The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments June 16 in the constitutional challenge to Cincinnati’s billboard tax. A decision will be issued later. Counsel for plaintiffs Norton Outdoor and Lamar argued that it’s unfair and unconstitutional for a municipality to single out a form of speech for targeted taxation that […]
Billboard Insider’s In Their Words: Out of Home Executives Discuss Out of Home contains excerpts of interviews with 173 out of home executives on all aspects of running an out of home company. The book costs $49.95 and is available in ebook and pdf editions. You can buy your copy […]
By Kerry Yoakum, OAAA OAAA sponsors a Legal Seminar every other year. Insider asked Kerry Yoakum, Vice President/Government Affairs, to tell us about the 18th OAAA Legal Seminar. What is the Legal Seminar? The substantive agenda features topics that broadly impact out of home media: the constitutional challenge to existing regulation, […]
Insider has been tracking two significant tax cases in Cincinnati and Baltimore. The Supreme Court of Ohio accepted an appeal of the legal challenge to Cincinnati’s targeted tax on billboards. In June, 2018, the City of Cincinnati enacted a billboard tax as part of a last-minute “emergency” measure to help […]
In an effort to reduce a projected budget shortfall, Washington D.C. was proposing to create a tax on advertising revenue as a way to generate up to $18 million in new revenue to the city. The Washington Post reports that the 3 percent advertising tax was among a list of […]
Yesterday a three judge court of appeals in Hamilton County Ohio reinstated the Cincinnati billboard tax by a 3-0 vote. A lower court had blocked the tax on a first amendment challenge in October 2018. The Ohio court explained the decision as follows: “The city’s billboard tax applies to billboards […]
The Maryland Court of Appeals will review a challenge to Baltimore’s Billboard tax. Clear Channel Outdoor has asked courts to overturn a tax at the rate of $15 per square foot for digital billboards and $5 per square foot on other billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor says the tax is constitutionally […]
Billboard Insider has sorted 368 US out of home companies based on their bulletin, poster and wall faces. We assembled the list by canvassing out of home websites or talking to company execs. A face is a face is a face so a digital face or a spectacular get the […]
A Maryland appeals court yesterday ruled that a Baltimore City excise tax on billboards does not violate the First Amendment rights of Clear Channel Outdoor, upholding a state tax court decision in favor of the City’s Finance Department. Key components of the ruling include: EXCISE TAX – FIRST AMENDMENT An […]
Here are the Billboard Insider 2020 out of home website rankings for 510 out of home advertising companies. The list is alphabetical. The list shows how many points an out of home operator received out of 20 possible points. The average score was 11.5 points. Need an out of home […]
