Company: YourBigSign.com Markets: Michigan Headquarters: 3440 Fenton Rd, Hartland, MI 48353 Phone: 2498-881-9505 Email: alan@yourbigsign.com Your Big Sign operates a billboard plant in Michigan. Alan Pittel is the founder. Last year Pittel was interviewed by the Glove First, a Michigan business podcast. He says he started Your Big Signs when he was helping a friend […]
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Billboard Insider Classifieds February 15, 2025
“Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.” Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of […]
The Two Things Which Make Lamar the Best Public Out of Home Company
Lamar EVP Buster Kantrow was interviewed on Lamar’s podcast this week. Kantrow said two things which Billboard Insider thinks explain why Lamar is the best performing public out of home company. Lamar stays in its lane. Lamar had gone public in 1996 and had done a lot of acquisitions, but […]
Lind Media Executive Appointments
Lind Media Company, Ohio’s leading independent Outdoor Advertising Company, announced the appointment of Maura S. Siegenthaler as its new President & Chief Executive Officer. Siegenthaler, a graduate of Denison University and MBA from Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, joined the company in 1998 and has served as Vice President and Chief […]
Company of the Day: Wicks Outdoor
Company: Wicks Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 769 Bloody Spring Rd, Bethel, PA 19507 Phone: 610-488-7588 Lucas Wicks started out by building two wooden billboards on his father’s dairy farm. At the request and encouragement of the first few clients, more locations were added and eventually, Wicks Outdoor Advertising Inc. was founded. Wicks […]
Mashburn Outdoor Acquires Interstate Outdoor Advertising in Huntsville, Alabama
February 12, 2025 Huntsville, AL – Mashburn Outdoor (“Mashburn”) announced today their acquisition of Outdoor Advertising Assets in Huntsville and Decatur, Alabama from Interstate Outdoor Advertising (“IOA”), a division of Nowlin Development Company, LLC (“NDC”). Drachman M&A Co. represented IOA in the transaction. Steve Grant of Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison […]
Company of the Day – Watkins Outdoor Advertising
Company: Watkins Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 969 East Ironbridge Circle N Springfield, MO Markets: Springfield, Missouri Phone: 417.862.0003 Email: gwatkinsoutdoor@sbcglobal.net Family owned since 1998, Watkins Outdoor Advertising has been dedicated to bringing the highest quality service and visuals to the Ozarks and Springfield MO with six digital faces. Greg Watkins is the company’s owner. We […]
Company of the Day: Wingate Outdoor
Company: Wingate Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Markets: Arkansas and Missouri Address: 112 East Church St, Berryville, AR 72616 Phone: 870-423-4707 Email: info@wingateoutdoor.com Wingate Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. The company was started by Gene Wingate and his son Ken in 1986 to provide a cost effective way for […]
Vistar Media’s Provenzano: T-Mobile was one of our biggest clients
Ian Dallimore interviewed Vistar Media CEO Michael Provenzano on Lamar’s Podcast. In January T-Mobile announced that it had signed an agreement to purchase Vistar Media for $600 million. Some highlights of the podcast. Vistar Media Culture We have this very basic phrase internally people-product-revenue in that order and people […]
What’s Happened to the Independent Out of Home Agencies?
Billboard Insider received this comment from an independent out of home company owner: “What happened to all the agencies? In the past there were 8-10 big agencies and 10 more small agencies that used billboards in my state. Me and my sales guy went to see all the agencies listed, […]