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A Too Broad Non-Compete May be Unenforceable

Out of home companies sometimes require employees to sign a non-compete agreement in which they agree not to go to work for a competitor for a period of time after they leave.  Don’t make the terms of your non-compete too broad or it may be unenforceable.  That’s the lesson of […]

Inflation and Out of Home Lease Costs

Insider has updated the inflation and US out of home revenues table.  Bookmark this when it’s time to negotiate a billboard lease cost of living increase with your landlord. Inflation has averaged 2.2% over the past twenty years. US Out of home revenue growth has averaged 3.1% over the past […]

Feedback on Premiere Panels

Insider received some comments on the Clear Channel Outdoor’s announcement that it had transformed 1,300 sign faces into “Premier Panels.” One reader comments: ClearChannel has offered these wrapped 30 sheets for decades in the California market as an upgrade to traditional poster showings. The presser about this “new” thing confused […]

Company of the Day: Coastal Outdoor

Company:  Coastal Outdoor Markets:  North Carolina, South Carolina. Address:  2025 Corporate Centre Drive #206, Myrtle Beach, SC  29577 Phone: 843-692-2334 Coastal Outdoor operates a plant with 902 bulletins and 24 digital billboards in North and South Carolina including following DMA’s: Myrtle Beach/Florence Charleston Wilmington The company was founded in 1996  […]

7 Ways OOH Works with Online and Mobile

Jesse London has 25 years experience in media sales including 20 years experience selling out of home.  Last week he talked about selling out of home versus TV.  Today he talks about 7 ways out of home complements online and mobile ads. How do you see out of home working […]

What Were They Thinking…

Humor can be great on billboards but there are risks.  Not everyone thinks the same things are funny.  An Ohio pizza shop owner likes to run funny messages on his billboards: “Now Hiring – Must Show Up”, “If it’s not there in 30 minutes move closer.”, “Free Box with Every […]

Billboard Leader at White House Summit to Fight Human Trafficking

The White House invited the president of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Texas to a national summit against human trafficking. On January 31, Lee Vela of Clear Channel Outdoor-Houston attended at all-day summit at the White House, with President Trump, Vice President Pence, Ivanka Trump, and Attorney General William Barr. […]

Company of the Day – CRG Advertising

Company: CRG Advertising, LLC Market: Connecticut Phone: 860-961-4818 Email: cghione@crgadvertising.com CRG Advertising operates 4 digital faces and 7 static faces in Connecticut.  The signs range in size from 10.5 by 22 to 14 by 60.   The firm was founded in April 2009 by Charlie Ghione after stints as an […]

Can Tennessee Legislature Remedy Court Challenge?

Tennessee’s General Assembly has started considering changes to Tennessee’s billboard-control law because federal courts have ruled the law unconstitutional. The motivation to enact a new billboard law is to remedy a pending legal challenge regarding free speech (Thomas v. Bright). Similar constitutional challenges to billboard law arose in Oregon and […]

One More and One Less for JCDecaux in 4Q 2019

JCDecaux released 2019 revenue figures last week.  One more and one less. More total revenue. Total Revenue increased 1.3% in 4Q 2019 as an increase in street furniture revenue offset declines in transport and billboard revenue. Less Organic Revenue.  Organic revenues, excluding acquisitions/divestitures and FX declined 1.5% during the fourth quarter […]