Company: Cooper Outdoor Markets: Texas Headquarters: 115 Waco, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401 Phone: 361-882-3088 Cooper Outdoor is a locally owned and operated family business which was founded in 1981. The company has 500 billboard locations with concentrations in Corpus Christi, Rockport and Port Aransas. The company also has a bus […]
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Brent Baer on Better Billboard Photos
Brent Baer, OOH General Manager and National Sales Signal Outdoor Advertising, ran this post on how to take great billboard pics on his linkedin page. Insider thinks the advice is timeless and has reprinted the article with Baer’s consent here. Ever receive a #billboard photo which made evaluation more difficult? […]
Fresno Looking At Digital
The Fresno, CA city council agreed this week to pursue the idea of putting electronic billboards along Highway 41 at Woodward Park, and at other parks and city properties. The city would make money on the deal, and in exchange for double-sided electronic billboards at five locations, 50 static billboards throughout the […]
Company Of The Day: Connell Outdoor
Company: Connell Outdoor Market: Las Vegas Headquarters: 5242 Swenson Street, Las Vegas, NV 89119 Phone: 792-795-0555 Connell Outdoor has billboard locations in tourist and local corridors in Las Vegas.In addition to its billboard operation in Las Vegas, Connell Outdoor has a sister company, Shore Sign Service located in Atlantic […]
Vancouver Proposes Regulation Covering Floating Billboards
Insider has written before about a 65 foot floating digital billboard boat which Burke Billboards has been sailing around False Creek Bay and English Bay. The billboard board has a 12 by 40 foot digital screen. Vancouver 24hours and Business Vancouver report that the city of Vancouver has proposed an amendment […]
14 Foot Baseball Player Stolen From Billboard
You know a billboard has been noticed when it attracts pranksters. We’ve written before about this Lamar Kansas City Royals billboard which includes a 14 foot foam player. KSHB reports that last Wednesday night vandals cut five bolts and removed the 150 pound, $7,500, foam player from the board. The […]
Are You Telling Your Towns What You Do For Them?
Lind Media recently sent out an email talking about the company’s community service activities. The email is a terrific example of how to remind your communities what you do for them. Insider has reproduced the email below. Don’t assume that politicians and citizens automatically recognize your community service efforts. You […]
Anthem Displays Enters The Digital Billboard Business
Insider wrote earlier this week that Anthem Displays was active at the TAB/OAAA show. Anthem is a Boulder, Colorado company that manufactures digital/LED displays for the out-of-home industry. Anthem was founded in 2013 by Rod Rackley and Evan Brooks, both former Circle Graphics executives. Insider talked with co-founder and partner […]
Outfront’s Jeremy Male Interviewed By Fortune
Fortune interviewed Outfront Media’s CEO Jeremy Male. Here are some of Male’s comments together with Insider’s reactions. “We are taking a look at acquisitions. In fact we just completed one in the last few weeks, a company called Reynolds down in Dallas.” Reynolds outdoor has 500 faces in Dallas and […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Should Exit The Fabrication Business
Did you know that Clear Channel owns a steel fabrication company? Here’s quote from the company’s 10k: We typically own the physical structures on which our clients’ advertising copy is displayed. We build some of the structures at our billboard fabrication business in Illinois and erect them on sites we […]
