Insider is running a series on one independent out of home company’s experience installing its first digital billboard. This article will talk about pre-permitting and vendor selection. Future articles will talk about the installation and post-install sales. Comstor Outdoor owns over 400 faces in Ohio and Indiana. The company is […]
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Geopath Market Spotlight: San Diego
Did you know: The first person to drive across the Coronado bridge was Ronald Reagan in 1969 San Diego Airport is currently the busiest single runway airport in the US This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the San Diego DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are […]
Company of the Day: Coastal Outdoor
Company: Coastal Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, South Carolina. Address: 2025 Corporate Centre Drive #206, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Phone: 843-692-2334 Coastal Outdoor operates a plant with 902 bulletins and 24 digital billboards in North and South Carolina including following DMA’s: Myrtle Beach/Florence Charleston Wilmington The company was founded in 1996 […]
Reagan Sues Austin over Sign Code
The Austin Monitor reports that Reagan Outdoor Advertising has sued Austin, Texas claiming the city is violating the Texas Public Information Act by refusing to divulge information about how it arrived at the current CodeNext regs for billboards. During the drafting process Austin Removed the ability to appeal decisions to […]
Abry Partners Acquires Screenvision Media
New York, N.Y., June 6, 2018 – Screenvision Media, a national leader in cinema media and advertising, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement whereby Abry Partners, a leading media-focused private equity firm, will acquire a controlling stake in the company. As part of the agreement, the company’s existing […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Extends Credit Line
Clear Channel Outdoor has signed a new $75 million credit agreement with Deutsche Bank and other lenders to replace an existing $75 million credit line which was expiring in August. The terms include: A borrowing base equal to 85% of eligible accounts receivable borrowing rate equal to fed funds plus […]
Make your lease binding on successors, heirs and assigns.
Make sure your leases binding on successors, heirs and assigns. That’s the lesson of Tavakoli v CBS Outdoor. Here’s a summary of the case. In 1993 National Advertising entered into a lease with Fred Cullincini for the operation of a billboard along Highway 99 in Stockton CA. The lease […]
Pequot Lakes amends sign code
The Brainerd Dispatch reports that the Pequot Lakes, Minnesota planning commission and city council have approved an ordinance to the zoning code to permit signs along the new highway 371. You can read the proposed amendment here. The code includes the following: The approval of offsite digital and static billboards […]
Company of the Day: Circle Signworx
Company: Circle Signworx Address: 913 Elm St, Suite 411, Manchester, NH 03101 Phone: 603-625-5403 Email: sales@circlesignworx.com Circle Signworx operates an 8′ by 24′ digital billboard just off Route 101 at Exit 1 in Manchester, New Hampshire. The company was formed in 2011. The company also provides marketing and web design […]
Out of the Office: Nancy Fletcher
Always on the look out for the latest out of home displays, OAAA President Nancy Fletcher and her husband Ron zip around Washington DC on a Vespa, including to church on Sundays.
