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Outdoor Trades At Higher Multiple Than Most Other Media

Outdoor is trading at a higher multiple than most other forms of media.  This chart from investment banker Mark Boidman’s presentation at this months’s FEPE convention titled OOH and M&A shows that public outdoor advertising companies are valued at an average of 11.7 times cashflow which is well above TV, […]

Lamar Loses Los Angeles Appeal

The Los Angeles Business Journal reported Friday the the California State Supreme Court chose not to review an appellate court ruling on The City of Los Angeles’ sign ordinance. Insider reported in March 2016 about the 2002 Los Angeles sign ordinance prohibiting new billboards from being approved outside of designated sign districts […]

PA State Senate Introduces Proposed Legislation

State Senator Andy Dinniman introduced legislation calling for additional regulations on the placement of large electronic and digital billboards alongside roadways and nearby local communities throughout Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 1301 calls for local municipalities to conduct public hearings before approving such billboards. Under the legislation, the hearing should specifically address […]

Pomona Voters Narrowly Reject Digital Billboards

The Daily Bulletin reports that Pomona voters have narrowly defeated a proposal to allow digital billboards.  The measure was failing by a vote of 7,313 to 6,819.  The measure would have allowed digital billboards at 10 city owned locations along I-57, I-60 and I-71.  The boards would have generated $1 […]

American Outdoor Advertising

Company: American Outdoor Advertising Markets: San Diego, Las Vegas, Arizona. Headquarters: 1702 E Highland Ave, Suite 304, Phoeniz AZ  85016 Phone: 602-687-9220 American Outdoor advertising (www.americanoutdoor.net) operates billboards in San Diego, Las Vegas and Arizona.  This company should not be confused with American Outdoor Advertising (www.americanoutdooradvertising.net) which operates billboards in […]

Billboards and Healthy Cities

Scenic Pittsburgh is opposing Lamar’s conversion of a Mount Washington sign into a billboard.  Michael Dawida, Scenic Pittsburgh’s executive director had this quote in a recent newspaper article on the issue: “In today’s world, companies can go anywhere.  They can set up headquarters anywhere.  To get and keep the new […]

Venekamp joins Daktronics OOH sales.

Brookings, South Dakota (June 9, 2016) –   The Daktronics Out of Home team is pleased to announce the transition of project manager, Brittany Venekamp.  Venekamp into an OOH sales position. Brittany has been a part of our team for nearly 5 years and has held various influential roles over […]

IRS Eliminates REIT Loophole

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Internal Revenue Service has shut down an apparent gap in a tax law that otherwise could have allowed companies across industries to continue spinning off their property holdings into tax-advantaged real-estate investment trusts.  The December law was written in response to a wave of […]

S.F. Soda Warning Label On Hold For Now

Insider had previously posted about San Francisco becoming the first city in the U.S. to require health warnings on soda and other sugar-added drinks. The Wall Street Journal updates the news as a federal judge has granted the beverage industry an injunction pending appeal. The law was slated to go […]

State Regulators May Standardize Outdoor Advertising Software

Your state regulators may be changing the software they use to track your billboards. Equipment World reports that The American Association of Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is adopting the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s control system for outdoor advertising on billboards which will allow the software to become the national standard […]