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Beware Billboard Lease Termination on Sale Clauses

Beware of billboard lease termination clauses which allow the lease to be cancelled on a sale to a third party.    That’s the lesson of International Outdoor versus Dix Road.  Here are the facts. In 1998 the Donald Golden Trust leased property to Rite Media of Michigan for a billboard.  […]

Company of the Day – Stott Outdoor

Company: Stott Outdoor Markets: Northern California, Nevada and Oregon Headquarters: PO Box 7209, Chico, CA  95927. Phone: 888-342-7868 Stott Outdoor has been in business since 1949.  The Company is based in Chico and services Northern California as well as parts of Nevada and Oregon.  The company operates bulletins, posters and […]

Rapport Offers All U.S. Clients Sustainable Out-of-Home Ad Products That Purify the Air

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rapport, the global out-of-home (OOH) media buying and planning agency arm of IPG Mediabrands, today announced the launch of their newest offering for U.S. clients: Rapport Beyond —billboards and related media products that effectively offset carbon emissions and purify the air. The latest initiative in Rapport’s long-term commitment […]

Company of the Day: Stokely Outdoor

Company of the Day: Stokely Outdoor Markets: Oklahoma Address: PO Box 141277, Broken Arrow, OK. 74014-1277 Phone: 918-402-9016 Stokely Outdoor operates a plant of over 480 traditional and digital billboards in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.  The company was started by Bill and Sarah Stokely in 1978.  Bill’s daughter Shelley joined […]

Company of the Day – Streetlevel Media

Company: Streetlevel Media Headquarters: 221 Williams Street, Fayetteville NC Market: North Carolina Phone: 910.323.9306 Email: info@streetlevelmedia.com Streetlevel Media is a mobile outdoor advertising company based in North Carolina that specializes in transit (bus) advertising and mobile billboards partnering with delivery fleets. Started in 2005 by former radio broadcasters Weyher Dawson […]

Joe Mancuso and Mike Mortenson On Working In Cold Weather

Temperatures are in the 20’s and 30’s across much of the mountain west, midwest and northeast.  Here’s some advice from out of home operators used to working in cold weather. Joe Mancuso, Bella Outdoor Outdoor labor in the winter presents challenges. For one thing productivity goes down as the temperature […]

50% of Billboard Insider Readers Say Steel Costs Increasing

Last week Insider polled readers about whether they are seeing inflation.  50% of readers reported they are seeing steel cost increases.  15% of readers are seeing now out of home cost increases.  Here are the results from the Billboard Insider reader poll. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Company of the Day: Street Media Group

Company:  Street Media Group Markets:  Colorado, Arizona Address: 161 Saturn Drive, Suite 5A, Fort Collins, CO. 80525 Email: troy.hammond@streetmediagroup.com Phone: (844)804-8535 Street Media Group operates a billboard and transit plant in Colorado and Arizona.  Gary Young is CEO.  Troy Hammond is COO.  The company’s current transit contracts are in: Colorado […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds February 20, 2021

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]

Is inflation Picking Up?

Is inflation picking up? Steel Prices are up 75% over the past 12 months.  Here’s some narrative from a steel market newsletter:”…due to a variety of factors, the North American steel mills are operating the available assets at a lower rate than previous years. If that is coupled with a […]