New sign construction presents an opportunity for fraud. Last week out of home executives Don MacCord and Shannon Doyle were arrested and charged with defrauding Digi Outdoor Media investors out of $2.3 million. Here’s how MacCord and Doyle alledgedly ran the scam. The details come from an SEC lawsuit and […]
Last week Insider discussed automatic renewal clauses in billboard leases. Insider asked billboard attorney Richard Rothfelder of Rothfelder & Falick to review the legal issues associated with automatic renewal clauses. Rothfelder handled several cases involving unilateral and perpetual lease provisions. Introduction If a lease grants the Lessee the unilateral power […]
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 week’s rating is provided […]
“If an artist is getting paid and it’s promoting art, I love it.” Jennifer Moreland of the Corvallis Mural Project. The Corvallis Gazette reports that murals have become a regulatory issue in Corvallis. A citizens group called Call to Balance has painted nine murals in downtown Corvallis. The project originated […]
Company: Sun Outdoor Advertising. Markets: Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington Headquarters: 11221 Pacific Highway SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 Phone: 866-581-3118 Email: info@sunoutdoor.com Sun Outdoor is a family owned business which was started in 1982. The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Bakersfield, CA Ridgecrest, CA Mohavi, CA Tehachapi, CA […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider. We are glad we did. The cost of the ad was reasonable and the response was outstanding.” Jim Moravec, Stott Outdoor “We had over 25 companies inquire […]
More developments in the Washington DC digital sign saga which Insider wrote about earlier this week. Don MacCord and Shannon Doyle have been indicted by the FBI for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, false writings to a government agency, obstruction of official proceedings and destruction alteration or falsification of records. […]
Company: Signal Outdoor Markets: Nationwide. Headquarters: 200 Mansell Court East, Suite 325, Building 200, Roswell, Georgia 30076 Phone: 678-906-2960 Email: rickn@signaloutdoor.com Signal Outdoor operates a plant of approximately 10,500 advertising displays on bus benches, bus shelters, and transit sides in over 100 municipalities. The company was established in 1989. In […]
New York – Branded Cities (“BC”), a digital and spectacular Out-Of-Home (“OOH”) media company, announced today a large minority investment from Shamrock Capital (“Shamrock”), a Los Angeles based media, entertainment and communication focused investment firm. Shamrock partners, Steve Royer and Andy Howard, will join the BC board. Formed in 1998 […]
Digi Outdoor Media Inc., a company which raised $4.5 million to construct and install digital signs for commercial advertising around Washington DC has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for theft of more than $2.3 million from investors. You can read the lawsuit here. The lawsuit alleges that […]
