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Marnie Christine Cody on Lease Language Which Provides Relief in a Pandemic

By Marnie Christine Cody, Attorney, Hamlin – Cody Thank you for sharing Jennifer Sloane’s article on force majeure.  She raises a lot of good points. Richard Hamlin and I have been representing parties in the out-of-home industry since 1985 and we have reviewed and drafted hundreds of sign leases. In […]

Company of the Day: Grapevine Outdoor

Company:  Grapevine Outdoor Markets:  Oregon Address: Portland, Oregon. Email: info@grapevineoutdoor.com Phone: 503-333-5957 Grapevine Outfoor operates a plant of wallscapes, digital billboards, advertising trucks and indoor mall signage in Portland, Oregon.  The company’s principals are Abe Tannenbaum and Russell Davis-Cohen [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Out of the Office: Sam Stokely

Sam Stokely of Stokely Outdoor has found a good use for used vinyls.  They make a great slip-n-slide for his kids.  These pics were taken at the Stokely ranch. Stokely decorates the ranch with – what else – signs.  Sam Stokely tells Insider “being a sign guy and collecting old […]

Insider’s New Book is Available!

Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry.   The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 things in a good out of home lease 11 things in a […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds April 25, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “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 “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Does Coronavirus Trigger Force Majeure to Excuse Lease Performance

By Jennifer Sloane I have received numerous questions from clients as to whether performance under their ground lease (i.e. payment of rent) can be excused pursuant to a force majeure clause in their lease as a result of the pandemic.   Let’s review this issue. What is a Force Majeure clause?  […]

Jeff Bohnert, RIP

Jeff Bohnert, President and General Manager of DSW Signs has died.  He was 57 years old.   Bohnert spent 33 years with DSW after graduating from Southeast Missouri State University.  The Cape Girardeau Missouri company has over 800 faces in Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico. DSW Signs was an […]

Geopath data shows average trip distance up 6% last week.

Americans increased their travel last week, with the average number of daily miles logged increasing 5.7% from the 9.7 miles during week of April 6 to 10.3 miles during the week of April 13. The analysis, conducted by Geopath, the not-for-profit organization that provides the industry-standard currency for out-of-home (OOH) […]

Andrea Henley on How OOH Sales Need to Pivot

  By Andrea Henley, Out of Home Media Veteran In my 20 plus years in OOH, I have never experienced anything like the COVID-19 Pandemic and neither has anyone else. Not the operators. Not the agencies, brands or businesses. Neither has the public. We are about to step into an […]

Adquick data shows traffic rebounding from covid-19 lows.

Adquick data based on a sampling of 10% of US mobile phones shows that traffic is beginning to rebound from covid-19 lows. Traffic increased in 189 of the 210 DMA’s for the week ended April 13 versus the week ended April 6.  In other words more people were driving in […]