Business

Billboard Legal: You Can’t Enforce An Illegal Lease

You can’t enforce terms of an illegal lease.  That’s the lesson of Kunz dba Primark Outdoor v. Lobo Lodge.  Here are the facts. In December 1990 Donrey Outdoor Advertising (“Donrey”) and Lobo Lodge, Inc (“Lobo Lodge”) entered into two ten year leases to permit Donrey to place billboards on land […]

Building Signs Near a Major Airport Runway

Image Media owns signs near O’Hare Airport runways in Chicago.  Insider asked Michael Scheid Jr. to talk about the challenges of developing a billboard near an airport runway. What’s it like to have a billboard near a major airport? Anything within a certain proximity to airports requires approval from the […]

Company of the Day: Image Media

Company of the Day: IMAGE MEDIA® Company: IMAGE MEDIA®                    Headquarters: 5101 Darmstadt Rd. Suite A Hillside, IL 60162 Market: Chicago, IL Phone: (312) 988-4600 Contact email: sales@imageoutdoor.com IMAGE MEDIA operates an out of home plant in the Chicago market.  The company was started 35 years ago by Michael Scheid Sr. following a career at […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds November 2, 2019

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 […]

Shadowfencing and Proximity Targeting

(National– October 31, 2019) –do it outdoors media in partnership with Blue Bite have further enhanced their fleet of mobile billboards. The out-of-home (OOH) media company can now offer shadowfencing to advertisers who are looking to reinforce the OOH message digitally. WHAT IS SHADOWFENCING? Shadowfencing is a dynamic geofence that […]

Company of the Day: Mountain Outdoor

Company:  Mountain Outdoor Markets:  Tennessee Address:  9724 Kingston Pike, Suite 204, Knoxville, TN  37922 Phone: 865-691-4705 Email: jchurch@mountainoutdoor.com Mountain Outdoor operates a billboard company in East Tennessee.  Insider talked with Dwight and Justin Church. How did Mountain Outdoor get into the billboard business? Mountain Outdoor started in 1993. We have […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Boise

Did you know: Boise was crowned the number one “Adventure City” in the United States by National Geographic   Bike Magazine named Boise as the top mountain biking town in the entire country.   This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Boise, Idaho DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs […]

Company of the Day – Bass Ltd.

Company: Bass Ltd. Headquarters: 5725 Hwy 90 East, Broussard, LA 70518 Market: South Louisiana Phone: 337.981.1189 BASS, Ltd. is locally owned and currently run by Stephen, David, and Beau Sonnier. Insider caught up with Beau Sonnier for a conversation about the business. What’s new at the Company since we last talked?  […]

Pat O’Donnell on 63 Acquisitions and Hot Button Legislative Issues

Today’s podcast guest is Pat O’Donnell, President, YESCO Outdoor Media.  Pat manages an out of home plant with 2,250 faces  and sits on the board of directors of the OAAA and Geopath.  Pat talks about doing 63 tuck-in acquisitions, using Blip, priorities for the year ahead and hot-button legislative issues. […]