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Company of the Day – GR Outdoor

Company: Grand Rapids Outdoor Headquarters: P.O. Box 2626, Grand Rapids, MI 49501 Market: Grand Rapids Michigan Phone: 616-874-8283 Email: sales@groutdoor.com Grand Rapids Outdoor is a locally owned and operated billboard advertising company.  In December of 2021, the Company sold the bulk of their signs to OUTFRONT Media which included 29 Digital and 87 […]

Roy Park’s Tips For Getting Bank Financing

Roy H Park, Jr has published a new edition of Sons in the Shadow: Surviving The Family business as An SOB, a book about his business career including stints as CEO of Park Communications Inc. and Park Outdoor. He talks about how his father approached banks for financing: “…Park laid […]

OUTFRONT and Google run AI campaign

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT), and Google DeepMind today announced the launch of ‘Imagine If…’ – an artistic and cultural civic program that invites New Yorkers across all five boroughs to co-create a city-wide visual experience with local artists.   Imagine If…’ asks subway riders to […]

billups Launches AI Agent for Out of Home

New York, November 14, 2025 – billups, the world’s largest independent Out-of-Home (OOH) technology and managed services company, today announced significant enhancements to its technology capabilities, including the introduction of audrai, the first AI-powered agentic system built to optimize planning and performance for OOH advertising. The company’s technology-first approach has fueled expansion across […]

Rate this ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad 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 […]

Company of the Day: Grapevine Outdoor

Company:  Grapevine Outdoor Markets:  Oregon Address: Portland, Oregon. Email: info@grapevineoutdoor.com Phone: 503-333-5957 Grapevine Outfoor operates a plant of wallscapes, digital billboards, advertising trucks and indoor mall signage in Portland, Oregon.  The company’s principals are Abe Tannenbaum and Russell Davis-Cohen   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds November 15, 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 […]

Link Media Revenue up 2.5% in 3Q 2025

Here are the results of Link Media Outdoor’s 3Q 2025 performance,  taken from the Boston Omaha third quarter 2025 earnings release, 10Q  and earnings presentation, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Revenues increased by 2.5% to $11.8 million due to increased professional services and entertainment spending and an increase in occupancy. […]

Out of Home is the Last Heroic Medium Says Goddard

Out of Home is the last “heroic” medium, World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard said at this week’s APAC Regional Forum in Seoul, South Korea. Quoting Ogilvy Group UK CEO James Murphy, he said the medium had not just out-performed other legacy media amid the digital tidal wave […]

Is That Billboard Falling? Nope, It’s On Purpose!

If you’re driving along Highway 789 just east of Lander, Wyoming, you might spot a billboard that looks a little… off-kilter. Don’t worry, it’s not a construction mistake; it’s a purposefully tilted board designed by YESCO to catch your attention! This unique display was built to tilt in either direction, […]