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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 […]

Cincinnati Repeals Billboard Fee Hike

Cincinnati’s City Council voted to repeal its recent, significant increase in billboard fees.  The unanimous vote to scrap the fee increase occurred October 10 in open session of the council that was live-streamed on the city’s website. Norton Outdoor and Lamar Advertising had challenged the fee increase in court, along […]

Allison Outdoor Tabs Keith Horton as New General Sales Manager

Sylva, NC  10/10/18—Locally owned Allison Outdoor Advertising has hired OOH Veteran Keith Horton as General Sales Manager effective October 1st, 2018.  Horton brings 35 years of Out of Home media experience to Allison Outdoor.  He previously worked in Outdoor Sales and Management in the Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson area with Fairway […]

Merger of the Day – InSite Mediacom/Martin Outdoor Media

Companies: Insite Mediacom & Martin Outdoor Media  Markets: Billboard Market includes Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, West Virginia and Maryland Transit Bench Market – Southern California Headquarters: InSite Mediacom – 150 NW 70th Avenue, Suite 3, Plantation, FL  33317 Martin Outdoor Media –  1990 Westwood Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA […]

Out of Home Projected To Grow 2.4% in 2019

Magna has issued an updated advertising forecast for 2019 and 2020. The good news: Magna has revised projected OOH growth upward by 0.5% in 2019. OOH is the only form of traditional media which is growing.  Magna projects out of home revenue growth of 2.4% in 2019 and 2.5% in […]