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Extra Credit Projects Founder Rob Jackson Publishes OOH Design Book

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—Muhammed Ali, Betty Ford, Kobe Bryant and other icons are the center of a new book featuring the lifetime national tribute work of creative turned author Rob Jackson and his agency Extra Credit Projects (ECP).Today Jackson announced the release of Reflect, a book cataloging their last 20 years of commemorative billboard […]

FOARE College Scholarships

Got kids in college or heading to college?  June 30 is the deadline to apply for one of the scholarships offered by the Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (“FOARE”).   The foundation awards five general student scholarships and six named scholarships consisting of $5,000 each; the Allman Family Business […]

Company of the Day – Interstate Outdoor Advertising

Company: Interstate Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  905 North Kings Highway,Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Markets: Philadelphia New Jersey New York The Hamptons Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Miami Washington, D.C. Phone:  856.667.6620 Email:   sales@interstateoutdoor.com Interstate Outdoor began in Cherry Hill, NJ in 1984 with a focus on outdoor advertising opportunities in the […]

Which public OOH company grew revenues faster than expenses over the past 7 years?

Which Out of Home company grows revenues faster than expenses?  Look at the chart below.  Insider computed the change in revenues and expenses for Clear Channel, OUTFRONT and Lamar for the past 7 years. Lamar is the only company which grew revenue faster than expenses.  Lamar’s revenues grew 5.8%/year for […]

Terry Carmody: The Last Few Weeks Have Been Encouraging

In addition to owning some out of home assets in New York, Atlanta and Chicago, Terry Carmody handles sales for Integration Media, a specialist out of home company which works closely with IBOUSA.  Here’s a summary of Terry’s zoom comments recently to IBOUSA Associates on national advertising. How Integration is […]

Duck Duck Go on 2,245 US Billboards

  Duck Duck Go is running a campaign on 2,245 billboards in the US and 2,261 billboards in Europe.  The campaign highlights the fact that DuckDuckGo gives users better privacy.  Click on the map below to see where the boards are located. There’s a discussion at ycombinator over whether the […]

What’s a 27 year old car doing on a billboard?

The Drive has a great article about a picture someone took of a 27 year old Toyota ad on a billboard in San Francisco.  The ad was hand-painted on the sign in 1992 and rather than paint over the ad, Clear Channel has simply been stretching vinyl over the hand-painting […]

Company of the Day: Intersection Media

Company: Intersection Markets: Nationwide US Headquarters: 10 Hudson Yards, 26th Floor, New York, NY  10001 Phone: 212-644-6200 Email: hello@intersection.com Intersection operates a network of digital and static screens across multiple urban markets in the US including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, New Jersey, Pittsburgh and […]

Insider’s New Book is Available!

Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 things in a good out of home lease 11 things in a good […]