Author: John Weller

Company of the Day – Ashley Media

Company: Ashley Media Markets: Arkansas. Headquarters: 8100 Bicentennial Rd, North Little Rock, AR  72118 Phone: 501-319-5890 Email:  tjashley.ashleymedia@gmail.com Ashley Media was founded in 1998 in North Little Rock Arkansas by J.D. Ashley Sr and his son Todd Holsted Ashley, Sr.  Ashley began with the construction of a 12′ by 40′ […]

Tech Talks: One Change for OOH Tech?

By Nicole Randall OAAA Communications Director This month, OAAA spotlights the Innovations Committee, asking members, “If you could snap your fingers to change one technology-related thing in the OOH industry, what would you change today and why?” Kevin Bartanian, EVP Sales & Business Development, StandardVision I would have all creative for […]

OOH Formats Spotlight Creative Travel Ads

  By Ken Klein, Executive V.P., Government Affairs, OAAA Scientists call it symbiotic, a mutual benefit. Travel-tourism clients inspire creativity in out of home media (OOH). In turn, the entire line-up of OOH formats works for travel ads. Taxi tops, walls, transit, street furniture, and billboards showcase the wonders of being […]

Company of the Day – Arrow Signs & Outdoor

Company: Arrow Signs & Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  4545 N. Alby St., Godfrey, IL 62035  Markets:  St. Louis, Missouri Phone: 618.466.0818 Email:   info@arrowsignsinc.com Arrow Signs is a third generation sign business that began in 1980 in the basement of Lance J Demond with nothing more than a paint brush and a can of paint.  The […]

Standard Outdoor Parent Closes On $25M Debt Facility

A press release on Business Wire recently announced the closing of a $25.0 million Senior Credit Facility for Standard Diversified Opportunities Inc.(“SDOI”) with Crystal Financial LLC.  SDOI is a publicly traded holding company and is the parent company to Standard Outdoor out of Austin Texas. Standard Outdoor currently owns 384 faces […]

IHeartMedia Deadline Comes ……. And Goes

Insider reported on Monday that IHeartMedia and their lenders had entered into a Forbearance Agreement that gave iHeart until Thursday March 8th at 12:59 AM Eastern time to come up with a $106 million interest payment or enter into a restructuring agreement that they have been continuing to negotiate with their […]

Successful Brands Invest in OOH

In case you missed it, an article in this week’s OAAA Outlook reviewed the WARC (World Advertising Research Center) February 2018 Global Ad Trends report. As illustrated below, a review of the WARC case studies from 96 countries revealed successful brands across the globe have allocated an average of 13 percent of their media […]

Company of the Day – Allison Outdoor

Company:  Allison Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee. Headquarters: 35 Outdoor Drive, Sylva, NC  29779 Phone:  828-586-2737 Email: claude.allisonoutdoor@yahoo.com Allison Outdoor began in 1958 as a custom sign and billboard company.  Allison has grown to become the largest outdoor advertising company in Western North Carolina and North Georgia with 1,213 […]

Las Vegas Billboards – Acquisitions and Refinancing

Insider noted a press release today from Las Vegas Billboards (LVB).  Here is a portion of the release. Locally owned billboard company launches aggressive growth campaign LAS VEGAS – March 6, 2018 – Las Vegas Billboards LLC acquired two high-profile Las Vegas billboards for an undisclosed price, giving it 20 digital billboard faces […]

IHeartMedia Receives Short Delay

Today’s update on iHeartMedia is via a Form 8-K filed March 5th noting that iHeart had entered into a  Forbearance  Agreement related to the interest payment that was due on February 1st in the amount of $106 million. As a part of that loan agreement iHeart had a 30 day […]