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Billboard Insider Classifieds August 5, 2016

Now’s the time to look for an out of home job.  Plenty of listings.  Classifieds cost $60 for 3 months or $120 for 12 months.  To place you own Billboard Insider classified click here. Appraisals Signvalue appraises billboards. Art and Creative Billboards, Etc designs and prints billboard ads. Out of Home Creative designs billboard […]

Clear Channel Outdoor organic revenue up, cashflow down in 2Q 2017

Clear Channel Outdoor released second quarter 2017 financials yesterday.  Here are the highlights: Consolidated revenue declined 5.1% to $672 million during the second quarter due to assets sales.  Consolidated organic revenues grew 2.3% for $687 million for the second quarter of 2017 after adjusting for foreign exchange and asset sales. […]

Outfront organic revenue up 3%, cashflow down 1% in 2Q 2017

Outfront Media released 2Q 2017 earnings.  Here are the highlights from the earnings presentation, earnings release and conference call. Organic revenues adjusted for acquisitions increased by 3% to $396 million in the second quarter due to increased transit revenues.  Transit revenues were up 9%.  The company’s billboard revenues increased by […]

If you could put a message on a billboard what would you say?

AdQuick is running a clever billboard campaign to call attention to its automated technology for booking out of home advertising.  Insider talked with Adquick founder Matt O’Conner about the campaign. What gave you the idea for the campaign? Tim Ferriss has a popular podcast with over 100M downloads during which […]

Insider Morning News Alerts In One Email!

Insider appreciates your feedback and encouragement.  Many of you have asked us to consolidate our four daily emails into one. We will start doing this tomorrow using MailChimp.  To make this happen, we have exported our subscriber list into Mail Chimp.  If all goes well, you should be receiving one […]

A Whale of An Install

Insider is seeing an increased use of plastic inflatables as billboard extensions.  Last week we wrote about the American Royal Ribs 3D inflatable billboard.  Here’s a video on a 3D inflatable billboard for 102.9 The Whale which was executed by Outfront Media and Soft Signs. Soft Signs owner Eddy Carolan […]

How much for that subway ad? Outdoor is king for brands on the rise.

By Lindsey Slaby, Brand Marketing Advisor and Founder, Sunday Dinner. Smart + bold outdoor creative is heating up NYC streets. I’ve recently become obsessed with it. Not only because it’s gotten way more interesting — but because I never realized how accessible it could be. There’s also a pattern in certain types […]

How Brands are Using Global OOH

Interesting YouTube video with a look at how some of the world’s most valuable brands are using OOH around the world.     [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement  

Company of the Day – Liberty Outdoor

Company: Liberty Outdoor Headquarters: 4114 Route 176, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Market: Greater Crystal Lake, IL area, between Milwaukee and Chicago Phone: 815.459.1776 Email: bjavor@libertyoutdooradvertising.com Liberty Outdoor Advertising has been specializing in Billboard advertising since 1982. They currently are operating 144 faces at 44 locations throughout McHenry County.   [wpforms id=”9787″]

Out of home slowing but outperforms traditional media.

The July 31, 2017 OAAA Outlook has a fascinating slide comparing US out of home revenue growth with other forms of media.  US out of home revenues are projected to decline from 3% growth in 2016 to 1.9% growth in 2017.  Slowing growth is nothing to get excited about but […]