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Landmark Issues $49 million in new common stock

Seeking Alpha reports that Landmark Infrastructure, the outdoor lease and easement purchaser, has issued 3 million shares in new common stock.   Insider calculates that the company raised $49 million based on 10/14/16 share price of $16.33.  Landmark is using the cash to pay down revolving debt.  It will ultimately […]

Millennials And Ad Blocking Software

A recent article in eMarketer provides some insight into on-line attitudes of millennials (US ages ages 18-24). Anatomy Media, a creative advertising agency specializing in entertainment marketing, surveyed 2,700 US adults ages 18 to 24. Overall, the study found that: Most US millennial internet users have an ad blocker on […]

What’s Up With Clear Channel Outdoor’s Toby Sturek?

Clear Channel Outdoor’s Toby Sturek used to be the head of one of Clear Channel Outdoor’s seven kingdoms.  He carried the title of Regional President, Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Clear Channel Airports and appeared on the leadership team page of Clear Channel Outdoor. Sturek is no longer shown on the […]

Ripplefeed Software Allows Customers To Control Digital Sign Advertising

Neil Bell owns New South Outdoor which operates 5 digital billboards in Auburn and Opelika Alabama.  He also owns Ripple Feed, a company which provides software to allow customers to automatically load ads into a digital sign’s content management system.  The system costs $29-$65/month, depending on the number of ads which are […]

Company of the Day: Coastal Outdoor Advertising

Company: Coastal Outdoor Advertising Markets: New Jersey Headquarters: PO  Box 632, Far Hills, NJ  07391 Phone: 908-378-5464 Email: info@coastaloutdoor.com Coastal Outdoor Advertising operates 20 high profile, large format advertising bulletins including 8 digital faces across highly traveled streets and expressways in New Jersey. The company is owned by Frank Nataro.  Nataro […]

Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative

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 weeks rating is […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Texas Layoffs

Clear Channel Outdoor is going through a round of layoffs in Texas.  Not a surprise that most of the negative reviews of Clear Channel Outdoor on Glass Door are Texas employees. Downsizing is never good for morale.  Insider supposes that revenue is off and the layoffs are necessary to meet cashflow […]

West Hollywood Considers Iconic Belltower Billboard.

WEWHOville reports that The West Hollywood City Council will be asked to endorse an iconic proposed billboard known as “The Belltower” on Sunrise Boulevard.  The project is a collaboration of Orange Barrel Media, Tom Wiscombe Architecture, the Museaum of Contemporary Art and Walter P Moore engineers. If approved the project […]

Thank Goodness For The Rule of Law

Next time you get irritated with your local zoning officials take a step back and thank your stars that you don’t live in Hungary.  Portfolio reports that the Hungarian government is trying to: Make every billboard illegal whether it is on public or private land. Issue “concessions” to government favored […]

Sussex County Approves New Billboard Rules

CapeGazette reports that the Sussex County Council passed a new sign ordinance which brings to a close a 13 month new sign moratorium.  The ordinance passed 5-0.   Here’s a summary of the final rules. Separate billboard regulations for 2- and 4-lane roads including maximum heights of 25 feet on […]