Back In May 2020, Insider ran a story on a lawsuit filed in U.S. Court related to the San Francisco Mayoral race. Failed mayoral candidate Ellen Zhou sued Mayor Breed, Clear Channel Outdoor LLC and OUTFRONT Media after the companies took down two of her campaign billboards during the campaign […]
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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: Elite Media
Company: Elite Media Markets: Nevada Address: 145 Brightmoor Ct, Henderson, Nevada 89074 Email: sales@elitemediainc.com Phone: 702-=492-0654 Elite Media provides large scale building wraps in Las Vegas. Some of the firm’s location include the Springhill Suites, Las Vegas Convention Center, Renaissance and the Las Vegas Monorail. Chad McCullough is the company’s President. Kate McCullough is […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds January 15, 2022
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.” Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager. We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified” Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]
Verde Outdoor Media Acquires Sizable Midwestern Operator Avery Outdoor
Avery Outdoor, a division of Avery Brothers, LLC, sold its third-generation outdoor advertising company based in Sioux City, IA to Verde Outdoor Media. As part of the transaction, Verde Outdoor Media retains all of Avery Outdoor’s employees. Avery Brothers Sign Company, known for its sign fabrication services, was not part […]
New ECP Campaign Will Make You Sweat
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH — Midwest advertising agency Extra Credit Projects (ECP), in collaboration with client YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids, has launched a campaign to promote new memberships just in time for New Year’s resolutions. With the last two years of decreased gym attendance due to the ever-present concerns of […]
Raydiant Acquires AI Tool for Digital Out of Home
AMSTERDAM – January 13, 2022 – San Francisco-based Raydiant, a leading in-location experience management platform, today announced it has acquired Sightcorp, a spinoff company from the University of Amsterdam that provides state-of-the-art, proprietary AI-powered audience intelligence for digital signage, digital out-of-home (DOOH) media, and in-store analytics. Raydiant and Sightcorp will […]
Company of the Day: Elevation Outdoor
Company: Elevation Outdoor Advertising of Tennessee Market: East Tennessee Headquarters: 5201 Kingston Pike, Suite 6, #138, Knoxville, TN 37919 Phone: 865-748-2427 Elevation Outdoor Advertising, LLC, based in Knoxville, Tennessee was founded in 2002. Elevation Outdoor does business in a 14 county area of East Tennessee and has over 270 bulletin displays, most measuring 14’ […]
Formetco Partners with SignBird to Offer State of the Art Marketing Resource
January 12, 2022 Duluth, GA – Formetco, an innovative out of home advertising manufacturer for half a century is transforming the industry once again by partnering with SignBird to provide brand new state-of-the-art marketing resources to every billboard customer. SignBird produces breathtaking and eye-catching drone photography and videography, approach footage, […]
Jim Matalone on the Missouri Neon Sale to Link Media
Jim Matalone went into out of home consulting and brokerage after selling Ashby St Outdoor in 2019. Billboard Insider talked with Jim this week about his consulting and out of home brokerage activities. Mad Dog Consulting After I sold my company, I tried to think about what to do next. […]