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Billboard Leases on Tribal Land

Think you can write a lease with a tribe and be done with it?  Not so fast, especially if the tribe hasn’t qualified under the Hearth Act. The Hearth Act is a federal law  passed in 2012 which allows Indian tribes to write business leases for a primary term of […]

Lindmark Buys 18 Faces from Tillery in New Mexico

NORMAN, OK. – Lindmark Outdoor Media announced today the purchase of all Outdoor Advertising displays from Tillery Chevrolet-GMC, Inc. in New Mexico, representing the second acquisition in such state during this month of December.  The eighteen (18) displays are all located along I-40 outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Terms of […]

Company of the Day – Drive-By-Signs

Company: Drive-By-Signs Headquarters: 2102 9th Ave SW, Watertown, SD 57201 Market: Watertown, S.D. Phone: (605) 886-8211 Email: Drivebysigns@hotmail.com Locally owned, Drive-By-Signs has provided outdoor advertising within the city of Watertown, South Dakota, and surrounding communities for 31 years. They began with a single structure in 1989 and have grown to […]

How Should A Landlord Determine Market Rents?

Out of home development expert Andy Goodman writes for Billboard Insider on development issues.  His last column discussed billboards on native american tribe lands.  Today he discusses the best way to determine market rent for a billboard lease. So the question here is how do I know that I’m getting […]

Colorado Court Upholds Billboard Regulations Triggered by Compensation

On December 6, 2021 the US District Court for the District of Colorado dismissed a request by Street Media Group and Turnpike Media to throw out Colorado’s billboard regulations.  Street Media Group and Turnpike Media argued that Colorado State Department of Transportations sign rules were unconstitutional because they were impermissibly […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds December 27, 2021

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]

Company of the Day: DDI Media

Company:  DDI Media Markets: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee Headquarters:  8315 Drury Industrial Parkway, St Louis, MO  63114 Phone: 314-423-5040 DDI media operates a billboard plant with more than 1,400 faces concentrated in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Tennessee.  Tim Drury is the Company’s President.  Pat McLaughlin is SVP and General […]

Happy Holidays!

Wishing to all our readers a joyous weekend with family and friends.

Jim Poage on Keeping Employees Safe in Cold Weather

By Jim Poage, Safety Director, Safeco Incorporated A study was performed by the Navy SEALS that revealed that if you are wearing wet clothes, in sixty degree weather, for sixty minutes, you will begin to experience the first stages of hypothermia. Because of this low temperature threshold, it is extremely […]

OUTFRONT Acquires Total Outdoor Wall Assets

NEW YORK, NY  – December 22, 2021 — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) announced that it has acquired 21 large format wall displays – 18 static and 3 digital – in the city of Detroit, Michigan from Total Outdoor. OUTFRONT is the leading out of home provider in the market. The […]