Author: John Weller

The Billboard Survives

  Thanks to Sara Fischer, Media Reporter for Axios for allowing us to reprint her recent post.  Unlike other traditional advertising platforms like magazines and newspapers, out-of-home advertising such as billboards and subway posters grew almost 7% last year, mostly due to the rapid conversion of static ad spaces to […]

Company of the Day – Cooper Outdoor

Company: Cooper Outdoor  Markets: Texas, Southern Coast, Southeast of San Antonio. Headquarters:  115 Waco, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401 Phone:  361-882-3088 Email: coopersales@cooperoutdoor.com Cooper Outdoor is a locally owned and operated family business which was founded in 1981.  The company has 500 billboard locations in Aransas County, Bee County, Jim Wells […]

Company of the Day – Cleveland Outdoor

Company: Cleveland Outdoor Market: Cleveland, Ohio Headquarters: 2963 Claremont Rd., Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 Phone: 216.752.5070 Email: getout@cleoutdoor.com Cleveland Outdoor Advertising is a family owned out of home business started in 1979 by Steve Thompson and Debra Abdalian-Thompson. Steve and Debra continue to operate the business with Steve being in charge of […]

Pop art pioneer James Rosenquist dies at 83

Various media sources reported that James Rosenquist, an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement died on Friday March 31st. Rosenquist helped define the genre of color-bursting displays of common objects that was also championed by the likes Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. From 1957 to […]

The Guardian Suing Rubicon Project

Business Insider reports that British publisher, The Guardian, is preparing to file a lawsuit against ad tech company Rubicon Project.  The Guardian is alleging Rubicon Project did not disclose fees it levied on advertiser’s looking to buy the newspaper’s on-line ad inventory. Billboard Insider recently reported on Rubicon Project and […]

Clear Channel pulls proposal in St. John’s County

Insider has previously reported on a proposed two year pilot program to test digital billboards in St. John’s County.  Staugustime.com reported yesterday that Clear Channel withdrew its bid for the digital billboards program along Interstate 95. The County Administrator indicated that Clear Channel determined it would be a “better strategy” to […]

Company of the Day – Cincy Digital

Company:  Cincy Digital  Headquarters:   7811 Laurel Ave. Cincinnati Oh. 45243-2608 Markets: Cincinnati, Ohio Phone: 513.342.6866 Email:   info@cincydigital.com Cincy Digital LLC is a locally owned OOH media firm in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Cincy Digital’s northbound and southbound billboards are in a prime location on I-71  between two premier upscale shopping destinations. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

One Poem At A Time

Smoketown, the oldest African-American neighborhood in Louisville, KY is a unique place rich in heritage and culture. It is an eclectic mix of individuals all coming together to embody the word community. In Smoketown, you don’t just find people, you find a community connected to their history. Insider Louisville reported […]

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

Gamecocks take over Times Square

The State reports that South Carolina fans were greeted with digital billboards in New York City’s Time Square where the Gamecocks earned their spot to next weeks Final Four. The billboards were on the NASDAQ and Thomson Reuters Buildings.  South Carolina had a terrific weekend beating both Baylor and Florida […]