Insider found this post on the Ecologistics.org website: Do you think that landowners have an easy time getting billboards removed from their properties? Think again. A difficult reality confronts a landowner intending retirement and removal of a billboard which has an expired lease. When landowners no longer want their properties […]
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More On The Floating Billboard Dispute
Adam Shapiro, the CEO of Ballyhoo Media reached out to Insider after our article on Monday. We thought it would be helpful to get their perspective on the New York situation so here is our interview with Adam. Adam, when you entered the New York market, what service were you […]
Supreme Court Removes Catch-22 in Takings Cases
In a victory for property rights, the Supreme Court overruled precedent that had set up a Catch-22 blocking property owners from pursuing takings claims against state and local governments in federal court. The 5-4 ruling was issued June 21; Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion (Knick v. Township […]
New York State Attempting to Outlaw Floating Billboards
Insider reported in March on a Brooklyn Daily Eagle report that two city council members had introduced a bill slapping Ballyhoo Media with a $100,000 fine for operating a 20′ by 60′ double sided digital billboard on New York waterways. Mayor de Blasio further announced that New York City had […]
Lamar, Starbucks and Longview Texas.
Insider isn’t the only person who thinks that Longview Texas ought to show flexibility to convince Lamar to take down a billboard with a valid permit and lease so a Starbucks store can take its place. Here’s an excerpt from a Longview News Journal editorial: “Simply put, Longview should not […]
An Update on Privacy and OOH
Here is an update on privacy issues, based on the OAAA-sponsored meeting of industry attorneys in New York on June 6 and the annual privacy summit sponsored by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) in Washington, DC, on June 5-6. State Activity An unprecedented number of states have considered pro-privacy legislation […]
Marijuana Billboard Sparks Boycott Threats
KIRO 7 reports that some citizens are threatening to boycott the Thurston County car repair business which sits below a billboard which is running a marijuana ad. The problem is that the owners of the auto shop aren’t the landowners. They simply rent the space as does Lamar which owns […]
Cobb County Agrees to 8 New Digitals
mdjonline.com reports that Cobb County, Georgia has agreed to permit Vision Outdoor Media to erect 8 new billboards in settlement of a lawsuit. Vision sued the County claiming its sign regulations were unconstitutional after the County turned down 22 billboard Applications last spring. Here are the settlement terms: Vision will […]
Billboard Delays Starbucks Store
Longview News Journal says that Starbucks wants to demolish a building at 707 W Marshall in Longview, Texas and put up a coffee store. The problem is that a three sided Lamar billboard sits on the site and will have to go as well. Lamar has agreed to remove […]
Regulatory Roundup – June 5, 2019
Crossroads Outdoor lost a case against Howell Township. Crossroads sought a variance to install a billboard in Howell Township, Michigan. Town zoning administrator Joe Daus denied the variance on grounds that is was not permissible to place the billboard in the parking lot of the American Legion. Crossroads filed a […]
