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“A Special Man from Kansas…” Remembering Billboard Champion Roger Kemp

By Mike Hershey, OAAA Government Affairs Roger Kemp, the Kansas dad who used billboards to help find the man who killed his daughter two decades ago, passed away last week. Longtime friend Bob Fessler (OAAA HoF 2007) of Lamar Advertising Company in Kansas City confirmed his passing and will attend […]

Programmatic: The OOH WAVE of the Future

By Chad Smith, Head of Media Owner Supply, Blip Billboards As more people are emerging from the pandemic and getting back to normal, out-of-home is making a comeback stronger than ever. Several trends are driving this: digital burnout, screen fatigue, and data privacy concerns are merging with a move towards […]

Don’t Forget JCDecaux

At Insider we do track the big three in the US very actively. However, while JCDecaux may not have the strong roadside faces like Lamar, Clear Channel or OUTFRONT, they have developed a strong digital presence in the US. We saw this video that provides an excellent overview of Decaux’s […]

Company of the Day: Greater Vision Outdoor

Company:  Greater Vision Outdoor Markets:  Kentucky Address: 4070 Mudlick-Flippin Road, Thompkinsville, Kentucky,  42167 Phone: 270-427-8951 Greater Vision Outdoor operates a billboard plant in south central Kentucky in the following communities: Glasgow Thompkinsville Hodgenville Barren County The company was started by Josh and Ashlee Strong in 2008.         […]

Scott Wells: We are a Real GDP-Plus Business

Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells delivered upbeat remarks at yesterday’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference.  Here are some of his remarks. The advertising spend upside Only about half of the campaigns that get initiated use out of home…speaks to the opportunity that’s ahead for us. Sales force […]

Fresh Paint: Inside Colossal’s Painter Apprentice Program

By Katie Danforth Gill | Colossal Media, Project Manager, Creative Services Poll a thousand people and ask them if they’d like to spend months learning to mix paints, tie knots and hinges, operate rigs and lifts, and practice lettering outside on a damp Brooklyn winter day — 999 of them […]

Exterion Media France Selects Hivestack as DOOH & SSP Partner

Hivestack, the world’s leading independent programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company today announced a partnership with Exterion Media France. Through this partnership, Exterion Media’s inventory will be integrated into the Hivestack Supply-Side Platform (SSP), bringing additional scale to advertisers both within and from outside of France who are […]

Company of the Day – Green City Solutions

Company: Green City Solutions Markets: Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania Headquarters: 1050 Park Avenue, New York, NYU  10028 Phone: 646-582-6929 Email: info@greencitysolutions.com Green City Solutions, in partnership with Bigbelly Solar, operates a street advertising plant of solar recycling kiosks in Atlanta, Brooklyn, New York City and Philadelphia.  Robert Gheewalla and Geoffrey […]

A Dispute Between Competitors

A pattern of anticompetitive behavior may backfire on you.  That’s the lesson of Daisy Outdoor Advertising versus Abbott Company Outdoor Advertising. Here are the facts. Daisy Outdoor erected a legal billboard on real estate property it owned in Gaffney, South Carolina.  In addition to the billboard the property included a […]

Baltimore Planning Commission Approves Proposed Signs in North Harbor Sign Plan

The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore (DPOB) has proposed the North Harbor Area of Special Signage Control based on their long-standing commitment to the vibrancy and appeal of Baltimore’s Downtown. The DPOB believes the North Harbor Plan is an  opportunity to energize and enliven downtown, and believers after extensive public testimony […]