Company: Arrington Outdoor Headquarters: 16135 Preston Rd, Dallas, Texas 75248 Phone: 678-624-9275 Email: info@arringtonoutdoor.com Market: Strategic billboard locations along major freeways and rural highways in around the Dallas Fort Worth area, the second fastest growing metro area in the Nation. Includes both traditional and digital faces. Their advertising reach extends to over twenty […]
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American Outdoor Advertising
Company: American Outdoor Advertising Markets: San Diego, Las Vegas, Arizona. Headquarters: 1702 E Highland Ave, Suite 304, Phoeniz AZ 85016 Phone: 602-687-9220 American Outdoor advertising (www.americanoutdoor.net) operates billboards in San Diego, Las Vegas and Arizona. This company should not be confused with American Outdoor Advertising (www.americanoutdooradvertising.net) which operates billboards in […]
An Interview with Martin Poitras, Rouge Media CEO
As of follow up to our article on Rouge Media’s acquisition of On-Campus Media, Insider had a chance to interview, Martin Poitras, CEO of Rouge Media. Let’s start with some history on Rouge Media Group. When was it founded, what was its original market focus and how has it evolved? […]
Company of the Day: Ad-Trend Advertising
Company: Ad-Trend, Inc. Markets: Kansas City Headquarters: 14450 S US 71 Hwy, Kansas City, MO 64147 Phone: 816-283-0600 Ad-Trends owns a static billboard plant with 100 faces in Kansas City. David English is the company’s Sales and Operations manager. It is also a vinyl printer and provides giant inflatables, searchlights […]
Billboard Insider Interviews OAAA’s Ken Klein
Ken Klein is EVP, Government Affairs for OAAA, leading the US out of home industry’s outreach to government with a personal focus on Congress. A regular contributor to Billboard Insider, Ken was trained as a journalist; he worked for The Associated Press and a Gannett paper in Florida. Ken joined […]
Reliable Launches New Lighting Website
Insider wrote last week about the savings which you can achieve by installing energy efficient LED lights. Reliable Electric has launched a new website which contains everything you need to know about light design, coverage patterns and installation. A good resource if you are researching energy efficient lights along with the Irvin […]
ANA Report Criticizes Ad Buying Practices
The Association of National Advertisers has issued a sobering report on the lack of transparency in media buying. The 58 page report is titled An Independent Study of Media Transparency in the US Advertising Industry. The report is based on 142 interviews with outdoor, digital, TV and print media buyers […]
Brogan Outdoor
Company: Brogan Outdoor Markets: Northern Indiana Headquarters: 106 Depot St, Lawwill, IN 46764 Phone: 260-327-3257 Brogan outdoor was formed in 1984 by Don Brogan after 20 years in the outdoor business, primarily with 3M. In 1988 Dan Brogan joined his father and today Dan runs the company. The company has […]
Company of the Day: Stark Outdoor Advertising
Company: Stark Outdoor Markets: Eastern Texas. Headquarters: 1211 N Shore Drive, Isabel, TX 78578 Phone: 800-559-1013 Stark Outdoor operates a plant of 23 single and double-stacked billboards in eastern Texas. The firm is owned by Herb and Wilma Stark. Herb has forgotten more about the billboard business than many of […]
Landmark’s Pitch
A Landmark rep called Insider last week to see if he had any outdoor leases to sell. Here’s what Insider learned from the conversation. Landmark wants to see minimum monthly sign rent of $300/month. Landmark is willing to pay up to 10-10.5 times annual rent for leases which have an […]
