Billboard Insider is running an interview series with Fairmount Outdoor President Billy Tolson. Billy has talked about finding his way from child acting to the out of home industry and what makes a good billboard lease. Today he talks about his California murals business. How did you enter the California […]
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Two-thirds of Billboard Insider Readers Accept Percentage Leases
Last week we polled Billboard Insider readers as to whether they accept percentage leases where the landlord’s rent is a percent of the revenues generated by a billboard. Two-thirds of our readers accept percentage leases. Here are the poll results. To learn more about percentage leases see Pros and Cons […]
Borrell’s New Forecast Shows Digital Advertising Growing Faster
Borrell Associates has released a new advertising report. We asked Gordon Borrell what it means for the out of home industry and he said this: “Out of Home continues to defy the gravity that other forms of traditional media have been suffering. It’s been a remarkable performer, both on the […]
Company of the Day: Trans-Ad Outdoor
Company: Trans-Ad Outdoor Markets: Connecticut Address: 13 Pond View Terrace, Branford, Connecticut 06405 Email: info@transadoutdoor.com Phone: 860-266-7598 Trans Ad operates a transit advertising business in Connecticut. The company was founded in 2003 and operates the business across 8 counties in central and southern Connecticut. Alan and Cindy Watson are the […]
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Justin Powell says percentage leases build a better landlord relationship
Yesterday Billboard Insider discussed the drawbacks of percentage leases. Huntington Outdoor CEO Justin Powell tells Billboard Insider percentage leases make sense for several reasons: I’m firmly in the percentage land lease camp. I think they’re the best structure for building a lasting relationship between a billboard operator and a landowner. […]
Outdoorlink Redesigns Portal Based On Operator Feedback
Every billboard operator knows the drill. An alarm comes in, someone rolls a truck, and sometimes the problem turns out to be something that could have been sorted out from a desk. The redesigned Outdoorlink Portal was built to help operators figure out what’s going on before anyone gets in […]
The Look Company Repurposes Giant Soccer Ball Panels
SEATTLE, Wash. (October 29, 2026) — The Look Company, the large-scale visual branding company behind the 65,000-square-foot transformation of Vancouver’s Science World into the official match ball of the FIFA World Cup 2026, is giving a second life to each of the 131 panels it installed for the event. Each […]























