Month: February 2019

Brad Thomas on Outfront and Recession

Brad Thomas writes for Seeking Alpha where he specializes in publicly-listed REITs. In addition, Thomas is the Editor of the Forbes Real Estate Investor, a monthly subscription-based newsletter. Insider has followed Brad for some time and his take on OOH REITs is thoughtful and always worth a read.  Here is his take […]

Bob Pittman: Operating an ooh company with a radio group “hurt us”

Operating an out of home company with a radio group “hurt us” says iHeart’s CEO Bob Pittman on this week’s AdAge Podcast.  Here’s how the conversation went Where does spinning off out of home fit in to this? We love the outdoor business as well as the audio business.  The […]

Branded Cities Acquires Chicago Billboard From Red Star Outdoor

New York, NY– February 21, 2019 – Branded Cities (“BC”), a premier Out-of-Home and iconic media company in North America, today announced the acquisition of a Lincoln Park neighborhood spectacular of Red Star Outdoor, further increasing its footprint in the Chicago market. The all-cash deal for the sign located at […]

More on digital billboards and cellular antennas

On Wednesday we posted John Barrett’s thoughts on whether cellular antennas can interfere with digital billboards and vice versa.  Joni Schmeichel of Daktronics tells Insider this: Daktronics digital billboards are designed with EMI in mind and tested in our own EMI chamber in Brookings, SD. Once a product design is […]

Company of the Day: Outdoor Displays

Company: Outdoor Displays, Inc.  Market: East Tennessee Headquarters: 6165 Primus Rd., Knoxville, TN  37912 Phone:  (865) 357-9077 Email:  info@outdoordisplaysinc.com Outdoor Displays owns billboards in Eastern Tennessee.  The firm was founded in 2007 and is owned and operated by Dan, Danny and Russell Amanns, lifetime residents of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Tracy Emmons is the firm’s […]

Sean Reilly on Fairway, Automotive and Digital Signs

Lamar CEO Sean Reilly had plenty to say about the Fairway integration, digital signs and Lamar’s renewed focus on auto dealers on yesterday’s earnings conference call. On integrating the Fairway assets  purchased in December 2018: The integration of Fairway is going very very well.  Typically the low hanging fruit is […]

Lamar revenue up 7% in 4Q 2018

“I’m very pleased with the way we closed out 2018.  Q4 organic growth was 5.6% – a number we haven’t seen in some time.” was how Sean Reilly summarized Lamar’s 4Q financials.  Here are the results from the fourth quarter 2018 earnings release and conference call. Revenues grew 7% to […]

Link Media Announces Tuck-In Asset Purchases

Roswell, GA – February 20, 2019: Link Media Outdoor is pleased to announce the purchase of the outdoor advertising assets of Rainbow Recording Studios in Omaha, NE; Katie Outdoor Advertising in Monmouth, IL and Fairfield, IA; and certain outdoor advertising assets of Knapp Outdoor Displays in Savannah, MO. These three […]

Company of the Day – Outdoor One

Company: Outdoor One Headquarters:  3636 E. U.S. Highway 12 Michigan City, IN 46360 Markets: Northern Indiana & Southwest Michigan Phone: (800) 993-3476 Email: OutdoorOne@Yahoo.Com OUTDOOR ONE® Billboard Advertising has been serving Northern Indiana & Southwest Michigan for over 20 years. All of their Billboards are located along heavily traveled highways and situated […]

Vendor Profile: Blip Billboards

Company: Blip Billboards Headquarters:  1591 W 820 N, Provo, UT  64601 Phone:  801-692-3217 Email:  contact@blipbillboards.com Blip operates an online marketplace for digital billboard space.  The company’s approach differs from many online marketplaces in that it does not require a contract and allows advertisers to buy ads in single display increments. […]