By Myron Laible OAAA Vice President State, Local, and Regulatory Affairs I was chatting with 30-year billboard veteran Larry Alder about local regulatory battles in Idaho . . . Larry mentioned that his longtime boss Scott Butterfield would retire soon (Scott’s last day is January 5, 2018). Butterfield was instrumental, […]
Company: Summit Media Headquarters: 1445 FifthStreet Santa Monica, CA 90401 Phone: 877-820-3002 Market: Founded in 1998, Summit Media is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in Los Angeles. Summit owns and operates its own plant of high-profile, large-format bulletins, squares, spectaculars and walls in Los Angeles, with a focus on premium areas including: Sunset […]
Last week Insider discussed automatic renewal clauses in billboard leases. Insider asked billboard attorney Richard Rothfelder of Rothfelder & Falick to review the legal issues associated with automatic renewal clauses. Rothfelder handled several cases involving unilateral and perpetual lease provisions. Introduction If a lease grants the Lessee the unilateral power […]
Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is provided […]
“If an artist is getting paid and it’s promoting art, I love it.” Jennifer Moreland of the Corvallis Mural Project. The Corvallis Gazette reports that murals have become a regulatory issue in Corvallis. A citizens group called Call to Balance has painted nine murals in downtown Corvallis. The project originated […]
Company: Sun Outdoor Advertising. Markets: Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington Headquarters: 11221 Pacific Highway SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 Phone: 866-581-3118 Email: info@sunoutdoor.com Sun Outdoor is a family owned business which was started in 1982. The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Bakersfield, CA Ridgecrest, CA Mohavi, CA Tehachapi, CA […]
A newer business has recently popped up in our Classified Section as Elizabeth Mellen has opened Outdoor Digital Display Management. We had a chance to interview Liz about her business. Can you share with us about your background serving the outdoor industry? I worked for one of the leading digital […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider. We are glad we did. The cost of the ad was reasonable and the response was outstanding.” Jim Moravec, Stott Outdoor “We had over 25 companies inquire […]
As we daily wander through the endless details of running our businesses, it can become easy to miss the perspective of the wider business and investment community. Insider read an interesting Forbes article that shares a number of significant drivers that are transforming the way we do business and they […]
More developments in the Washington DC digital sign saga which Insider wrote about earlier this week. Don MacCord and Shannon Doyle have been indicted by the FBI for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, false writings to a government agency, obstruction of official proceedings and destruction alteration or falsification of records. […]
