Earlier this week Insider wrote about how to keep pigeons off billboards. Lou Heller of Momentum Properties uses Bird-B-Gone’s Bird Gel: I have had success using Bird-B-Gone’s “Bird Gel”– a sticky, transparent caulk applied to surface. First application was about four months ago and, so far, seems to be deterring […]
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Rights of First Refusal – Another Point of View
Insider published articles stating the business reasons and legal reasons for inserting right of first refusal clauses in billboard leases. Insider received this pushback from a landlord/billboard lease holder: I find your article regarding ROFRs to be so landlord unfriendly and completely unnecessary for a billboard company to obtain. I think […]
Rothfelder on Right of First Refusal in Billboard Leases
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick. Billboard Insider reported in its January 22nd edition on rights of first refusal (“ROFR”) clauses in billboard leases. The article also provided a suggested ROFR provision, and recommended using such a clause to prevent Landmark Infrastructure or other unanticipated entities from becoming an unfriendly […]
Lamar Advertising Raises $250 million of 5.75% senior notes.
BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 23, 2019 – Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR) announced today that it is seeking to raise approximately $250 million through an institutional private placement of additional 5 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) by its wholly owned subsidiary, Lamar Media Corp (“Lamar Media”). The Notes are being […]
David Buring Seeks Billboards in Southeast
Billboard Investor David Buring is seeking to buy billboards in the southeast United States. Buring has 27 years experience in out of home. Insider talked with Buring last week. David, how did you enter the out of home business? I bought a building a little over 27 years ago. In […]
Company of the Day – Moyer Outdoor Advertising
Company: Moyer Outdoor Advertising Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 300 Armand Hammer Blvd., Pottstown, PA 19464 Phone: (484) 644-3674 Moyer Outdoor owns a single digital illuminated board located on the Route 422 Bypass in Lower Pottsgrove township at the Armand Hammer Blvd exchange on the property of A.D. Moyer Lumber, Inc. The Route […]
iHeartMedia Announces Confirmation of Plan of Reorganization
IHeartMedia announced yesterday that its reorganization plan has gotten confirmation from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. With the confirmation of the Plan, iHeart expects the Chapter 11 process to be completely finished within the first half of 2019, subject to completion of certain steps related to the […]
Clever Weather-Triggered Digital Campaign
Lamar is running a clever ad campaign in Tuscaloosa, AL which combines a sense of humor with weather triggered ads. Lamar Account Executive John James describes the ad: BankFirst Financial Services will be using their Digital Billboard in Tuscaloosa, AL to take advantage of all this rain we’re having with […]
Adomni and Broadsign Partner to Enhance and Simplify Digital Out of Home Marketing
LAS VEGAS – Adomni, an open online platform to find and buy DOOH advertising, and Broadsign, the leading DOOH marketing platform for media owners, are now working together to make buying, selling and launching DOOH campaigns easier than ever before. The Broadsign Reach supply-side platform (SSP) which currently has over […]
Company of the Day: Mollman Outdoor
Company: Mollman Outdoor Signs Markets: Oklahoma Headquarters: 627 Chickasha, OK 73018 Phone: 405-224-1560 Mollman outdoor operates a 200 face billboard and poster plant in 17 towns in Southwest Oklahoma. The company is run by Matthew Mollman. In December 2016 Mollman installed an 11′ by 22′ Daktronics digital billboard. The company is an operator […]