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Company of the Day: Astro Outdoor

Company: Astro Sign Company Markets: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New York Headquarters: 230 East High Street, Glassboro, NJ  08028 Phone: 856-881-4300 Astro Sign Company was started in 1983 by the Painter family.  The company specialized in painting small highway advertising displays.  Since then the company has diversified into sign production, sign maintenance […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds – March 17, 2018

Billboards for sale classifieds cost $120 for 12 months, paid in advance by credit card.  All other classifieds cost $60 for 60 days or $120 for 12 months paid in advance by credit card.  Billboard Insider will write a 200-700 word article publicizing the sale of your billboard plant for an […]

John Arnold says SignSprings is a game changer.

  Company:   Arnold Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma. Headquarters: 5121 N Sante Fe, Oklahoma City, OK  73318 Phone: 405-620-5708 Arnold Outdoor was started in 2000.  The company has digital signs, bulletins and posters across the state of Oklahoma.  The company has a number of locations which serve Oklahoma City’s hispanic community.   The firm is […]

Senese and Lipsher on Net Neutrality and Out of Home

When the FCC overturned net neutrality (and the common carrier regulatory framework which it imposed on internet companies) there was much hyperventilating about the end of free internet.  The elimination of the rules allows internet services providers freedom to price services any way they like and to cut back certain […]

Who does what in US airport advertising.

Yesterday Insider ran an article stating that US airport traffic is at an all time high.  Here are the companies which will benefit most from increased air traffic because they have the most extensive US airport advertising presence.  Insider culled the stats from each company’s website. Company: Clear Channel Outdoor […]

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 for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

iHeartMedia Reaches a Deal – FIles Chapter 11

Insider provides this excerpt from a press release from early this morning Thu March 15, 2018 12:47 AM|Business Wire iHeartMedia, Inc. (IHRT) and Certain Subsidiaries Voluntarily Commence Chapter 11 Proceedings to Implement Agreed Upon Balance Sheet Restructuring Day-to-Day Operations Will Continue as Usual During Restructuring Process Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) […]

US Airline Travel Reaches All-Time High

Travel on US airlines between March 1 and April 30 is expected to reach an all-time high, says the industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A). Airlines are adding 114,000 seats per day to meet demand.  In March and April, A4A expects 150.7 million passengers to fly globally on US […]

Lamar Sues Columbus Grove, OH

Lamar sued Columbus Grove, OH after the Village Council voted against allowing it to put two billboards in the village.  The company wanted to put billboards on State Route 65.  It obtained leases from the landlord CSX Transportiation and state permits.  The Planning commissioner approved the applications but the council […]

JCDecaux and WildAid announce “Partnership for the Wild”

March 13, 2018     JCDecaux, the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, and international conservation organization WildAid are joining their efforts to save the world’s most iconic wild animals. The newly announced “Partnership for the Wild” aims to end the illegal wildlife trade by raising awareness and by reducing […]