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Clear Channel Outdoor Americas Appoints Lynn Feldman EVP & General Counsel

New York, New York — Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), a division of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), today announced that Lynn Feldman has been named Executive Vice President and General Counsel for its business in the U.S. and Canada. Jointly reporting to CCOA Chief Executive Officer Scott […]

Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This weeks rating is […]

Gamco Not Happy with iHeart

Insider has reported frequently on iHeart Media’s debt problems as they own 90 percent of the equity of publicly traded Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, the nation’s largest billboard company. Mario Gabelli’s Gamco Asset Management owns 10 percent of the publicly traded shares. Gamco has not been happy with iHeart, owned […]

OAAA Partners with DAA to Promote Responsible Data Principles for OOH

WASHINGTON, DC – (August 1, 2016)— The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA), trade association for the out of home (OOH) advertising industry, today announced it has joined the broader industry in addressing new, emerging ad technologies and practices through the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), a self-regulatory organization that implements […]

OAAG Supporting Law Enforcement

The Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia has made the news recently with their efforts to show support for local law enforcement.  Insider had the opportunity to interview Conner Poe, OAAG President, about the program. Tell us a little about how the program got started? The Board of the OAAG is always […]

Company of the Day – Tristar Outdoor

Company: Tristar Outdoor Advertising Market:  Northeast MO along Highways 19, 54 and an I-70 location west of Danville Tristar is a family owned business with more than 25 years of experience helping businesses successfully advertise their products and services across the state of Missouri. Phone:  844.825.0630 Headquarters: 703 North Main Street, […]

Why Ogilvy Was Wrong About Billboards

Insider wrote last week about David Ogilvy’s maxims for advertising.  Buy a used copy of Ogilvy on Advertising, tuck it in your briefcase and read it on your next plane flight.  You’ll be entertained and enlightened. Ogilvy wasn’t a fan of billboards and predicted they would be abolished for two reasons. […]

Indy’s $50 million Mass Avenue Project Drops Billboard

What might have been is not what is.  Developers have dropped plans for a three story electronic billboard as part of a $50 million development project in downtown Indianapolis according to the Indianapolis Business Journal.  The developer dropped their plans after the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission made clear that it […]

Company of the Day: Triad Outdoor

Company: Triad Outdoor Markets: North Carolina. Headquarters: 141 Industrial Avenue, Greensboro, NC  27406 Phone: 336-379-8420 Email: dhill@triadinvestmentco.com Triad Investment Company is a family owned North Carolina Corporation located in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Triad has been in a commercial real estate brokerage and development firm in the Piedmont-Triad area of North […]

OAAA Safety Seminar

You need to be vigilant about safety procedures in a world where your workers can be electrocuted by power lines and hurt by falling off billboard structures.  Three months ago a safety harness saved the life of a Southeastern Displays employee who fell off a sign. OAAA is hosting a safety […]