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OBIE Entry Deadline Extended

Take advantage of our OBIEs extension Afraid you were going to miss the deadline for the OBIEs call for entries? Fear not! The deadline to submit your jaw dropping creative has been extended to January 14.  Making OOH history is a great New Year’s Resolution – enter today! Eligibility for […]

Company of the Day – Anchor Billboards

Company: Anchor Billboards Headquarters:  3180 N. Ad Art Rd., Stockton, California 95215 Markets: Central Valley California Phone: (888) 727-2292 Email: peter@anchorbillboards.com Anchor Billboards is the DBA for Digital Sign Network, LLC. Anchor Billboards is a Stockton, CA based company offering a variety of billboard advertising throughout California’s Central Valley. Their inventory […]

Remembering Billboard Champion Senator Harry Reid (1939-2021)

Former Senate Leader Harry Reid — a champion of the billboard industry — died Tuesday (December 28). He was 82.  Reid rose from humble beginnings in Searchlight, Nevada, to become the Democratic leader in the Senate, including eight years in the majority. Reid, who served in both the US House […]

The OOH Company Behind the Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop

Press Release by Tiger Party The Times Square Ball Drop countdown is not only a major global attraction but also a New Year’s tradition. Thousands of people buy tickets for the New Year Eve’s Ball Drop party, and millions watch it live on TV and online. Most spectators take it […]

Daktronics Revenues Grow 30% for 3 Months Ended October 2021

Daktronics revenues have recovered from covid but supply chain issues are impacting the digital billboard maker’s profits.  Here are the results from the Daktronics 2Q FY 22 earnings release and earnings call for the 3 months ended October 31, 2021. Revenue increased by 30% to $165 million due to eased […]

CDC Reduces Quarantine Guidelines for Asymptomatic Covid-19 Cases

Formetco’s safety director Jim Poage passes along the following article to Billboard Insider on the CDC’s decision this week to shorten COVID-19 isolation and quarantine periods.  This means asymptomatic employees can come back to work sooner than they previously could. Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)announced that […]

Company of the Day: Driggers Media

Company: Driggers Outdoor Markets: Louisiana Headquarters: 1440 Goodwin Road, Ruston, LA  71270 Phone: 318-251-0244 Driggers Outdoor has over 100 sign locations in Louisiana stretching along I-20 as well as I-49 south from Shreveport.  The company is an operator associate of the IBOUSA.   Rodney Driggers is the company’s President. Rodney, how did you enter […]

Billboard Leases on Tribal Land

Think you can write a lease with a tribe and be done with it?  Not so fast, especially if the tribe hasn’t qualified under the Hearth Act. The Hearth Act is a federal law  passed in 2012 which allows Indian tribes to write business leases for a primary term of […]

Lindmark Buys 18 Faces from Tillery in New Mexico

NORMAN, OK. – Lindmark Outdoor Media announced today the purchase of all Outdoor Advertising displays from Tillery Chevrolet-GMC, Inc. in New Mexico, representing the second acquisition in such state during this month of December.  The eighteen (18) displays are all located along I-40 outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Terms of […]

Company of the Day – Drive-By-Signs

Company: Drive-By-Signs Headquarters: 2102 9th Ave SW, Watertown, SD 57201 Market: Watertown, S.D. Phone: (605) 886-8211 Email: Drivebysigns@hotmail.com Locally owned, Drive-By-Signs has provided outdoor advertising within the city of Watertown, South Dakota, and surrounding communities for 31 years. They began with a single structure in 1989 and have grown to […]