WeHoville reports that Ace Outdoor Advertising and Regency Outdoor are fighting a petition battle in West Hollywood. Regency is asking voters to sign a petition demanding that the City Council reconsider its Feb 6 approval of an Ace Outdoor billboard at the Rainbow Room on Sunset Billboard. Ace and the Rainbow […]
Month: February 2017
Design Tips From Veale Outdoor
This week’s billboard design tips come from Veale Outdoor Advertising. Insider loves alliteration: Big, bold and beautiful! [wpforms id=”9787″ title=”true” description=”true”] Paid Advertisement
Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue down 6% due to to asset sales.
Clear Channel Outdoor released financials for the fourth quarter of 2016 (3 months ended December 31, 2016). For more details see the 2016 financials and Seeking Alpha Earnings call transcript. Consolidated Clear Channel Outdoor revenue excluding foreign exchange decreased by 6% to $746 million during the fourth quarter of 2016 […]
Appeals Court Upholds CCO Tax Assessments
BizTimes in Milwaukee, WI reports that Clear Channel Outdoor lost an appeal on a challenge to $7.2 million in real estate tax assessments on their 850 billboards. Clear Channel had previously paid the $7.2 million obligation for the years 2009-2013 but had challenged the real estate assessments as invalid arguing […]
Colonoscopy Awareness Billboard Campaign
Interesting piece from Fort Wayne, IN where a local man has purchased space on 15 billboards to raise awareness of colon cancer. Wane.com shares that Jerry Vandeveer will leave the message up from February through July on both static and digital boards in honor of his wife Linda, who died from […]
Company of the Day: Besko Outdoor
Company: BESKO Outdoor Markets: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Headquarters: PO Box 280, Hamlin, Pa. 18427 Phone: 570-689-3226 Email: sales@beskomedia.com Besko Outdoor is a regional outdoor advertising company headquartered in Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania and operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Company was founded in the 1970’s by Ted Ericson and is […]
Lamar revenue up 9% in 4Q 2016
Lamar released fourth quarter 2016 financials yesterday. Here are the highlights from the financials and the Seeking Alpha earnings call transcript. All of the quotes come from the Seeking Alpha transcript. Revenue increased 8.6% to $386 million. Acquisition adjusted revenue increased 2% or slightly in excess of GDP. The rest […]
Outfront Organic Revenue up 2.8% in 4Q 2016
Here are the highlights from Outfront’s fourth quarter 2016 financials and Seeking Alpha Earnings call. Revenues decreased 0.3% to $397 million during the fourth quarter of 2016 as a 2.9% acquisition adjusted increase in revenues was offset by the disposition of the company’s Latin American business. The 2.8% increase in organic […]
Company of the Day – BeSeen Outdoor
Company: BeSeen Outdoor Headquarters: 2001 Cook Street, Brunswick, GA 31520 Market: Southeastern Georgia Phone: 912.289.2235 Email: BeSeen Outdoor, Inc was founded by Joe Fendig and Ben Jones. Between the two, BeSeen Outdoor, Inc. offers over 25 years of experience in the outdoor advertising industry, owning and operating advertising structures in Southeast Georgia […]
Update on Reed vs Town of Gilbert: Challenges to Billboard Laws Dismissed in Two States
By Kerry Yoakum, OAAA Legal challenges to billboard controls were filed in four states, prompted by a 2015 Supreme Court ruling that bolstered free speech protections. Two of those four cases recently have been dismissed, in Rhode Island and Georgia. In late January, the Rhode Island case (Rhode Island DOT […]