On this week’s Billboard Insider podcast OAAA EVP Government Affairs, Mike Hershey talks about 6 out of home issues to watch. Here are the highlights. Political Spending Let’s compare 2020 to 2016…we saw an almost doubling in political campaign spending in the most recent presidential election. In 2020 we had […]
Cincinnati has petitioned the US Supreme Court to review the issue of whether a municipal excise tax on billboards abridges freedom of speech. The Ohio State Supreme Court ruled that a billboard tax infringed on the first amendment rights of a small group of speakers. A Maryland Supreme Court ruled […]
By Ken Klein, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA 1. Out of Home media was considered essential business State shutdown orders included lists of essential businesses that could/should continue to operate, such as this Executive Order from Connecticut’s Governor Ned Lamont: New York State, responding to a query from Lamar Advertising […]
Yesterday a three judge court of appeals in Hamilton County Ohio reinstated the Cincinnati billboard tax by a 3-0 vote. A lower court had blocked the tax on a first amendment challenge in October 2018. The Ohio court explained the decision as follows: “The city’s billboard tax applies to billboards […]
A Maryland appeals court yesterday ruled that a Baltimore City excise tax on billboards does not violate the First Amendment rights of Clear Channel Outdoor, upholding a state tax court decision in favor of the City’s Finance Department. Key components of the ruling include: EXCISE TAX – FIRST AMENDMENT An […]
Here are five out of home stories Billboard Insider thinks you should follow in 2020. Privacy The California Consumer Privacy Act goes into effect January 1, 2020. The act requires companies to get consent from California consumers when they track or sell information on them. A couple dozen more states […]
In June 2018 the city of Cincinnati passed a 7% tax on billboard revenues. Lamar and Norton Outdoor got the tax blocked in court. The case is on appeal. On Wednesday’s Billboard Insider podcast Insider asked Mike Norton what he learned from that experience: I would like to think that […]
The court injunction blocking Cincinnati’s billboard tax is now permanent. On November 9, a judge in Cincinnati converted his preliminary injunction to a permanent injunction. In his seven-page entry, the judge also criticized the legal theory used to uphold a billboard tax in Baltimore. A circuit court in Maryland recently […]
Clear Channel Outdoor plans to appeal an adverse court decision in Baltimore that says the city’s targeted tax on billboards does not harm free speech. Clear Channel has challenged Baltimore’s billboard tax, which is based on square footage, since it was imposed in 2013. On February 27, 2018, a Maryland […]
By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs Think of a topic of the day… it’s debated on billboards. Some say impeach the President; others say “Thank you, President Trump.” Even topics you haven’t thought of (like, say, the pros and cons of cruise ships in Charleston) are hashed out on […]
