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Judge Orders Planning Official To Erect Billboard After Wrongfully Denying Permit

Insider wants to make sure his readers know that this story was published on April 1, 2017.  APRIL FOOLS DAY.  Yes it is a joke. Indiana judge Charlie “Bullfrog” McIntyre has ordered a County Planning Official to personally erect a billboard after wrongfully denying a billboard permit.  “I’m fed up […]

The Creation of Billboards

Insider wants to make sure readers know this story was published on April 1, 2017.  APRIL FOOLS DAY.  Yes, it is a joke. By Brent Baer, Historian-in-residence, Billboard Insider As all of you veterans of the OOH business know, the term billboard came about by a guy named William Boarders. […]

Road Trip – Tuscon

Insider visited the land of cactus, Kalil, Clear Channel and Advision this week.  First stop, Kalil and Co to see Max Drachman and Kalil’s out of home  and media investment banking team.  It’s a rare day when these nomadic investment bankers are in the same room.   Pictured below left […]

Questions about Uber Tuscon autonomous car crash

The police report is out on last week’s Tuscon Uber crash.  Property 360 carried a Bloomberg article on the crash which says that an eyewitness report: “raises the question of whether Uber’s self-driving sensors spotted the light turning yellow and, if so, whether it decided it could safely continue through the intersection. One […]

FEPE convention June 7-9, 2017

The 58th FEPE International Congress to be held in Stockholm from June 7-9 will be the most global in the event’s long history, featuring top speakers from all around the world. The Congress – with the theme “A Time of Revolution – Earning the Right to Win” – includes a […]

Company of the Day: City Outdoor

Company:  City Outdoor Markets:  New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois, California. Headquarters: 1333 Broadway, Suite 506, New York, NY  10018 Pbone: 212-736-9400 City outdoor operates billboards in New York, Miami, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  In addition to billboards the company has manages a plant of 100 street bulletins […]

The Guardian Suing Rubicon Project

Business Insider reports that British publisher, The Guardian, is preparing to file a lawsuit against ad tech company Rubicon Project.  The Guardian is alleging Rubicon Project did not disclose fees it levied on advertiser’s looking to buy the newspaper’s on-line ad inventory. Billboard Insider recently reported on Rubicon Project and […]

Company of the Day – Cincy Digital

Company:  Cincy Digital  Headquarters:   7811 Laurel Ave. Cincinnati Oh. 45243-2608 Markets: Cincinnati, Ohio Phone: 513.342.6866 Email:   info@cincydigital.com Cincy Digital LLC is a locally owned OOH media firm in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Cincy Digital’s northbound and southbound billboards are in a prime location on I-71  between two premier upscale shopping destinations. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Outdoor Legal: Know Your Landlord

Insider has written before about the dangers of using a middleman who marks up billboard properties without you knowing it.  Same thing applies to doing business with a middleman who stands between you and a billboard’s landlord.  Take the case of Stevenson v Clausel: In 1964, Liberty Sign Company agreed […]

Company of the Day: Choice Media

Company: Choice Media Markets: Texas Headquarters: 11805 I-27, Amarillo, TX  79119 Phone: 806-352-6585 Email: Info@ChoiceMediaTX.com Choice media operates a billboard plant in Texas.  Brad and Kristie Tooley formed the company in 1992 by buying a half dozen empty billboard faces with proceeds from the sale of a rental house.   […]