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Public Necessity Requirement for Billboard Condemnation

By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Our law firm is currently handling a billboard condemnation case, in which the recent controversy over President’s Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund the border wall involves the same basic legal principles. Specifically, our client is facing the usual situation where his […]

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Branded Cities Celebrates 20 years.

(Toronto, Canada – March 13th, 2019) Branded Cities, a premier and iconic Out-of-Home (OOH) media company in North America, announces the celebration of 20 years in the OOH industry. Founded in 1999 in a single market, Branded Cities has grown immensely, now with nine sales offices in twenty markets boasting […]

Company of the Day – Penneco Outdoor

Company: Penneco Outdoor Market: Southwest Pennsylvania Headquarters: 6608 Route 22, Suite 307 Delmont, PA  15626 Phone: 724-461-1041 Email: Outdoor@Penneco.com Penneco Outdoor is the largest locally owned billboard company in Southwest Pennsylvania.  The company owns more than 30 structures with 100 faces in Westmoreland, Indiana, Fayette, Bedford and Allegheny counties.  Four […]

Integrity First: Remembering OOH Legend Karl Eller

By Nancy Fletcher, President and CEO, OAAA As media, sports, and academia honor the memory of the legendary Karl Eller (1928-2019), his many admirers recall the traits that guided him and inspired others. I knew Karl 40 years. He was positive, even when times were tough. He was resilient, standing […]

Signal and Insite-Martin rebrand to InSite Street Media

Atlanta & Los Angeles – Signal Outdoor Advertising of Atlanta, Georgia and the InSite Martin Street Ads company of Los Angeles which announced their merger in October, are now re-branding the combined company. The new name will be InSite Street Media with executive offices in the same two cities. They […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Columbia, SC

Did you know: Riverbanks Zoological Park in Columbia hosts a wide array of animal enclosures and botanical gardens on over 170 acres of land. Columbia has been the capital city and seat of the state’s government since its founding in 1786. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Columbia, […]

Company of the Day: Picture This Outdoor

Company:  Picture This Advertising Markets:  Illinois Headquarters: 1 Brickyard Drive, Bloomington, IL 61701 Phone: 309-846-5788 Email: aoneal@picturethisadvertising.com Picture This Advertising operates four digital billboard structures and two static billboard structures in the Bloomington, Illinois market. Picture this is owned by the Snyder companies which also has investments in insurance and […]

Karl Eller RIP

Industry great Karl Eller has died at the age of 90.  Eller made a fortune twice in the out of home business: selling Combined Communications for $370 million in 1978; and selling Eller Media for $1.15 billion in 1997. You can read a tribute to Eller’s life at Sixteen-Nine. Clear […]

Out of Home’s Strong Fourth Quarter.

Here’s a table which shows the momentum US out of home generated in the fourth quarter of 2018. US out of home revenues grew almost twice as fast as the US economy during the fourth quarter of 2018. US out of home revenues grew faster than the US economy for […]