In the latest challenge to outdoor advertisers, the Bush Administration is asking Congress to ban new billboards on national highways and main roads in rural areas.

Rival outdoor advertisers include:

There was a time when, if an outdoor advertiser wanted a display, it would rent prominent space for a big billboard.

By contrast, 2002 ended for outdoor advertisers with a gain of only 0.8 percent from 2001.

The Katz project represented something of a departure from the way landlords typically dealt with outdoor advertisers.

To get these permissions (Europe, Asia and part of the US) services and fees are offered to the cities by the outdoor advertisers.

How ironic that those who defend public displays of artwork that some might consider pornographic are so quick to censor outdoor advertisers.

The work is part of a periodic self-promotion that outdoor advertisers use to call attention to their services.

The image was digitally enlarged and transferred onto a 56-foot-high vinyl sign, using the same inkjet technology developed for outdoor advertisers.

Among the categories of fast-growing outdoor advertisers are health-care, entertainment and amusement companies.