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Kevin Gleason on the Searchlight/BCI Investment

Billboard Insider asked Adams Outdoor President and CEO Kevin Gleason to comment on the equity investment by Searchlight Capital Partners “(Searchlight”) and British Columbia Investment Management Corp (“BCI”) in Adams Outdoor Advertising (“AOA”).  Gleason said this: Stephen Adams and the leadership team at Adams Outdoor Advertising are interested in leveraging […]

Geopath Names Dylan Mabin EVP Operations and Acting President

New York, NY (September 22, 2021) – Geopath, the not-for-profit organization that provides the industry-standard audience metrics for out-of-home (OOH) advertising, today announced the promotion of Dylan Mabin to Executive Vice President of Operations and Acting President at Geopath, effective immediately following a unanimous vote from the Geopath Board of […]

Burkhart Advertising Sells Sign Company

SOUTH BEND, IND — SOUTH BEND, IND — Burkhart Advertising Incorporated, Indiana’s top out of home advertising provider announced today the sale of its on-premise sign manufacturing business, Burkhart Sign Systems, L.L.C, to Hayes Design Inc. Burkhart Advertising is a family owned and operated business founded in 1964 that manages […]

Company of the Day – Blue Ox Media

Company: Blue Ox Media Headquarters: 100 South 5th Street – 19th floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Market: Greater Minneapolis, MN Phone: (612) 300-8440 Email: ghooker@blueoxmediagroup.com Blue Ox Media was founded in 2016 and operates 3 distal structures and one static structure.  The double-side digitals are 14×48 and the static structure is […]

What you need to know about non-conforming signs

Knowing the difference between a conforming and non-conforming billboard will keep you out of trouble with regulators.  Here’s a short course on conforming and non-conforming out of home advertising signs. What’s a conforming sign? A conforming out of home advertising sign is lawfully erected and in compliance with federal, state […]

Digital and Dirt, with Ian Dallimore

Billboard Insider is excited about Ian Dallimore’s new podcast “Digital and Dirt”.  As most of you know Ian is Vice President of Digital Growth & GM of Programmatic at Lamar Advertising which provides him with a perfect platform for his podcast focused on Out of Home and innovation. Here are […]

Broadsign Rolls Out New Digital Marketing Platform for Retailers

MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 — Broadsign, developer of the leading out-of-home (OOH) marketing platform, today announced a joint effort with visual solutions company Gable; managed network services, cybersecurity, and digital signage solutions provider SageNet; and digital signage hardware developer Seneca (an Arrow Electronics company) to provide an end-to-end in-store digital […]

Company of the Day: Blue Outdoor

Company: Blue Outdoor Headquarters: 419 Park Ave. So., Suite 605,  New York, NY 10016 Markets:  Nationwide. Phone: 212.759.0200 Email: sales@blueoutdoor.com Blue Outdoor operates an indoor and outdoor out of home plant primarily in shopping malls and lifestyle centers.  the firm has 41,732 ad faces in 231 retail locations in 40 states.  The company was […]

Fulcrum Capital Invests in Creative Outdoor Advertising

Canadian’s love out of home.  Yesterday British Columbia Investment Management Corp partnered with Searchlight Capital to invest in Adams Outdoor.  Earlier this month the Canadian Equity Fund Fulcrum Capital Partners invested in street furniture company Creative Outdoor Advertising. Fulcrum Capital Partners Principal James Morrison tells Billboard Insider: “We were impressed […]

Where Is Signbird This Month?

This month, SignBird has been in Tennessee! Our friends at Allison Outdoor Advertising hired SignBird to visit their Johnson City, TN market. We visited 16 digital units in the market taking to time to highlight key selling points with cameras in hand and aerial drones in the sky. Within 30 […]