Ben Billups was interviewed on Zach Hyder’s Dendrocast podcast last week. Here are some of the highlights. On why he entered the out of home business. Creativity. Technology. Real Estate. All three coming together to create an open canvas. On whether out of home can improve its 4% share of […]
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Billboard Ban and Free Speech Collide in Alaska
Alaska’s Outdoor Advertising Law, was passed by citizen initiative in the 1990s. That law is very broad, and prohibits the public from: (1) placing signage within a right-of-way, and (2) placing signage on private property within 660 feet of the right-of-way if the sign is viewable from the roadway. Because […]
Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative
Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad. This week’s rating is provided by Melody Roberts, an OBIE nominated billboard designer and founder […]
Company of the Day: Huntington Outdoor
Company: Huntington Outdoor Markets: Ohio, Indiana Headquarters: 524 1/2 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331 Phone: 800-704-5973 Email: office@huntingtonoutdoor.com Huntington Outdoor operates a billboard plant with over 400 faces in Southwest Ohio and east-central Indiana. The company was formed by Justin Powell in 2008 and is headquartered in Greenville Ohio. Jena and Haleigh Powell head up […]
Out of the Office: Ike Wingate
Ike Wingate, founder and President of Wingate Media reminds us what’s important: When it comes to something I pursue outside of the office, it really comes down to trying to be the best husband and dad I can be. This picture pretty much sums up literally and figuratively what I […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds October 13, 2018
“The response has been excellent. Excellent investment.” Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…” David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign […]
Billboard Leases and Unpaid Taxes
You can protect your billboard leases from being extinguished by a non-governmental foreclosure by recording your leases or easements. Government foreclosure for unpaid taxes is another matter. Read this risk disclosure on page 7 of the rating documents for the $505 million Adams Outdoor debt issue: “If the fee simple […]
OAAA Supplier Webinar: Lightking
OAAA held a Supplier Update Webinar this week, featuring Lightking, with a theme of Turning Static Boards into LED Now. Here are a few of Insider’s take aways from the Webinar led by Timur Colak, President of Lightking. Lightking sees two impediments to converting static structures to digital: Permitting Cost, […]
Company of the Day: IMM Outdoor
Company: IMM Outdoor Market: Massachusetts Address: PO Box 270705, Boston, MA 02127 Phone: 617-416-4245 Email: info@immoutdoor.com IMM Outdoor operates a 14 by 48 billboard on the Mass turnpike in Chicopee. The righthand read is digital. The lefthand read is static. Insider talked with company owner Matthew DiRoberto Matthew, how did […]
4 Insights About Adams and Fairway
The bond rating document for the Adams $505 million debt issue tells you four things about Adams and Fairway’s operations. The billboards which are pledged as collateral for the debt issue do not constitute all of Adams and Fairways billboards but are a large enough sample to provide insights into […]
