor.com Chesapeake Outdoor owns and manages over 170 faces that can be seen from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia to Westover, Maryland.  Areas of coverage include Chincoteague, VA and Crisfield, MD.    [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

Brad Thomas On Outfront Media

Brad Thomas writes for Seeking Alpha where he specializes in publicly-listed REITs. In addition, Thomas is the Editor of the Forbes Real Estate Investor, a monthly subscription-based newsletter. Insider has followed Brad for some time and his take on OOH REITs is thoughtful and worth the read.  Here is his take on […]

Company of the Day – Carroll Advertising

Company: Carroll Advertising Company Market:  Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.    Headquarters: 1022 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02122 Email:  carolla@carrolladvertising.com Phone:  617-282-2100 Carroll Advertising Company, Inc., was started in 1996 by John Carroll with three billboard faces. The company has grown to include a division of digital advertising and poster displays targeting […]

OUTFRONT Media Announces Hiring Of Chief Financial Officer

NEW YORK, May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (OUT) announced today that it has appointed Matthew Siegel to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 4, 2018.  Siegel most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CBS Radio Inc. and previously held senior […]

Summer Air Travel Will Hit Record Levels

Summer air travel will hit a new record, buoyed by economic growth and airline competition. US airlines are adding 116,000 seats per day to meet summer demand, says industry trade group Airlines for America. Here are highlights of air-travel projections released May 23: Air travel will increase 3.7 percent between […]

Company of the Day – Capital Outdoor Advertising

Company: Capital Outdoor Advertising Markets: Virginia and North Carolina Headquarters: 1528 Old US 264-A, Zebulon, NC  27597 Phone: 919-873-9020 Capital Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant based from their headquarters in  Zebulon, North Carolina.    The company has 800 faces in North Carolina and Virginia. Insider caught up with Robert Sykes, […]

Online Media Take Steps Against Fake Political Ads

Online political ads will feature an icon to reveal who sponsored the ad, as a step toward combatting fake ads that misled and confused voters in the 2016 election. Facing rumblings for Internet regulation, online media are moving to self-regulate.  In April, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would […]

What’s Your IQ?

 Courtesy of Daktronics OOH Advertising     When you measure IQ, typically you think of an intelligence test. But what if we told you there’s another IQ test that measures brilliance, specifically for digital Out of Home billboards? We’re talking about Image Quality. Breaking it down When you think of image, it […]

Company of the Day – Canyon Outdoor Media

Company:  Canyon Outdoor Media Headquarters:  9601 W. State St., Boise ID 83714 Markets: Boise, Meridian, Nampa & Fruitland Idaho Phone: 208.938.8880 Email: info@canyonoutdoormedia.com Today’s Canyon Outdoor Media has enjoyed tremendous growth since it was started providing billboard advertising in Boise, Meridian, Nampa & Fruitland Idaho in 2003. Recently, Canyon Outdoor Media has been putting innovation to […]