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Environmental Groups Use Outdoor To Promote Ideas

Insider recently saw two news items where environmental groups show they understand the power of messaging through OOH. The first article is from The Register Guard who report that environmental groups are using outdoor advertising to promote their messages to the Interior Secretary as he addresses the Western Governors Association’s annual […]

Company of the Day: Insite Mediacom

Company: Insite MediaCom Markets: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania Headquarters: 150 NW 70th Avenue, Suite 3, Plantation, FL  33317. Phone: 888-867-2194 Insite Mediacom owns 2000 billboard faces in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania  Insite MediaCom has a partnership withDiamond Communications for the […]

Circle Graphic’s CEO – Regional Entrepreneur of the Year Winner

The Mountain Desert Region Entrepreneur Of The Year awards were presented to eight category winners at EY’s event in Denver, Colorado on June 22nd.  Included among the winners was Andrew Cousin, CEO of Circle Graphics who won in the category of Products & Manufacturing. The Mountain Desert Region includes Colorado, […]

NC Legislation Through An Operator’s Eyes – And Then A Surprise Defeat

Insider had a chance to talk with Grey Vick, owner of Grey Outdoor, based in Wilmington North Carolina about the current North Carolina legislation under consideration.  Here are some thoughts on legislation from the perspective of an owner/operator. House Bill 581 has been receiving a lot of media attention.  What […]

Smith on The Impact of Reed v Gilbert

Part 3 in a series on First Amendment Sign Cases by J. Allen Smith, an eminent domain and condemnation expert at Settlepou, a Dallas law firm.  Smith previously discussed Metromedia and two cases which amplified Metromedia.   The reverberations of Reed v. Town of Gilbert are in full effect. Its […]

Don Wright on 50 years in out of home

Don Wright has nearly 50 years of experience in out of home advertising.  He’s seen the industry as a billboard company sales rep and outdoor media buyer.  Wright currently operates Billboard Consultants, an out of home buying service and space management service for independent small vendors.  Today Don talks about his experiences as […]

OUTFRONT and American Royal ribs billboard drips sauce.

OUTFRONT Media and The American Royal, the largest BBQ competition in the world, have deployed a billboard featuring giant inflatable ribs dripping sauce onto a car sitting below the advertisement – a truly mouth-watering and eye-catching sight for passerbys! The billboard prop, which is 50 feet wide by 8 feet […]

Company of the Day – International Outdoor

Company: International Outdoor Headquarters: 28423 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Markets: Metropolitan Detroit Phone: 248.489.8989 Email: info@iobillboard.com International Outdoor was founded on November 19, 1997 as an independent operator and owner of outdoor advertising assets. Since that time it has been wholly owned by Hind Oram […]

Sean Reilly’s goals for out of home industry.

In May 2017 Sean Reilly was elected chair of OAAA. Reilly, a Baton Rouge native, joined Lamar Advertising Company in 1989, then a family owned business, founded in 1902 by his great-grandfather Charles Lamar Sr. A Harvard University and Harvard Law School graduate, he worked on acquisitions and real estate […]

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 weeks rating is […]