Company: Ralston Outdoor Advertising Market: Texas Headquarters: 13450 N Stemmons Suite 240, Farmers Branch, Texas, 75234 Phone: 972-241-4040 Email: sales@ralstonoutdoor.com Ralston Outdoor is the largest independent outdoor advertising company in North Texas. The company was founded in Dallas in 1976 by Doug Ralston. Ralston operates a plant of over 200 faces throughout the greater Dallas-Fort […]
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9th Circuit Denies Reed v Gilbert Challenge
Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals denied a Reed v Gilbert challenge to San Francisco’s ban on new off-premises commercial billboards. Since 2002, San Francisco has banned new off-premise billboards while permitting new on-premise signs. Contest Promotions challenged the ban, arguing that the regulation was content based and […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Raleigh
Did you know? Before even being built, Raleigh was intended as a capital. The first state art museum in the country is in Raleigh. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Raleigh DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in their geekOUT […]
Company of the Day: Railroad Outdoor
Company:Railroad Outdoor Markets: Georgia Headquarters: 1750 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30325 Phone: 678-571-8899 Railroad Outdoor, LLC develops, operates and manages 200 billboards faces throughout Georgia. Formed in 2010 by two Atlanta commercial real estate brokers, Mike Fitzgerald and Kelly Shaw, the company has a strong track record of growth with long term […]
Transit Billboards Get Sophisticated
Mass Transit Magazine has an article by Intersection’s Jeff Maki on Intersection’s partnership with transit authorities to use digital displays in MTA subway stations for interactive wayfinding and to provide arrival information. Location based advertising is coming to transit ads as well as conventional billboards. The Times of London has […]
Company of the Day – Quality Outdoor Advertising
Company: Quality Outdoor Advertising, LLC Headquarters: 225 County Road 1291, Cullman, AL 35058 Markets: Quality Outdoor has over 200 billboard locations throughout the North Alabama area. The locations vary in size from 12′ x 24′ side-by-side to 12′ x 50′ locations on local highways to 14′ x 48′ locations on Interstate 65. Phone: 256.734.9030 […]
An Update On iHeart Media Debt Challenges
There were several news items at the end of last week indicating that (maybe) there might be some movement on an iHeart Media debt restructure. Total company debt, as of June 30, stood at almost $20.4 billion, mostly from the 2008 leverage-buyout from two Boston-based private-equity firms. Bain Capital and Thomas […]
Lind Media seeks 6 employees to support growth
Lind Media is one of those creative, quality, family-owned firms which makes Insider proud to be in the out of home business. Lind operates over 1,400 billboards in 27 Ohio and Indiana counties and has been growing with the acquisition. Insider featured Lind as Company of the Day on July […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds October 28, 2017
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We have written new insurance business as a result of our ad in Billboard Insider.” Stu Lee, Bassler Insurance “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 […]
4 things Insider learned from Roy Park Jr’s book
Roy Park, Jr., the owner of Park Outdoor, is the author of Sons in the Shadow, an unflinching chronicle of his time working for his father Roy Park Sr at Park Communications as well has his subsequent experience buying Park Outdoor from his dad. Insider recommends the book for those […]