Business

Company of the Day: RAM Billboards

Company: RAM Billboards Markets:  Indiana Headquarters: 1955 West Lancaster Street, Bluffton, IN  46714 Phone: 260-273-7456 Email: ads@rambillboards.com Ram Billboards operates a 14 face billboard plant around Bluffton, Indiana.  One of the faces is digital.   [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement  

The Video Everywhere Summit in 5 Quotes

Here are 5 quotes from yesterday’s Video Everywhere Summit put on by the Digital Place Based Advertising Association. “Digital out of home revenues are up 13% in 2017.  Jack Meyers Report forecasts 12% growth for digital out of home in 2018.” – Barry Frey, CEO, DPAA “Today consumers tell us […]

Jena Powell Promoted at Huntington Outdoor

Greenville, OH – October 28, 2017 – Huntington Outdoor Advertising, an innovative, rapidly expanding advertising company with over 300 billboards throughout the Midwest is pleased to announce the promotion of a key team member. Jena Powell, previously Sales Director and Manager, has been named Vice President of Sales and Marketing. […]

Company of the day: Ralston Outdoor

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 […]

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 […]