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Landmark Capital Out of Home Lending Program
You’ve probably encountered Landmark as a buyer of out of home leases and easements. Landmark also provides financing to out of home companies, secured by billboard loans and easements. Insider talked to Jeffrey Knyal, Landmark’s Vice Chairman, about Landmark’s billboard financing products and ground lease optimization programs. Jeff, tell us […]
EyeCorpMedia Asks “Yanny or Laurel”?
Insider is giving a shout out to Nancy Fletcher for noticing, and the team at EyeCorpMedia for demonstrating how relevant OOH can be. Unless you have avoided the news this week, you have heard way too much on the debate over what do I hear “Yanny or Laurel”. Somehow this […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Miami
Did you know: Miami is the most southernly major city in the continental United States Over 10 million tourists visit the city of Miami each year This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Miami DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in […]
Company of the Day: Bullfrog Outdoor
Company: Bullfrog Outdoor Markets: Michigan, Indiana Headquarters: 220 Club Course Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46814 Phone: 260-625-JUMP Bullfrog Outdoor owns 40 structures in Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana. The company was founded by Charlie MacIntyre in 1998 after a successful career with 3M in Chicago and Fort Wayne. Charlie is President of the IBOUSA […]
Independent Operators Panel at GO2018
Jack Sullivan (Media Director, Starcom) moderated an independent operators panel at last week’s GO2018 show. Participants included Vince Miller (President, DDI Media), Jim Moravec (General Manager, Stott Outdoor Advertising) and Pudge Roberts (President, Coastal Outdoor). Here are answers to some of the questions. Do clients request Geopath? Roberts: its a […]
California Flirts With Ads on the Highway
Some bad ideas simply refuse to go away. California wants to get into the billboard business by selling licensing rights to display color changeable-message ads on the highway public right of way. Advertising revenue would pay to replace aging traffic signs with modern LED displays and also pump new revenue […]
Meet “Albert” From SprayPrinter
SprayPrinter announced last week in conjunction with GO2018 that they had become a member of OAAA. Dan Grumley, Executive Vice President at SprayPrinter provided the following: SprayPrinter and its Robot “Albert” are pleased to have joined the OAAA SprayPrinter has developed a robot that is fondly referred to as […]
Company of the Day – Burkett Media
Company: Burkett Media Market: Texas Address: P.O. Box 163266, Austin TX 78716 Phone: 512.787.2375 Email: info@burkettmedia.com Burkett Media was founded by Beau Burkett in 2003 while attending college. Burkett Media offers a diverse mix of over 100 high profile static and LED digital billboard locations throughout Texas including the following cities: […]
Should a billboard hold up development?
Should a billboard hold up development? That’s the provocative headline of a Post Bulletin article. Fairway has a legal two sided conforming billboard on the site pictured above in downtown Rochester, Minnesota. EKN Development wants to add an 8 story building on the site and has approached Rochester to ask for […]