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Beware landlord consent to assignments.

Avoid complicated consent to assignment language in your billboard lease.  That’s the lesson of Atkins Media Group vs Del Val Realty Group.  Here are the facts: Atkins Media entered into a lease with Del Val Realty Group to permit Atkins to put a billboard on land owned by Del Val. […]

Comments to a traffic skeptic.

Insider heard from a reader who is skeptical of  the Sept 3 Geopath mobility report finding that average daily miles travelled for the US was only down 2% for the week and that average daily miles travelled was 92% or pre-covid levels.  The reader suggests this can’t be true and […]

Company of the Day – Michigan Outdoor Advertising

Company: Michigan Outdoor Advertising Markets: Michigan Headquarters: PO Box 2399, Petoskey, MI  49770 Phone: 231-348-0011 Email: sppmurray@gmail.com Michigan Outdoor operates a 23 face billboard plant in northern Michigan and the upper peninsula of Michigan.Stephen Murray, owner, has been in the outdoor advertising business for over 35 years, 29 of the […]

Insider’s Favorite Labor Day Creative

This Extra Credit Projects design for Burkhart Advertising is Insider’s favorite Labor Day creative.  It’s got two attributes of an Extra Credit Projects job – a fresh approach and an impish sense of humor. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Company of the Day: Meadow Outdoor

Insider featured Meadow Outdoor as company of the day Friday but we received enough new information from Chris Zukin last Friday that we are re-featuring them today. Company: Meadow Outdoor Markets: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah Headquarters: PO Box 331, The Dalles, OR  97058 Phone: 800-221-4114 Meadow Outdoor is a family-owned, firm […]

Labor Day Sale on Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate

Running through September 7th, Billboard Insider has reduced the purchase price of Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  by $10. Just use discount code XTC1JEUQ at the point of purchase.   The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds September 5, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “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 “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Geopath Reports Traffic Off 2% to 92% Versus Pre-Covid

The Geopath Covid 19 Mobility Update for September 3 shows that average miles travelled daily across the US fell 2% week over week.  Traffic was 92% of pre-covid levels. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Buntin Promotes Carmack

Nashville, TN (September 3, 2020) – Buntin Out-of-Home Media (a subsidiary of Nashville’s leading independent advertising firm, The Buntin Group) today named industry veteran Jon Carmack as EVP, Chief Operating Officer. Carmack joined Buntin Out-of-Home Media in 2000 as Director of Software Development, responsible for the building and optimization of […]

Reddit’s First Brand Campaign Uses OOH

San Francisco, CA, September 1, 2020 – Reddit is calling on its 430m+ strong community to harness the power of voting with a new marketing campaign that encourages users to exercise their rights at the polls as enthusiastically as they do on their Reddit feeds. Launching Tuesday, September 1 on National […]