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Tornados in Alabama

Tornados damaged parts of Alabama this week. Neil Bell tells Insider that New South Outdoor’s Auburn plant was undamaged but the company used its digital signs to do lots of public service advertising. A tornado wripped a vinyl off a billboard and carried it 20 miles away where it landed […]

Company of the Day – Paramount Media

Company:  Paramount Media Group, Inc. Headquarters:  1749 Cornell Ct., Naperville, IL 60565 Markets: Illinois Phone: 630-355-4375 Email: paramountmedia@aol.com Paramount Media owns and operates 9 out of home structures with 18 faces in Chicago. The boards vary in size from 10 by 24 to their 20 by 60 digital face. David Quas is the company’s President. […]

Five Things About Lamar

Here are 5 things Insider learned about Lamar Advertising after reading the Lamar’s 2018 10-k Management Continuity. Lamar’s team has been intact forever.  The 10k states “our regional managers have been with us for an average of 33 years.”  33 years with Lamar, not 33 years experience. The Reillys are […]

Adam Owen on Billboard Design

Adam Owen is Creative Director at Owen Design Co, an Austin TX firm specializing in OOH design and banding.  Adam has designed billboards for over 20 years for more than 100 billboard clients. Adam is a Vendor Associate in the IBOUSA.  You can reach Adam at adamowencreative@gmail.com or 336-209-4138. Adam […]

Intersection Smart Kiosk Dispute in Philly

Intersection wants to install up to 100 smart screen kiosks around Philadelphia.  Philly.com reports that PennDOT has sent a letter to Philadelphia’s mayor and city council president suggesting that the kiosks may be considered advertising subject to PennDOT regulation.  PennDOT is concerned that it may lose federal transportation funding if […]

Company of the Day: Park Outdoor

Company:  Park Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  PO Box 4680, Ithaca, New York  14852-4680 Markets: New York, Pennsylvania. Phone: 607-257-1477 Email:  rick.steele@parkoutdoor.com Park Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 1,500 billboards in upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania.  Park operates regional offices in Binghamton, Finger Lakes, Utica and Syracuse.  Rick Steele is the company’s Vice […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds March 2, 2019

“The response has been excellent.  Excellent investment.”  Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…”  David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up.  […]

Jeremy Male says Outfront gets 20% IRR on digital billboards

Outfront continues to see great returns from digital sign installations.  Here’s a summary of Jeremy Male’s comments at Wednesday’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. The strengths of out of home Out of home is a really straightforward medium.  What you see is what you get.  We have no […]

Scenic America President Wades Into Pittsburgh Controversy

Lamar and the city of Pittsburgh have been having a long running dispute over the Mt. Washington sign.  Scenic America’s President Mark Falzone is going to wade into the controversy.  Here’s what he said yesterday on an interview on KDKA When you come to Pittsburgh next week who are you […]

New and Noted March 1, 2019

Geopath President Kym Frank gives a five sentence summary of out of home’s value proposition in a Media Post Interview: “OOH is a unique channel that is immune to many of the issues faced by other media.  It cannot be blocked or skipped.  It is not subject to ad fraud […]