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Out of the Office: Sherilyn McLain

  Tell Sherilyn McLain to take a hike and she will! Sherilyn spent 14 years with CBS Outdoor/Mall Media and is currently VP of Acquisitions for Landmark Dividend. To keep fit and “sane” you will find her on the many trails and mountains in AZ just about every weekend. Tough […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds January 26, 2019

“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 up.  […]

Fairway Rumors

Here’s what Insider hears about the sale of the remaining Fairway assets.   Reagan Outdoor is leading bidder for Fairway Tennessee, Indianapolis and Minnesota.   Link Media Outdoor is in the lead for the Fairway Texas assets.   Each of the pieces of the transaction is probably big enough that […]

It’s the Creative, Stupid!

By Rocky Sisson Past L. Ray Vahue Award Winner thought leadership  from OAAA One of the great presidential campaigns of all time was for President Bill Clinton’s first term. He had a sign hanging in the campaign’s “war room” that said It’s the economy, stupid!  Regardless of the question, every answer linked […]

Bird Gel Keeps Birds Off Billboards

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 […]

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 […]