Dusty’s Outdoor Media, LLC of Effingham, Illinois announced the acquisition of BKP Displays of Energy, Illinois. BKP had 24 faces. The purchase represents the 6th acquisition for Dusty’s since inception. With more than 450 billboard faces across 4 states (Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana), Dusty’s is one of the largest billboard […]
Insider received several comments in response to last weeks post from a landlord criticizing first rights of refusal in billboard leases. Insider thanks everyone who responded on this topic. We may not always agree but we learn from others even when we disagree. Mike Fitzgerald, Railroad Outdoor I agree that a […]
Commercial News has a feature on Danville, IL headquartered Watchfire signs. From March to September Watchfire will be installing the largest single video in the world at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. 130,000 square feet of digital signage. That’s equivalent to 193 bulletin faces in case you’re counting. […]
Rate This Board 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 weeks rating is […]
Company: Munn Outdoor Advertising Markets: Mississippi Headquarters: 772 Highway 49 N, Hattiesburg, MS Phone: 601-264-7446 Munn Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 119 faces in the following Mississippi communities: Brooklyn Collins Columbia Hattiesburg Lucedale New Augusta Purvis Prentice Sumrall Wiggins The company is affiliated with Munn Enterprises which was started in 1986 by Everett Munn. Munn […]
Tell Sherilyn McLain to take a hike and she will! Sherilyn spent 14 years with CBS Outdoor/Mall Media and is currently VP of Acquisitions for Landmark Dividend. To keep fit and “sane” you will find her on the many trails and mountains in AZ just about every weekend. Tough […]
Here’s what Insider hears about the sale of the remaining Fairway assets. Reagan Outdoor is leading bidder for Fairway Tennessee, Indianapolis and Minnesota. Link Media Outdoor is in the lead for the Fairway Texas assets. Each of the pieces of the transaction is probably big enough that […]
Earlier this week Insider wrote about how to keep pigeons off billboards. Lou Heller of Momentum Properties uses Bird-B-Gone’s Bird Gel: I have had success using Bird-B-Gone’s “Bird Gel”– a sticky, transparent caulk applied to surface. First application was about four months ago and, so far, seems to be deterring […]
Insider published articles stating the business reasons and legal reasons for inserting right of first refusal clauses in billboard leases. Insider received this pushback from a landlord/billboard lease holder: I find your article regarding ROFRs to be so landlord unfriendly and completely unnecessary for a billboard company to obtain. I think […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick. Billboard Insider reported in its January 22nd edition on rights of first refusal (“ROFR”) clauses in billboard leases. The article also provided a suggested ROFR provision, and recommended using such a clause to prevent Landmark Infrastructure or other unanticipated entities from becoming an unfriendly […]
