“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” won three top awards January 21 from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) for best cast, actress, and actor in a supporting role. The film also won four Golden Globes (January 7) and three Critics’ Choice Awards (January 11). The film was nominated for nine Academy […]
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Company of the Day – Watkins Outdoor Advertising
Company: Watkins Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 969 East Ironbridge Circle N Springfield, MO Markets: Springfield, Missouri Phone: 417.862.0003 Email: gwatkinsoutdoor@sbcglobal.net Family owned since 1998, Watkins Outdoor Advertising has been dedicated to bringing the highest quality service and visuals to the Ozarks and Springfield MO. The company has 9 digital faces in the city of Springfield. Greg […]
Four Months to GO2018
An OAAA Special Report Kym Frank, President, Geopath There has never been a more exciting time to be part of the out of home (OOH) advertising industry. With campaigns featuring amazing interactive technologies along with major advancements in targeting, profiling, and measurement capabilities, OOH can provide advertisers with the […]
Messimer-Henley on the Best and Worst Times to Prospect
Insider ran into articles in The Balance and on Hubspot which suggest the following: (1) Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday are the best days to prospect. Monday, everyone is organizing for the week. Thursday everyone is racing to finish projects due on Friday. (2) The best time to call if you […]
Standard Outdoor Acquires Quality Outdoor
Expands into Northern Alabama Market January 19, 2018 05:30 AM Pacific Standard Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Standard Diversified Opportunities Inc. (“Standard Diversified” or the “Company”) (OTCQB:SDOIA) announced an asset acquisition, consisting of over 80 billboard structures, located in the Birmingham and Huntsville, Alabama markets from Quality I/N Signs and Outdoor Advertising, […]
Company of the Day: WC Media
Company: WC Media, Inc. Headquarters: 1824 South McArthur Blvd., Springfield IL 62704 Phone: (217) 241-1224 Contact Email: info@wcmedia.net WC Media, Inc. is family owned with Billboard inventory covering Illinois and Eastern Iowa. Insider interviewed Nick Giacomini. How did WC Media get started in the billboard industry? Around 1996, shortly after college, my […]
Lamar Donates Billboards to The Ray
If you’ve recently driven down the 18-mile stretch of I-85 between LaGrange, Georgia and the Alabama border, you’ll have noticed some changes. Four billboards welcome you to The Ray, a “safer, cleaner, smarter highway.” This is thanks to a new partnership with Lamar, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in […]
Billboard Insider Obituary: David Root 1950-2018
The Toledo Blade reports the death of David Leigh Root, the chief executive of Toledo based Root Outdoor at age 67. The family-owned company operated 2,000 billboards on highways in northwest and north-central Ohio before it was sold to Lamar in the mid-2000’s. David Leigh Root took over the business […]
Company of The Day: Wagner Outdoor
Company: Wagner Outdoor Advertising Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 985 Towne Square Drive, Suite 200, Greensburg, PA 15601. Phone: 724-838-0260 101 Email: bonnie@revest.properties Wagner Outdoor Advertising is a privately held company which operates a billboard company with 30 faces in Pennsylvania. Wagner Outdoor Advertising is affiliated with Revest Properties, Northpointe Development Group, LLC. and PTC Lodging, LLC. The […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Cincinnati
Did you know: Cincinnati hosted the first Major League baseball night in 1935, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1. Cincinnati hosts the world’s second largest and the United States’ larget Oktoberfest celebration. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Cincinatti DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs […]