Company: Stark Outdoor Markets: Eastern Texas. Headquarters: 914 Lake Air Dr, Waco, TX Phone: 800-559-1013 Email: glenn@swiftoutdoor.com Stark Outdoor operates a plant of 44 double-stacked billboards with 176 faces in eastern Texas. Glen Browder bought the company in 2016 from Herb and Wilma Stark. Browder also owns Swift Media in Texas. Here are selections […]
Here’s a selection of Scott Well’s comments at last week’s Citi 2023 Communications, Media and Entertainment Conference Asset Sales In 2019 when we separated we made a point that we were going to focus on the US. In 2021 we made an announcement that we were going to divest our […]
Stark Capital is proud to announce 2022 as the most successful year in company history with a total transaction volume in excess of $150,000,000. “For us, 2022 was headlined by the successful Burkhart / Lamar transaction of over 3,500 faces. It was an honor to represent Lamar in their largest […]
Billboard Insider has been thinking about how ChatGPT might impact out of home advertising. ChatGPT uses artificial intelligence to answer questions. It works best for generic queries. Billboard Insider asked the ChatGPT how out of home advertising works and got an acceptable response. The chatbox struggles to incorporate timely information. […]
London, UK: Ocean Group CEO Tim Bleakley has announced a new company wide structure including the appointment of Phil Hall as chief executive officer of Ocean Outdoor UK. The changes support Ocean’s continued investment in its premium digital out of home (DOOH) portfolio, technology and people, reflecting the company’s growth and expansion, new contract wins and the evolution and […]
On January 2, 2023 the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied an Adams Outdoor challenge to the Madison, Wisconsin sign ordinance by citing the Supreme Court’s Reagan v Austin ruling. Adams had argued that Madison’s sign code was unconstitutional because it treated off-premises signs less favorably than […]
Formetco is once again offering a unique live and in-person safety training class that is focused on workers and managers in the Outdoor Advertising industry. Check out the video announcement from Formetco’s Safety Director, Jim Poage: Event Dates: Feb 27th – March 2nd Location: Duluth, GA Event Courses: OSHA 10 […]
Company: Stellar Outdoor Advertising Markets: Ontario Address: 7 John street, Unit 4, Hunstsville, Ontario. P1H1H2 Email: info@stellaroutdoor.com Phone: 800-268-0099 Stellar Outdoor Advertising is a family run firm which operates a network of 1,000 billboards in Ontario, Canada. The company was formed in 1947 as Annis-way signs. In 2012 merged with Specific Hi-way Signs […]
A reader asks Billboard Insider “what happens when someone buys land on which your billboard sits and then claims they own the billboard and threatens to take it down?” We asked out of home attorney Richard Hamlin of Hamlin|Cody to comment. Any OOH company that is in business long enough […]
Billboard Insider just read Signs of Opportunity by Dan Martin, a history of Lamar Advertising from 1902 to 2008. Here are three lessons from Lamar’s history which can help your out of home company . Bad news can be good news. In 1908 Charles Lamar was in a partnership with […]
