By Brent Baer. Brent has 37 years experience in outdoor advertising and has seen the business from almost every point of view: sales rep, manager, owner, agency exec and vendor. We were preparing for a buy in a large top 10 competitive market, with a major vendor (one of […]
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Outdoor Legal: The Perils of Takedown Clauses
Sometimes leases require a billboard to be removed within a certain period of time if a property is sold and the new owner wishes to terminate the lease. Sign Ad v Triple O Investments demonstrates that you need to honor that clause if you wish to salvage your board in […]
Company of the Day – Media South Outdoor Advertising
Company: Media South Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: Jackson, Tennessee. Markets: Tennessee, Mississippi. Phone: 866.945.0243 Media South was started in 2007 by Norm Isbell. The company has 28 faces placed strategically in Tennessee and Mississippi. Most of the faces are 10.5′ by 36′. Prior to starting Media South, Isbell was a division manager for […]
Company of the Day: Maloney Outdoor
Company: Maloney Outdoor Markets: Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters: PO Box 4849, Louisville, KY 40204 Phone: 502-584-5512 Email: info@maloneyoutdoor.com Maloney Outdoor is a family owned local billboard company serving Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana including New Albany, Clarksville, Jeffersonville, Floyd County and Clark County. The company’s products include Expressway Bulletins, Billboards on […]
Company of the Day: MV Outdoor
Company: Marin Ventures Outdoor Markets: California Headquarters: 1325 Howard Ave, Suite 816, Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: 650-343-4789 Email: information@marinventuresllc.com Marin Ventures is a privately held outdoor advertising company which owns signs in California. The company’s trade name is MV Outdoor. The company is run by Grant Leschin. Insider talked with […]
Poster Frames For Sale
Wingate Outdoor, an privately held Arkansas outdoor advertising company has some 5′ by 11′ junior poster panel frames for sale. Insider talked with Ken Wingate. Ken how’s business been? Business has been great. My market is going through some changes currently in that many of the rural two lane highways […]
How many US out of home advertising companies are there?
Insider thinks there are at least 825 independent outdoor advertising companies. Billboard Insider has identified 327 outdoor advertising company websites and is discovering new websites every day. You can see 241 of the companies in Insider’s 2016 outdoor advertising website ranking. We will release updated website rankings in a […]
Company of the Day: Impact Outdoor
Company: Impact Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters: 5454 La Sierra Drive, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75231 Phone: 214-373-0200 Email: sq@impactoutdoor.com Impact Outdoor was started in the 1980’s by Terry Kafka. The company operated a 300 bulletin plant in Texas which it recently sold. The company’s coverage included Dallas and 18 […]
Celebrate The Exit
Insider fills time in the car listening to business podcasts. How I Built This is a good one. NPR interviews business founders about challenges they’ve overcome. Recode Media With Peter Kafka is good if you want to follow media. Recode Decode covers tech and is worth listening to as long […]
Company of the Day – Iconic Outdoor
Company: Iconic Outdoor Headquarters: 24 Vine Street 2nd Floor, Everett, MA 02149 Markets: Massachusetts, California, New York. Phone: 888.542.6642 Formed by outdoor advertising pioneer James O’Neill, Iconic Outdoor offers advertisers premium out-of-home media, with over 20 Billboards & Wallscapes available in the following markets: Boston New York Los Angeles Iconic also operate a nationwide […]