By Myron Laible, OAAA Vice President, State, Local and Regulatory Affairs. This article is based on Arizona DOT’s presentation at the National Alliance of Highway Beautification Agencies meeting in Orlando May 3, 2016. ORLANDO, FL – Road construction is sensitive to two common problems: delays and diverting road money to […]
Media Post wrote an article last week called “Politics Will Have Wide Ranging Advertising Impact” about a speech Dan Jaffe gave to the Advertising Financial Management Conference. Jaffe is the Association of National Advertisers EVP for government relations. He says that a new congress will likely put some sort of tax […]
Insider wrote last week that Fresno was considering modifications to digital sign rules. The Fresno Bee reports that Outfront is negotiating with City Manager Bruce Rudd to lease five sites from the city for digital signs. The proposed sites are: ▪ The western edge of Woodward Park overlooking Highway 41 […]
By Ken Klein, EVP-Government Affairs, OAAA. I ran into a policy analyst (April 27) for the huge AAA auto club based in southern California. She said two things of note: A California lawmaker had invited AAA to join his effort to restrict digital billboards based on safety, but AAA declined […]
Senator Charles Schumer is calling for a federal investigation into Clear Channel’s latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers. CBSNews is reporting that Schumer has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas’ RADAR program “spying billboards,” warning the service may violate privacy rights by tracking people’s cell phone data via the ad […]
The Fresno, CA city council agreed this week to pursue the idea of putting electronic billboards along Highway 41 at Woodward Park, and at other parks and city properties. The city would make money on the deal, and in exchange for double-sided electronic billboards at five locations, 50 static billboards throughout the […]
Insider has written before about a 65 foot floating digital billboard boat which Burke Billboards has been sailing around False Creek Bay and English Bay. The billboard board has a 12 by 40 foot digital screen. Vancouver 24hours and Business Vancouver report that the city of Vancouver has proposed an amendment […]
The Gallatin Tennessee Planning commission approved new digital and billboard regulations by a vote of 6-1 according to The Tennessean. The rules must now be approved by the Gallatin City Council. The rule changes include the following: Billboards are permitted only along state roadways and must have a State […]
Baker Hostetler reports that the US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust complaint against two hospital systems in Virginia that agreed not to advertise on billboards in each other’s home county. The suit was brought against Charleston Area Medical Center in Kanawha County and St Mary’s Medical Center in […]
Add Natchez, Mississippi to cities that are reviewing their sign ordinance. The Natchez Democrat reports that the Board of Aldermen have place a moratorium on billboards as they review the city’s sign ordinance. The City Planner considers the current ordinance to not be a strict as compared to other cities. The […]
