The Insititute for Health Metrics COVID-19 website predicts the date at which is may be safe to relax social distancing in your state. It’s up to your state’s governor. Some states (e.g. Georgia, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota) are moving faster than others. Alabama – May 18 Alaska – May […]
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Rod Rackley’s 4 Big Things
Rod Rackley, President of the Out of Home division of Circle Graphics ended yesterday’s Billboard Insider podcast interview with some great advice to people just entering the out of home industry. What do you know now that you wish you knew when you entered the out of home industry in […]
Company of the Day – Glover Media Group
Company: Glover Media Group Headquarters: 565 Wetumpka Street Prattville, Alabama Market: Central Alabama Phone: (334) 799-1243 Email: GMG@glovermediagroup.com Glover Media Group, LLC is an outdoor advertising company based in Prattville, Alabama specializing in digital billboards. Kyle and Marnie Glover are the owners of Glover Media. LaDon Pate, started out in the electrical sign […]
Rod Rackley: No one should doubt his or her inner strength and ability to get through this.
Today’s podcast guest is Rod Rackley the President of the Out of Home Division of Circle Graphics. Rod answers some of my questions, gives his advice on managing during the COVID-19 crisis and talks about the future of billboard printing. Here are some excerpts from the interview. Rod, chart […]
Lindmark Purchases Arkansas Billboards
Lindmark Outdoor Media continues to add structures to their operations. Insider got the details of their latest acquisition from CEO, Trent Lindmark. So Trent, tell us about your latest acquisition? Our latest acquisition is a company in Arkansas that fits into the footprint we gained when we completed our purchase […]
Geopath Futures Council members talk about the future.
Yesterday Toni Short, Piper Wirth and Bobby Gorczakowski talked about why they joined the Geopath Futures council. Today they talk about the future. The future of the Futures Council and the OOH industry Toni: I hope to continue to build on the momentum from training individuals at InSite Street Media. […]
Baking for the Front Line
Pearl Operations Assistant is Baking Up a Storm for Healthcare Workers (Montclair, New Jersey) If you ask Pearl Media’s Melissa Levinson what she likes to do most outside of work, she’d probably answer: creating artistic DIY projects or spending quality time with her Grandfather. And why not? In her role as […]
Talon: UK Traffic Declines Have Leveled
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has already brought about rapid and significant change to the way people live their lives. During the last two weeks of March, social distancing measures, home working, and the closure of all schools, non-essential shops and entertainment venues has had an unprecedented effect on the time […]
Company of the Day: Gotcha Covered Media
Company: Gotcha Covered Media Markets: Washington Headquarters: PO Box 1488, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 Phone: 866-355-6267 Gotcha Covered Media operates a billboard plant with 21 faces in Western Washington in the following communities: Everett Fife Gig Harbor Port Orchard Belfair Kelso Kalama Most of the company’s faces are 10′ by 20′ due to […]
Inrix Reports Traffic is 54% of Normal
Inrix reports that national wide passenger travel for the week ended April 17 has stabilized at 54% of normal versus pre-covid 19 periods. Here’s the chart. Source: Inrix US National Traffic Volume Synopsis Issue #5 (April 11-17, 2020) Long haul trucking is down 13% from pre-covid periods. Local area commercial […]