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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.   […]

Autonomous Cars Update

Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal report that an Uber temporarily suspended its  autonomous car program after an Uber autonomous car in Tempe got in an accident Friday.  The autonomous car appears to have not been at fault and Uber has resumed operations. Insider’s take:  Autonomous cars will grow in […]

Limit your out of home liability.

Individual proprietorships account for 167 (6%) of the 2,706 out of home advertising firms in the 2012 US Census as you can see from the following table: 2012 US Census US Out of Home Advertising Firm Legal Structures Insider strongly urges you to switch to an S-Corp or LLC if […]

Company of the Day- Chesapeake Outdoor

Company:  Chesapeake Outdoor  Headquarters:   5 Hill St Onancock, VA 23417 Markets: Virginia Phone: 757.787.7662 Email: teressa@chesapeakeoutdoor.com Chesapeake Outdoor owns and manages over 170 faces that can be seen from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia to Westover, Maryland.  Areas of coverage include Chincoteague, VA and Crisfield, MD.  [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Out of Home Vehicle Risks By Region

Insider ran across an interesting article in Property Casualty 360 showing that the cause of vehicle damage varies greatly by region in the US.  This is worth going over with your out of home vehicle fleet drivers in your next safety meeting.  The takeaways: Drivers everywhere need to be alert for […]