Author: John Weller

Branded Cities Philadelphia Market Press Release

Philadelphia, PA. — August 2016 Branded Cities Network (“BCN”) and National Real Estate Development announced today an exclusive representation agreement to sell digital advertising and integrated marketing campaigns on four full-motion LED displays at East Market, Philadelphia’s transformative mixed-use development. The signage, measuring over 5,000 square feet in total, will […]

Clear Channel Outdoor/Polaris Partner To Prevent Trafficking

September 1, 2016 Minneapolis, Minnesota — Polaris and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), a division of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), together with Congressman Erik Paulsen, today unveiled an anti-human trafficking awareness campaign to run on 53 digital billboards throughout Minnesota. The new campaign, launching today and running […]

D.C. Attorney General Takes Action To Remove Signs

In a recent lawsuit, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is requesting removal of a number of brightly-lit electronic signs erected downtown to play advertisements. The complaint at D.C. Superior Court names Digi Media Communications and a number of downtown property owners and operators for “illegal construction,” calling for injunctive relief. The […]

Company of the Day – Riley Outdoor

Company:  Riley Outdoor Headquarters:  704C Plaza Blvd. #106, Kinston, NC 28501 Markets: Signs located throughout eastern North Carolina  Phone: 252-527-2223 Email: RobertMoore@RileyOutdoor.com Insider had the opportunity to talk with Robert Moore who owns Riley Outdoor. Can you share a little about the history of Riley Outdoor? Riley Outdoor was started […]

Why Digital Billboards Shouldn’t Be Banned

Insider would like to thank Jorg Cieslok, President & Chief Executive Officer at Cieslok Media, for allowing us to print his article.    In Dave Meslin’s article “Driven to Distraction” he links the distraction caused by digital billboards to automobile accidents as a leading cause of death; he suggests billboards […]

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 billboard plant in Chicago.  The boards vary in size from 14 by 48 to 20 by 60.  David Quas is the company’s President. Paid Ad

Houston Reduces Billboards

Click2Houston reports that the Houston City Council recently passed an ordinance approving a contract agreement with JGI Outdoor to reduce the number of its billboards in the city. JGI has agreed to remove 13 billboards around the city and in turn the city has extended the terms on four other JGI […]

World’s Greatest

The TV show “World’s Greatest” recently featured Formetco in one of their segments. Here is the clip and congrats to Formetco.                

Fresno Approves Digital Signs

As a follow up to our May post the Fresno City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a 20-year lease with Outfront Media to erect five digital billboards on four different city-owned properties around town. Outfront  will put up the digital billboards along Highway 180 at Al Radka Park, on […]

Hawthorne Looking to Move Billboards

The City of Hawthorne, California is moving to entice the owners of more than five dozen old billboards  to take them down in residential areas. Since Hawthorne imposed a citywide ban on new billboards, the owners have been prevented from legally upgrading or modifying their billboard structures. But this week, the […]