Author: billboardinsider

Company of the Day: Gateway Outdoor

Company:  Gateway Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. Address: 18 Pleasant Grove Road, Long Valley, NJ. 07853 Phone: 908-684-8122 Gateway Outdoor Advertising operates a transit advertising and bus shelter business in 9 eastern states, a billboard business in Michigan and […]

Moreno Led Group Buys More Clear Channel Outdoor Stock

Out of home investor Arte Moreno has purchased 14 million more shares of Clear Channel Outdoor stock according to a schedule 13D’s filed with the SEC.  As of yesterday the group owned 10.6% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s common stock with a total investment value of $76 million based on yesterdays […]

Color Vision Adds Tingey to its Board of Directors

Central America, [12/1/2023] — Color Visión, the leading outdoor advertising company in Central America, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kurt Tingey, formerly Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Clear Channel Outdoor, to its distinguished board of directors. This strategic addition comes at a crucial moment […]

Company of the Day: Fruitland Outdoor

Company of the Day:  Fruitland Outdoor Advertising Markets: South Carolina Address: 138 Webber Rd, Faffney, SC. 29342 Email: trey@fruitlandoutdoor.com Phone: 864-425-8259 Fruitland Outdoor is a family owned billboard company that operates in the upstate of South Carolina.   The company is owned and operated by Joey Lemmons who founded the company.  Insider talked with Trey […]

Debt Costs Up for Out of Home Companies

Moorgate Capital Partners has analyzed out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru September 2023.  Some chart’s in Moorgate’s report caught Billboard Insider’s eye.  Weighted average debt costs have increased at the public out of home companies over the past two years although the rise has slowed during […]

Scenic America’s Budget

Know your opposition.  Here’s Scenic America’s budget for fiscal 2019-2023.  We took the numbers from Scenic America’s  recent  form 990. Revenues increased 7% to $1.3 million in 2022. Expenses increased by 9% to $1.3 for 2022.  Scenic has 8 staff members. Cash balances have declined over the past two years […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Extra Credit Projects Wins Award for Ford Airport Billboard

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH — Michigan-based advertising and design agency, Extra Credit Projects (ECP), has been named a winner in the international 2023 Communication Arts Advertising Annual. Winning entries are showcased in the November/December issue of the magazine, which is distributed to 25,000 subscribers worldwide. Other top agencies featured include Rethink, […]

Company of the Day: GCG Media

Company: GCG Media Services Markets: Nationwide Address: New York Email: matt@gcgmediaservices.com Phone: 914-815-0227 GCG Media provides project management and media buying services to out of home advertising companies.  GCG was formed inm 2009.;  The company supervises the engineering, installation and operations of digital billboards and has been involved in several […]

Scott Wells Will Be Glad to See Interest Rates Fall

Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells appeared at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit this week.  A selection of his comments. Clear Channel’s San Francisco market is showing signs of life The end of summer was not particularly robust but people are spending now. I think that the completion of the […]