Company: Franklin Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 20092 Edison Circle East • Clearwater, MN 55320 Markets: Minnesota, Wisconsin Phone: 320.558.3000 Email: mail@franklinoutdoor.com Franklin Outdoor operates 600 fully illuminated billboards located on all major roadways throughout Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. The company also operates an on premise sign business, a fleet and trailer graphics signs […]
Author: John Weller
Pattison Outdoor Awarded Contract for Richmond, BC Transit Shelter and Bench Advertising
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016DOOH NETWORKS, PRESS RELEASES Canada’s largest Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising company and a leader in transit advertising media sales, today announced a new contract with the City of Richmond for its Transit Shelter (TSA) and Bus Bench Advertising inventory. With an estimated population of nearly 214,000 and the fourth […]
From the Business Side
Being the “organizational wonk” of the Westburg/Weller Billboard Insider partnership, this will be the first of periodic thoughts on the business side of operations. Let me know if you think they are worthwhile? You may have recently read about Wells Fargo Bank and their problems with thousands of employees secretly […]
Company of the Day – Brooks Billboard
Company: Brooks Billboard Corporation Headquarters: 10735 Avenue Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio 43551 Markets: Toledo, I-75 south to Dayton and state routes in northwest Ohio Phone: 419.874.6400 Email: Brookswelker@yahoo.com Brooks Billboard Corporation operates a 100 billboard plant in Ohio. The company is owned by Brooks Welker. The company started as a painting and sign contactor. The company’s […]
Crookston MN OK’s Billboard
An update from our Monday post on Sky Digital’s proposed new digital structure in Crookston, MN. After attorneys for Sky Digital and Crookston National Bank Monday evening stated and restated their cases for and against the digital billboard, the City Planning Commission, and the Crookston City Council, both voted in […]
JCDecaux Joins Dow Jones Sustainability Index
09/14/2016 JCDecaux joins the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the benchmark index for socially-responsible companies Paris, 14 September 2016 – JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces that following an evaluation by RobecoSAM (a company specialising in sustainable investing) and in partnership with S&P Dow […]
Grand Forks Votes No On Digital
We reported yesterday on Sky Digital’s sign application in Crookston MN. Sky Digital was also in the news in Grand Forks, North Dakota as their Planning and Zoning Commission voted 11-0 to block five proposed digital billboards last week. The vote was their response to an appeal Sky had filed with […]
Company of the Day – Barrett Outdoor
Company: Barrett Outdoor Headquarters: 381 Highland St., West Haven CT Markets: Eastern Connecticut along the I-95 corridor, including Bridgeport, Stratford, Devon & Milford Phone: 203.932.4601 Email: sales@Barrettoutdoor.com For 55 years, the Barrett family has kept its focus on doing one thing and doing it very well: Having outstanding outdoor bulletin spaces in outstanding locations—and providing customers […]
Outfront Gets L.A. Bus Marketing Rights
A press release from Outfront Media 12 SEP 2016 New deal expands on OUTFRONT’s leadership in the greater Los Angeles transit advertising market NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT), one of the largest out-of-home media companies in North America, announced today that it has assumed […]
Crookston MN Evaluating Digital Sign Request
Last year the University of Minnesota Crookston, in Crookston, MN, approached the City about potentially placing a billboard on University property on the north end of town. The City modified its existing ordinance relating to billboard-related signage to allow a limited number of billboards along a major corridor like University […]