Some bad ideas simply refuse to go away. California wants to get into the billboard business by selling licensing rights to display color changeable-message ads on the highway public right of way. Advertising revenue would pay to replace aging traffic signs with modern LED displays and also pump new revenue […]
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Meet “Albert” From SprayPrinter
SprayPrinter announced last week in conjunction with GO2018 that they had become a member of OAAA. Dan Grumley, Executive Vice President at SprayPrinter provided the following: SprayPrinter and its Robot “Albert” are pleased to have joined the OAAA SprayPrinter has developed a robot that is fondly referred to as […]
Company of the Day – Burkett Media
Company: Burkett Media Market: Texas Address: P.O. Box 163266, Austin TX 78716 Phone: 512.787.2375 Email: info@burkettmedia.com Burkett Media was founded by Beau Burkett in 2003 while attending college. Burkett Media offers a diverse mix of over 100 high profile static and LED digital billboard locations throughout Texas including the following cities: […]
Should a billboard hold up development?
Should a billboard hold up development? That’s the provocative headline of a Post Bulletin article. Fairway has a legal two sided conforming billboard on the site pictured above in downtown Rochester, Minnesota. EKN Development wants to add an 8 story building on the site and has approached Rochester to ask for […]
Jason Morgan’s 3 of a Kind: Hollywood Sign
By Jason Morgan, The Daily Billboard Blog This month for Daily Billboard’s ‘Three of a Kind’ I thought I’d share three different treatments using L.A. infamous landmark, The Hollywood Sign. The iconic, internationally recognized sign was created in 1932 as an advertisement for a local real estate development and originally spelled out […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Wins San Diego bus/trolley contract
San Diego, CA – May 15, 2018 – Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) (NYSE: CCO), a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) awarded CCO a new contract to administer, innovate and grow ad sales across MTS’ 550+ buses and 150+ trolleys for up to […]
Company of the Day: Burkhart
Company: Burkhart Advertising Markets: Indiana, Illinois Headquarters: 1335 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46615 Phone: 574-233-2101 If you’re driving through a small town in Indiana chances are you’ll see a good looking Burkhart steel monopole bracketing each end of town and another Burkhart monopole strategically placed in the middle of town. Burkhart was started […]
Gleason, Reilly, Wells and Male at GO2018 Town Hall
Last week, Kevin Gleason, Sean Reilly, Scott Wells and Jeremy Male appeared at a GO2018 CEO Town Hall last week. The panel was moderated by Horizon Media CEO Jill Nickerson, who contributed this quip: “Don’t think of out of home as a medium, think of it as a large.” Here […]
Mating Bears Invade Spokane…Briefly
Spokane, WA based apparel company, The Great PNW, went viral with a short-lived but lively billboard campaign in this Insider’s home town. On April 30th commuters were met on their drive downtown with this image of two bears on a Lamar posted sign. It didn’t take long before Twitter was […]
Horton Outdoor buys Owen Media
Horton Outdoor (Cartersville, GA), a subsidiary of McWhorter Capital Partners, LLC (MCP), announced today that it has acquired assets of Owen Media LLC with a single location (digital & static face) in Tuscaloosa, AL as well as purchased four static structures while converting an old static to a two-sided digital […]