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Company of the Day: Admiral Outdoor

Company: Admiral Outdoor Market: Eastern North Carolina Headquarters: 5752 US Highway 17, Wallace, NC 28466 Phone: 910-285-1047 Admiral Outdoor operates 31 structures along I40, Route 11, Route 50, Route 41 and Route 111 in Eastern North Carolina.  The company was established in 2003 and is owned by Murphy Family Ventures […]

500-1,000 Independent US Outdoor Advertising Companies

How many independent outdoor companies are in the US?  Insider estimates that there are at least 500 and perhaps as many as 1,000. Insider began tracking independent outdoor advertising company websites last year.  Insider has 306 outdoor advertising company websites in his database and is discovering new websites every day. […]

Choice Media

Company: Choice Media Markets: Texas Headquarters: 11805 I-27, Amarillo, TX  79119 Phone: 806-352-6585 Choice media operates a billboard plant in Texas.  Brad and Kristie Tooley formed the company in 1992 by buying a half dozen empty billboard faces with proceeds from the sale of a rental house.Tooley was blessed to […]

Company of the Day – Carroll Advertising

Company: Carroll Advertising Company Market:  Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.    Headquarters: 1022 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02122 Phone:  617-282-2100 Carroll Advertising Company, Inc., was started in 1996 by John Carroll with three billboard faces.  The company has 60 static and digital billboard faces covering the Greater Boston Area, New Hampshire and […]

Company of the Day: Bulletin Displays

Company: Bulletin Displays Markets: California Headquarters: 3127 E South Street Suite B, Long Beach CA 90805. Phone: 562-470-6680 Bulletin Displays is one of the largest outdoor companies in Los Angeles. The firm has static and digital billboards. 90% of the plant is along freeways. Mark Kudler is the firm’s president. […]

Rouge Media Sells Majority Stake to Fairfax Holdings

PR Newswire reports that Rouge Media has sold a majority stake to Fairfax Financial Holdings, a publicly Toronto holding company.  Most of Fairfax’s investments are in insurance companies.   Insider wrote on June 10 about Rouge Media’s acquisiton of On-Campus Media.   Here’s the press release announcing Fairfax Financials Holdings […]

Company of the Day – Blue Sky Outdoor

Insider this week had the opportunity to interview Trent Lindmark, President of Blue Sky Outdoor and Blue Sky Digital Printing in Norman, Oklahoma. Company: Blue Sky Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 2380 Industrial Blvd. Norman, OK 73069 Phone:  405-928-5800 Email: info@blueskyoutdoor.com   Tell us about your territory and inventory?  We have 750 bulletins faces […]

Study Projects US Outdoor Growth at 4%/year.

A study by PwC projects US outdoor growth at 4.3%/year for 2016-2020.  Digital will become a larger percentage of the total US outdoor spend but static boards will remain stable as you can see from the following chart. Insider’s take:  Static outdoor isn’t going away for three reasons. Many communities […]

Triad Outdoor

Company: Triad Outdoor Market: North Carolina Headquarters: 131 Industrial Avenue, Greensboro, NC  27406 Phone: 336-379-8420 Triad Outdoor is a family owned company which has been in the outdoor business since 1965.   The company’s plant consists primarily of 10 by 40 and 14 by 48 static billboards   James T. Bryant […]

Company of the Day: Arnold Outdoor

Company:   Arnold Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma. Headquarters: 5121 N Sante Fe, Oklahoma City, OK  73318 Phone: 405-620-5708 Arnold Outdoor was started in 2000.  The company has digital signs, bulletins and posters across the state of Oklahoma.  The firm is owned by John Arnold.   Paid Ad