Jean-Claude Decaux, founder of the outdoor and transit advertising company JCDecaux has died at age 78. Decaux handed control of the company to his son in 2000. JCDecaux operates 491,950 street furniture faces, 207,260 billboard faces, 379,060 transit faces and 41,470 airport faces in 56 countries. Paid Ad
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Pelican Outdoor
Company: Pelican Outdoor Advertising Markets: New Orleans, Louisiana Headquarters: 201 Kent Avenue, Metairie, LA 70001 Phone: 504-738-5153 Pelican Outdoor operates 23 billboard structures in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the structures are two sided, 14 by 48 monopoles. The firm’s President is John Jackson. Paid Ad
Bay County Partners With Premium Outdoor
Premium Outdoor has partnered with Bay County, Florida and their 14 digital billboards now have the capability to display direct messages from Twitter. The county Emergency Operations Center will have the ability to directly tweet to the billboards. They also would be able to […]
Phil Morton On Political Ads and Outdoor
Phil Morton of Billboard Connection has an interesting post titled “Political Advertising 2016 using Out-of-Home Media.” Here are the takeaways: Outdoor’s geo-targeting is great for local political races (e.g. congress and municipal offices). Digital signs can be used for targeted responses. Mitt Romney bought digital flips in cities where President Obama […]
Company of the Day: Outdoor Displays, Inc.
Company: Outdoor Displays, Inc. Market: East Tennessee Headquarters: 6165 Primus Rd., Knoxville, TN 37912 Phone: (865) 357-9077 Email: info@outdoordisplaysinc.com Outdoor Displays owns billboards in Eastern Tennessee. Paid Advertisement
iHeartMedia Wins Lawsuit
iHeartMedia, Inc. won its lawsuit blocking notices of default from several of its creditors. The verdict on Tuesday from state District Judge Cathleen Stryker permanently blocks bondholders unhappy over a recent transfer of assets within the radio, billboard and digital company from filing default notices against the company in connection […]
Company of the Day: Orion Outdoor
Company: Orion Outdoor Markets: California Headquarters: PO Box 6341 Folsom, CA 95763 Phone: 800-272-3885 Orion Outdoor owns a 8 billboard structures and bus shelter outdoor advertising plant in Folsom and El Dorado Counties in California. The firm’s CEO is Beau Palley. Palley is a 25 year veteran of the outdoor […]
Company of the Day: Mid-America Outdoor
Company: Mid-America Outdoor Markets: Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky Headquarters: 904 Fournie Lane, Collinsville, IL 62234 Phone: 618-628-8888 Mid-America outdoor has been in the outdoor business for 20 years. It operates billboards and digital sign in central and southern Illinois, St Louis and Paducah, Kentucky. Bob Connors is the firm’s owner and […]
Pot Dispensaries Use Billboards.
Leafly has an article titled “How Billboards Became The Cannabis Industry’s Ad Darling.” The article shows pot billboards in Denver, Boston and Scottsdale and says billboards offer one of the few available alternatives to pot dispensaries because they are excluded from paid advertisements on facebook, twitter or google. There are several […]
Company of the Day: Micro Outdoor
Company: Micro Outdoor Markets: West Virginia, Maryland. Headquarters: 2 Miller Hill Road, Osage, West Virginia 26543 Phone: 304-319-4141 Micro Outdoor Advertising owns 200 billboards in north central West Virginia and Maryland. The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Morgantown, West Virginia Clarksburg, West Virginia Bridgeport, West Virginia Fairmont, […]
