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Link Media Revenues Up 13% in 1Q 23

Boston Omaha released first quarter 2023 financials last week.  Here are the segment results for the company’s Link Media Outdoor subsidiary. Revenues increased 13% to $10.3 million in the first quarter of 2023 due to organic revenue growth and the purchase of billboards from Elevation Outdoor in November 2023. Sales […]

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Company of the Day: Albro Advertising

Company:  Albro Bench Advertising Markets: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania Address:  20 W 3rd St, Suite 4, Jamestown, NY  14701 Phone: 716-640-9729 Email: albro2signs@yahoo.com Albro Bench Advertising operates plant of 150 bus benches primarily in Western New York State.  The company’s benches are concentrated in the following communities: James Town, New York Olean, New York […]

Pat O’Donnell on Getting Started in Out of Home

Billboard Insider is running an interview series with Pat O’Donnell who just retired as President of YESCO Outdoor Media after a 40 year career in out of home.  Pat served on the board of directors of the OAAA and in 2017 was inducted into the OAAA Hall of Fame.  Today he […]

Adkom, Blip and Broadsign Announce Programmatic Integration

Orem, Utah and Montreal, Quebec; May 11, 2023 – Outdoor advertising technology leaders Adkom, Blip, and Broadsign today announced a technology collaboration that brings more than 2,000 large format, roadside digital billboards located in more than 190 markets to the Broadsign supply-side-platform (SSP). Advertisers and media buying agencies around the […]

Company of the Day: All Best Media

Company:  All Best Media Markets: New Jersey Address: New Jersey Phone: 732-436-1000 All Best Media operates a network of indoor billboards in gyms, offices and restaurants.  Most of the signs are in New Jersey.     To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles email info@billboardinsider.com with the […]

Fotofetch Shots of the Week

Customer expectations continue to build for your deliverables.  Getting the ad up on time, making sure it was hung well with no wrinkles.  Making sure your lights worked, checking that garbage around the sign was picked up, trees trimmed, etc.  And the photos you provide must be effective too.  Customers […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Americas Revenue Down 1% in 1Q 23

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue grew but cashflow (adjusted EBIDTA) declined during the first quarter of 2023. Here are the results of the Clear Channel Outdoor 1Q 23 earnings release, investor deck and conference call. Consolidated revenue excluding FX grew 7% to $545 million as growth in the company’s European operations […]

Tight Credit Market May Impact Out of Home Bank Loans

You may pay more and see tougher covenants the next time you renew your out of home bank loan.  The April 2023 Federal Reserve Bank Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey found that 50% of banks are tightening their commercial and industrial loan standards and that 60% of banks are raising […]

Out of Home Finds a Kidney

ArtPop Street Gallery’s Wendy Hickey tells Billboard Insider a heartwarming story of how out of home found a kidney for a young woman… For one year of 2020/21 we had a chapter of ArtPop in Atlanta. One of our #ArtPopATL artists is Mark Alberhasky.  His partner Laura, her daughter, Izzy was […]

Company of the Day: Alamo Outdoor

Company: Alamo Outdoor Signs Ltd Markets: Nationwide. Address: 18860 Goll St.  San Antonio, Texas Email: alamooutdoorsigns@gmail.com Phone: 210-651-4230 Alamo Outdoor is a family run company which fabricates billboards, outdoor signs, scoreboards and flagpoles.  The company has a 30,000 square foot fabrication facility in San Antonio.  Alamo Outdoor is a member […]