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Stott Outdoor Employees Lose Homes in CA Fire

Stott Outdoor’s General Manager Jim Moravec tells Insider that Stott Outdoor employees have lost their homes in the California wildfires. Dave, You have not doubt heard about the devastation of the fires in northern CA particularly in Butte County.  As of this writing it appears that Stott has a total […]

Four Life Lessons from Minnesota Business Icon Bob Naegele Jr.

By Nancy Fletcher, President and CEO, OAAA Forty years ago, Bob Naegele Jr. gave me my first job in out of home advertising, at age 23. I didn’t know much then, but I learned a great deal from this exceptional and decent man, who passed away November 7. I share […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Lexington

Did you know: The Jif peanut butter plant in Lexington produces more peanut butter than any other factory on earth. The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was in Lexington in 1817. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Lexington DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much […]

Company of the Day: Kennedy Outdoor

Kennedy Outdoor Advertising Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 9327 Martinsburg Rd, St Louisville, OH  43701 Phone: 740-258-7083 Email: kennedyoutdoor9@gmail.com Kennedy Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in Mount Gilead. OH.  The company was started in 2009.  Kennedy operates a mobile billboard in addition to a billboard plant. [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

Longtime OAAA Problem-Solver Myron Laible to Retire

Myron Laible is retiring after more than 33 years at the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). “Myron knows more about billboard regulation and has resolved more problems for more OAAA members over more years than anyone I know,” said Nancy Fletcher, OAAA president and CEO. Laible, 73, joined OAAA […]

Company of the Day – Keyes Outdoor Advertising

Company: Keyes Outdoor Advertising Markets: Indiana Headquarters: P.O. Box 47281, Indianapolis, IN  46247 Phone: 317-442-8132 EMail:  jeff@keyesoutdoor.com Keyes Outdoor Advertising is a family-owned business, established in 1985 in the Indianapolis area. Keyes has operated continuously since arriving in Indiana. The Company operates both junior posters and traditional bulletins at 50 locations in Indianapolis, New Castle […]

Company of the Day: KEM Advertising

Company: KEM Advertising Markets: California, Nevada, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tesax, Louisiana, Mississippi, alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland. Headquarters: Kem Texas, Ltd.  4515 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio, TX  78312. Phone: 210-737-3000 KEM Advertising is an independently owned outdoor advertising agency with headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.  The company has been in the billboard […]

Out of the Office: Standard Diversified

The folks at Standard Diversified were out of the office, literally, this week.  They travelled to the New York Stock Exchange to ring the closing bell.  Standard Diversified, the parent company of Standard Outdoor was listed on the NYSE in April. Out of the Office is Billboard Insider’s Saturday column […]

New and Noted – November 9, 2018

“As Silicon Valley takes a bigger share of ads, it gets easier for clients to cut out the middlemen” says Wall Street Journal.  Companies are bringing digital ad buying in house.  Facebook and Google don’t share their data with ad agencies. Agencies are dealing with credibility fallout from the ANA […]

The election: what it means for out of home.

A billboard start-up exec was elected to the Ohio Legislature.  The legal-cannabis category expanded.  And some states will have more road money.  That’s what voters decided Tuesday. Jena Powell, VP of sales and marketing at Huntington Outdoor Advertising in Greenville, OH, was elected to the Ohio House with 75 percent […]