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Company of the Day – Bass Ltd.

Company: Bass Ltd. Headquarters: 5725 Hwy 90 East, Broussard, LA 70518 Market: South Louisiana Phone: 337.981.1189 BASS, Ltd. is locally owned and currently run by Stephen, David, and Beau Sonnier. Insider caught up with Beau Sonnier for a conversation about the business. What’s new at the Company since we last talked?  […]

Pat O’Donnell on 63 Acquisitions and Hot Button Legislative Issues

Today’s podcast guest is Pat O’Donnell, President, YESCO Outdoor Media.  Pat manages an out of home plant with 2,250 faces  and sits on the board of directors of the OAAA and Geopath.  Pat talks about doing 63 tuck-in acquisitions, using Blip, priorities for the year ahead and hot-button legislative issues. […]

Donor for Dad Billboards

A huge thank you to all the Billboard Insider readers who are running DonorforDad.com copy to help Formetco’s Todd Heller find a kidney donor.  Insider hears the campaign has been posted on over 200 faces. Barrett Outdoor on I-95 near New Haven Connecticut Adams Outdoor Digitals in Michigan   94 […]

Global Ad Revenue to Grow; OOH Leads Growth in Tech

An OAAA Special Report Global ad investment will grow 6 percent to $656 billion in 2020, according to a forecast by market research firm WARC. Internet formats will account for over half of global ad revenue, led by Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Global ad investment will grow 6 percent to $656 […]

2020 OBIE Jury Announced

OBIE Awards Now Open for Submission  October 28, 2019 (New York, NY) — The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has announced the jury for its 2020 OBIE Awards program. Joe Maglio, CEO of McKinney, will serve as chief judge on a jury of seven advertising and creative executives, who will determine which […]

Company of the Day: Barrett Outdoor

Company:  Barrett Outdoor  Headquarters: 381 Highland St., West Haven CT  Markets: Eastern Connecticut  Phone: 203.932.4601 Email: sales@Barrettoutdoor.com Barrett Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Eastern Connecticut along the I-95 corridor including Bridgeport, Stratford, Devon and Milford.  The Company was started in 1962 by Jack Barrett.  John Barrett is the company’s President.  Barrett is a member […]

Haleigh Powell on Working for an Independent Out of Home Advertising Company

Insider recently talked with Haleigh Powell Director of Client relations at Huntington Outdoor about what it’s like to work for an independent out of home company. Haleigh what’s it like working for an independent out of home company. I work with my family in the OOH industry. Combining passion and […]

Digital Billboards Warn Public of Fires in Northern California

Digital billboards have been an important way of communicating with the public during the wildfires in Northern California.  Look at this post by Outfront’s Rob Schilling. Insider’s take:  The knee jerk “I don’t want our city to become Las Vegas” opposition to digital billboards completely overlooks the public communication function […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This weeks rating is […]

Formetco VP Todd Heller Needs a Kidney

  Todd Heller, a Formetco VP of Digital Products, is having health issues and is on dialysis.  He is looking for a kidney donor.   Insider talked with Todd’s daughter Kara who’s a senior at Kennesaw Sate University. Kara, what’s wrong with your dad? My dad is in stage 5 kidney […]