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Company of the Day: Scadron Outdoor

Company:  Scadron Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Chicago Headquarters:  1015 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois  60642 Phone:  312-666.7500 Email:  info@scadron.com Scadron Outdoor (formerly Arrow Signs of Chicago) is a fourth generation family owned firm which was originally founded in 1892 to do billboards and on-premise signs.  In 1984 the company sold the on-premise business […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds December 10, 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 […]

More on Daktronics

Billboard Insider has picked up more information related to our Daktronics story from yesterday. First is a press release from Daktronics on an addition to their Board of Directors. Here is a portion of that release. BROOKINGS, S.D., Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ – DAKT) today […]

US Billboard Revenues Beyond Covid – Transit and Street Furniture Close the Gap

Billboard revenues are surging, transit and place based revenues are coming back and place based revenues continue to lag versus pre covid.  That’s what’s apparent in the third quarter 2022 revenue figures reported yesterday by the OAAA. US billboard revenues grew 7% in the third quarter of 2022 and are […]

An Update On Our Tragedy Strikes Article

Emerald Outdoor’s GM, Tom Townsend shared on Wednesday of the tragic accident that took the life of  Emeralds long time installer, Chris Sanders. Chris’ wife May was traveling with him and was injured in the accident.  Insider reached out for an update from Tom and here are his thoughts. I […]

Fotofetch Shot of the Week

What a week!  December is keeping FotoFetch busy!   We pulled into Sacramento to shoot there, then hit the 205 to Hayward and San Francisco.   We also shot in Silicon Valley on the way to Riverside.   We headed east to Nevada, then south to Phoenix.  We were doing photo shoots all […]

Winners of the 2022 Media Plan of the Year Awards

The 2022 Media Plan of the Year Award goes to Rapport for its ‘NBA Postseason Taking it to the Streets’ campaign, which pushed the boundaries of DOOH innovation and multi-team collaboration to bring game updates and real-time commentary into the local communities. The result: across-the-board lift in tune-in intent, consideration, […]

Company of the Day: Saunders Outdoor

Company: Saunders Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 1764 W 2900 S, Ogden, UT 84401 Markets:  Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana Phone: 801.621.2350 Email:  info@saundersoutdoor.com Saunders Outdoor Advertising Inc. is family-owned with over 225 outdoor signs located in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. Starting with only one billboard in 1978, the company has spread throughout the Intermountain West. Saunders Outdoor […]

How an Australian Pilot Got Into the Billboard Business

WA Billboards was founded in 1991 by Steve Robinson, and has grown to be the largest domestic operator of outdoor media in Western Australia.  Steve started in the business in 1984.  I wanted to find out a little about Steve’s background and how he got started in the business. Steve […]

Daktronics Delays Earnings Amid Questions About Going Concern Status

Yesterday the digital billboard maker Daktronics delayed the release of financial statements for the quarter ended October 29, 2022 until December 12.   Here is the Daktronics 8k released in connection with the delay.  Billboard Insider has highlighted two sections in bold. On December 5, 2022, management of Daktronics, Inc. (the […]