By Mike Hershey, OAAA Government Affairs Roger Kemp, the Kansas dad who used billboards to help find the man who killed his daughter two decades ago, passed away last week. Longtime friend Bob Fessler (OAAA HoF 2007) of Lamar Advertising Company in Kansas City confirmed his passing and will attend […]
A pattern of anticompetitive behavior may backfire on you. That’s the lesson of Daisy Outdoor Advertising versus Abbott Company Outdoor Advertising. Here are the facts. Daisy Outdoor erected a legal billboard on real estate property it owned in Gaffney, South Carolina. In addition to the billboard the property included a […]
By Michael Wardle, General Counsel, Yesco Outdoor Media Your attorney is your ally and advocate. Here are six tips for actions that you take to simplify the process of working with your counsel to get the best results: (1) Establish Expectations up front Neither you nor your attorney wants to […]
Age Advertising’s Andy Goodman writes for Billboard Insider on out of home leasing and development. Andy’s last column was on lease terminations and keeping your options open. Today Andy reviews three lease negotiations. Last week I worked on three separate property owner negotiations with their Lessee, the billboard company. I […]
Insider has been following a San Jose City proposal for Clear Channel Outdoor to build two new digital boards near the San Jose airport. Last week, the San Jose city council voted 9-2 to approve the digital billboards that Clear Channel will erect near the northern end of the airport, […]
GEFT has sued the Marion County, Indiana for the third time. GEFT won the first two rounds: a 2016 lawsuit over wrongful termination of a billboard permit and a 2017 law suit which voided the Marion County sign code on first amendment grounds. This time GEFT is challenging the city’s decision […]
John Bodger, OUTFRONT’s Twin Cities Real Estate Manager for 33 years, retired last week after a 42 year out of home career. Bodger built over 500 static billboards and 32 digital billboards during his career. This week Bodger talks about getting into the out of home business, R.O. Naegele […]
Today site development expert Andy Goodman talks about how to approach a lease termination and how to keep options open when you’re worried a landlord won’t extend your out of home lease. Terminations If there’s negotiations going on at the end of the lease and we’re trying to work through […]
Today, site development expert Andy Goodman answers questions on lease terms, railroad leases and mom and pop leases. What sort of billboard lease term makes sense? That really comes down to are you building a digital sign or a static sign? On a static sign we typically ask for 10 […]
Billboard Insider recently reported on how four operators joined forces to impact the January 6th amendment to the Clovis, New Mexico Sign Code. These operators, namely Lindmark, Choice Media, Fluhman Media, and Clovis Sign & Service, lead a grass roots efforts with the local business community, which along with some […]
