Today marks the debut of the Billboard Insider podcast. Our first guest is John Weller, co-publisher of Billboard Insider and a co-owner of Billboard Loans, LLC, an out of home lending fund. John talks about out of home lending, what he thinks of the leverage of Lamar, Outfront and Clear Channel […]
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Ro’s Rob Schutz on Out of Home
Rob Schutz, co-founder and CRO for Ro, the healthcare startup, was interviewed last week on the Making Marketing podcast. He likes out of home although Insider thinks he takes too limited a view of out of home’s capabilities. Shutz’s comments are at the 16 minute mark of the 32 minute […]
Formetco Doubling Digital Production Facility
Formetco is pleased to announce it is doubling the size of its digital production facility, dubbed “Digital Campus,” to accommodate the company’s growing number of projects. Digital Campus is the facility where Formetco, the nation’s leading outdoor advertising manufacturer and supplier, assembles, tests and packages its LED video displays before shipping […]
Company of the Day: Norton Outdoor
Company: Norton Outdoor Market: Cincinnati, Ohio. Headquarters: 5280 Kennedy Avenue, Cincinnati, OH Phone: 513-631-4864 Norton Outdoor is a private, family owned outdoor company which was started by Jerry Norton in 1949. The company is run by Jerry Norton’s sons. Tom Norton is CEO. Dan Norton is President. Jerry Norton’s grandson Mike is an EVP. […]
The Billboard Insider Podcast
Several readers have asked Insider to do a podcast. We listened. Next week we launch the Billboard Insider Podcast. We will do 20-30 minute bi-weekly interviews with key out of home executives. We’d love to hear feedback or interview suggestions. Email us at billboardinsider@gmail.com or use the form below. […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds February 9, 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. […]
Kym Frank on Billboards and Audience Segmentation
Last week Insider read an article by a medical marketing firm titled Do Billboards Still Work. Lots to disagree with. This paragraph gave Insider a slow burn: Billboards don’t allow audience segmentation Audience segmentation, or dividing your potential patients into subgroups (i.e., segments), is an excellent way to take your […]
Adquick makes list of hot startups
Adquick, the Alex Ohanian backed automated out of home sales platform made Business Insider’s list of 57 startups that will boom in 2019. Business Insider asked two dozen VC investors to list hot startups. Niki Pezeshki of Felicis Ventures said this about Adquick: What it does: AdQuick offers a marketplace for […]
Clear Channel Announces Private Offering of Subordinated Debt
It has been a busy week for Clear Channel Outdoor. Insider ran a story yesterday on the announcement of their new board appointees, who will step in after iHeart Media clears bankruptcy and the two companies separate. The Company also announced a proposed private offering of Senior Subordinated Debt. The press […]
Regulatory Roundup February 8, 2018
The Garrett County Republican reports that the Deep Creek, West Virginia Watershed Sign Committee is preparing to suggest changes to the Garrett County planning commission on how to make the sign code Reed v Gilbert compliant and how to deal with digital signs. The committee hopes to complete work in […]