The headline says it all: “Billboards enhance revenue without raising taxes.” This from an editorial by Oceanside City Councilman Jerry Kern in the San Diego Union Tribune. Kern points out the benefits of digital signs. Four Digital Signs on city land would create $1 million/year in lease revenue for the […]
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Company Of The Day: Allison Outdoor
Company: Allison Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Georgia. Headquarters: 35 Outdoor Drive, Sylva, NC 29779 Phone:828-586-2737 Allison outdoor began in 1958 as a custom sign and billboard company. Allison has grown to become the largest outdoor advertising company in western North Carolina and Noth Georgia with 1200 billboards. The firm’s inventory […]
8 tips to make your outdoor advertising website secure.
Billboard Insider knows from experience the importance of securing your website. He spent two weeks in February fending off a hack. Here are 8 simple things to make your outdoor advertising website secure. Install two part verification to access your host. Any time you want to login to your email […]
Lamar Converting Tennessee Digital Billboard to Trivision.
Brentwood Home Page reports that Lamar is converting a Brentwood digital billboard back to a trivision after losing a string of court battles. The billboards sits 12 feet outside the city of Brentwood. The digital sign was originally denied. Lamar put up the sign after winning the case before the […]
Josh Kruter Leaves Clear Channel Outdoor
Insider has heard from two sources that Josh Kruter, Clear Channel Outdoor SVP for digital products, left the company for a job at a tech company. Kruter supervised the digital product portfolio for Clear Channel outdoor and worked on the company’s Radar project. Clear Channel Outdoor General Counsel Craig Gangi […]
Company of The Day: Venture Outdoor
Company: Venture Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri Headquarters: 15664 Barton St., Overland Park, KS 66221 Phone: 913-730-8353 Venture Outdoor Advertising owns 62 billboard structures in Missouri. The company was started in 2013 by Randy Jackson. Prior to starting Venture, Jackson was a VP for CBS Outdoor in Los Angeles and a […]
Easton Gives 10 Year Free Lease In Litigation Settlement.
Lehigh Valley Live reports that the city of Easton, PA is forfeiting $500,000 in billboard rent as part of a legal settlement with Pennsylvania Media. Pennsylvania Media sued the city in August 2014 claiming that the city allowed Adams Outdoor to put up a digital sign on city owned land […]
Rapid City Settles Lamar Litigation
Black Hills Fox and KOTA TV report that the Rapid City Legal and Finance Committee has approved a payment of $100,000 to Lamar to settle a five year legal battle. Other provisions of the settlement include: A repeal of the ban on digital LED billboards. An amendment to spacing […]
Outfront’s Male and Shassian Interviewed by REIT.com
Reit.com has an interview with Outfront Chairman and CEO Jeremy Male and CFO Donald Shassian. Some of the highlights of the interview. Male says that out-of-home was a 2X GDP business from 1990-2015 with annual revenue growth of 4%/year or twice the 2%/year GDP growth rate. Looks to Insider like […]
Company of the Day: Tyler Outdoor
Company: Tyler Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma. Headquarters: 5101 S. Shields Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73129 Phone: 405-616-5000 Tyler outdoor was founded in 1965 by Ralph Tyler. Tyler Outdoor owns 1,500 digital billboards, static billboards, bus benches and bus shelters in Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City, Norman, Stillwater and Tulsa. Tyler Outdoor […]
