Author: John Weller

Company of the Day – Swift Outdoor

Company: Swift Outdoor Markets: Texas Headquarters: 600 Lake Air Drive, Waco Texas 76710 Phone: 254-772-9194 Email: Kris@swiftoutdoor.com Swift Outdoor operates a billboard plant located primarily around Waco Texas.  The company was established in 1969. Swift is a sister company of Choice Media based in Amarillo TX and owned by the Tooley family. […]

iHeart Media Selling Clear Channel Outdoor Shares?

iHeart Media announced on Monday it is exploring a sale of a large part of its stake in Clear Channel Outdoor in order to raise capital and buy more time before a looming bankruptcy. There were a number of news outlets reporting but Insider pulled most of their information from the […]

What can we learn from Idaho?

  By Myron Laible OAAA Vice President State, Local, and Regulatory Affairs I was chatting with 30-year billboard veteran Larry Alder about local regulatory battles in Idaho . . . Larry mentioned that his longtime boss Scott Butterfield would retire soon (Scott’s last day is January 5, 2018). Butterfield was instrumental, […]

Company of the Day – Summit Media

Company: Summit Media Headquarters:  1445 FifthStreet Santa Monica, CA 90401 Phone:  877-820-3002 Market: Founded in 1998, Summit Media is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in Los Angeles.  Summit owns and operates its own plant of high-profile, large-format bulletins, squares, spectaculars and walls in Los Angeles, with a focus on premium areas including: Sunset […]

ODDM is New to Insider and the Industry

A newer business has recently popped up in our Classified Section as Elizabeth Mellen has opened Outdoor Digital Display Management.  We had a chance to interview Liz about her business. Can you share with us about your background serving the outdoor industry? I worked for one of the leading digital […]

Forbes likes out of home

As we daily wander through the endless details of running our businesses, it can become easy to miss the perspective of the wider business and investment community.  Insider read an interesting Forbes article that shares a number of significant drivers that are transforming the way we do business and they […]

What Riles People? (Hint: not billboards)

US-DOT Just Got Thousands of Comments from the Public By Ken Klein,  executive vice president of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, OAAA When US-DOT asked for comments about its regulations, I was curious to see the file. Two quick points: My assumptions were off I read the whole file […]

Circuit Court Rules for Epic Outdoor In Rapid City Dispute

Insider has been reporting on a lawsuit filed in 2012 by Epic Outdoor in response to a revision to an existing Rapid City, South Dakota sign ordinance.  The revision created new size and spacing requirements as well as preventing outdoor companies from constructing any new digital billboards. Earlier this year, Epic […]

JCDecaux Launches First Digital Street Furniture Program in Chicago

PARIS, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced today that it is completing the installation of 150 digital animated screens in the City of Chicago.   The new digital network of 86-inch LCD screens with 4K resolution includes 118 digital City Information Panels, […]

Company of the Day – Sierra Displays

Company: Sierra Displays Market:  Northern Nevada. Headquarters: P.O. Box 51534 Sparks, Nevada 89435-1534 Phone:  775.825.7900 Email:  Robin@SierraDisplays.com Sierra Displays is a locally owned and operated outdoor advertising company serving the Northern Nevada market, specifically Reno and Sparks, for over 25 years.   Paid Advertisement