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Jim Poage on the White House COVID Vaccination Plan

Billboard Insider asked Formetco Safety Director Jim Poage for an update on pending White House COVID 19 vaccination rules. What’s new with the White House COVID19 vaccination plan? Well, technically speaking, the expectation that businesses with 100 or more employees will require vaccinations or weekly testing of employees is still […]

David Wolotsky Celebrates 40 Years in Out of Home

By Victoria Mottesheard and David Wolotsky, OUTFRONT Media David Wolotsky has been an established professional in Out of Home for the past 40 years. He is a legend, a leader, a friend to the industry and to many of you in OOH, in Washington, DC, and beyond. As David retires […]

OneScreen.AI Raises $3 Million in New Funding

BOSTON — Nov. 10, 2021 – OneScreen.ai, a SaaS-enabled B2B marketplace provider for out-of-home (OOH) advertising, has raised an additional $3 million in seed funding to create the first-of-its-kind media platform that brings together the fragmented OOH advertising landscape. The funding, $2.6 million from Asymmetric Capital Partners and $400k from […]

Company of the Day – Chicago Billboards

Name: Chicago Billboards Headquarters: P.O. Box 5097 Naperville, IL 60567 Market: Greater Chicago Phone: 847-344-2918 Email: info@chicagobillboards.com Chicago Billboards’ inventory include an array of Community Digital Billboards which are located in high demand local and suburban communities in and around the Chicago area. Todd Sanders is an owner and partner […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Up 33% in 3Q 2021

“We delivered very strong results during the third quarter and we entered the fourth quarter with continued business momentum,” was how Clear Channel Outdoor worldwide CEO William Eccleshare summarized  3rd quarter 2021 financials.  Here are the highlights of the 3rd quarter 2021 earnings release, earnings presentation and conference call. Revenue […]

Supreme Court Hears Reagan v Austin

Today at 10am eastern time the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Reagan v Austin.  The court will allow 70 minutes for oral arguments.  The Court is reviewing a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that Austin’s restriction on off-premise digital billboards was a content based violation of […]

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: City Outdoor

Company: City Outdoor Markets:  Massachusetts, Illinois, California, New York Headquarters: 1333 Broadway, Suit 506, New York, New York 10018 Phone: 212-736-9400 City Outdoor operates a plant of high profile bulletins, digital billboards, wallscapes, bulletins and baricades in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.  The firm was started by […]

Renfroe Outdoor Sells Majority Stake To Verde Outdoor Media

For Immediate Release November 9, 2021 Renfroe Outdoor is pleased to announce that the company has received a substantial equity investment by Verde Outdoor Media. Williamson & Associates represented Renfroe Outdoor in the transaction. “This acquisition is the first by Verde Outdoor Media in the Southeast. We have a small […]

OAAA Elevates Three Leaders to Senior Roles

OAAA has promoted three long-time staff members to senior leadership roles. Each person has made essential contributions over several years and more recently has helped the association refocus priorities and services during the pandemic, each in their own way. Marci Werlinich has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice […]