By Andrea Messimer Henley, Director of New Business Development and Marketing at Circle Graphics. 2019 will be a very pivotal year, like it or not. As we shut the door on 2018 we have much to reflect on in the advertising world. We have big tech showing some stress fractures […]
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Remembering Billboard Pioneer Joe Zukin (1926-2018)
Billboard pioneer Joe Zukin, the founding patriarch of Meadow Outdoor Advertising, died December 4 in California. He was 92. “Dad was a gracious man,” said son Chris Zukin. “He loved his family. He loved the outdoor advertising family as well.” “He was truly a great role model for his children, […]
Company of the Day: Huntington Outdoor
Company: Huntington Outdoor Markets: Ohio, Indiana Headquarters: 524 1/2 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331 Phone: 800-704-5973 Email: office@huntingtonoutdoor.com Huntington Outdoor operates a billboard plant with over 400 faces in Southwest Ohio and east-central Indiana. The company was formed by Justin Powell in 2008 and is headquartered in Greenville Ohio. Jena and Haleigh Powell head up […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Nashville
Did you know: Centennial park in Nashville is home to the only replica of the Greek Parthenon Nashville was founded on Christmas Eve, 1779. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Nashville DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in their geekOUT […]
Company of the Day: Eagle Displays
Company: Eagle Displays Markets: California Headquarters: 419 Main Street, Suite #16, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Phone: 877-663-2453 Eagle Displays operates 6 billboard in the Central Valley of California. In addition to selling advertising, Eagle displays provides construction, sales and marketing services to property owners who own billboards. The company is […]
OOH Agency: Brooklyn Outdoor
This is the first in a new monthly Billboard Insider feature on agencies doing interesting things in out of home. Today we highlight Detroit’s Brooklyn Outdoor and ask Candice Simons to talk about her favorite campaign, autonomous cars and what out of home needs to do to get a greater […]
OAAA Innovations Committee “Summer Camp”
The OAAA Innovations Committee, a group of techie and digital-savvy executives dedicated to the advancement of OOH through ground-breaking technologies, met earlier this week in Washington, DC. The group convenes each summer to discuss the latest in OOH tech trends and evaluate OAAA’s role in promotion and standardization of relevant […]
Company of the Day: Driggers Outdoor
Company: Driggers Outdoor Markets: Louisiana Headquarters: 1440 Goodwin Road, Ruston, LA 71270 Phone: 318-251-0244 Driggers Outdoor has over 100 sign locations in Louisiana stretching along I-20 as well as I-49 south from Shreveport. The company is an operator associate of the IBOUSA. Rodney Driggers is the company’s President. Rodney, how did you enter […]
Out of home legal: Don’t let the best become the enemy of the good.
Don’t let the best become the enemy of the good. That’s the lesson of Lamar versus County of Los Angeles which was decided on 5/8/18 Here are the facts. In 1967 the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works granted Lamar’s predecessor a permit to construct a billboard in unincorporated […]
Choice Media fights Lubbock TX rules
KSLA reports that Choice Dynamic Media has filed a petition against Lubbock, TX over a subjective sign code. In April, Choice applied for 5 billboards in Lubbock and was turned down because: adding a billboard may increase traffic permitting a billboard would open the floodgates to undesirable businesses like night […]
























