Triblive reports that the city of Pittsburgh intends to appeal Friday’s ruling by Common Pleas Judge Joseph James reversing a Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment order for Lamar to remove a large billboard on Mt Washington. Insider wrote about the case yesterday. Insider’s take: Seems like Mayor Peduto is pursuing […]
Company: Wilson Outdoor Displays Headquarters: 786 Coleman Mill Rd, Carrollton, GA 30116 Markets: Western Georgia and Eastern Alabama. Phone: 770.854.4899 Wilson Outdoor operates a billboard plant with with 99 faces in Western Georgia and Eastern Alabama including coverage in the following communities: Carrollton Wedowee Roanoke Heflin Ashland Wilson Outdoor started in 1985 when Dwayne […]
In Pittsburgh, Lamar Advertising Company has faced a long-running battle with the city over Lamar’s large billboard that faces downtown from Mount Washington. On January 24, the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County reversed the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment decision to order Lamar to remove the sign. Lamar’s […]
The Institute for Free Speech, a non-profit advocacy group, will represent the plaintiff challenging Tennessee’s billboard law on constitutional grounds. Here’s what you need to know: Sign owner William H. Thomas sued Tennessee’s billboard-control act, prompting a federal judge in Memphis to invalidate the state’s billboard law on First Amendment […]
Insider is finishing up the 2018 out of home website rankings. Only 5% out of home websites include video. This is marketing mistake. Anyone with a smart phone and a wordpress website can take video, upload it to a free youtube/vimeo page and copy a link into their website. It’s […]
Company: Wicks Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 769 Bloody Spring Rd, Bethel, PA 19507 Phone: 610-488-7588 Wicks Outdoor Advertising Inc. is an independent billboard company owned and operated by Lucas Wicks. Wicks Outdoor has billboards including bulletins and posters on primary roads in Berks, Schuylkill, Columbia and York Counties in eastern PA. The […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider. We are glad we did. The cost of the ad was reasonable and the response was outstanding.” Jim Moravec, Stott Outdoor “We had over 25 companies inquire […]
By Andy Sriubas, Chief Commercial Officer @ OUTFRONT Media Why it’s time for the Out of Home industry to participate in the contemporary networked advertising ecosystem. “It’s better to be lucky than good” is a phrase we know well, but “luck” is, more often than not, convenient timing, rather […]
Three regulatory issues to review this week. CBS Pittsburgh reports Lamar and the Pittsburg Mayor have failed to reach a compromise on the Mount Washington sign and both sides have presented their arguments in court. Lamar contents that the sign is in accordance with city law. The city contends the billboard […]
The latest research shows upswings in vehicle ownership and miles driven. At the University of Michigan, Dr. Michael Sivak of the Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) crunches data on vehicle ownership and miles driven since 1984. His latest report, the tenth iteration, was released in January (2018). Here are highlights […]
