By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs Voters in five states will decide whether to legalize medical and-or recreational marijuana. Here is context: Red, blue, and purple states are voting on cannabis: Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota. Marijuana is migrating to the mainstream, already legal […]
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Geopath Reports Traffic is 93% of Normal
Traffic is 93% of normal according to Geopath’s Mobility update dated October 15, 2020. Here’s the state data. Louisiana had an 11% drop in travel related to Hurricane Delta. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Company of the Day: Next Generation Advertising
Company: Next Generation Advertising Headquarters: 5801 S. Perkins Road, Stillwater, OK 74074 Markets: Two sided digital structures in Stillwater on Highway 177 Phone: 405.334.5638 Email: dan@lednextgen.com Next Generation Advertising started in October 2010. The have two 10′ X 30′ Watchfire Digital boards on one structure. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Managing Tree Issues with a City
A reader asks: I am curious of how other billboard companies deal with City planted trees in the boulevard that impact the view of a billboard. I know in ___________ on state regulated highways there is an ordinance that prohibits this activity, but inside city limits on city streets and […]
Company of the Day – Oaktree Outdoor
Company: Oaktree Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 1650 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601 Market: Lancaster, PA Phone: 610-334-9102 Email: DEVON@OAKTREEOUTDOOR.COM Oaktree Outdoor Advertising serves the greater Lancaster area with 16 digital and 12 static faces. The Lancaster metropolitan area population is over 500,000. The city is located about 34 miles southeast of Harrisburg, […]
Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Billboard-tax Case
Insider has been tracking two significant tax cases in Cincinnati and Baltimore. The Supreme Court of Ohio accepted an appeal of the legal challenge to Cincinnati’s targeted tax on billboards. In June, 2018, the City of Cincinnati enacted a billboard tax as part of a last-minute “emergency” measure to help […]
What FOARE Does and Why It Deserves Your Support
Looking to do some year end giving? Join Insider in contributing to the Foundation of Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (“FOARE”). Insider talked with the OAAA’s Stephen Freitas about what FOARE does and why it deserves your support.. What is FOARE? FOARE is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves the […]
Company of the Day: Newman Signs
Company: Newman Signs Markets: North Dakota Address: 1606 6th Ave SW, Jamestown, ND 58401 Phone: 1-701-252-1970 Newmans signs was founded by Harold Newman in 1956 to pay for college tuition. The company operates sign business along with a bulletin, digital billboard and poster plant in North Dakota. The company’s main office […]
Kym Frank Answers a Traffic Skeptic
After Insider published the most recent Geopath mobility report showing average daily miles travelled was 94% of normal a reader commented: The Geopath mobile data is grossly misleading and is skewed to support a narrative the OOH industry so desperately wants to convey. As far as Atlanta goes we can […]
Chris Cowlbeck on how independent out of home companies have weathered Covid.
Insider asked IBOUSA and Look Billboards General Manager Chris Cowlbeck how independent out of home companies are weathering COVID and Cowlbeck said this after talking with the independent operators who attended last week’s IBOUSA Fall Conference: “Everybody had a positive story to talk about coming through this pandemic. Yes, we […]