Business

Defamation on a billboard can get you in big trouble.

Defaming someone on a billboard can get you in big trouble.  That’s the lesson of Anagnost, Crews and Grenier v Michael Gill.  Here are the facts. Michael Gill owned three electronic billboards in New Hampshire.  He was not in the out of home business but used the digital billboards to […]

Promising Signs for OOH in Second Half 2020

The third webinar of the OAAA series, OOH and the Impact of COVID-19, was held last week, and contained a number of encouraging signs and important data points for the industry. Among the positive signals and useful updates covered in the webinar: MAGNA projects OOH will outperform all other traditional […]

JCDecaux Improves Urban Life with its New Natural Cooling Bus Shelter

Paris, 9 July 2020 – JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, has developed and is now offering local authorities its new-generation Natural Cooling bus shelter, with a solution to the issue of urban heat islands. The new model expands the range of innovative bus shelters […]

Company of the Day: King Outdoor

Company:  King Outdoor Advertising Markets: Pennsylvania Address: 304 N Washington Avenue, Suite 201, Scranton, PA  18503 Email: info@kingoutdoor.net Phone: 570-34408250 King Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 32 static and 55 digital spaces in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  The company was founded in 1966.  Jerry Frank is the company’s CEO and President.  […]

Out of Home Revenues Coming Back

Revenues at Insider’s Indiana/Minnesota out of home plant have almost fully recovered from Covid declines.  Take a look at this chart below. Three quarters of the revenue decline was caused by closed businesses asking for abatement.  One quarter of the revenue decline was caused by businesses asking for a contract […]

EMBARK, Tyler Celebrate Oklahoma City’s 100th Bus Shelter

EMBARK and its partner Tyler Outdoor marked the 100th new bus shelter that was installed in Oklahoma City on July 1. The 100th shelter installation is located at SW 23rd St. and Walker Ave., with funding for this particular shelter provided through a grant from the City of Oklahoma City […]

Company of the Day – L&W Outdoor

Company: L&W Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 6102 W 400 N, Greenfield, IN 46140 Market: Indiana Phone: 317-894-7110 Email: lwoutdoor@myninestar.net L&W Outdoor Advertising, Inc. is Indiana’s Interstate Billboard Company. Located just east of Indianapolis with signs serving most of the major interstates in Indiana. Founded in 1983, L&W began with Larry Weaver […]

Spratlin Sells Georgia Assets to Horton

Spratlin Outdoor has divested bulletin assets in Georgia to Horton Outdoor.  Williamson and Associates brokered the transaction.  Insider talked with Marty Williamson. Did Spratlin sell all their boards or do they own others? With the exception of 1 location on I-20 in Metro Atlanta, Spratlin Media sold all other assets […]

Bright Idea: Out of Home Converts to Better Lighting

By Ken Klein, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA Out of home media is completing a basic but meaningful step for sustainability:  switching its light bulbs. Nationwide, this practical step means: Improved energy efficiency and less energy load, requiring less energy generation Better lens technology that reduces light “spillage” Fewer maintenance […]