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What software do you use to manage your out of home advertising company?

A reader asks us what software people use to manage their out of home advertising companies.  Some people use an excel spreadsheet.  Signdash makes a simple, easy to use system which is popular with smaller billboard companies.  Apparatix and Billboard Planet have more complicated systems with more capabilities.  What do […]

OUTFRONT and New York Jets Announce Exclusive, Multi-Year Partnership

NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT), one of the largest and most-trusted IRL media companies in the U.S., today announced a multi-year exclusive agreement with the New York Jets. Effective immediately, Jets advertiser partners can engage fans before, during and after game day through OUTFRONT’s integrated offering of premium outdoor […]

Company of the Day: Regency Outdoor

Company: Regency Outdoor Advertising Markets: California Headquarters:  8820 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA  90069 Phone: 310-657-8883 Email: info@regencyoutdoor.com Regency outdoor advertising is a privately held company which was started in 1974 and operates a plant of billboards and spectaculars in Southern California.  In July 2018 Regency sold 35 billboards along the Sunset Strip to […]

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Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 things in a good out of home lease 11 things in a good […]

Matt Schulze says tie off when you leave the ground

Neil Bell interviewed Matt Schulze on the Bell Board podcast.  Here’s what Schulze said about staying safe on a billboard. Let’s talk safety. The vertical fall-arrest cable on ladders — is that required now? Everything over about 25 feet is required to have a ladder safety cable. Your ladder starts […]

Reader Comment on Adams Ohio Acquisition

Insider received this comment from a long time reader related to the two acquisitions by Adams Outdoor this past week. Correction. Largest expansion in AOA history was the acquisition of Turner Outdoor in the Atlanta market from Lewis Manderson Jr. in 1988. Approximately 2,000 poster faces and 600 bulletins. Price was […]

Company of the Day: Reagan Outdoor

Company: Reagan Advertising Markets: Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Utah Headquarters: 1775 North Warm Springs Road, Salt Lake City, UT  84116 Phone: 801-521-1775 Reagan Outdoor was started in 1965 and is privately held.  Reagan is the 5th largest out of roadside billboard company in the US with 9,300 total faces including 300 digital […]

Matt Schulze Says Make the Dig Call

Billboard fabricator Matt Schulze of Selective Structures was a guest on the Bell Board Podcast.  Here’s what he said when Neil Bell asked him about mistakes billboard operators make during construction What are the biggest mistakes you see people make when building their first few signs? The dig call. They […]