Author: billboardinsider

Richard Rothfelder on Tortious Interference and Lamar vs Fremont

Billboard Insider recently published an article on the 2009 Nebraska Supreme Court case of Lamar Co vs City of Fremont, along with the follow up comments from California attorney Richard Hamlin. Among the several interesting legal issues in the case was Lamar’s allegation of tortious interference, which basically consisted of […]

US OOH Revenues up 7% in 2Q 2026

OOH continued its record-breaking momentum in Q1 2026, generating an all-time first quarter high of $2.12 billion in revenue. Extending OOH’s growth streak to 20 consecutive quarters, revenue increased 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. The strong quarterly performance builds on OOH’s record-setting $9.46 billion in revenue in 2025 […]

The Billboard That Said Nothing and Made People Talk

At multiple locations across Accra, the capital city of Ghana, including the arterial Ring Road East in Osu and in Legon, Out-of-Home advertising is doing something unusual. Billboards normally designed to sell products and project aspiration have been stripped of all commercial content and covered entirely in second-hand clothing. The […]

Richard Hamlin on Permit Rights and Tortious Interference

California Out of Home attorney Richard Hamlin of the Hamlin|Cody law firm comments on Billboard Permit rights run with the land.  We are especially interested in his thoughts on tortious interference.  This is an issue for all of you who talk to landlords or who are approached by landlords who […]

Geopath Seeks Executive Director

NEW YORK – June 2, 2026 – Geopath today announced the next step in its evolution to advance the Out-of-Home (OOH) industry: the launch of a search for an Executive Director to lead Geopath into a bold, momentum-filled future. Building on meaningful progress and recent pilot of a next-generation measurement […]

Company of the Day: Norton Outdoor

Company: Norton Outdoor Market: Cincinnati, Ohio. Headquarters: 5280 Kennedy Avenue, Cincinnati, OH Phone: 513-631-4864 Norton Outdoor is a private, family owned outdoor company which was started by Jerry Norton in 1949.   Norton operates nearly 800 static display faces and 18 digital billboards in the Cincinnati region.  Stacey Norton keyes is Vice President.  Kevin […]

Debt Trends at Public Out of Home Companies

Moorgate Capital Partners produces an outstanding quarterly report on the out of home advertising industry. Here are some charts from Moorgate’s 1Q  2026 report which caught our eye. Public out of home company valuations are at an all time high.  Lamar is trading at 16.8 times forward cashflow (EBIDTA).  Outfront […]

Daktronics CEO Ramesh Jayaraman: When you look up you see Daktronics.

Daktronics CEO Ramesh Jayaraman was interviewed on Marketbeat.  Some of the highlights. Where he came from Born in India.  Lived in just very different parts of the world.  My dad was in manufacturing so we got to travel the entire world…came to Business School to the US and you know […]

Billboard permit rights run with the land

Do billboard permit rights run with the land or with an individual?  Permit rights run with the land is the lesson or Lamar Co v City of Fremont.  Here are the facts. Several billboard structures were constructed in Fremont, Nebraska by Bellows Outdoor in 1991 and 1999 on land owned […]

Company of the Day: OK Outdoor

Company:  OK Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma, Arkansas Address: 22599 Blu Bird Lane, Poteau, OK  74953 Email: josh@okoutdoor.us Phone: 918-401-0631 OK Outdoor operates a billboard plant with approximately 130 static faces in eastern Oklahoma and Western Missouri.  OK Outdoor is owned and operated by Josh & Kristin Snyder who bought their original […]