US passenger travel increased by an additional 5% last week according to the Inrix US National Traffic Volume Synopsis issue #7. Passenger travel improved to 64% of normal for the week ended May 1 up from 59% of normal for the week ended April 24. Travel is compared to a […]
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Company of the Day – Harmony Outdoor
Company: Harmony Outdoor Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 114 W Diamond St, PO Box 271, Butler, PA 16001 Phone: 724-282-8000. Email: Vsmith@butlereagle.com Harmony Outdoor advertising operates a plant with 90 billboards in four counties in Western Pennsylvania. The company is a subsidiary of the family owned Eagle Media Corporation. Eagle Media owns several […]
Jennifer Sloane: “Our industry will be just fine once the economy reopens.”
Today’s podcast guest is Jennifer Sloane, an attorney with more than 20 years experience practicing out of home law. Here are her comments on 4 mistakes out of home companies make in leases, when you have a legal case against your regulatory authority and what the future is for out […]
Clever Marketing from a Vinyl Printer
Remember the news stories about covid-19 inspired toilet paper shortages. Last Friday Insider received a box from Fedex. Inside is a roll of toilet paper which says “WE ARE HERE MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE. Call us today. API.” Very clever. Well played Associated Posters. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid […]
Link Media Hires Lodzinski and Heck
Link Media Outdoor is pleased to announce that they have brought on Bill Lodzinski as General Manager of the Mid-Atlantic/West Virginia market. Bill has prior hands on experience as a General Manager for Outfront Media in Philadelphia, and Lamar Advertising in Bridgeport, WV, Roanoke, VA, plus Ocala, FL. Bill began […]
Company of the Day: Greyline Outdoor
Company: Greyline Outdoor Markets: New York Address: PO Box 281, Brant NY 14027 Phone: 716-983-9820 Greyline Outdoor originally formed in 1988 as S&S Enterprises, a small, local sign shop under owner/operator(s) Everett Scritchfield, Jr. and Linda Scritchfield. 1993 marked the first purchase of billboard by the company and set the […]
Out of the Office – Michael Lang & “The Human Collective”
Besides focussing on billboard real estate opportunities, Michael Lang of Lang Media is now a published author. Insider talked to Michael about his first book, “The Human Collective”. Is “The Human Collective” your first book? Yes, it’s my first novel. It’s an apocalyptic sci-fi story, set in the future where […]
The Paperbacks Are In!
Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. Due to requests from our less digitally inclined readers, we just received a limited number of paperbacks from the printers this week. We still have a few that have […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds May 2, 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 […]
Mark Boidman: “Short term, it’s defense, Long term, it’s offense.”
THE rAVE Agency and Zoom partnered for the inaugural LAVNCH Week and Mark Boidman of PJ Solomon provided the Keynote address. Here are highlights from Boidman’s talk: Covid-Specific Media Impact There will be a slowdown in advertising spend as firms cut back on marketing budgets Though Media relating to […]