iHeartMedia, Inc. won its lawsuit blocking notices of default from several of its creditors. The verdict on Tuesday from state District Judge Cathleen Stryker permanently blocks bondholders unhappy over a recent transfer of assets within the radio, billboard and digital company from filing default notices against the company in connection […]
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Dick Bouley on Freeway Right of Way Wars
Insider’s note: In this post Dick Bouley sounds a cautionary note about how difficult it is to get billboards on public right of ways. Bouley came to Concord, New Hampshire in 1979 to work for Governor Hugh Gallen. He has been a registered lobbyist since 1982, representing a spectrum of […]
What will you do if interest rates rise?
The federal reserve may raise interest rates according the the New York Times. Interest rates have been low for the 8 years since the Great Recession. Rates can rise pretty fast in the later stages of a recovery. The following chart shows that the Prime rate rose from 4% in 2003 […]
Company of the Day: Orion Outdoor
Company: Orion Outdoor Markets: California Headquarters: PO Box 6341 Folsom, CA 95763 Phone: 800-272-3885 Orion Outdoor owns a 8 billboard structures and bus shelter outdoor advertising plant in Folsom and El Dorado Counties in California. The firm’s CEO is Beau Palley. Palley is a 25 year veteran of the outdoor […]
Company of the Day: Mid-America Outdoor
Company: Mid-America Outdoor Markets: Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky Headquarters: 904 Fournie Lane, Collinsville, IL 62234 Phone: 618-628-8888 Mid-America outdoor has been in the outdoor business for 20 years. It operates billboards and digital sign in central and southern Illinois, St Louis and Paducah, Kentucky. Bob Connors is the firm’s owner and […]
Harvard Law Review on Reed v Gilbert
Harvard Law Review has a May 10, 2016 article titled “Free Speech After Reed v. Town of Gilbert.” Some of the article’s conclusions: Lower courts have begun narrowing the scope of Reed v Gilbert. Lower courts are using Reed v Gilbert to invalidate sign codes which treat different forms of […]
Waterloo gives Lamar 2nd chance on denied billboard permit
The Courier reports that the Waterloo, Iowa City Council has agreed to give Lamar a second chance to seek approval for a new digital billboard at San Marnon Drive and Sears Street in Waterloo. The City Council voted 4-1 in favor of the board on May 2 but a supermajority […]
Pot Dispensaries Use Billboards.
Leafly has an article titled “How Billboards Became The Cannabis Industry’s Ad Darling.” The article shows pot billboards in Denver, Boston and Scottsdale and says billboards offer one of the few available alternatives to pot dispensaries because they are excluded from paid advertisements on facebook, twitter or google. There are several […]
Company of the Day: Micro Outdoor
Company: Micro Outdoor Markets: West Virginia, Maryland. Headquarters: 2 Miller Hill Road, Osage, West Virginia 26543 Phone: 304-319-4141 Micro Outdoor Advertising owns 200 billboards in north central West Virginia and Maryland. The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Morgantown, West Virginia Clarksburg, West Virginia Bridgeport, West Virginia Fairmont, […]
New Ordinance in Lincoln, IL
Lincoln City Council voted last week to approve new regulations for billboards within city limits. A summary follows: The changes to city code include lowering the allowable height for billboards to 45 feet (from the previously allowed 55 feet) within certain commercially and industrially zoned parts of the city. Billboards will […]
