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Billboard Insider Classifieds July 25, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “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 “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Steve Nicklin on First Time Clients and Selling Versus Other Media

On this week’s Geopath/OAAA Virtual Seminar for Independent Operators, OAAA VP of Marketing Steve Nicklin talked about how to interest new clients in out of home and how to sell out of home versus other media.  We’ve summarized his thoughts below. How do you generate interest in out of home […]

Geopath reports distance travelled is 95% of pre-covid.

  Geopath has updated the COVID-19 Mobility Update with data through the week beginning July 13, 2020.  Daily miles travelled is now 95% of the travel occurring the first week of March prior to COVID-19 restrictions. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

D.C. Council Backtracks on Proposed Advertising Tax

In an effort to reduce a projected budget shortfall, Washington D.C. was proposing to create a  tax on advertising revenue as a way to generate up to $18 million in new revenue to the city.  The Washington Post reports that the 3 percent advertising tax was among a list of […]

OUTFRONT Media’s Canadian Business Selects Vistar Media As A Programmatic SSP

OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) today announced a new partnership between its Canadian business and Vistar Media, a leading global provider of programmatic out-of-home technology, to enable programmatic transactions. OUTFRONT Canada will leverage the Vistar supply-side platform (“SSP”) to allow buyers to purchase OUTFRONT’s Canadian digital inventory programmatically, via an […]

Company of the Day: Lightbox

Company:  Lightbox OOH Video Network Markets:  Nationwide Address:  999 Park Avenue, Suite 310, New York, NY  10016 Email:  sales@lightboxooh.com Phone: 646-367-5300 Lightbox operates a network of 4,500 digital screens in 300+ malls across the country. Glen Glenday is CEO.  Peter Krieger is Chief Operating Officer.  Daily DOOH reported on July […]

Bloomberg Late to the Party and Misleading

Bloomberg published an alarmist piece yesterday with the misleading headline: “Billboard Ad Sales Dive 40% With Americans Staying Off the Road.”  This story should have been published in April, not now.  This is old news.   The industry was hit hard in March and April but driving traffic and roadside bulletin […]

Gordon Borrell on trends in local advertising and what it means for out of home.

Geopath and the OAAA put on an outstanding virtual seminar for Independent Out of Home operators yesterday.  Here’s a summary of Gordon Borrell’s talk on trends in local business advertising and what it means for out of home. We run the largest survey of local advertisers in the country…We see […]

Clear Channel Debt Offering a Success

Clear Channel’s private debt offering was a success.  The issue was increased from $350 to $375 million.  The notes were priced at 6.25%.  Closing is scheduled for August 4, 2020.  Clear Channel Outdoor stock closed flat on a day when Lamar was up 2%, OUTFRONT was up 2% and the […]

What to Do When the OSHA Inspector Shows Up

On yesterday’s Billboard Insider podcast Formetco Safety Director Jim Poage reviewed how to keep your workers safe.  Here’s his advice on what to do when an OSHA inspector shows up. An OSHA inspector has arrived at my company.  What should I do? Make sure they truly are OSHA inspectors.  They’ll […]