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Former Presidents Appear on Billboards Supporting Hurricane Recovery

By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, OAAA The living former Presidents will appear on billboards as part of a national, nonpartisan campaign to support hurricane recovery. “Never a better time for a call to unity,” said Tom Norton of Norton Outdoor Advertising in Cincinnati.  “So great to see our past […]

Billboard Ironies that Bring a Smile

By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA If you like irony, check out the most recent Form 13F filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The State of Alaska’s Department of Revenue continued to hold a $2 million+ stake in Lamar Advertising Company. Said another way, […]

Why Industry Political Involvement is Important

Reprint of a OAAA Thought Leadership Piece By Ken Klein, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA. The election will produce a new Congress, with new leaders and new members on key committees. Elections remind us of the last clause in the First Amendment — perhaps overshadowed by its protection of free […]

Billboard Insider Interviews OAAA’s Ken Klein

Ken Klein is EVP, Government Affairs for OAAA, leading the US out of home industry’s outreach to government with a personal focus on Congress.  A regular contributor to Billboard Insider, Ken was trained as a journalist; he worked for The Associated Press and a Gannett paper in Florida.  Ken joined […]