Company: Railroad Outdoor Markets: Georgia Headquarters: 1750 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30325 Phone: 678-571-8899 Railroad Outdoor was formed by Mike Fitzgerald and Kelly Shaw in 2010 to acquire and develop billboards. The company operates a 120 face billboard plant in North Georgia. Much of the plant is 6′ by […]
Erica Line, the Corporate manager of Digital Asset Content and Integrated Strategies at Adams+Fairway Advertising has put together a fascinating video called “The History of Outdoor Advertising in 45 seconds.” Erica tells Insider that she put the video together by condensing an earlier 10 minute video which was compiled by […]
Power lines are dangerous. OSHA reports that 74 workers were killed by electrocution during 2014. In June 2000 an installer working on a Carroll Advertising billboard lost his left arm and lower leg when a metal pole he was handling came into contract with a powerline. Cliff Miller of […]
A fun article on Philly.com about a Long Beach Island realtor, Pattie Romano. Everybody knows the cat lady from the graffitied whiskers and black circles around her eyes that were scrawled on her Bay Avenue billboard, by the last turnoff from the island. For years, no matter how many times […]
Company: Onsite Insite Markets: Arizona Headquarters: 6200 E. Thomas Rd., Suite 201, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 Phone: 480-990-0800 Email: info@azbillboard.com Onsite Insite works with the Gila River Indian community to construct 14’ x 48’ static bulletins along the Santan Freeway Loop 202 in the southeast valley of Phoenix between I-10 and […]
Atlantic Magazine has a rambling piece called “The Call of the Billboard”. The article is part of Atlantic’s Object Lesson essay series which discuss “the hidden lives of ordinary things.” The article starts with a description of the Mosquito Killer billboard, drifts through a history of billboards in the US, […]
We have been very thankful of how well received Billboard Insider has been with the outdoor industry. We continue to see steady growth in visitors and page views every month. Did you know that you can sign up to have summaries of all our articles emailed to you each morning? […]
Popup city has a great post titled “The Next Trend in Outdoor Advertising Is Paint.” The post features the work of Colossal Media and Overall Murals in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. Colossal Media operates 400 hand-painted murals in 100 locations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland […]
In March 2016 Insider wrote that Clear Channel Outdoor was going to swap its Indianapolis assets to Fairway Outdoor for Fairway’s Atlanta assets and some cash. Insider was surprised to see Clear Channel Outdoor tage all over billboards when he visited Indianapolis this week. Clear Channel Outdoor’s website also shows the […]
Coastal Point reports that The Sussex County Council will hold a special meeting Monday July 11 at 10am to discuss an ordinance to amend the county sign code. The County is attempting to pass legislation before a sign application moratorium expires on August 15. The county’s planning department proposed sign […]
