Company: Atlantic Outdoor Advertising Markets: New York Headquarters: 65 Central Park West, Suite 1F, New York, NY 10023 Phone: 212-787-5100 Email: info@atlanticoutdoor.com Atlantic Outdoor was established by industry veteran Jason Perline (Founder and Chairman of Van Wagner Communications). The company specializes in triple A locations in New York City. The […]
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Crookston MN Evaluating Digital Sign Request
Last year the University of Minnesota Crookston, in Crookston, MN, approached the City about potentially placing a billboard on University property on the north end of town. The City modified its existing ordinance relating to billboard-related signage to allow a limited number of billboards along a major corridor like University […]
Georgia and Alabama Road Trip
Insider visited Georgia and Alabama last week. A billboard road trip isn’t a road trip without breakfast at Cracker Barrel, which is a huge billboard advertiser. Here’s paragraph from Cracker Barrel’s 2015 10-K: Marketing : We employ multiple mediums to reach and engage our guests. Outdoor advertising (i.e., billboards and […]
Rumor Has It – September 10, 2016
Some software hackers from Silicon Valley have formed a company which wants to be the Airbnb of outdoor advertising with a cloud-based platform to facilitate the buying and selling of digital and static billboard space. The outdoor industry needs a product which is ubiquitous and as easy to use as […]
Feds Take Control of Philadelphia Billboards
philly.com is reporting that the federal government has taken regulatory control of billboards along the Market Street East corridor away from Philadelphia, saying the city had not been responsive to questions about enforcement. In a letter issued last month, the Federal Highway Administration ordered that the city return control of […]
Vinyl Printing Under A Blue Sky
Blue Sky Digital Printing, owned by Trent Lindmark, has been on a high growth curve out of their base of operations in Norman, OK. Insider has a chance to talk with Trent about the business. Tell us about Blue Sky’s digital printing capabilities? Blue Sky has the capacity to print […]
Outdoor Legal: Property Owner Liable For Outdoor Worker’s Fall
Get billboard insurance and make sure your billboards are up to code. In April 2016 a New York Court of Appeals found that a property owner was liable for injuries a worker sustained while adding extensions to a billboard. You can read an analysis of the case in Insurance Journal. […]
Scenic America on Court of Appeals Loss
It’s useful to know how the other side thinks even when you don’t agree. Scenic America posted these comments on its website after losing its challenge to Federal Digital sign guidelines this week: Fifty years after the passage of President and Lady Bird Johnson’s Highway Beautification Act, the U.S. Court […]
Company of the Day: American Outdoor Advertising
Company: American Outdoor Advertising Markets: Georgia Headquarters: PO Box 6183, Athens, GA 30604 Phone: 706-546-5141 American Outdoor Advertising (www.americanoutdoorad.com) was formed in August 2011 by Marty Williamson a 30 year billboard industry veteran. Marty is developing a digital billboard portfolio in Alabama and Georgia. The company should not be confused […]
A Look Ahead At The Remainder of 2016
By Nancy Fletcher, OAAA President and CEO After a pause for Labor Day traditions, get ready for a burst of new deliverables from OAAA: new tools to help sales, new research on the poster panel, an industry-sponsored autonomous car study, new public service, and updated OOH brand positioning. I’m delighted […]