Business

Sean Reilly elected chair of OAAA

May 15, 2017 (Washington, DC) – Sean Reilly, chief executive officer of Lamar Advertising Company in Baton Rouge, LA, has been elected chair of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA), a trade group representing the out of home (OOH) advertising industry. Reilly, a former member of the Louisiana House […]

Company of the Day – EYE Corp Media

Company: EYE Corp Media Headquarters: 48 Wall Street, 29th Floor  New York, NY 10005 Markets: 500 shopping malls primarily focused in the top 20 DMA’s Email: info@eyecorpmedia.com Phone: 646.871.4430 EYE Corp Media is an Out-of-Home media company that reaches consumers nationwide in local communities where they shop, dine, commute and play. They use […]

Agency Profile: Buntin Out-of-Home Media

Agency: Buntin Out-of-Home Media Headquarters: 716 Division Street, Nashville, TN 37203 Phone: 615-244-5720 Email: hgreiner@buntingroup.com Buntin Out-of-Home Media is a privately held out-of-home agency headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1987. People think of Buntin as “the Cracker Barrel agency,” but it’s more than that, as you’ll […]

Gotterup Named President for Clear Channel Airports

New York, NY,– –Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced that Morten Gotterup has joined the company as President of Clear Channel Airports. Gotterup will direct all aspects of CCA’s business including finance, operations, […]

Matt Schulze on the Billboard Face Smartphone App

Leave it to a billboard guy to come up with a smartphone app which allows you to superimpose a billboard on a picture.  Matt Schulze, a partner at Selective Structures has developed an app called Billboard Face.  The app allows you to put any message or image  on a billboard […]

Road Trip Indianapolis

Insider spent a week in Indianapolis recently.    Insider wants to know why Indy thinks it’s fine to hang spectaculars all over town welcoming out of town groups when it’s impossible to put up digital billboards to serve the local business community.  These spectaculars are great.  They build community spirit […]

Andrea Messimer Henley on agencies, national sales and the OAAA show.

Billboard Insider interviewed Andrea Messimer Henley earlier this week.  Andrea has 20 years experience in out of home advertising sales and has been a frequent Billboard Insider contributor.  Andrea is a Director of Client Relations for Wilkins Media, the largest independently owned out of home media specialist in the US. […]

Company of the Day: Emmitt Signs

Company: Emmitt Signs Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 501 West Emmitt Ave, Waverly, OH, 45690 Phone: 740-708-1247 Emmit Signs has an 18 face plant located in Waverly and Chilcothe, Ohio. The company’s signs are 12 by 24. Six of the company’s ten existing structures are double-stacked. The company was formed in 1998. […]

Philadelphia Parking Authority Wants More Billboards

If the Philadelphia Parking Authority has their way, they will add another 45 billboards in neighborhood parking lots.  Phillymag.com is reporting that the 14 billboards the PPA currently has at 4 of its Center City garages earned $60,000 so far in 2017.  In the first phase of their plan the PPA […]

Vistar Media Discusses Successful Out of Home Campaigns

Yesterday Insider profiled the out of home advertising platform provider Vistar Media.  Insider asked Vistar to give examples of how the company’s platform has been used. What have been some successful Vistar ad platform campaigns? Auto Case Study Client: Major Auto Brand in the US Timing: Summer – Winter 2016 Campaign […]