On this week’s Bell Board Podcast Trailhead Media CEO John Murrow talks about the pros and cons of having an equity fund as a business partner. Trailhead Media is backed by Viking Global Investors. What’s Viking like as a partner? Having Viking is a partner has been really good for […]
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A note on north versus south facing digital billboards
Yesterday we quoted Trailhead Media CEO John Murrow as saying “I never understood that a South facing digital doesn’t last as long as a north facing digital. A reader asks: Are the south vs north facing differences because of wind, sun, both or something else? South facing digital billboards in […]
Rebecca Bowling celebrates 15 years at Kegerreis
By Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising Rebecca Bowling joined Kegerreis in 2011 as Eastern Region Sales Manager, bringing valuable experience in outdoor advertising and establishing herself as an integral member of the team. Today, she oversees a significantly larger territory and serves a diverse portfolio of clients, from local bus shelter campaigns […]
Company of the Day: Robinson Outdoor
Company: Robinson Outdoor Headquarters: 50 Robinson Industrial Dr., Perryville, MO 63775 Market: Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa & Illinois Phone: (573) 768-8100 Email: info@robinsonoutdoorllc.com In 1989, founder and CEO Ed Robinson started his first billboard company, Robinson Displays. After over 15 years of success, he sold his business to Lamar Advertising and focused his efforts elsewhere. […]
Child Actor to Billboard Entrepreneur – The Billy Tolson Story
Billboard Insider will run a series of interviews with out of home executive Billy Tolson, the President of Fairmount Outdoor. Today Billy talks about starting as a child actor and transitioning to out of home. Billy, you were a child actor My story is pretty simple. I was in a […]
John Murrow on converting statics to digital billboards
On this week’s Bell Board podcast Trailhead CEO John Murrow talked about digital billboards. Digital billboards account for 305 of Trailhead’s 3,300 faces. How do you decide when to upgrade from a static to digital So for us to convert a static to a digital, we want it to […]
National CineMedia to Acquire Captivate for $275 million
CENTENNIAL, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) (“NCM”), the largest cinema advertising platform in the U.S., today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Captivate Holdings, LLC (“Captivate”), the leading operator of digital video elevator and lobby advertising in North America, for an enterprise value of […]
US Out of Home stocks paying 4% dividends
Here’s a breakdown of billboard public stock dividend yields, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Lamar Advertising is a public REIT so must distribute 90% of taxable income. Lamar has a current dividend yield of 4.2%. Here’s Lamar Advertising’s dividend yield for the past three years. OUTFRONT Media is a public […]
JCDecaux renews Hamburg ad contract for 15 years
Paris, August 11th, 2026 – JCDecaux SE (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces that Wall GmbH, a company that is part of JCDecaux, has been awarded the main advertising contract in Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city with 1.85 million inhabitants. The award follows a competitive tender […]
Company of the Day: Rex Media
Company: Rex Media Address: 801 Baldwin Park Blvd., Bassett CA 91746 Email: Sales@RexMediaUsa.com Phone: 323.688.3905 Founded in Los Angeles, Rex Media provides impactful and timely advertising messages for both National and Local advertisers in the Greater Los Angeles area of the San Gabriel Valley. Mohadib Bakali is the President of […]






















