Business

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 […]

Courts To Reconsider San Francisco Soda Health Warnings

A U.S. appeals court on Monday agreed to reconsider an earlier ruling which had blocked a San Francisco law that mandated health warnings for soda and other sugary drinks. Insider had reported in June of last year about San Francisco’s desire to become the first city in the U.S. to require […]

Jodi Senese on OUTFRONT Studios and Liveboards

Jodi Senese is Chief Marketing Officer at OUTFRONT Media. She began her career with the New York Subways Advertising and joined OUTFRONT (then CBS Outdoor) in 1990.  Jodi oversees all aspects of marketing including research, advertising and creative services and is integral in developing new business strategies for OUTFRONT Media. […]

Roadside Outdoor for Sale

Roadside Outdoor’s Floyd Simunek is considering a sale of his South Dakota/Wyoming billboard plant to focus on some real estate projects.  Insider talked with Floyd about the sale last week. Tell us about your plant. I’ve been in the out of home advertising business for 18 years.  It’s a 48 […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Portland

Did you know: Portland was named by a toss of a coin, and if the coin had landed differently the city would have been called Boston Portland is one of two cities in the US to have a dormant volcano within city limits. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on […]

Company of the Day: Williams Outdoor

Company:  Williams Outdoor Markets:  Tennessee Headquarters: PO Box 8823, Chattanooga, TN Email:  harley@chattanoogabillboard.com Williams Outdoor Advertising operates 6 digital billboards structures located in Chattanooga, Tennessee  The company’s sales manager is Harley Williams. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Ad

Company of the Day – Wilson Outdoor Displays

Company: Wilson Outdoor Displays Headquarters: 786 Coleman Mill Rd, Carrollton, GA 30116 Markets:  Western Georgia and Eastern Alabama. Phone: 770.854.4899 Wilson Outdoor operates a billboard plant with with 99 faces in Western Georgia and Eastern Alabama including coverage in the following communities: Carrollton Wedowee Roanoke Heflin Ashland Wilson Outdoor started in 1985 when Dwayne […]