Business

Company of the Day – Wright Advertising

Company: Wright Advertising Corp. Headquarters: 1347 South Laramie Ave., Cicero, IL 60804 Market: Illinois and Indiana Phone: 708-652-6020 Email: wa@wrightadvertising.com Wright Advertising Corporation, established in 1949, is a provider of bench advertising in the Midwest. Their ad benches are present at prime locations such as well traveled and highly visible […]

Supplier Spotlight: 4 Questions for OOH Printers

  By, Kerry Yoakum Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA OAAA regularly features Thought Leadership Q&A from its committee members. This month, OAAA presents the Supplier Spotlight, asking OOH printers four insightful questions: What are the major opportunities and challenges facing printers today? What are the largest customer categories for […]

Primary Media Buys Hoss Outdoor

North Texas’ largest independent billboard operator is proud to announce a recent addition to its ever increasing imprint in the DFW market. In 4th Quarter 2017, Primary Media Outdoor Advertising finalized its acquisition of Hoss Outdoor Advertising. With over fifty additional billboards, primarily located along the rapidly expanding I-30 corridor, […]

Company of the Day: Wolverine Sign Works

Company:  Wolverine Sign Works Markets:  Michigan, Indiana, Ohio Headquarters:  923 Bradley Street, Owosso, Michigan  48867 Phone:  800-535-7446 Email: info@wolverinesign.com Wolverine Sign Works was founded in 1916 by two traveling salesman who decided to start a sign rental company.  They borrowed against their life insurance and since Michigan was the wolverine […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds – February 3, 2018

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider.  We are glad we did.  The cost of the ad was reasonable and the response was outstanding.” Jim Moravec, Stott Outdoor “We had over 25 companies inquire […]

iHeart Misses Interest Payment Deadline

Various news sites reported yesterday that  iHeartCommunications failed to make a $106 million interest payment to holders of its 14% senior unsecured notes with a  2021 maturity date.  The interest payment was due on February 1st. Insider would more likely describe that iHeart “chose” to miss the payment rather than […]

Check Your Out of Home Website For Broken Links

Insider runs across lots of out of home advertising websites with broken links.  The most common broken links result from putting facebook, twitter or youtube buttons on your website and then failing to connect them to your company’s facebook, twitter or youtube page. For example, here’s a contact page on […]

Company of the Day – Wingate Media Group

Company: Wingate Media Group Headquarters: P.O. Box 1803, Spring Hill, TN Market: Greater Nashville, Southern Tennessee Phone: 615-595-8194 Wingate Media Group, LLC is a small family company headquartered just south of Nashville, Tennessee The Company is owned by Ike Wingate.  They are members of IBOUSA. They provide a copy of […]

Selling Auto Dealers on Outdoor

By Josh Lawton, COO and founder, Abraxas Technology.  You can email Josh at JLawton@abraxastechnology.com. Let’s just put it out there, the vast majority of vehicle shoppers would prefer to buy their next automobile online. From cars to trucks, shoppers would love to be able to customize their options and hit […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Appoints Dan Ballard Minneapolis Branch President

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) (NYSE: CCO), a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced the appointment of Dan Ballard to Branch President of its Minneapolis division. Ballard will report to Paul Corvino, Midwest Regional President of Clear Channel Outdoor. In his new role, Ballard will provide leadership in all areas of […]