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OSHA fines and out of home

Insider reviewed 81 OSHA citations written to display advertising companies (NAICS Code 541850) for the last 24 months (January 2018 to January 2020).  Three takeaways. Citations declined in 2019 versus 2018.  OSHA wrote $49,000 in fines against display advertising companies in 2019 versus $179,000 in fines during 2018.  The large […]

Tiffin Metal Products Announces Digital Partnership with Electro-Matic Visual

Tiffin— July 13, 2020 — Tiffin Metal Products is ready to light it up! Tiffin Metal Products is pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with Electro-Matic Visual as we join the digital billboard revolution. We recognize the need to implement digital solutions to ensure we address the needs of the market […]

West Hollywood Selects 21 Projects for Sunset Strip

The City of West Hollywood has selected 21 projects for the city’s Sunset Arts & Advertising Program. The city’s Design Excellence Review Committee concluded the evaluation in May.  The Sunset Arts & Advertising Program was launched in 2019 by the city to “reimagine” the outdoor advertising style on the Sunset […]

Company of the Day: Leslie Outdoor

Company: Leslie Outdoor Advertising Markets: Milledgeville, Sandersville and Dublin, GA Headquarters: 121 West Mcintosh St, Milledgeville, GA  31061 Phone: 478-456-4747 Email: leslieoutdoor@gmail.com Leslie Outdoor operates a plant of Formetco digital billboards at 7 locations in Georgia.  The company is owned by John and Faye Leslie who are experienced outdoor advertising entrepreneurs.  Insider interviewed John and […]

Insider’s New Book is Available!

Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 things in a good out of home lease 11 things in a good […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds July 11, 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 […]

Defamation on a billboard can get you in big trouble.

Defaming someone on a billboard can get you in big trouble.  That’s the lesson of Anagnost, Crews and Grenier v Michael Gill.  Here are the facts. Michael Gill owned three electronic billboards in New Hampshire.  He was not in the out of home business but used the digital billboards to […]

Supreme Court Declines to Review Thomas Case

The US Supreme Court declined to review the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that Tennessee’s billboard law was unconstitutional.   The ruling invalidated Tennessee’s sign code.  On June 25, 2020 Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee signed legislation to revise Tennessee’s sign rules to fix the […]

Promising Signs for OOH in Second Half 2020

The third webinar of the OAAA series, OOH and the Impact of COVID-19, was held last week, and contained a number of encouraging signs and important data points for the industry. Among the positive signals and useful updates covered in the webinar: MAGNA projects OOH will outperform all other traditional […]

JCDecaux Improves Urban Life with its New Natural Cooling Bus Shelter

Paris, 9 July 2020 – JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, has developed and is now offering local authorities its new-generation Natural Cooling bus shelter, with a solution to the issue of urban heat islands. The new model expands the range of innovative bus shelters […]