Billboard professionals seeking digital billboard permits have heard these arguments from opponents: Wait, aren’t digital billboards in federal court? What about lighting? So are digital billboards safe? Billboard Insider asked OAAA to prepare a succinct, updated position paper for industry advocates, regarding these common debate points: Wait, aren’t digital billboards […]
Company: Barrett Outdoor Headquarters: 381 Highland St., West Haven CT Markets: Eastern Connecticut along the I-95 corridor, including Bridgeport, Stratford, Devon & Milford Phone: 203.932.4601 Email: sales@Barrettoutdoor.com For 55 years, the Barrett family has kept its focus on doing one thing and doing it very well: Having outstanding outdoor bulletin spaces in outstanding locations—and providing customers […]
CK Outdoor operates a billboard plant in South Dakota and Iowa. The company is looking for a qualified individual with real estate experience who can locate new potential billboard locations. Westburg talked with Karla Steele of CK Outdoor about the qualities of a good outdoor lease and what the company […]
A press release from Outfront Media 12 SEP 2016 New deal expands on OUTFRONT’s leadership in the greater Los Angeles transit advertising market NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT), one of the largest out-of-home media companies in North America, announced today that it has assumed […]
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 week’s rating is […]
Kerry Yoakum is VP, Government Affairs for the OAAA. He joined OAAA in 2008 after practicing law as an attorney for the Ohio Department of Transportation. Kerry, how did you get involved in the outdoor advertising industry? Prior to joining the Outdoor Adverting Association of America (OAAA), I practiced as […]
Company: Atlantic Outdoor Advertising Markets: New York Headquarters: 65 Central Park West, Suite 1F, New York, NY 10023 Phone: 212-787-5100 Email: info@atlanticoutdoor.com Atlantic Outdoor was established by industry veteran Jason Perline (Founder and Chairman of Van Wagner Communications). The company specializes in triple A locations in New York City. The […]
Last year the University of Minnesota Crookston, in Crookston, MN, approached the City about potentially placing a billboard on University property on the north end of town. The City modified its existing ordinance relating to billboard-related signage to allow a limited number of billboards along a major corridor like University […]
Insider visited Georgia and Alabama last week. A billboard road trip isn’t a road trip without breakfast at Cracker Barrel, which is a huge billboard advertiser. Here’s paragraph from Cracker Barrel’s 2015 10-K: Marketing : We employ multiple mediums to reach and engage our guests. Outdoor advertising (i.e., billboards and […]
Some software hackers from Silicon Valley have formed a company which wants to be the Airbnb of outdoor advertising with a cloud-based platform to facilitate the buying and selling of digital and static billboard space. The outdoor industry needs a product which is ubiquitous and as easy to use as […]
