Kayvan Setareh, 49, of Los Angeles, has been jailed in lieu of $1 million bail for placing a supergraphic on a building on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Avenue. He was arrested at his home in Pacific Pallisades. Read the rest of this entry »
Lamar Loss Widens In 4th Quarter
March 5th, 2010Lamar Advertising Company’s quarterly loss widened and revenue fell short of estimates, according to quarterly financials that were just released by the company. Shares of the 108 year old company fell as much as 9% after the announcement, but then regained some of that territory later in the day. Read the rest of this entry »
Billboard Boot Camp is coming to St. Louis on April 9th to 11th.
March 5th, 2010Outdoorbillboard.com, America’s #1 website for the billboard industry, is holding its Billboard Boot Camp on April 9th to 11th. This is the event where you learn the billboard business from A to Z, from how to find locations to how to determine what to build, where to build, and how to rent the ad space. And you’ll learn all this out in the field – out in the real world. Read the rest of this entry »
Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Outdoor Companies in New York
February 26th, 2010A federal appeals court has ruled that New York City did not violate the First Amendment by regulating the number of billboards allowed on the roadways. Read the rest of this entry »
South Dakota Billboards Win Property Tax Battle
February 26th, 2010Owners of billboards in South Dakota are breathing a sigh of relief now that legislation intended to tax them has been shot down. Bill sponsor Rep. Mark Kirkeby said that billboards are essentially permanent fixtures and should be taxed just like cell towers. Read the rest of this entry »
Billboard Bill Clears Kentucky Senate
February 19th, 2010The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill, without a dissenting vote, that would allow billboard companies to clear vegetation on the right-of-way that blocks visibility of their signs. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Sign Threatened by Development
February 19th, 2010The landmark “HOLLYWOOD” sign in Los Angeles has been threatened by development of the property immediately surrounding the national icon.
The privately owned land that the sign sits in is in jeopardy of becoming a luxury home development – unless the Trust for Public Land can raise the money to buy the property and make it part of Griffith Park. They need to raise an additional $12.5 million by April 14th. Read the rest of this entry »
Norton Outdoor Advertising Selects Watchfire For Digital Billboard Along Major Cincinnati Interstate
February 11th, 2010DANVILLE, Ill. and CINCINNATI, Ohio – (January 28, 2010) – Norton Outdoor Advertising, a Cincinnati-based company that has been in the billboard business for more than 60 years and has operated digital billboards for the past three years, has purchased and installed a Watchfire Digital Outdoor board ( http://www.watchfiredigitaloutdoor.com). The 19mm 14′x48′ billboard is located on I-71 in Cincinnati near the Rookwood Commons shopping and dining area. More than 114,000 cars pass the billboard daily. Read the rest of this entry »
HOW TO BUILD YOUR RETIREMENT WITH A PILE OF WOOD – IN THE OUTDOOR BILLBOARD BUSINESS.
February 11th, 2010What is bigger than a bread box, made out of wood, and creates cash flow? The answer is a wooden outdoor billboard sign. No other pile of wood can create up to a 100% return on investment annually.
So how does it work? Here’s the basic steps to building a wooden billboard. Read the rest of this entry »
Outdoorbillboard.com Announces Billboard Boot Camp for Individuals Wanting To Get Into the Billboard Business
February 11th, 2010Outdoorbillboard.com, the nation’s largest website for the billboard industry, has announced its next Billboard Boot Camp, set for April 9th to 11th in St. Louis, Missouri.
This is the event in which individuals learn how to find, negotiate, build, rent and manage billboard signs over a two day immersion weekend.
“The course is a combination of class work and time in the field, learning the theories first-hand in a real-life setting” said Frank Rolfe, who teaches the course. “We want you to be able, when you get home, to be able to jump right into the business with all the correct skill sets and knowledge to do well”.
Rolfe built from scratch the largest privately-owned billboard company in Dallas/Ft. Worth, which was sold to Universal Outdoor, a public company, in 1996. He now teaches his insider secrets, tricks and shortcuts twice a year during the Billboard Boot Camp events.
For more information call (800) 950-1364 or go to www.outdoorbillboard.com.