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Company of the Day: Chicago Shelter Ads

Company: Chicago Shelter Ads Market:  Illinois Address:  6624 W Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL  60634 Email: chicagoshelterbc@aol.com Phone: 773-545-5296 Illinois Convenience and Safety Corp dba Chicago Shelter Ads operates a backlit transit shelter advertising plant in communities ringing the city of Chicago.  The posters are 6′  by 4′ wide.  Bruce […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds January 4, 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 […]

Circle Graphics Acquires Metromedia Technologies

Two major forces within out-of-home production join forces Longmont, Colorado, USA, January 2, 2020 – Circle Graphics acquired Metromedia Technologies, the company that ushered in the age of high-quality digitally printed billboards and permanently changed the outdoor advertising industry. Circle Graphics is the world’s largest producer of grand and large-format […]

John Kenjoh Gives Two Reasons for Trivisions

By John Kenjoh, President, Kenjoh Outdoor I saw your article on Trivisions. I did have a comment on that. Another reason for going Trivision vs Digital, is if the market is too good for a static but not nearly good for a digital. One of my best performing Trivisions is […]

Brad Gleeson on Out of Home as a Force for Good

Rick Robinson of Billups has launched an out of home podcast called In the World.  He interviewed Brad Gleeson, Cofounder of Target Path last month.  Gleeson suggests that cities like Sao Paulo which have banned street level advertising are reconsidering because of the public benefits (amber and safety alerts, art, […]

Company of the Day: Chandler Communications

Company:  Chandler Communications Markets:  Montana Headquarters: PO Box 633, Kalispell, Montana  59903 Phone: 406-756-3022 Email:  contact@chandlercommunications.com Chandler Communications operates an airport, transit and billboard plant in the following Montana communities: Bozeman Belgrade Columbia Falls Eureka Great Falls Helena Kalispell Lincoln Livingston Whitefish [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Clear Channel Outdoor and Lamar Outperform Market for Fourth Quarter of 2019.

What can we say about out of home stocks?  The last quarter belonged to Clear Channel Outdoor.  The last year belonged to OUTFRONT.  The last five years belonged to Lamar.  Here’s the data. Last quarter (3 months ended December 31, 2019) Clear Channel Outdoor up 15%.  Lamar up 10%.  The […]

Trivisions in a Digital World

Someone asked Insider why there are still trivisions in a digital world.  The answer is simple.  Regulations.  Yesterday, Insider passed a pair of Lamar trivisions along the West Seattle Freeway. The signs sit next to a busy freeway.  Why aren’t they digital?  Because Seattle prohibits digital billboards. Digital billboards on […]

Company of the Day – Carter Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Carter Outdoor Advertising Markets: Arkansas Headquarters: 23111 Interstate 30, Bryant, Arkansas  72022 Phone: 501-847-3444 Email: lmwooten@aol.com Carter Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant with over 400 faces in Central Arkansas and surrounding areas. Leah Carter is the firm’s owner administrator.  The company’s billboards vary from 10 by 20 to 14 by 48.   […]

Happy New Year!

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