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My Turn: Must-Know News on OOH from OAAA

By Nancy Fletcher OAAA President and CEO As OAAA welcomes new leadership in the fall, I want to take this opportunity at the halfway point of 2019 to share with you “must-know” news about the OOH industry and OAAA. OAAA’s new leader Soon the OAAA Search Committee plans to make […]

Nashville’s Blackbird Media Buys Iconic Atlanta Billboard

  ATLANTA – A Tennessee media company recognized for best-in-market, large format outdoor signage has purchased Atlanta’s most iconic billboard. Blackbird Media today announced the acquisition of the Centennial Olympic Park spectacular billboard, a legacy property of Boardworks Outdoor Advertising Company, Inc. of Atlanta. Terms of the deal were not […]

Company of the Day – Trident Outdoor

Company: Trident Outdoor Headquarters: P.O. Box 443, Beulaville, NC 28518 Market: North Carolina   Founded in 2012, Trident Outdoor is locally owned and operated by Chris Jarman and Jarrett Brown.  Trident owns and operates 34 faces in eastern North Carolina.  The two owner/operators have a combined 30 years of experience in the […]

Sean Reilly on Lamar’s Corporate Culture

On this week’s Billboard Insider podcast Lamar CEO Sean Reilly talks about the search for a new OAAA CEO, Lamar’s corporate culture, sustainability, programmatic out of home, Landmark Infrastructure, tariffs and what keeps him awake nights. You head the OAAA committee which is searching for a replacement for Nancy Fletcher.  […]

Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great).  Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad.  This week’s rating is provided by Melody Roberts, an OBIE nominated billboard designer and founder […]

Programmatic Campaign to Legalize Lemonade Stands

As we officially enter summertime, kids around the country are putting their best entrepreneurial foot forward to set up their lemonade stands and make a few extra bucks for their piggy banks. But did you know that operating a lemonade stand on city streets is actually only legal in 15 […]

Company of the Day: Tri Outdoor

Company:  Tri Outdoor Market: Lehigh Valley, PA Headquarters: 1749 Red Hawk Way, Bethlehem, PA  18015 Phone: 610-838-8870 Tri Outdoor is a locally owned and operated outdoor advertising company in Lehigh Valley, PA.  The firm operates an 18 face plant around Allentown. The company has been in business in excess of 50 years and is […]

Out of the Office: McKenzie Cowlbeck

McKenzie Cowlbeck loves to travel when she’s not attending the University of Oklahoma or helping her father Chris Cowlbeck with IBOUSA matters. She’s been to Bhutan, Brazil and Italy while in college and will soon be headed to Scotland.  Here’s a picture of Mckenzie in Siena Italy. McKenzie is a […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds June 29, 2019

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 […]

New and Noted June 28, 2019

In addition to controlling Lamar Advertising, Sean and Kevin Reilly have been shareholders in RTC, a Louisiana telcom company.  The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report says RTC recently purchased Eatel, another Louisiana telcom provider, with the Reilly’s backing. The Post and Courier has an article on religious billboards.  The article […]