Company: Foster Interstate Media Markets: Illinois, San Francisco Headquarters: 1111 Broadway, Suite 1515, Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: 510-832-7070 Email: outdoor@fosterinterstate.com Foster Interstate Media was started in the mid-1990’s and has designed, built and operated numerous high profile wallscapes and displays in California and Illinois. The company’s major projects have included: Construction […]
Other News
New Jersey Court Victory for Digital Billboards
By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in favor of digital billboards, overturning a local ban as unconstitutional suppression of free speech. The court said: “A governing body seeking to restrict expression cannot simply invoke those interests with scant factual support […]
Outfront expands transit advertising in DC, LA and Long Beach.
Outfront Media is doubling down on its investment in transit, making two big announcements this month. In D.C., MD and VA, Outfront installed 31 state of the art 65 inch digital liveboards (ON Smart) in 14 new Metrorail stations to expand on its advertising partnership with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit […]
Stonington, CT to review Zoning Code
The Westerly Sun reports that the town of Stonington, CT is doing a comprehensive review of the town’s 50 year old 250 page zoning code. One of the issues which will be addressed is whether to allow digital signs. A group of fuel dealers in town are unhappy because they’ve […]
Lamar Stunting in Alabama
Al.com reports that Lamar is stunting in Alabama with a billboard which reads: Your Wife Knows – Tom Traylor, Lamar’s territory manager says it’s a sign for a local business. The billboard in on Valleydale Road in Birmingham, Alabama. Insider’s take: Stunts can be effective. Think Extra Credit Projects puzzle […]
Outdoor Legal: Advertising Contract Names Matter
Most of the time the names on an outdoor advertising contract are scribbled in at the last minute. The names on the contract matter immensely when it’s time to collect. Here’s an interesting case involving Adams Outdoor.
John Dangerfield opened a restaurant called Johnny’s Suzuki in South Carolina in 2005. The restaurant was managed by a company called Johnny’s Enterprises, Inc.
John Dangerfield signed an outdoor advertising contract with Adams Outdoor on behalf of Johnny’s Suzuki.
Company of the Day: Dangerfield Outdoor
Company: Dangerfield Outdoor Markets: Georgia Headquarters: 245 University Avenue SW, Atlanta, GA 30315 Phone: 404-418-8417 Dangerfield Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 5 static faces and 1 digital face in Atlanta, Georgia. Two of the faces are 20 by 60, 2 of the faces are 19 by 48 and two […]
New Billboards Leave West Michigan Puzzled
Here’s a press release talking about another Grand Rapids billboard stunt by Extra Credit Projects, the same comapny which ran the fruits and vegetable stunt earlier this summer. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—For days in September viewers were puzzled by a handful of billboards around Grand Rapids. The solution followed close behind […]
Outdoor Pioneer Dean White dies.
Forbes, Indystar and the Chicago Tribune report that Outdoor Pioneer Dean White died at age 93 on September 14, 2016. In 1946 he joined his father’s Selby, IN White Advertising and built it into Whiteco Industries, a nationwide outdoor advertising company which he sold to Chancellor Media Corp. for $960 million […]
From the Business Side
Being the “organizational wonk” of the Westburg/Weller Billboard Insider partnership, this will be the first of periodic thoughts on the business side of operations. Let me know if you think they are worthwhile? You may have recently read about Wells Fargo Bank and their problems with thousands of employees secretly […]