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Out of Home Insurance Q and A

Why do I need general liability insurance? A general liability policy will protect your out of home company from damage your employees or signs cause to other people or to your landlord’s property.  Many property owners insist on evidence that you have a $1-2 million general liability insurance policy as […]

Company of the Day – Cleveland Outdoor

Company: Cleveland Outdoor Market: Cleveland, Ohio Headquarters: 2963 Claremont Rd., Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 Phone: 216.752.5070 Email: getout@cleoutdoor.com Cleveland Outdoor Advertising is a family owned out of home business started in 1979 by Steve Thompson and Debra Abdalian-Thompson. Steve and Debra continue to operate the business with Steve being in charge of […]

Pop art pioneer James Rosenquist dies at 83

Various media sources reported that James Rosenquist, an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement died on Friday March 31st. Rosenquist helped define the genre of color-bursting displays of common objects that was also championed by the likes Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. From 1957 to […]

Federal Judge Knocks Out Tennessee Billboard Act

By Ken Klein, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA. Last Friday a federal court invalidated Tennessee’s billboard control act, citing the US Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling against sign regulation based on content. The State is likely to seek a stay pending an appeal to the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. […]

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 […]

Scenic America Wants Hollywood Sign to Replace Mt Washington Billboard

WESA and CBS Pittsburgh report that Scenic Pittsburgh is asking Lamar Advertising to sell or donate a 7,200 square foot billboard on Pittsburg’s Mount Washington to Scenic Pittsburgh for a Hollywood Style letter sign. On Feb 16, 2017 the city’s Board of Zoning Adjustment ordered Lamar to the Mt Washington […]

Company of the Day: Comstor Outdoor

Company: Comstor Outdoor Markets: Indiana and Ohio. Headquarters: 9016 St Route 117, Box 151 Huntsville, Ohio  43324-0151. Phone: 888-354-2591 Email: office@comstoroutdoor.com Comstor Outdoor was started in 2001 by Jason Duff and operates 400 faces in western Ohio and Eastern Indiana.  In addition to Comstor, Duff runs the Community Storage & […]

Anti-Billboard Group Announces National Billboard Buy

Insider’s Note: This story was published on April 1, 2017.  APRIL FOOLS DAY.  It is a joke. The anti-billboard group Citizens Against Billboards voted yesterday at its annual convention to purchase 1,000 billboards nationwide to promote an anti-billboard message. The billboards will contain the following bold black print on a […]

Ad Agency Promotes Opaque, Complicated Outdoor Buying Process

Insider wants to make sure his readers know that this story was originally published on April 1, 2017.  APRIL FOOLS DAY.  The ad agency Piddle has announced an opaque, paper-driven process for buying billboards.  Piddle’s chief creative officer Sven Opak said that the new system’s features include: massive amounts of […]

Judge Orders Planning Official To Erect Billboard After Wrongfully Denying Permit

Insider wants to make sure his readers know that this story was published on April 1, 2017.  APRIL FOOLS DAY.  Yes it is a joke. Indiana judge Charlie “Bullfrog” McIntyre has ordered a County Planning Official to personally erect a billboard after wrongfully denying a billboard permit.  “I’m fed up […]