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Southborough Slowing Permits

Lamar Central Outdoor LLC is frustrated with Southborough MA officials for slowing down the approval process to get a variance to build a digital billboard. Lamar is appealing a written decision by the Southborough Building Commissioner who is requiring the Company get a report from the Planning Board before even submitting its […]

OSHA Accident Reporting

Noone wants to have employees hurt on the job.  But if something happens you don’t want to make matters worse by failing to report an accident to OSHA.  In March 2015 OSHA changed reporting rules.   Failure to report an accident in a timely manner could result in a $12,471 […]

Nick Coston: Billboards as Entertainment

By Billboard Insider’s peripatetic correspondent Nick Coston. Nick has 20 years experience as an OOH broker and OOH consultant. Many years ago while growing up on Chicago’s South Side, my family owned movie theaters and drive ins. I always marveled at the size of the big, curved screens. One theater […]

Company of the Day – Munn Outdoor

Company: Munn Outdoor Advertising Markets: Mississippi Headquarters: 772 Highway 49 N, Hattiesburg, MS Phone: 601-264-7446 Munn Outdoor operates a billboard plant in with 119 faces in the following Mississippi communities: Brooklyn Collins Columbia Hattiesburg Lucedale New Augusta Purvis Prentice Sumrall Wiggins The company is affiliated with Munn Enterprises which was […]

Rate This Board By Greg Callaham

Shrimp     Rating: 5 (great) Nice job! This makes me love shrimp and tells me where to get it and when. There’s good contrast for the perfect headline and the weathered wood makes me think about the dock, which smacks of fresh seafood. The word count hits the sweet […]

Six Tips For An Effective Outdoor Safety Meeting

Safety is a huge issue if you perform outdoor advertising install and maintenance work in-house.  At a recent OAAA safety meeting the President of an independent outdoor advertising company talked about seeing insurance premiums increase by $250,000 over the three years after his company had a large workers compensation claim […]

Geopath Rebranding Team

Insider wrote earlier this week about TAB’s rebranding to Geopath.  Here’s a great picture of the Geopath rebranding team at the rebranding event which was held September 19 in Times Square. Back row left to right: James Lee, Dylan Mabin, Kym Frank, Kevin Romero, Brian Ryu, Sean McCarthy, Harry Hennessey, […]

It’s All About [Audience] Location, Location, Location!

Here is a recent blog post from Scott Fiaschetti of Geopath.    The old adage attributed to Lord Harold Samuel, a British real estate tycoon, that “the three things that matter in property are: Location, Location, Location” has never been more relevant for marketing and out-of-home advertising…but now, it’s all about “Audience […]

Industry Veteran Robert Crawford Joins Branded Cities Network

A press release from Branded Cities Network follows: Branded Cities Network (BCN) has welcomed Robert Crawford, Managing Director of Real Estate Development, to their management team.  Mr. Crawford’s focus will be to increase BCN’s iconic media assets in existing markets as well as growing BCN’s footprint into new top-tier markets. […]