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3 Phrases Billboard Insider Wants to Retire From Out Of Home

Lots of reaction to last week’s Kevin Gleason suggestion  that we banish “board” from our out of home vocabulary.  Here are 3 more phrases Insider would like to retire. Lean in when used by a 50-something white male out of home or ad agency executive to sound sensitive and hip.  […]

Claudia Damas on advertisers boycotting facebook and why out of home benefits.

Altermark CEO Claudia B Damas gives Insider her take on advertisers boycotting facebook. They should have done this a long time ago. This conversation is very repetitive. Online does not have the checks and balances needed to manage how brands culturally express themselves. The data shows over and over that […]

American Infrastructure Exploring Sale of Landmark Dividend

Bloomberg is reporting that American Infrastructure Funds is exploring the sale of Landmark Dividend LLC.  The firm is working with a financial adviser that has begun contacting potential suitors including other infrastructure funds, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. Landmark Dividend could […]

Do It Outdoors Creates Custom Mobile Billboards for California Lottery

By Do It Outdoors A couple of years to when creative agency David&Goliath sought to put a completely new and sleek spin on promotional and advertising efforts for their client, the California Lottery. They wanted to (quite literally) give luck a new look with a new campaign involving custom mobile […]

Company of the Day – Kessler Outdoor & K2 Media

      Company:  Kessler Outdoor & K2 MediaHeadquarters:   Kessler Outdoor: 2669 NATIONAL RD, ZANESVILLE, OH 43701 K2 Media: 755 Grand Blvd, Ste B105-274 Miramar Beach, FL 32550 Markets: Ohio, West Virginia & FloridaPhone: 740-453-0668 (Ohio) 850-532-0075 (Florida)Email:   Natalie@k2mediainc.com Kessler Outdoor Advertising and Ks Media are divisions of Kessler […]

Out of Home Outperforms Market in Second Quarter 2020

US out of home stocks had an outstanding quarter as traffic rebounded and the economy began to open back up from Covid closures. Clear Channel Outdoor (blue), Lamar (green), OUTFRONT (purple) and S&P 500 (black) stock performance April-June, 2020 Clear Channel Outdoor increased 85% to $1.04 during the quarter versus […]

Community Friendly Digital Billboards

What can the industry do to help make digital billboards more community friendly? That question has been on the mind of Media Resources’ Chief Product Architect, Cheng Qian, for years. Digital Billboards have proven very effective, dynamic tools to connect people with products, services, and information. However, the use of […]

When 2020 Hands You Lemons…

As we rebound from the impact of Covid, reduced revenues and sheltering from home, it is always important to recognize that people and jobs have been impacted in a real way.  Insider saw this article from Aliana Heffernan and offers it with her permission. By Aliana Heffernan, Digital Media Content […]

UK Foot Traffic Recovering from Covid

London, UK: June 30th, 2020 – Today, Talon Outdoor reported the latest findings from their proprietary Out of Home data management platform Ada, covering the week ending June 21 – the first full week since lockdown restrictions were lifted on non-essential retail in England. The latest figures show a significant […]

OUTFRONT Honors New York Grads in Times Square

By Courtney Richards, OUTFRONT Media As graduation ceremonies across the country have been cancelled or postponed, we couldn’t let some of our graduates not feel the love. OUTFRONT showcased our NY area grads on a Times Square billboard to show our pride and support for the 2020 graduating class! Hats […]