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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 […]

Company of the Day: Colorado West Outdoor

Company:  Colorado West Outdoor Advertising Market:  Grand Valley, Colorado Headquarters:  2475 Commerce Blvd. Grand Junction, CO  81505 Phone:  970-242-5248 Colorado West Outdoor Advertising is a second generation family-owned firm which owns over 100 billboards as well as a bus bench and bus shelter advertising business in Grand Junction Colorado.  The […]