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… […]
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GEFT vs Marion County 3.0
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 […]
Daktronics & YESCO Partner on Semi-Transparent LED Display
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 of the Day: Giesken Outdoor
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 […]
Meet OAAA EVP Laura Colona
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 […]
Billups Buys SaaS Platform Ads on Top
(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 […]
Company of the Day – Gilbreath Outdoor
Company: Gilbreath Outdoor Advertising Markets: Southeast Texas Headquarters: 407 South Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, TX 77546 Phone: 281-992-4555 Email: info@gilbreathoutdoor.com Headquartered in the greater Houston area , Gilbreath Outdoor has locations in the following Texas Cities: Alvin, Angleton, Arcola, Baytown, Beaumont, Bergheim, Bertram, Boerne, Brazoria, Brookshire, Bulverde, Caldwell, Cameron, Canyon Lake, […]
Troy Sucks At Fishing
Insider always appreciates when we hear from our readers. On Friday we received a call asking if we knew anything about the Troy Sucks at Fishing billboard which was going viral. We quickly determined that Franklin Outdoor was the source of the posting and reached out to Dan Franklin for […]
Rate This Ad by Wes Frick
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 […]
Link Media Parent Boston Omaha Announces NYSE Ticker Symbol Change
OMAHA, Nebraska–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boston Omaha Corporation (“Boston Omaha” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BOMN) announced today that it will be changing its ticker symbol from “BOMN” to “BOC”. Effective on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, the Company’s common shares will trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the new symbol “BOC”. […]