Business

Daktronic’s Reece Kurtenbach Steps Down as Chairman, President and CEO

Daktronics announced that Reece Kurtenbach is stepping down from his roles as President, CEO and Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective at close of business on March 5, 2025. Mr. Kurtenbach will remain involved with the business in an advisory role supporting Daktronics’ digital transformation plan. […]

Why Billboard Safety Inspection Photos are Important for Billboard Owners

  Billboard owners are responsible for maintaining the safety and integrity of their advertising structures, which requires careful attention to potential risks and ongoing upkeep. Safety inspection photos have become an invaluable tool for meeting these responsibilities, offering a detailed and visual record of the billboard’s condition over time. These […]

Company of the Day – 718 Outdoor

Company: 718 Outdoor Market: Brooklyn, New York Headquarters: Brooklyn, New York Phone: 718-664-4315 Email: info@718outdoor.com 718OUTDOOR is a media company specializing in traditional OOH platforms, and they are all about New York. They operate a plant that includes Large format bulletins Spectacular dominations Dedicated panels Hotel elevator ads Wallscapes murals and advertising panels.  Their area […]

Vendor Profile: Interboro Signs

 Company: Interboro Signs Product:  Signs and Billboards installation and Maintenance. Markets: New York Address: 39-16 23rd Street, Long Island City, NY, 11101 Phone: 718-366-7901 Email: info@interborosigns.com Interboro Signs is a family-owned firm with 25 employees and a fleet of boom trucks, bucket trucks and cranes.  Interboro fabricates, installs and maintains static and digital […]

Company of the Day: 1107 Outdoor

Company:  1107 Outdoor Markets: Ohio Address: Urbana, Ohio Email: sarah@1107outdoor.com Phone: 740-339-9522 1107 operates a billboard in Urbana Ohio.  One face is static and one face is digital.  The company was founded by Beau and Sarah Sang.    Insider talked with Sarah Sang.  Prior to founding 1107 Outdoor she worked […]

Daktronics and Alta Fox Enter into Cooperation Agreement

Daktronics to Appoint Peter Feigin to the Board Daktronics Confirms Its Commitment to An Investor Day in 2025 Alta Fox to Withdraw Litigation and Support Reincorporation to Delaware BROOKINGS, S.D., March 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (“Daktronics,” the “Company,” “we,” or “us”) (NASDAQ-DAKT), the leading U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of best-in-class dynamic video communication displays and control systems […]

Jamie Roberts on RAM Outdoor’s Sale to Lamar

Insider reached out to Jamie Roberts, owner of RAM Outdoor Advertising to discuss the sale of her business. Jamie, can you tell us a little about the thought behind your sale? I have officially sold all my boards in and around Fort Smith, AR. Over the past year, my priorities […]

Company of the Day – Abcon Media

Company: Abcon Media Headquarters: 1000 Yonge Street, Suite 500, Toronto, ON M4W 2k2 Market: Canada Phone: 416.766.8235 Email: tnovosel@abconmedia.com Abcon Media is a Canadian Company operating 41 static and digital faces in the greater Ontario DMA. The company also has the largest hospital advertising networks in Ontario including indoor digital […]

Reader Tips on Managing Billboard Construction Costs

We continue to get great reader comments on A 60 year Perspective on Billboard Structure Construction. Productivity Fabricators Jon Odom says wind load and the job site impact billboard costs There are several factors that contribute to billboard costs, the biggest is the wind load for the location, in most […]

Company of the Day: 9 Outdoor and 6 Outdoor

Company:  9 Outdoor & 6 Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma Address: 7401 North Kelley Ave, Oklahoma City, OK. 73111 (9 Outdoor) and 303 North Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK. 74103 (6 Outdoor). Email: brown.douglas@griffin.news Phone: 405-812-3456 9 Outdoor and 6 Outdoor are affiliated companies which operate a billboard plant with 73 total faces including 26 digital billboard faces.  […]