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Lamar Advertising Acquires Colossal Media

Baton Rouge, LA – December 7, 2021 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announced today that it has acquired Colossal Media, the leading operator of hand-painted walls and murals. Colossal currently operates 81 large-format, hand-painted wall displays in New […]

Kristy Vivian Joins Intermx

Intermx, a leading location data and platform provider, announced today that Kristy Vivian will join its team as Business Development Director. Intermx is a dominant provider of location and human mobility intelligence solutions for the out-of-home advertising industry (OOH) in the United States. Their client profiles also include travel and […]

Company of the Day: Daily Billboards

Company: Daily Billboards Markets: Florida Headquarters: 215 Osceola St Jacksonville, FL  32204 Phone: 904-281-0000 Daily Billboards operates a plant with thirty-two  14 by 48 billboard faces which can be changed every day in Jacksonville and two mobile billboards.  The changeable billboards are not digital but 4 lines of text and 28 […]

US OOH Revenue Up 38% in 3Q 2021

WASHINGTON D.C. (December 7, 2021) – Out of home (OOH) advertising revenue increased 38 percent in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year, accounting for $1.75 billion, based on figures released by the latest Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) OOH Ad Revenue Report findings. […]

Ashley Amoroso on Rebranding Coastal Outdoor

Coastal Outdoor just executed a fantastic website redesign and rebrand.  Billboard Insider talked with Coastal’s Director of Strategic Planning Ashley Amoroso. What were some of the things you wished to accomplish with the web redesign? Our number one goal was to create an all-encompassing resource for our customers, ad agencies […]

Company of the Day – CRG Advertising

Company: CRG Advertising, LLC Market: Connecticut Phone: 860-961-4818 Email: cghione@crgadvertising.com CRG Advertising operates 4 digital faces and 7 static faces in Connecticut.  The signs range in size from 10.5 by 22 to 14 by 60.   The firm was founded in April 2009 by Charlie Ghione after stints as an […]

Remembering Bob Dole

  America remembers Senator Bob Dole as a plain-spoken war hero from Kansas who was respected at home and abroad.  Dole, 98, died in his sleep on Sunday, December 5, 2021, announced the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. The billboard industry remembers — literally —a “thumbs up” from Dole. In June of […]

Adams Outdoor Hires Jones and Martini

Adams Outdoor of Eastern Pennsylvania is proud to announce two new  hires to its team: Sean Jones – Account Executive Sean brings over 4.5 years of experience in the OOH industry previously working with Clear Channel Airports. A graduate of Parkland High School and Kutztown University, he is a big […]

Company of the Day: Cuerden Signs

Company:  Cuerden Sign Co Markets: Arkansas Headquarters: PO Box 187 Conway, AR  72032-0187 Phone: 501-329-6317 Email: cuerden@swbell.net Cuerden Sign Company was founded in 1920 by Henry Cuerden.  The firm originally painted signs.  Over time it entered the neon sign and billboard business.   The firm is owned and operated by the Burton family.  Jasper […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds December 4, 2021

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]