Ken Klein, OAAA EVP, Government Affairs As Congress considers tax reform, billboard operators are part of a broad, nationwide push to protect deductibility of advertising. “Outdoor advertisers are doing a great job. Thanks so much,” said Dan Jaffe of ANA (Association of National Advertisers). A goal of tax reform is to […]
Author: John Weller
Company of the Day – Penneco Outdoor
Company: Penneco Outdoor Market: Southwest Pennsylvania Headquarters: 6608 Route 22, Suite 307 Delmont, PA 15626 Phone: 724-461-1041 Email: Outdoor@Penneco.com Penneco Outdoor is the largest locally owned billboard company in Southwest Pennsylvania. The company owns more than 30 structures with 100 faces in Westmoreland, Indiana, Fayette, Bedford and Allegheny counties. Four […]
Big Billboard Bell Rings For Kids Who Defeat Cancer
St. Louis Children’s Hospital have a tradition as young cancer patient’s complete a round of Chemotherapy, they ring a bell that can be heard throughout the hospital. Now, with the help of Outfront Media, the bell can also be heard next to Interstate 44 & Big Bend Road with the […]
iHeart Media Debt Restructure Updates
A couple of updates on Clear Channel Outdoor’s parent company iHeart Media as they move towards a restructuring of their $20 billion in debt. Radio+Television Business Report had an article noting that iHeart Media was victorious in a San Antonio appeals court ruling. The issue was whether a 2015 equity […]
Lamar Nearing Settlement With Tacoma WA
A lengthy dispute between Lamar Advertising and the City of Tacoma, Washington involving as many as 300 billboard faces may be nearing an end. The News Tribune is reporting that a compromise proposed by Lamar, the company that currently owns most of the billboards in the city, would allow hundreds […]
Bartanian on Public Art and Out of Home
Kevin Bartanian EVP of Sales and Business Development, StandardVision Defining public art according to Americans For The Arts: Public art is art in public spaces. It can take a wide range of forms, sizes, and scales, and it can be temporary or permanent. It is often site-specific—created in response to the place and […]
Ultravision Providing Lamar LED Lights and Displays
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ultravision International, a world-leading innovator and manufacturer of LED displays and LED lighting, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, for Lamar to purchase LED billboard lights and Modular […]
Company of the Day – Paramount Media
Company: Paramount Media Group, Inc. Headquarters: 1749 Cornell Ct., Naperville, IL 60565 Markets: Illinois Phone: 630-355-4375 Email: paramountmedia@aol.com Paramount Media operates a 9 out of home structures with 18 faces in Chicago. The boards vary in size from 14 by 48 to their 20 by 60 digital face. David Quas is the company’s President. [wpforms […]
OBIE Awards Call for Entry: Steal the Show
The 2018 OBIE Awards are officially open for entry. OAAA is calling all creative types, who’s going to Steal the Show at the 2018 OBIE Awards? Unlock those creative juices and escape from the rest of the pack with a prized OBIE Award. The OBIE Awards are the oldest and […]
ANA Masters of Marketing: Learning and Growing
From the OAAA Outlook Newsletter A gathering of nearly 2,700 brand marketers came together last week in Orlando, FL, for the annual Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Masters of Marketing Conference: Growth. Among the attendees, over 1,700 were ANA members who represented advertisers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to smaller […]























