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New Tradition inks lease for 46 story digital billboard at One Times Square

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–One of the country’s leading out-of-home advertising firms, New Tradition, has signed a master lease agreement for the new digital signage currently being built at One Times Square, the internationally-recognizable tower located in the center of Times Square. The property’s owner, Jamestown, announced the deal today. As the master signage […]

Kym Frank on autonomous cars, privacy, hypertargeting and subway ads

On yesterday’s Billboard Insider Podcast Geopath President Kym Frank discussed autonomous cars, hyper-targeting, the death of ad agencies, subway ads, privacy and smart cities. Autonomous cars. Overrated.  Not because they’re not a thing.  I think that the entire landscape or transportation is changing and focusing on autonomous cars is only […]

Demand Surges for Coachella Festival Billboards.

One of the great things about the automated out of home sales platforms is that they provide you with outstanding data on pricing. AdQuick, found that billboard prices for the month of April on the 10 freeway on the way to the Coachella music fesival, shot up a whopping 31%. […]

M+D Properties to install two huge digitals in Orange County, CA

  M+D Properties is installing two mega displays at The Source OC in Orange County, California.  The displays will be 160″ by 40′.  Here’s a link to the press release.  Insider talked with Shawn Choi, Communications Manager of MD Properties for more details. Are you going to sell advertising on […]

Company of the Day – Riley Outdoor

Company:  Riley Outdoor Headquarters:  704C Plaza Blvd. #106, Kinston, NC 28501 Markets: Signs located throughout Eastern North Carolina  Phone: 252-527-2223 Email: RobertMoore@RileyOutdoor.com Robert Moore, President of Riley Outdoor also has an ownership interest in Patriot Outdoor  which he co-owns with Warren Stancil of Interstate Outdoor. Riley Outdoor was started in August […]

Lamar responds to Louisiana Bills

Lamar has moved fast to respond to draconian legislation impacting billboards in Louisiana with a Freedom to Advertise website, a fact sheet which counters the myths used by the legislation’s sponsors, a media statement and a letter from Sean Reilly to the legislature. Lamar shows us how to respond to […]

Geopath’s Kym Frank on Geopath’s New Measurement System

This week’s podcast guest is Geopath President Kym Frank.  She talks about the mistakes which other media channels have made, new features of Geopath’s Insights Suite, autonomous cars, privacy, the death (or not) of ad agencies, hyper-targeting and Dr Zizmore… Some highlights. Features of the new Geopath system When we […]

OOH, Search Boost US Ad Market

An OAAA Special Report Driven by OOH and search, advertising sales in the US reached an all-time high in 2018, according to a new study by MAGNA. Advertising spending grew by almost 10 percent to $212 billion. The best performers of the year, according to the report, were paid search (ad […]

Company of the Day: Riviera Billboards

Company:  Riviera Billboards Markets:  Alabama Address:  15810-A State Highway 59, Foley, AL  36535 Phone: 251-978-2462 Rivera Billboards a digital billboard and static billboards in Summerdale AL on the way to the beaches.  Don Stafford is a co-owner of the company. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Inflation and Out of Home Leases

Avoid lease inflators in excess of 1-2%/year or your cashflow margin will erode.  That’s the lesson of the chart below which compares US annual inflation with US out of home advertising growth since 2000. Inflation and out of home revenues increased 1.6%/year  and 1.2%/year, respectively since 2008. Inflation and out […]