Business

iHeart’s Bob Pittman on benefits of splitting radio and out of home.

iHeart’s CEO Bob Pittman has newfound skepticism about the synergies of owning radio and out of home.  Here’s a snippet of Pittman’s 5 minute Bloomberg Markets interview.  He had these comments: “…splitting the outdoor company from the iHeart Media segment, which is primarily audio, allows us to align the company’s […]

Kinetic and Posterscope CEO’s to speak at FEPE

Kinetic Global CEO Marc-Antoine de Roys and Posterscope Global CEO Stephen Whyte have been confirmed as Keynote Speakers for FEPE International’s 60th Annual Congress be be held at the Intercontinental Hotel Dubai Festival City on May 1-3 2019. FEPE is the global association for Out of Home media owners, national […]

Company of the Day – Mixed Media Group

Company: Mixed Media Group, Inc. Markets: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan Headquarters: 1152 Liberty Avenue, Cary, IL  60013. Phone: 847-462-8433 Email: steve@mixedmediaoutdoor.com Mixed Media operates signs in Illinois, Detroit, Eastern Iowa/Quad Cities and Iowa City.  The bulk of the company’s signs are in McHenry County, outside Chicago.  McHenry County Illinois is the most populated county in […]

Leslie Outdoor Sells Digital Signs to Outfront

Outfront Media has acquired select I-20 digital billboards in Atlanta Outdoor from Leslie Outdoor.  Outfront enhances digital coverage along a growing section of interstate highway. The sale allows Leslie Outdoor to focus better on its primary market in the middle Georgia area. Williamson and Associates brokered the sale. Leslie Outdoor’s […]

Company of the Day: Micro Outdoor

Company: Micro Outdoor Markets: West Virginia, Maryland. Headquarters: 2 Miller Hill Road, Osage, West Virginia 26543 Phone: 304-319-4141 Micro Outdoor Advertising owns over 200 billboards in north central West Virginia and Maryland.   Many of the boards are double stacks.   The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Morgantown, West Virginia Clarksburg, West Virginia […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds January 12, 2019

“The response has been excellent.  Excellent investment.”  Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…”  David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up.  […]

Billboards and Other Businesses

RocketVII Interactive announced the sale of its out of home assets in Ohio this week.  Kalil and Co was the broker.   Rockett VII’s owner also owned a a movie theater in Gallipolis, Ohio. The transaction caught Insider’s eye because Rocket’s owner had investments in a non-out-of-home company.  This is more common than […]

New and Noted January 10, 2018

“Privacy matters. Customers matter. Tech giants need to realize that no matter how big the company is, it still has a responsibility to consumers to protect their information, even if that means protecting information from its own company.”  Privacy issues aren’t going away any time soon.  Apple Flaunts Privacy at […]

Enter the OAAA\Geopath Local OOH Case Study Content

Entries for the OAAA\Geopath Local OOH Case Study Contest are now being accepted. Each year, the contest helps to generate quantifiable proof of the value OOH provides within local ad communities – a critical component to selling OOH. Entry is simple, and winners could win money or a trip to Las Vegas!  Here […]

Company of the Day: Maloney Outdoor

Company: Maloney Outdoor Markets: Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters:  PO Box 4849, Louisville, KY  40204 Phone: 502-584-5512 Email: info@maloneyoutdoor.com Maloney Outdoor is a family owned local billboard company serving Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana including New Albany, Clarksville, Jeffersonville, Floyd County and Clark County.  The company’s products include Expressway Bulletins, Billboards on Major Roads in Louisville and […]