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8 tips to make your outdoor advertising website secure.

Billboard Insider knows from experience the importance of securing your website.  He spent two weeks in February fending off a hack.  Here are 8 simple things to make your outdoor advertising website secure. Install two part verification to access your host.  Any time you want to login to your email […]

Josh Kruter Leaves Clear Channel Outdoor

Insider has heard from two sources that Josh Kruter, Clear Channel Outdoor SVP for digital products, left the company for a job at a tech company.  Kruter supervised the digital product portfolio for Clear Channel outdoor and worked on the company’s Radar project. Clear Channel Outdoor General Counsel Craig Gangi […]

Company of The Day: Venture Outdoor

Company: Venture Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri Headquarters: 15664 Barton St., Overland Park, KS  66221 Phone: 913-730-8353 Venture Outdoor Advertising owns 62 billboard structures in Missouri.  The company was started in 2013 by Randy Jackson.  Prior to starting Venture, Jackson was a VP for CBS Outdoor in Los Angeles and a […]

Company of the Day: Tyler Outdoor

Company: Tyler Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma. Headquarters: 5101 S. Shields Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK  73129 Phone: 405-616-5000 Tyler outdoor was founded in 1965 by Ralph Tyler. Tyler Outdoor owns 1,500 digital billboards, static billboards, bus benches and bus shelters in Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City, Norman, Stillwater and Tulsa. Tyler Outdoor […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Execs Leaving

Insider hears rumors that executives are leaving Clear Channel Outdoor and also that more Clear Channel Outdoor markets will be put up for sale soon. Clear Channel Outdoor General Counsel Craig Gangi left in March to join Omnicom. Insider heard rumors that Clear Channel Outdoor EVP of Human Resources Julio […]

Baltimore’s Spectacular LED Art Board

Insider has written before about how digital signs can be used to create buzz in urban environments. Baltimore has a spectacular 52′ by 42’ Formetco digital sign which runs ads and also provides free space for artists to showcase their work. The digital sign was constructed in July 2014 and […]

Company of The Day: SignAd Outdoor

Company:  SignAd Outdoor Markets: Texas, Western Louisiana Headquarters: 1010 North Loop, Houston, TX  77009 Phone: 713-861-6013 Email: info@signad.com SignAd Outdoor Advertising is a family-owned and operated private company which was started in 1964 with 2,000 static and digital billboards in Texas and Southwest Louisiana.  The company has digital billboards in […]

Company of The Day: Premium Outdoor

Company: Premium Outdoor Markets: Florida Panhandle Headquarters: 3001 S. Highway 77, Lynn Haven, FL  32444 Phone: 850-819-5381 Premium Outdoor is an independently owned company with over 100 faces located in Panama City and Bay County, Gulf Co., Jackson Co., and Washington Co., Florida. The company operates 12 digital billboards and […]

Rick Robinson on Technology and Outdoor Buying

Rick Robinson has 30 years of experience selling OOH Media, including stints with Ackerley Airport Advertising, Gannett Outdoor, CBS and McDonald Media.  Rick is the Chief Operating Officer at Billups, a full service OOH media specialist agency based in Portland, Oregon.  Rick has created an outstanding 42 second video titled […]

Company of The Day: Penneco Outdoor

Company: Penneco Outdoor Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 6608 Route 22 Delmont, PA  15626 Phone: 724-382-6828 Penneco Outdoor is the largest locally owned billboard company in Southwest Pennsylvania.  The company owns 31 structures with 100 faces in Westmoreland, Indiana, Fayette, Bedford and Allegheny counties.  The company is affiliated with the Delmont headquartered […]