Business

Company of the Day: Elevation Outdoor Advertising of Tennessee

Company: Elevation Outdoor Advertising of Tennessee Market: East Tennessee Headquarters: 5201 Kingston Pike, Suite 6, #138, Knoxville, TN  37919 Phone: 865-748-2427 Elevation Outdoor Advertising, LLC, based in Knoxville, Tennessee was founded in 2002. It’s majority owner is Martin Daniel. Elevation Outdoor does business in a 14 county area of East […]

Company of the Day: Kowala Outdoor

Company: Kowala Outdoor Advertising Market:  Portland, OR Headquarters:812 SW Washington St, Suite 300, Portland, OR Phone: 503-610-8519 Kowala Outdoor operates static billboards and wallscapes in Portland Oregon.  The company is run by Adam Kowalski.  The firm should not be confused with Koala Outdoor, the Florida outdoor advertising company.     […]

Company of the Day: Key Outdoor

Company: Key Outdoor Markets: Illinois, Missouri, Iowa Headquarters: 1873 Armour Road, Bourbonnais, IL  60914 Phone: 815-937-4579 Key Outdoor, Inc. is a family owned business operating in Central Illinois, Northeastern Missouri and Southeastern Iowa.  The company was founded in 1977 and operates 1,700 outdoor advertising displays.  The company started in Kankakee […]

Clear Channel Outdoor’s Seven Kingdoms

Insider hears that Clear Channel Outdoor has shuffled into 7 regions to be able to facilitate additional asset sales.  Each region is run a Regional President.  The 7 Regional Presidents report to EVP Gene Leehan who reports to CEO Scott Wells. Here’s who’s who and what they do.  You can […]

Big Outdoor To Small Outdoor – Or Not.

Insider thinks you need to be careful before you hire an outdoor advertising employee away from a large outdoor company to work for your small outdoor company.  Employees at large companies are used to lots of resources and sometimes flounder when they join an entrepreneurial company.  Here’s an example. A […]

Company of the Day: Interstate Outdoor

Company: Interstate Outdoor and Interstate Transit Media Markets: Philadelphia and surrounding Suburbs, New Jersey with an emphasis on Mercer, Camden and Atlantic Counties — Trenton, Atlantic City, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington DC Headquarters: 905 North Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 Phone: 856-667-6620 Interstate […]

Company Of The Day: Image Media

Company: Image Media Headquarters: 5101 Darmstadt Rd. Suite A, Hillside, IL 60162 Phone: (312) 988-4600 Contact email: sales@imageoutdoor.com Web: www.ImageOutdoor.com Insider had a chance to catch up with Michael Scheid at Image Media Outdoor. Tell us about the history of Image Media? For more than 35 years, IMAGE MEDIA OUTDOOR has serviced […]

Outfront Announces New Wireless Installation Platform With SigFox

Insider’s Take: Outfront has entered into an agreement to generate revenue by installing Sigfox’s wireless equipment on Outfront billboards.  We’re attached the press release below.  Outdoor advertising companies are pursuing several initiatives to generate revenue from wireless operators.  Vertical Bridge has an agreement to manage wireless equipment installations for Clear […]

Company of the Day: Harmony Outdoor

Company: Harmony Outdoor Markets: Western Pennsylvania Headquarters: 114 W Diamond St, PO Box 271, Butler, PA  16001 Phone: 724-282-8000. Email: vsmith@harmonyoutdoorads.com Harmony Outdoor advertising is a family owned subsidiary of Eagle Media Corporation.  Eagle Media owns several Pennsylvania newspapers.  Harmony Outdoor has been in business since 1903 and was formerly […]

Get billboard easements and leases in writing.

Attorney Ronald Richman of Bullivant Houser Bailey has written up a 2011 billboard easement case from California which highlights the importance of writing clear, specific billboard easements.  Here are the facts: James and Dawn Hill and the San Jose Family Housing Partners owned property next to each other. The Hills […]