Are you buying or building new locations? Then keep your insurance schedules up to date. That’s the lesson of Lamar Advertising versus Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance. Here are the facts: Lamar Advertising had an insurance policy with Liberty Mutual. Lamar incurred damage to billboards as a result of hurricanes Ike […]
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Yesco Buys Roadside Outdoor
YESCO Outdoor Media, Salt Lake City, Utah announced today that it has acquired all of the billboard assets of Roadside Outdoor Advertising, LLC, Rapid City, SD. The inventory of 87 bulletin faces are located in eastern Wyoming, western South Dakota and Nebraska. Patrick O’Donnell, YESCO Outdoor Media’s President, said the […]
Billboards help find Dayton child.
Next time someone tells you that they’re against digital signs because they don’t want their city to become Las Vegas ask them if they’d like their city to become like Dayton. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent out this tweet this week. A Dayton, Ohio teenager who […]
Company of the Day: The TV Truck
Company: TheTVTruck.com Markets: Pennsylvania, NJ, NY, DE Headquarters: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Phone: 855-412-6466 Email: info@thetvtruck.com The TVTruck.com operates 3 mobile digital billboard Trucks in Pennsylvania, NJ, NY, and DE. Paul Catagnus and Jeff Cartwright are partners in the business. Insider talked to Jeff Cartwight. Jeff, how did you enter the […]
Investors Sue Clear Channel Over $1B Claim
News broke yesterday on the continuing iHeartMedia bankruptcy and its impact on Clear Channel Outdoor. A minority investor in Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. brought suit against the company’s board, majority owners and private equity sponsors in Delaware’s Chancery Court late Monday, seeking class damages for alleged failures to seek […]
Overcoming Zoning Restrictions With SITELINE™
By Cheng Qian, Chief Product Architect You probably have a great digital location opportunity that checks off all the boxes: Great potential lease deal Great impressions count Great approach and read Great fit with regulatory and permitting requirements Except it’s too close to a light-sensitive area… SITELINE™, by Media Resources, […]
Regulatory Roundup August 30, 2018
Two interesting regulatory stories in Detroit. Business Insider reports that SHoP is moving ahead with plans for an 800 foot tall tower with 1 million square feet of retail, office and residential space at the former site of the J.L. Hudson Company Department store on Farmer Street and Gatiot Avenue. […]
Company of the Day – Genesis Outdoor
Company: Genesis Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 25 E Boardman St, Youngstown, OH 44503 Market: Ohio & Pennsylvania Phone: (330) 747-0057 Email: info@genesisbillboards.com Genesis Outdoor operates 37 billboard locations in Youngtown-Boardman, Ohio markets as well as Western Pennsylvania. The Company uses RMG Outdoor to build out their structures. Their inventory includes 5 digital signs. […]
Ashby Street Adds Digitals in Bentonville, AR
Ashby Street Outdoor plans to remove 16 billboards, representing 5,560 square feet of static space to add seven digital faces throughout the City of Bentonville Arkansas as reported by the Democrat Gazette. Bentonville Arkansas first permitted digital billboards in 2010. The ordinance originally stated that to add one digital screen […]
10 Students Receive Scholarships from FOARE
By Myron Laible OAAA Vice President State, Local, and Regulatory Affairs The Foundation For Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (FOARE) has announced the 10 recipients of the Foundation’s scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year. The scholarship recipients are: Tiara Wicks (Carson, CA) received the $5,000 Allman Family Business Development, […]