Did you know: Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan, boasting a population of over a million people in the Metro Grand Rapids area Gerald R. Ford, 38th president of the United States was raised in Grand Rapids. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Grand Rapids […]
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Ocean Outdoor Acquires Forrest Media
London, United Kingdom, 4 June 2018 – Ocean Outdoor Limited (LSE: OOUT) (“Ocean”) has acquired Forrest Media, a leading provider of large format outdoor media solutions in Scotland. The deal expands Ocean’s national footprint and enhances its position as a leading large format digital out of home (“DOOH”) operator in […]
Company of the Day: Chirico Media
Company: Chirico Media Market: Indiana Headquarters: 4405 Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46218 Phone: 317-941-6040 Email: jameswscott@chiricomedia.com Chirico Media operates a two sided digital billboard on I-65 south of Indianapolis and two two-sided static billboards billboards at 4405 Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis and on SR 37 near Big Bend Road in […]
Signly launches OOH Sale Proposal Solution
Making sign proposals is a hassle if you aren’t big enough to use sign inventory management software. Utah based Signly.com is here to help. Signly has developed a simple cloud-based software solution to allow you to originate proposals, email clients and facilitate a “digital drive-by” which eliminates the need to […]
My Turn: OOH Collaboration in Action
By Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO After I spoke on the benefits of collaboration (at the OOH Media Conference + Expo in Austin May 8), many people have asked what they can do to advance the industry. Here are five action categories that combine self-interest with industry progress. 1. Cooperation OOH groups […]
Supreme Court Declines On/Off-Premise Sign Case
By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA On May 29, the US Supreme Court declined a challenge to San Francisco’s outdoor advertising restrictions which permit on-premise advertising but prohibit off-premise advertising. In 2015, Contest Promotions, a company that runs raffles for prizes such as movie and concert tickets […]
Out of home revenues up 2% in 1Q 2018
June 4, 2018 (Washington, DC)– Out of home (OOH) advertising revenue rose 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the previous year, accounting for $1.68 billion, based on figures released by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). The revenue increase marks eight years of consecutive growth […]
Alabama Acquisitions
Horton Outdoor (Cartersville, GA), a subsidiary of McWhorter Capital Partners, LLC (MCP), announced today that it has acquired assets of G&G Enterprises with locations in southern Alabama In the acquisition Horton acquired 11 strategic locations with 25 faces. Josh McWhorter, CEO of MCP, said, “This acquisition was more strategic than […]
Company of the Day – CK Outdoor
Company: CK Outdoor Headquarters: 920 E. 56th Street, Suite B Kearney, NE 68847 Market: South Dakota & Iowa Phone: 800-628-6060 Email: karla.steele@usacommunications.tv Insider had a chance to talk with Karla Steele about CK Outdoor. Tell us a little about CK Outdoor’s history and plant. CK Outdoor operates 90 billboards along I-80, I-90, I-29 […]
Covenants Not to Compete and Out of Home
Insider caught up with Houston billboard litigation and transaction attorney Richard Rothfelder during the IBOUSA conference in Jacksonville, FL. We asked Richard about the case of Catalyst Outdoor Advertising vs Douglas, in which a billboard company sued a former employee for violations of a non-competition agreement. We discovered that Rothfelder […]