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New & Noted: September 20, 2019

Insider wrote a recent article on the federal governments warnings on Vaping products.  The parent company of Standard Outdoor, Standard Diversified, also has a subsidiary, Turning Point Brands, who is a leading marketer in the Other Tobacco Products segment and includes several vaping related companies.  Standard Diversified’s public traded stock […]

OOH Front and Center at Advertising Week New York

OAAA and OOH will have a large presence at this year’s Advertising Week New York, September 23-26. The event takes place at the AMC Lincoln Square 13 movie theater, which OAAA will dominate and surround with the launch of the OOH industry’s latest campaign. OOH is Real, a re-imagining of the successful Feel […]

Company of the Day: Alabama Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Alabama Outdoor Market:  Birmingham, Alabama Headquarters Address: 1049 Morrison Dr, Suite 202, Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 205-533-0708 Email: dhawkins@aloutdoor.com Alabama Outdoor operates two digital billboard around Birmingham, Alabama. The digital billboards are provided by Formetco. Davis Hawkins is the company President.     [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Eccleshare: There Might be Better Owners for Some International Assets

William Eccleshare seems a bit more open to selling Clear Channel Outdoor’s international operations.  Here are the highlights from his talk at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference wednesday. On why Clear Channel Outdoor is growing. The rush to online was effective but it might have been just a little bit […]

Kym Frank on Out of Home’s Bullish Future

Geopath President Kym Frank talked about the bullish outlook for out of home on Borrell’s Local Marketing Trends Podcast this week. Outdoor is the only traditional medium which hasn’t declined.  Why? I think it’s a lot of factors.  Certainly there have been more installs…We just really aren’t subjected to a […]

What Happens to OOH Spending During a Recession?

By Sarah Neeley, Blip Billboards Talk of an upcoming recession has caused many to seek out warning signs and to take some financial precautions. In fact, The Economist magazine reports that Google has “registered an alarming rise in searches related to ‘recession.’” But regardless of when, if, or why a […]

Company of the Day – Albert Outdoor Advertising

Company: Albert Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 6510 LBJ Freeway Suite 100 Dallas, TX 75240 Market: Dallas, TX Phone: (972) 239-5800 Email: info@albert-outdoor.com Albert Outdoor traces its origins back to the early 1960s when David Albert began building wooden multi-pole structures in the newly emerging suburbs for homebuilders and other businesses looking […]

Former Prosecutor Klobuchar Calls Out Billboard Power in DEM Debate

By Ken Klein OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs In the fog of the (long) 10-way presidential debate in Houston, out of home media (OOH) got a shout-out as an effective problem solver for crime fighters. “There was a kid named Byron Phillips that was shot on his front porch,” […]

Prismview’s Szczepaniak on Tariffs and Trends in Digital Billboard Design

­­­ Today’s podcast guest is Don Szczepaniak, President and CEO of Prismview, a Samsung Electronics company which manufactures indoor and outdoor display products including digital billboards.  Don talks about what Prismview has done to reduce the impact of tariffs and trends in digital billboard design.  To receive a free Prismview […]