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Accelerate Seeks Billboard Leases

Accelerate Investment Partners has entered the ranks of the billboard lease aggregators.  Billboard Insider talked with Scott Furcolow the firm’s SVP, Billboards.  Prior to joining Accelerate Furcolow was a regional manager for Fairway Outdoor. Tell us about Accelerate. Accelerate Investment Partners acquires, owns and manages investments in real property interests […]

WOOH Adds 7 New Members

The World Out of Home Organization has signed up seven new members; three from Europe, two from the Middle East and one each from Africa and South America. Four of them are national media owners, one is a national OOH association, one a national media agency, and one an OOH […]

Company of the Day – Waller Outdoor

Company:  Waller Outdoor Headquarters: P.O. Box 2004 Waller, TX Market: Waller, Texas Phone: 346.306.4643 Email: sales@walleroutdoor.com Stephen and Linda Johnson own Waller Outdoor, initially serving the Waller, Texas community.  They own and operate a two-sided Daktronics digital structure.   Insider caught up with Stephen to discuss the business.  The sign location is […]

A Use For Old Vinyls

One of Billboard Insider’s friends toured a facility which makes tiny houses.  The facility uses old billboard vinyl as a dropcloths under the houses.  The vinyls cost $10 each online.  Great to see another way to recycle out of home vinyl. Rareform makes totes, duffles, wallets and bags out of […]

Company of the Day: Vital Outdoor

Company: Vital Outdoor Advertising Market:  Oklahoma Address: PO Box 2615, Edmond OK  73083 Phone: 405-844-7446 Vital Outdoor Advertising operates 50 billboard faces including 10 digital billboard faces in Oklahoma City.   The firm is privately held and was founded in March 1996.  Shannon Booher is President and CFO.  Justin Booher is VP of Business Development […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds March 11, 2023

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]

Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate

Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 things in a good out of home lease 11 things in a good […]

Clear Channel’s Switzerland Business Sale Receives Regulatory Approval

SAN ANTONIO, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) today announced that the sale of the Company’s Switzerland business to Goldbach Group, an affiliate of TX Group, has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Competition Commission. The Company now expects the transaction to close […]

Company of the Day: View Chicago

Company: View Chicago Markets:  Chicago Address: 430 West Erie St, suite 510, Chicago, IL. 60654 Email: team@vcoutdoor.com Phone: 312-533-2230 View Chicago operates a network of hotspots, wildpostings, wallscapes, bus wraps and street furniture across 40 neighborhoods in Chicago.  The company was started in 2009. Charlie Megan and Graydon Meagan are […]

Daktronics Reports Third Quarter Earnings – The Highlight is What is Not Included

BROOKINGS, S.D., March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT) today reported results for its fiscal 2023 third quarter which ended January 28, 2023. Q3 FY2023 financial highlights: Record third quarter net sales of $185.0 million, a 32.5 percent increase from the third quarter of fiscal 2022 Product order backlog […]