Month: March 2023

A Use For Old Vinyls

One of Billboard Insider’s friends toured a facility which makes tiny houses.  The facility uses old billboard vinyl as a dropcloths under the houses.  The vinyls cost $10 each online.  Great to see another way to recycle out of home vinyl. Rareform makes totes, duffles, wallets and bags out of […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Company of the Day: Vital Outdoor

Company: Vital Outdoor Advertising Market:  Oklahoma Address: PO Box 2615, Edmond OK  73083 Phone: 405-844-7446 Vital Outdoor Advertising operates 50 billboard faces including 10 digital billboard faces in Oklahoma City.   The firm is privately held and was founded in March 1996.  Shannon Booher is President and CFO.  Justin Booher is VP of Business Development […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds March 11, 2023

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]

Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate

Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 things in a good out of home lease 11 things in a good […]

Andy Goodman on Lease Cancellation Clauses

Today out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman comments on the standard cancellation language in many out of home leases.  We’ve presented the language below.  Andy’s comments are in italics. Cancellation:  If, in Lessee’s sole opinion: a) the view of the advertising copy on any Structure becomes obstructed; b) […]

Out of Home Leverage Declining but Debt Costs Rise

Moorgate Capital Partners has prepared a summary of out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru December 2022.  The cost of out of home debt has risen by 100-200 basis points over the last year due to Federal Reserve interest rate increases.   Lamar has the lowest weighted average […]

Clear Channel’s Switzerland Business Sale Receives Regulatory Approval

SAN ANTONIO, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) today announced that the sale of the Company’s Switzerland business to Goldbach Group, an affiliate of TX Group, has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Competition Commission. The Company now expects the transaction to close […]

Fotofetch Shot of the Week

Some photos are all about scarcity.  They capture a fleeting or rare moment that can’t be reproduced or experienced again. These photos help bring out an emotion or feeling, allowing us to remember a moment that has already passed. FotoFetch is all about capturing the moments of now. These go […]