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Extra Credit Products and Mary Free Bed St Pats Campaign

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—The latest campaign from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital has brought some Irish spirit to billboards across West Michigan, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. While Mary Free Bed touts statistics that differentiate their services from other hospitals in the region, leprechauns with prosthetic legs jump and […]

iHeart and Clear Channel Outdoor May Be Separating

First, the press release. San Antonio, TX, March 15, 2017 – iHeartCommunications, Inc. (“iHeartCommunications”) today commenced private offers (the “Term Loan Offers”) to lenders under the Company’s Term Loan D and Term Loan E facilities (“Existing Term Loans”) to amend the Existing Term Loans and/or exchange them for new term […]

City Paper Writes About DC Sign Flap

City Paper has written a March 9, 2016 article and a March 15, 2016 article on  Digi  Outdoor Media’s attempts to install digital signs in DC.  Digi Media has spent $20 million to install digital signs on the faces of DC buildings.  The  city’s Attorney General is trying to get […]

Company of the Day: Cameron Outdoor

Company: Cameron Outdoor Markets: North Carolina Headquarters: 805 Trade Street NW Suite 101, Concord, NC  28017 Phone: 704-825-8679 Cameron Outdoor operates a digital billboard off I-85 less than half a mile from the city of Charlotte.  The board reads to the Speedway Boulevard exit and travelers southbound to Charlotte.  Ken […]

Watchfire RSS Feed updates billboards during b-ball tournament

DANVILLE, Ill. – (March 14, 2017) – The focus of collegiate basketball will be on the brackets for the annual college basketball tournament. Owners of Watchfire digital billboards can download free widgets to integrate basketball scores throughout the tournament beginning March 14, 2017. “School spirit is at an all-time high each year […]

OOH Revenue Growth Cools in last 6 mos

US Out of home revenues grew in line with US nominal GDP during 2016.  A look at the last four quarters, however, shows that US out of home revenues growth lagged GDP during the last 6 months of 2016.  Insider will be watching the next couple quarters to see  if […]

Company of the Day – Busby Companies

Company: Busby Companies Headquarters: 1734 Wansley Road, Laurel, MS  39440 Phone: 601.428.4014 Markets: Mississippi, Louisiana, Northwest Florida and Indiana Busby Companies is a local family owned and operated billboard advertising company in Laurel, Mississippi with over 30 years of experience in the industry. They offer statewide digital, static, and tri-vision […]

Rate This Board By Owen Design

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 […]

Billboards Showcase Environmental Progress

From the OAAA Outlook Newsletter When driving the cross-town freeway (Interstate 105), second-generation billboard owner Chris Zukin spots environmental progress, in lights. Zukin, general manager of Meadow Outdoor Advertising sees new more efficient, longer-lasting LED lights his company is installing on all its lighted billboards in Oregon and six other […]

Dusty’s acquires Woods Outdoor Media

Illinois-headquartered Dusty’s Outdoor Media continues to expand in Tennessee with the purchase of Woods Outdoor Media from David Woods. With the execution of this deal, Dusty’s owns over 410 billboard faces in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky & Tennessee.   This is the second acquisition this year for Dusty’s in Tennessee.  In […]