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Lamar Revenue Up 2.9% in 3Q 2023

“The operating environment remained choppy in Q3 with customers continuing to take a cautious approach to their campaigns particularly on the national side,” was how Sean Reilly opened the Lamar 3Q earnings conference call.  Here are the results of the Lamar 3Q 23 earnings release, Lamar 3Q 23 10Q  and […]

Company of the Day: Dusty’s Outdoor

Company: Dusty’s Outdoor Media Market(s): Illinois Headquarters: 1207 Network Center Blvd, Suite 3C, Effingham, IL 62401. Phone: 1-866-59-DUSTY Dusty’s Outdoor Media operates a billboard plant with over 350 faces in Illinois. The company sold 200 faces in Tennessee and Indiana to Trailhead Media in 2021. Dusty’s is a member of the OAAI and an […]

Apparatix Adds Out of Home Ad Data to DOmedia platform.

Out-of-home (OOH) media operators can now use inventory data stored in Apparatix software to service advertisers through DOmedia, where global brands and local advertisers contract over $1B of OOH ads each year. The integration will help Apparatix users increase sales to local and national advertisers. DOmedia began offering real-time OOH […]

Clear Channel Announces Strategy for Selling Europe-North Business

Clear Channel Outdoor closed the sale of its business in France and retained investment bankers Moelis and Co and Deutsche Bank Securities to assist it in selling Europe North (e.g. UK and Scandinavia).  It will also conduct a strategic review of the Latin American business (Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru), investor […]

AllOver Acquires Pointsmith

MINNEAPOLIS—Oct. 31, 2023—AllOver, the nation’s leading provider of alternative out-of-home marketing and advertising, today announced the successful conclusion to its third quarter across its business lines. The strong performance was marked by the additions of several key customers and its acquisition of Pointsmith, a leading provider of campaign-centric promotional and […]

Company of the Day: Durden Outdoor

Company: Durden Outdoor Displays Markets: Alabama, Florida Headquarters: 5500 US Hwy 431 N, Dothan, AL  36303 Phone: 334-792-5056 Email: info@durdenoutdoor.com Durden Outdoor Displays operates a marketing network of over 1,000 billboards, posters and digital displays across Southern Alabama and Northern Florida.  The company is an operator associate of the IBOUSA.  Earl Durden formed Durden Outdoor […]

Not Pretty for OOH Stocks

Not a pretty picture for out of home stocks.  All the public out of home companies failed to beat the market during the past three months due to fears about a recession impacting ad spending.  The S&P 500 declined 10%.    Lamar was off 17%, Boston Omaha down 27%, Clear […]

Billboard Insider Readers Talk Vinyl Recycling

Some reader comments on yesterday’s What Do You Do with Old Vinyl? post. A Midwest out of home exec Tom Giesken uses vinyls for slip n slides or sells them as covers or pond liners. I never dispose of vinyls. They come in handy for so many things; personal and […]

WOOH Announces First In-person Africa Forum

The World Out of Home Organization has announced its first in-person Africa Forum following a successful online event in 2022. The Forum will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from March 11-13 2024. This follows successful in-person WOO Forums in Asia and a number of online events. The second […]

What Do You Do With Old Vinyl?

Who will take your old vinyl?  At the recent IBO show a panel of vinyl printers said Rareform, farmers and local recyclers will take old vinyl.  Billboard Insider interviewed Damon Carson, Founder and President of Brighton, Colorado headquartered repurposedMATERIALS to learn more about recycling vinyls. What kinds of vinyl are […]