Tag: Kerry Yoakum

Ken Klein’s Top 10 Out of Home Stories for 2020

By Ken Klein, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA 1. Out of Home media was considered essential business State shutdown orders included lists of essential businesses that could/should continue to operate, such as this Executive Order from Connecticut’s Governor Ned Lamont: New York State, responding to a query from Lamar Advertising […]

Rich Zecchino on when to accept and when to reject ads.

During  last week’s OAAA legal seminar, Adams Outdoor VP and General Counsel Rich Zecchino reviewed when to accept and when to reject ads. “As a company we control…the ability to approve or reject ad copy for any reason…I can’t tell how many phone calls when someone says you have to […]

Free Legal Seminar on Billboard Issues

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, […]

OAAA Legal Seminar Dec 10th

  Join us for a seminar designed to update legal practitioners and advocates on the most important litigation and trends facing the OOH industry— moderated by OAAA’s legal counsels Eric Rubin and Kerry Yoakum. The OAAA’s legal talent will cover pending and future legal issues facing out of home media. […]

A Must Attend Event for OOH Operators

Next Wednesday July 22 Geopath and OAAA are holding a must attend event for independent out of home operators.  It’s free to any billboard operator.  A great way to spend a couple hours heading into the weekend. Geopath/OAAA Virtual Independent Operators Seminar Join OAAA and Geopath for a Virtual Independent […]

Geopath/OAAA Virtual Independent Operators Seminar

Join OAAA and Geopath for a Virtual Independent Operators Seminar on Wednesday, July 22 from 2 – 4 PM eastern. Hear from industry experts as they discuss topics important for running a successful OOH company in today’s turbulent media business. The seminar will feature several short but content rich sessions […]

OAAA Special Report on Cannabis

An OAAA Special Report Expect three “more” trends: more legal cannabis, more demand for cannabis advertising, and more debate. Here are highlights of OAAA’s June 17 webinar: Revenue-hungry state and local governments are collecting millions in taxes and fees. Cannabis is legal (in some form) in 33 states; legalization measures […]

Tennessee files Thomas v Bright Petition with Supreme Court

By Kerry Yoakum, VP of Government Affairs, OAAA Last week the State of Tennessee’s Solicitor General filed a Petition to the Supreme Court to take the case that challenges the constitutionality of Tennessee’s Billboard Control Act (Thomas v. Bright). The pace of Supreme Court action is likely to be impacted […]

Yoakum on Digital Billboard Standards

By Kerry Yoakum, VP of Government Affairs, OAAA. Billboard Insider recently published support for standardization for the sake of advancing digital billboards. Here’s a link to OAAA’s webpage on billboard standards which is available to the public. Aspect ratios The first guideline you will find is a document which provides […]

TN Sign Law Rewrite Advances in House and Senate

The Tennessee Senate Transportation Safety Committee and House Transportation Committee approved legislation, including out of home industry amendments, to fix Tennessee’s sign law.  Senate Bill 2188  and HB 2255  rewrite the state’s sign law by redefining the term “off-premises device” as “a billboard receiving compensation from any message”.  The change […]