Author: billboardinsider

Clear Channel Debt Offering a Success

Clear Channel’s private debt offering was a success.  The issue was increased from $350 to $375 million.  The notes were priced at 6.25%.  Closing is scheduled for August 4, 2020.  Clear Channel Outdoor stock closed flat on a day when Lamar was up 2%, OUTFRONT was up 2% and the […]

What to Do When the OSHA Inspector Shows Up

On yesterday’s Billboard Insider podcast Formetco Safety Director Jim Poage reviewed how to keep your workers safe.  Here’s his advice on what to do when an OSHA inspector shows up. An OSHA inspector has arrived at my company.  What should I do? Make sure they truly are OSHA inspectors.  They’ll […]

Chris Cowlbeck on Managing in Trying Times

On yesterday’s Geopath OAAA Virtual Seminar for independent operators LOOK Billboards and IBOUSA General Manager Chris Cowlbeck was asked for tips on managing through trying times and he said this: All of this stuff is cyclical…we’ve been through cycles and will continue to go through cycles…Keep it positive…Wake up and […]

Clear Channel to Issue $350 Million in Debt

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings announced that its international subsidiary Clear Channel International B.V.  plans to issue $350 million in Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) in a private placement.  The notes will be secured by some international assets but will not have a claim against the company’s North American […]

Jim Poage on how to minimize OSHA fines and keep your employees safe.

Today’s podcast guest is Jim Poage, Safety Director at Formetco, Incorporated.  Jim discusses how to minimize OSHA fines and what to do to keep your employees safe. OSHA issued 81 citations with $280,000 in fines to Display Advertising companies during the past two years.  What jumps out at you. You […]

Company of the Day: Legacy Outdoor

Company: Legacy Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota Address:  920 E 56th St, Suite B, Kearney, NE  68847 Email: sales@legacybillboards.com Phone: 1-800-628-6060 Legacy outdoor was formed by the merger of USA Outdoor and CK Outdoor.  The company owns 650+ posters, bulletins and digital billboards.  The company is […]

Anna Bager Defines Out of Home

How do you define out of home? OAAA President & CEO Anna Bager was asked to define out of home on the June 30 R&B SmallBiz Show and she said this: Out of home advertising?  When I get the question what it is I usually say that it’s everything that’s […]

Black Lives Matter Billboard Goes Up Next to Confederate Flag

Billboards aren’t a critical forum for public speech?  Think again.  Some community groups put up  Black Lives Matter copy on a Lamar billboard outside a North Carolina business which is flying the confederate flag. Insider’s take:  Another example of how billboards are speech.  They allow different voices in the community […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Integrates with Place Exchange

New York, NY — July 21, 2020— Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), one of the world’s largest Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising companies, and Place Exchange, a leading SSP for programmatic OOH and place-based media, announced a full integration granting digital media buyers access to Clear Channel Outdoor’s digital OOH (DOOH) displays […]

Geopath Top 100 DMA’s Report Updated

Geopath has updated the top 100 DMA average daily miles travelled report as of July 20, 2020.  Make sure you’ve got your DMA handy in case clients ask.  Here’s what New York looks like.  Daily miles travelled continues to inch upwards. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement