Don William Davidson died on February 8, 2022. Here’s Davidson’s obituary. He was 84 years old. Davidson had several jobs in the out of home business including a stint as CEO of Gannett Outdoor, the largest out of home company in the world at that time. He also worked at […]
Dave Clayton has over 40 years experience in advertising, including nine years running an ad agency specializing in Out-of-Home. Billboard Insider talked with Clayton last week. How did you get involved with the out of home advertising business? I had exposure to Out-of-Home working at a couple of large ad […]
NEW YORK CITY, NY – February 16, 2022 – Today, VIOOH, the leading global digital out of home (DOOH) marketplace, announced the launch of programmatic digital out of home at selected U.S. airports in partnership with JCDecaux North America. The programmatic DOOH (prDOOH) offering will be available at major U.S. […]
Company: Gigantic Media, LLC. Markets: Cleveland, Ohio Headquarters: 5222 Richmond Rd, Bedford Heights, OH 44128 Phone: 216-536-9036 Email: andy@giganticmediallc.com Gigantic Media was formed by Andy Greenwald and David Sternberg to develop wallscapes and billboards in Cleveland. Insider talked with Gigantic’s founder Andrew Greenwald. How did you enter the out of […]
Today’s podcast guest Justin Powell talks about founding Huntington Billboards in the middle of the 2009 great recession and growing the company to 1,800 displays over 13 years. Some of the highlights. How did you enter the out of home business? I graduated from college. I was 20 years old… […]
GEFT has sued the Marion County, Indiana for the third time. GEFT won the first two rounds: a 2016 lawsuit over wrongful termination of a billboard permit and a 2017 law suit which voided the Marion County sign code on first amendment grounds. This time GEFT is challenging the city’s decision […]
Semi-transparent LED technology delivers outward visuals while also allowing light to pass into the windows behind BROOKINGS, S.D. – Feb. 15, 2022 – A new freeform LED display at Security National Financial Corporation in Murray, Utah, has been manufactured and installed by Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, in partnership […]
Company: Giesken Outdoor Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 115 Sophia’s Lane, Ottawa, OH 45875 Phone: (866) 443-7536 or (419) 233-71453 EMail: tom@gieskenoutdoor.com Giesken Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant with a trivision and a digital billboard in Sidney, Ohio. Giesken is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. In December 2021 Giesken sold most of his billboards to […]
In December 2021 Laura Colona was hired at the EVP/Commercial Marketing Officer of the OAAA. Colona is based in New York City. She heads up the OAAA’s marketing and presides over the OAAA CMO Council, CRO Council, Creative Council and Innovations committee. Billboard Insider interviewed her earlier this week. What’s […]
(Portland, Oregon, U.S. – February 15, 2022) – Billups, the largest privately held out-of-home technology and managed services company in the U.S., today announced it has acquired Ads on Top, the only API-first ad server and supply-side platform (SSP) built specifically to handle loops and programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH). Ads […]
