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Getting Creative with Colonel Sanders

Great bit of Canadian creative celebrating both the hockey season and Colonel Sanders, taking it viral through social media. Click on the image to see the video.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by KFC Canada (@kfc_canada)   To receive a free morning newsletter with […]

Company of the Day: Epic Outdoor

Company: EPIC Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  720 St. Anne St., Rapid City, SD 57701 Markets: South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska Phone:  (605) 388-9424 Email: cyndi@epicoutdoor.com EPIC Outdoor Advertising billboards can be found in the following areas: North central Nebraska (Chadron & Alliance) Eastern Wyoming Western South Dakota Along with their static inventory […]

Clear Channel Stock Soars on Friday After Rumor of Takeover by Mubadala Capital

We reported in September, that an activist investor, Anson Holdings, was pushing for a sale of Clear Channel.  Yesterday Clear Channel stock surged 32% before trading was halted due to a circuit breaker, following a Bloomberg report that Mubadala Capital is exploring an acquisition of the billboard operator. Trading did […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds October 18, 2025

“Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of […]

How will driverless cars impact roadside billboard valuations?

We’d like to quote from the opening remarks of Francois de Gaspé Beaubien, Chairman of Zoom Media and Chairman of the Board of the DPAA at this week’s DPAA summit. “If you own a roadside billboard, and you want to maximize your ROI, I would sell those assets and re-deploy […]

Drone Light Show Turns to Chaos

A drone light show in China turned to chaos as fire and sparks rained from the sky onto onlookers gathered to watch the performance. The London Times reported the light show, which used hundreds of synchronized drones to create illuminated patterns in the sky, failed moments after the aircraft took […]

Company of the Day: Encore Outdoor

Company:Encore Outdoor Markets: Pennsylvania, New Jersey Headquarters:  PO Box 494, Hawley, PA  18428 Phone: (570) 493-2346 Email: info@encoreoutdoorllc.com   Encore Outdoor was founded in 2012 and has an out of home plant of approximately 56 faces including 9 digital faces in Northeast Pennsylvania and Northwest New Jersey.  Glenn Khoury is General Manager […]

Andy McDonald on Clean Zones and Why they Matter for your OOH Company

The OAAA recently issued a legal report discussiong clean zones.  Billboard Insider talked with OAAA SVP-Government Affairs, Andy McDonald to learn more. Andy, what are clean zones and why do they matter to an out of home company? Clean zones are buffer areas established by host cities, in coordination with […]

OUTFRONT and AWS Usher in a New Era for OOH Advertising

October 15, 2025 Marks a Major Step Toward Digitizing and Automating OOH with AI-Enabled Workflows NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant industry development, OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT), one of the largest and most trusted out-of-home (“OOH”) media companies in North America, today announced a strategic partnership with Amazon […]