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Allen Smith on Metromedia

Insider has asked Allen Smith to write a series of articles on landmark out of home advertising legal cases. Allen Smith is a eminent domain and condemnation expert at Settlepou, a Dallas law firm.  For more information on Mr Smith, please see Smith’s Settlepou bio.  Today Smith discusses Metromedia v City […]

Upper Midwest Road Trip

Insider drove 583 miles  in the upper midwest midwest this week.   First leg: Minneapolis airport to Alexandria, Minnesota to meet with investors.  Insider saw a Minneapolis billboard with a Naegele nameplate.  When will the plate be changed?  Lots of Franklin Outdoor boards on the way to Alexandria off I-94. […]

Daucanski on what to start and stop in 2017

Insider is running a series on out of home sales leadership by Dave Daucanski.  Today Dave talks about what the start and what to stop to lead your out of home sales team to a successful 2017. Stop being busy with the wrong things.   How are you beginning your day? […]

Company of the Day: Advantage of Advertising

Company: Advantage of Advertising Markets: Georgia Headquarters: 1096 Manning Farms Court, Dunwoody, GA  30338 Phone: 404-702-0399 Advantage of Advertising operates 5 billboard structures having 10 faces in Fort Oglethorpe and Cedartown, Georgia.   4 of the faces are static and 6 of the faces are digital.  Donna Stern is the […]

Conner Poe of OAAG Is Moving On

Many of you have heard that Conner Poe, President of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia, is stepping down and has accepted a position with Norfolk Southern Railroad as their Resident Vice President of Government Affairs.   Insider caught up with Conner to ask him a few questions about his time […]

Formetco hires Poage as Safety Director

Formetco, Inc., the largest full-service supplier to the outdoor advertising industry, is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Poage as Safety Director.  Jim brings over 20 years of experience in the creation and implementation of safety programs in numerous industries to Formetco.  He is a professional trainer on a […]

Company of the Day – Ad Source Outdoor

Company:  Ad Source Outdoor Headquarters:  131 State St. Lake Charles, LA 70605 Markets: Southwest Louisiana Phone: 337.477.4470 Email:   dgaspard@adsourceoutdoor.com AdSource Outdoor Advertising Company is the fastest growing billboard provider in Southwest Louisiana. With over 50 years of experience they strive to allow advertisers to deliver their message with maximum impact. AdSource was founded […]

Company of the Day: Admiral Outdoor Advertising

  Company: Admiral Outdoor Advertising, LLC Market: Duplin County, North Carolina. Headquarters: 5752 S. US Highway 117, PO Box 160,  Wallace, NC  28466 Phone: 910-285-1047 Email: Info@admiraloutdoor.com Admiral Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Duplin County in eastern North Carolina.  The company was started in 2006 when owner Pete Murphy was […]

Lamar Advertising Expands Media Footprint in Cleveland

Baton Rouge, LA – January 10, 2017 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home advertising companies in North America, today announced its new transit advertising contract with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) for a five-year term. The agreement commenced January 1, 2017, […]

Why Outdoor Advertising Is Not at War with Digital Advertising

Insider thanks Kevin Bartanian EVP, Sales & Business Development at StandardVision for allowing us to reprint his article.   There are several spurts of development in the Outdoor Advertising (OOH) space causing much buzz and excitement. Better metrics, more VC money for tech startups in the sector, quality inventory, and automated buying platforms […]