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How much do billboards cost in…

Lots of people ask Insider about out of home rates in particular markets.  Here are 3 tools which provide out of home rates in different markets without a lengthy registration process. The Adomni Widget Adomni lets you search for digital sign inventory online by geography or audience.  You can see […]

New and Noted – Sean Reilly, venture investor

Lamar CEO Sean Reilly is a venture investor.  He participated in a $2.3 million fundraising round for MasteryPrep, a Baton-Rouge based company that sells standardized testing software and training materials. Tired of ads which follow you around the web?  They’re going away in two years.  Google is making third party […]

Billy Graham and Billboards

  Insider just finished William Martin’s biography of Billy Graham: A Prophet with Honor – The Billy Graham Story.  Graham (1918-2018) was a remarkable man who lived a scandal free life and changed lives with his preaching.  He used billboards to publicize his crusades.  Some quotes from the biography. Graham […]

Company of the Day: Coast Outdoor

Company:  Coast Outdoor Advertising Markets:  British Columbia Address: 325 – 645 Fort Street, Victoria, BC  V8W 1G2, Canada Email: darren@coastoutdoor.com Phone: 250-388-3733 Coast Outdoor is a family business which operates a billboard, transit and bus plant in British Columbia.  The plant includes 200 billboards on Vancouver Island and another 200 […]

Jean Francois Decaux: We are the most digitized out of home company in the world.

The dapper and energetic Jean-Francois Decaux, Chairman and Co-CEO of JCDecaux did a CNBC interview this week.  He talked about going digital and going green.  Here’s the highlights. On the company’s digital footprint We are the most digitized out of home company in the world.  And last year we did […]

Formetco Safety Training in February

Safety training is critical to keep your workforce safe and save money.  Formetco is offering a safety training class in February.   Insider talked with Formetco’s Safety trainer Jim Poage. Jim, you’ve got a safety training event in February. It’s an OSHA 10 hour class that is Outdoor specific.  This class […]

Company of the Day – Conlee Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Conlee Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 242 El Cerrito Dr. Bakersfield, CA Market: Bakersfield, CA Phone: 661-549-1792 Email:  shelli@conleeoutdoor.com Conlee Outdoor Advertising is a locally owned and operated outdoor advertising company serving Bakersfield California. Shelli Carlovsky owns Conlee Outdoor and has worked in the outdoor advertising industry since 1999. She is […]

Vistar Programmatic Spend Grows 80% in 2019

NEW YORK – January 21, 2020 – With 35 consecutive quarters of growth, the meteoric rise of digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising is set to continue in 2020 as the channel becomes more data-driven and easier to buy. Vistar Media, the global leader in programmatic technology for DOOH, is at the […]

PJ Solomon Raising Money to Fund Cancer Research

Out of home industry investment banker/cancer survivor Mark Boidman and his firm PJ Solomon are participating in the ride for survival to raise money to fund innovative studies and clinical trials led by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The ride will be on on Sunday, Feb 9th in New […]

Company of the Day: City Outdoor

Company: City Outdoor Markets:  Massachusetts, Illinois, California, New York Headquarters: 1333 Broadway, Suit 506, New York, New York 10018 Phone: 212-736-9400 City Outdoor operates a plant of high profile bulletins, digital billboards, wallscapes, bulletins and baricades in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.  The firm was started by […]