Business

Dusty’s acquires Woods Outdoor Media

Illinois-headquartered Dusty’s Outdoor Media continues to expand in Tennessee with the purchase of Woods Outdoor Media from David Woods. With the execution of this deal, Dusty’s owns over 410 billboard faces in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky & Tennessee.   This is the second acquisition this year for Dusty’s in Tennessee.  In […]

Burkhart Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Burkhart Advertising Markets: Indiana, Illinois Headquarters: 1335 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN  46615 Phone: 574-233-2101 If you’re driving through a small town in Indiana chances are you’ll see a good looking Burkhart steel monopole bracketing each end of town and another Burkhart monopole strategically placed in the middle of […]

OAAA Sales Tip: Consumers Notice OOH Posters More Than Digital Media

By OAAA staff. In the newest Nielsen OOH research study from OAAA, more than half of US adults 18+ report they have noticed a poster billboard in the last month. Given today’s highly competitive and fragmented media environment, another important finding is most respondents agree poster ads stand out more […]

This Week’s Classifieds

Everyone needs sales execs. Becker Boards seeks a sales account executive with agency and client relationships in Lala Land. Key Outdoor seeks a sales account executive in Springfield, IL, the land of Lincoln. Pacific Outdoor seeks an account executive.    Here’s your chance to be a hipster in Portland! Stott Outdoor is […]

Company of the Day: Bullfrog Outdoor

Company:  Bullfrog Outdoor Markets:  Michigan, Indiana Headquarters:  220 Club Course Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46814 Phone:  260-625-JUMP Bullfrog Outdoor owns 40 structures in Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana.   The company was founded by Charlie MacIntyre in 1998 after a successful career with 3M in Chicago and Fort Wayne.  Charlie is a Billboard Insider reader […]

Messimer Henley joins Wilkins

Andrea Messimer Henley has been appointed Director, Client Partnerships, for Wilkins Media.  Andrea brings more than 20 years of experience in Out of Home (OOH) advertising sales and will oversee the Tampa-Sarasota market as well as serve the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic areas.  Prior to coming to Wilkins Media, Andrea ran […]

RAREFORM Hits It Big In The Shark Tank

While I have to confess I am not a regular watcher of Shark Tank, Insider did see that our friends at RAREFORM (who we have previously interviewed) had a chance to make their pitch on the show. RAREFORM, who makes products from repurposed billboard vinyl, managed to attract the interest of […]

DO Media Expands Out of Home Platform

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 7, 2017 — The leading platform for buying and selling out-of-home (OOH) advertising, is launching an expansion of their Supply-Side Platform(SSP).  Starting today, a select group of top media sellers will begin using DOmedia to chart the availability of their inventory. DOmedia launched their SSP, the only […]

Out of Home Revenue 1995-2016

The US out of home business is growing at the rate of the US economy.  Yesterday’s OAAA revenue release showed that US Out of home grew 3.1% during 2016 just a little bit below the 3.5% growth in Nominal GDP.  Insider uses nominal GDP rather than real US GDP because […]