Dave Westburg, co-publisher of Billboard Insider and a partner in Circle City Outdoor is an avid fly fisherman. One of Dave’s highlights was catching an Atlantic Salmon on South Uist Island in the Outer Hebrides. Here’s the moment of truth… And the hilarious doctored picture which appeared in a on […]
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Billboard Insider Classifieds July 14
“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. […]
More China Tariffs
Prepare for a price increase on your Chinese-imported LED’s and digital billboards. This week the Trump administration proposed a new 10% tariff on a 195 page list of chinese imports. Here’s the tariff picture in three numbers. $426 billion. Chinese imports to the US. $34 billion. Chinese imports subject to […]
Notable Reads July 13, 2018
3 out of home articles caught Insider’s eye this week. The Brookfield Zoo, the Two by Four Agency and Metromedia Technologies placed a 15′ by 15′ fully inflated greenbottle blue tarantuala on a billboard promoting the Brookfield Zoo. New Jersey 101.5 has a flattering story on billboards in Northern New […]
Clear Channel Airports Wins 5-Year Renewal with Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – – Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), an indirect subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced it won a five-year renewal with Broward County’s Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to provide a new state-of-the-art digital advertising network. The new agreement began […]
Company of the Day: DDI Media
Company: DDI Media Markets: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee Headquarters: 8315 Drury Industrial Parkway, St Louis, MO 63114 Phone: 314-423-5040 DDI media operates a billboard plant in 8 states with more than 1,200 faces. Vince Miller is the company’s General Manager. Miller is a 28 year out of home veteran […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Hires Campbell
New York, NY – Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) (NYSE: CCO), an indirect subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced it tapped international media sales and marketing veteran Jim Campbell to lead its New York market operations. As the new CCO-New York president, where the company’s Out-of-Home (OOH) assets reach 93 percent […]
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. This week’s rating is provided by Greg […]
iHeart Media Might See Multiple Bidders
Insider thought it might be time for a quick update on the iHeart Media bankruptcy proceedings so here is our latest take. Liberty Media, the majority owner of Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ SIRI), had a high level of interest looking to purchase a 40% interest in iHeartMedia for $1.16 Billion. Liberty […]
Company of the Day – Delia Outdoor Advertising
Company: Delia Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 1720 N Pine St ,DeRidder, LA 70634 Markets: Louisiana, Southwest Texas Phone: 337.401.000 Email: deliaoutdoor@gmail.com Delia Outdoor serves Southwest Louisiana and is looking to expand recently adding boards in Southwest Texas. They have over 15 years of experience in the advertising business and 60 faces serving Deridder, Leesville, Ft Polk, Gillis, Lake […]