iHeart Media announced on Monday it is exploring a sale of a large part of its stake in Clear Channel Outdoor in order to raise capital and buy more time before a looming bankruptcy. There were a number of news outlets reporting but Insider pulled most of their information from the […]
New sign construction presents an opportunity for fraud. Last week out of home executives Don MacCord and Shannon Doyle were arrested and charged with defrauding Digi Outdoor Media investors out of $2.3 million. Here’s how MacCord and Doyle alledgedly ran the scam. The details come from an SEC lawsuit and […]
Company: Summit Media Headquarters: 1445 FifthStreet Santa Monica, CA 90401 Phone: 877-820-3002 Market: Founded in 1998, Summit Media is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in Los Angeles. Summit owns and operates its own plant of high-profile, large-format bulletins, squares, spectaculars and walls in Los Angeles, with a focus on premium areas including: Sunset […]
Last week Insider discussed automatic renewal clauses in billboard leases. Insider asked billboard attorney Richard Rothfelder of Rothfelder & Falick to review the legal issues associated with automatic renewal clauses. Rothfelder handled several cases involving unilateral and perpetual lease provisions. Introduction If a lease grants the Lessee the unilateral power […]
Company: Sun Outdoor Advertising. Markets: Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington Headquarters: 11221 Pacific Highway SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 Phone: 866-581-3118 Email: info@sunoutdoor.com Sun Outdoor is a family owned business which was started in 1982. The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Bakersfield, CA Ridgecrest, CA Mohavi, CA Tehachapi, CA […]
A newer business has recently popped up in our Classified Section as Elizabeth Mellen has opened Outdoor Digital Display Management. We had a chance to interview Liz about her business. Can you share with us about your background serving the outdoor industry? I worked for one of the leading digital […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider. We are glad we did. The cost of the ad was reasonable and the response was outstanding.” Jim Moravec, Stott Outdoor “We had over 25 companies inquire […]
As we daily wander through the endless details of running our businesses, it can become easy to miss the perspective of the wider business and investment community. Insider read an interesting Forbes article that shares a number of significant drivers that are transforming the way we do business and they […]
Company: Signal Outdoor Markets: Nationwide. Headquarters: 200 Mansell Court East, Suite 325, Building 200, Roswell, Georgia 30076 Phone: 678-906-2960 Email: rickn@signaloutdoor.com Signal Outdoor operates a plant of approximately 10,500 advertising displays on bus benches, bus shelters, and transit sides in over 100 municipalities. The company was established in 1989. In […]
US-DOT Just Got Thousands of Comments from the Public By Ken Klein, executive vice president of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, OAAA When US-DOT asked for comments about its regulations, I was curious to see the file. Two quick points: My assumptions were off I read the whole file […]
