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Supreme Court Declines to Review Thomas Case

The US Supreme Court declined to review the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that Tennessee’s billboard law was unconstitutional.   The ruling invalidated Tennessee’s sign code.  On June 25, 2020 Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee signed legislation to revise Tennessee’s sign rules to fix the […]

Promising Signs for OOH in Second Half 2020

The third webinar of the OAAA series, OOH and the Impact of COVID-19, was held last week, and contained a number of encouraging signs and important data points for the industry. Among the positive signals and useful updates covered in the webinar: MAGNA projects OOH will outperform all other traditional […]

JCDecaux Improves Urban Life with its New Natural Cooling Bus Shelter

Paris, 9 July 2020 – JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, has developed and is now offering local authorities its new-generation Natural Cooling bus shelter, with a solution to the issue of urban heat islands. The new model expands the range of innovative bus shelters […]

Company of the Day: King Outdoor

Company:  King Outdoor Advertising Markets: Pennsylvania Address: 304 N Washington Avenue, Suite 201, Scranton, PA  18503 Email: info@kingoutdoor.net Phone: 570-34408250 King Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 32 static and 55 digital spaces in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  The company was founded in 1966.  Jerry Frank is the company’s CEO and President.  […]

Out of Home Revenues Coming Back

Revenues at Insider’s Indiana/Minnesota out of home plant have almost fully recovered from Covid declines.  Take a look at this chart below. Three quarters of the revenue decline was caused by closed businesses asking for abatement.  One quarter of the revenue decline was caused by businesses asking for a contract […]

EMBARK, Tyler Celebrate Oklahoma City’s 100th Bus Shelter

EMBARK and its partner Tyler Outdoor marked the 100th new bus shelter that was installed in Oklahoma City on July 1. The 100th shelter installation is located at SW 23rd St. and Walker Ave., with funding for this particular shelter provided through a grant from the City of Oklahoma City […]

OOH Media Plan Awards Submissions Open through August 31, 2020

  Is Your Case Study Strong Enough to Win A Media Plan Award? The OOH Media Plan Awards program honors effective OOH media plans that maximize the synergies between media and creative strategies by budget size. Eligibility for the 2020 OOH Media Plan Awards competition requires an OOH campaign ran […]

Company of the Day – L&W Outdoor

Company: L&W Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 6102 W 400 N, Greenfield, IN 46140 Market: Indiana Phone: 317-894-7110 Email: lwoutdoor@myninestar.net L&W Outdoor Advertising, Inc. is Indiana’s Interstate Billboard Company. Located just east of Indianapolis with signs serving most of the major interstates in Indiana. Founded in 1983, L&W began with Larry Weaver […]

Stephen Johnson on Building Your First Digital Billboard

Today’s podcast guest is Stephen Johnson of Waller Outdoor.  He talks about what he’s learned while building and running his first digital billboard in Waller, Texas. Stephen how did you get interested in a digital billboard. My parents started to work in the newspaper business when I was a little […]