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Pearl Media Acquires Lure Outdoor

(Montclair, New Jersey) Pearl Media, in partnership with Seaport Capital, has acquired LURE Outdoor, making it one of the premier street level Out of Home Media companies in the United States. Based in New York City, LURE Outdoor’s OOH mix encompasses over 120 high profile street level billboards, barricades and storefronts throughout […]

Talon Appoints Greene Chief Revenue Officer

New York, NY – April 27, 2022 – Talon, the world’s leading independent Out of Home (OOH) specialist media agency, today announced the appointment of Chris Greene in the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Chris joins Talon America from Cooler Screens where he served in the same role. He […]

Pay Ratios for Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor

Dodd-Frank requires public companies to disclose the pay ratio (e.g. the CEO’s total compensation compared to the median annual total compensation for all company employees).  Billboard Insider has computed the pay ratios for Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor pulled from each company’s Schedule 14A.   Lamar had the lowest […]

The 2022 Outdoor Advertising Sales Instructional Summit

Neil Bell and Kevin Gephart are hosting the 2022 Outdoor Advertising Sales Instructional Summit June 1-2 at the Doubletree at the Battery in Atlanta, Georgia.  The event is sponsored by Selective Structures, Signbird and Watchfire Signs.  The event originally sold out but enrollment has reopened after Bell and Gephart secured […]

Man Rents 7 Billboards to Celebrate 25th Anniversary

  A Bonita Springs, Florida man rented 7 billboard faces from Carter Outdoor to celebrate his 25th anniversary. Billboard Insider hears that Lamar Advertising Fort Myers was involved.  Lamar designed the creative for Mitch Gilbert and had 3 of the units in the initial campaign. You can watch the video […]

Company of the Day: Jarman Outdoor

Company: Jarman Outdoor Advertising Markets: North Carolina Address: 283 Otis Miller Road, Beulaville, NC  28518 Email: contact@jarmanoutdoor.com Phone: 910-290-0447 Jarman Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 50 faces in North Carolina.  The company was started in 2002.  Insider talked with owner Chris Jarman who also is a co-owner of Trident Outdoor. Chris Jarman, Owner, Jarman […]

Who Made What in 2021 at the Public OOH Companies

Billboard Insider has compiled executive salaries for Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor during 2021 based on data in each company’s Schedule 14A. Total compensation for Public US out of home execs for 2020 and 2021   Two observations Every exec got a pay increase in 2021.  The median pay […]

Six Top States to Run OOH Campaigns based on Traffic Data

By Cedric Bernard, CEO, Adkom For those marketers planning on leveraging out-of-home advertising campaigns this summer, if you’re worried about the price of gas suppressing travel, don’t be.  Population data firm Intermx has been tracking traffic volumes to determine the effect of rising gas prices. Their insights reflect that, despite […]

Reilly, Male and Wells to Address WOHO May Conference

The three giants of the US Out of Home industry – Lamar, Outfront Media and Clear Channel – are presenting at the World Out of Home Organization Global Congress in Toronto. The Congress runs next month from May 25-27. Lamar’s CEO Sean Reilly will share their unique culture and history, […]

Why You Need a Mobile-optimized OOH Website

Billboard Insider looks at a lot of out of home websites and we are amazed how many out of home companies still haven’t mobile optimized their websites.  The sites look fine on a desktop but are impossible to read or navigate on a phone.  If your site isn’t mobile optimized […]