Author: billboardinsider

New York Times Accurate and Informed on Out of Home

After Taking a Pandemic Hit, Billboard Ad Companies See Signs of Hope.  When it comes to out of home the New York Times is accurate, informed and up to date.  Things have been bad but they are getting better.  Urban and transit systems still have a ways to go. Much […]

Company of the Day: Logan Outdoor

Company:  Logan Outdoor Markets: Florida Address:  1716 W. Lemon St, Tampa, FL  33606 Email: info@loganoutdoor.com Phone: 813-253-3367 Logan Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 133 faces in Central Florida, including Tampa, St Pete, Clearwater and 7 surrounding counties. Lelia Clewis is the company’s President. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Sean Reilly: Small and middle markets doing better than larger markets.

It’s good to own small and middle markets was how you could summarize Lamar CEO Sean Reilly on yesterday’s second quarter earnings call.  Here are some other Reilly comments. Improving sales At present our pacings are showing sequential improvement every month…that implies full year revenue decline for 2020 of approximately […]

Lamar revenue down 22% in second quarter 2020

Lamar revenues declined 22% during the second quarter 2020.  Revenues have improved but the company projects revenues will be down 13-14% for the full year 2020.  Here are the results from Lamar’s 2Q 2020 earnings release. Revenues declined 22% to $347 during the second quarter of 2020.  CEO Sean Reilly […]

Urban IQ Appoints Scot Nemeroff National Sales Director

Urban IQ, a leading independent DSP (Demand Side Platform) in Digital Out of Home advertising, today announced that 20 year advertising veteran Scott Nemeroff has joined the company as National Sales Director. Most recently he was a Senior National Account Manager for AllOver Media, a leading OOH media owner. Nemeroff […]

Geopath reports distance travelled remains 95% of normal.

Geopath’s 8/6/20 Mobility update reports that traffic for the week of July 28-August 2 is 95% of normal.  Here’s the US weighted average for daily miles travelled. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Company of the Day: Lockwood Outdoor

Company:  Lockwood Outdoor Markets:  South Carolina Address: PO Box 202, Huger, South Carolina  29450 Email: info@lockwoodoutdoor.com Phone: 843-860-7325 Lockwood Outdoor operates a pair of digital billboards in the Charleston, South Carolina market.  Insider talked with CEO and Founder Rodney Lockwood. How did you get into the out of home business? […]

OUTFRONT Revenue Down 49% in 2Q 2020

OUTFRONT’s urban and transit plant had a 49% drop in revenue and cashflow during the second quarter of 2020 and CEO Jeremy Male expect third quarter revenues to be down 35-40% from the prior year.  Here are the results from the OUTFRONT earnings release, OUTFRONT investor presentation and OUTFRONT earnings call. […]

Lamar Declines Billboard Ads in Spokane

The Spokesman Review reports that Lamar has removed controversial anti mask billboards in Spokane paid for by the John Birch society.   “The community was not super happy with that message.  We try to stay away from anything that is far too offensive to the public,” says Lamar Spokane VP and […]