The annual OAAA Trends webinar is the most popular of the OAAA webinar series, and “2020 OOH Trends” was presented this Wednesday, February 5. If you are an OAAA member and missed the presentation you can visit the OAAA Webinar Library where you can access the presentation deck and the […]
By Ken Klein, OAAA, from MediaPost Colorado, a pioneer in marijuana legalization, has revised its rules to allow pot ads on billboards. The new rules call for 500-feet billboard buffers from schools, places of worship, and public playgrounds. This rule change in Colorado reflects broader points: – Norms are emerging […]
Last Monday the San Diego City Council unanimously approved legislation restricting the location of marijuana ads. The law is aimed at restricting cannabis advertising within 1000 feet of schools playground, day care centers youth centers and public parks. The new law will make 381 or 60% of the billboards in […]
Since I still haven’t taken down my Christmas tree or lights, despite my wife’s justifiable and persistent encouragement to do so, I suppose its not too late to offer my annual legal predictions for the outdoor advertising industry for 2020. I recently re-read my 3 Legal Predictions for 2019 published […]
By Ken Klein OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs Following the September 18 webinar on cannabis advertising OAAA received many more questions on the topic. What about taxi tops? Yes. Taxi tops carry ads for cannabis businesses. Here are examples of cannabis ads in Las Vegas, Miami, and Los Angeles: […]
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sept. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Veritas Farms, Inc. (OTCQB: VFRMD) (“Veritas Farms” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated agribusiness focused on the production of full spectrum hemp oil products with naturally occurring cannabinoids, is pleased to announce it will expand its outdoor billboard advertising campaign to five […]
The US Surgeon General has issued a warning to pregnant women and adolescents to stay away from marijuana, which has increased in potency. The last paragraph of the Surgeon General’s posted alert contains this interesting line: “Science-based messaging campaigns and targeted prevention programming are urgently needed to ensure that […]
By Nick Levi, OAAA Legislative Intern Try this for irony: without access to the banking system, some cannabis businesses rent old bank vaults to store cash. That was one example of cumbersome business practices in today’s marijuana industry, due to federal treatment of cannabis as an illegal and controlled substance […]
By Nick Levi, OAAA Legislative Intern As more states legalize cannabis, OAAA has assembled advertising regulations (which vary state to state). If you have questions about specific rules governing cannabis marketing, let us know (kyoakum@oaaa.org). Meanwhile, here are answers to commonly asked questions about this new sales category: 1. What […]
Company: Thomas Outdoor Advertising Markets: Kansas Address: 902 Fair Lane, Manhattan, KS 66502 Email: office@thomassign.com Phone: 785-537-2010 Thomas Outdoor Advertising operates a plant of over 400 billboards around Kansas. The company is 78 years old and is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. The company also operates a sign and […]
