By Brent Baer. Brent has 37 years experience in outdoor advertising and has seen the business from almost every point of view: sales rep, manager, owner, agency exec and vendor. We were preparing for a buy in a large top 10 competitive market, with a major vendor (one of […]
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Landmark announces third quarter 2016 Financials
Landmark Infrastructure has announced third quarter 2016 financials. Here are the highlights of the firm’s press release and webcast. Third quarter revenue increased by 59% to 8.8% million due to acquisitions. Third quarter adjusted EBIDTA increased by 63% to $8.3 million. The company has been busy raising capital for acquisitions. […]
Outdoor Legal: The Perils of Takedown Clauses
Sometimes leases require a billboard to be removed within a certain period of time if a property is sold and the new owner wishes to terminate the lease. Sign Ad v Triple O Investments demonstrates that you need to honor that clause if you wish to salvage your board in […]
Company of the Day – Media South Outdoor Advertising
Company: Media South Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: Jackson, Tennessee. Markets: Tennessee, Mississippi. Phone: 866.945.0243 Media South was started in 2007 by Norm Isbell. The company has 28 faces placed strategically in Tennessee and Mississippi. Most of the faces are 10.5′ by 36′. Prior to starting Media South, Isbell was a division manager for […]
Outfront 2.3% organic growth in third quarter 2016.
Outfront announced financials for the third quarter of 2006. Here are the highlights from the earnings release and webcast. Revenues declined 1% to $383 million during the third quarter of 2016 due to the disposition of the company’s Latin American operations. Organic revenues (excluding the impact of acquisitions and […]
Lawsuit Targets Tennessee Billboard Rules
A post from The Commercial Appeal, shares a story on a pending Tennessee lawsuit. For the past decade, Memphis outdoor-advertising operator and attorney William H. Thomas Jr. has defiantly put up billboards without permits and refused to take them down when ordered to do so. Thomas has also pursued a legal option and U.S. […]
Company of the Day: Maloney Outdoor
Company: Maloney Outdoor Markets: Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters: PO Box 4849, Louisville, KY 40204 Phone: 502-584-5512 Email: info@maloneyoutdoor.com Maloney Outdoor is a family owned local billboard company serving Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana including New Albany, Clarksville, Jeffersonville, Floyd County and Clark County. The company’s products include Expressway Bulletins, Billboards on […]
St. Johns County Considering Digital
St. Johns County, Florida commissioners are considering implementation of a two-year pilot program that would pave the way for at least some digital billboards to be installed along Interstate I-95. County Administrator Michael Wanchick said the item had been before the board twice since November 2015. Wanchick said moving forward […]
Company of the Day: MV Outdoor
Company: Marin Ventures Outdoor Markets: California Headquarters: 1325 Howard Ave, Suite 816, Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: 650-343-4789 Email: information@marinventuresllc.com Marin Ventures is a privately held outdoor advertising company which owns signs in California. The company’s trade name is MV Outdoor. The company is run by Grant Leschin. Insider talked with […]
Poster Frames For Sale
Wingate Outdoor, an privately held Arkansas outdoor advertising company has some 5′ by 11′ junior poster panel frames for sale. Insider talked with Ken Wingate. Ken how’s business been? Business has been great. My market is going through some changes currently in that many of the rural two lane highways […]