Investment banker Max Drachman of Kalil & Co has been busy doing outdoor transactions. Insider asked Max to talk about the outdoor M&A market. You can reach Max at kalil@kalilco.com, 520-795-1050. Max Kalil and Co has been busy in the first quarter. What have you done? Yes, we have had […]
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Company Of The Day: Barnes Outdoor
Company: Barnes Outdoor Plant: 15 Ohio counties. Address: PO Box 277, 1580 Fairview Road, Zanesville, Ohio, 43701. Phone: 740-453-6386 Email: mj@barnesadv.com This year Barnes Outdoor Advertising Corporation, the oldest and largest outdoor advertising group in Southeastern Ohio, celebrates 100 years. This 4th-generation, family-owned business operates nearly 600 traditional billboards and eight digital […]
San Mateo Considering Billboards On County Land
Allvision, Outfront Media and San Mateo County are exploring the feasibility of putting billboards on San Mateo County land along Highway 101 and Interstate 280. Here’s the language taken from County Manager John Maltbie’s March 3, 2016 Report To the Board of Supervisors: Outdoor advertising program being considered In […]
Vancouver May Crack Down On Digital Billboard Boat
The City of Vancouver is trying to decide if it has the ability to regulate a digital billboard which has been deployed on a boat which cruises False Creek and English Bay in downtown Vancouver according to a story in Vancouver Sun. Burke Billboards operates a 65 foot boat which […]
Daktronics At A Glance
Insider dodged blizzards to visit South Dakota to tour Daktronics manufacturing facilities and meet marketing, sales and manufacturing executives. During the visit Insider interviewed Jeremy Johnson, Daktronics Global Out Of Home Solutions Manager about the digital billboard business. Here’s what Insider learned. Company: Daktronics Products: Advertising displays, including digital billboards, […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Wins DC National and Dulles Airport Contract
Businesswire has announced that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has awarded Clear Channel Outdoor a contract to provide advertising at DC’s Washington Dulles and Reagan National airports. Here are the highlights: An 8 term contract term with one 2 year option to extend. 4 digital sign networks, 75 HD screens […]
Appeals Court Rules Against Lamar In Los Angeles
The 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling that LA’s restrictions on off-site signs violate the California constitutions guarantee of free speech. The decision held that cities can have different on-premise and off-premise rules without violating the first amendment. In 2002 Los Angeles passed a sign ordinance […]
Tax Relief Possible For Broadway Billboards
New York City has a 3.9% commercial rent tax which applies to billboards and advertising signs. The tax applies to businesses south of 96th street with an annual gross rent paid of at least $250,000. Two city council members are introducing legislation to exempt the rental of Broadway billboards from […]
Scott Wells Buys Clear Channel Shares
Microcap reports that Clear Channel Outdoor Scott Wells bought 5,000 shares of Clear Channel Outdoor on March 4. With the purchase Wells directly owns 50,283 shares of stock valued at $209,000. Insider’s take: If Insider were a Clear Channel Outdoor shareholder, he’d be happy that an insider is buying. A […]
Alaska Doesn’t Allow Billboards But Loves Lamar
Alaska doesn’t allow billboards so Insider had a laugh today when he read a story in Hilltop News saying that the Alaska Department of Revenue owned 37,610 shares of Lamar worth $2.25 million at December 2015. Alaska increased the number of Lamar shares it owned by 4.4% during the fourth […]
