Author: billboardinsider

Robert Campbell: Successful people do what other people don’t.

Two weeks ago Insider wrote that Lamar Atlantic Regional Manager Robert Campbell  and Gulf Coast Regional Manager Tom Sirmon are retiring this summer.  Insider asked Campbell to reflect on his remarkable 49 year Lamar career. How did you end up at Lamar? After college graduation I worked my way around […]

The 2021 US OOH Recovery In One Slide

Yesterday’s OAAA Lunch Break was titled Driving Success with Research and Data.  One slide prepared by OAAA VP Steve Nicklin caught Billboard Insider’s eye.  Magna forecasts 12% growth in US out of home revenues in 2021 versus growth rates of 8% for digital media, 5% for national TV and 1% […]

Branded Cities Names Gupta US President

Phoenix, AZ – April 28, 2021 – Branded Cities, a premier Out-of-Home and iconic media company in North America, today announced the promotion of Vaibhav Gupta to President for its United States division. Vaibhav will retain his Chief Operating Officer role. Steve Ellman, Chairman and CEO of Branded Cities remarked, […]

Women Account for 35% of US OOH Board Seats

The US public out of home companies are giving women more board opportunities than the typical Russell 3000 company but need to do a better job appointing minorities to boards. Non-Executive Board Members of OUTFRONT, Lamar and Clear Channel Outdoor 2020 Clear Channel pays board members the most (in excess […]

Lamar Wins Tucson Transit Extension

Baton Rouge, LA – April 27, 2021 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home media companies in the world, today announced that the company has been awarded a contract from the City of Tucson to continue managing advertising displays for Sun Tran, the public […]

Fast and Simple

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH — Look fast! New OOH for FASTSIGNS is catching audience’s attention along West Michigan highways. Creative and media strategy by advertising agency, Extra Credit Projects (ECP) using billboards to drive their message of delivering fast signs to their customers. “It’s about finding the simplest form of an […]

OOH Geopath Conference Agenda Released

The OAAA/Geopath 2021 Conference Agenda has been released.  Billboard Insider doesn’t want to miss the Leadership Outlook panel. Plenty of other great panels. US House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn and Ken Klein on Political Issues Alexis Ohanian and Adquick CEO Matt O’Connor on OOH for Social AmpliAnna Gager interviews […]

Company of the Day: Wagner Outdoor

Company: Wagner Outdoor Advertising Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 985 Towne Square Drive, Suite 200, Greensburg, PA  15601. Phone: 724-838-0260 101 Email: bonnie@revest.properties Wagner Outdoor Advertising is a privately held company which operates a billboard company with 30 faces in Pennsylvania.  Wagner Outdoor Advertising is affiliated with Revest Properties, Northpointe Development Group, LLC. and PTC Lodging, LLC.  The […]

Who Makes What at the Public OOH Companies

The public out of home executives took pay cuts during 2020.  Here’s a breakdown of who made what at Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor, based on data in each company’s Schedule 14A. Total Compensation for Public US Out of Home  Company Executives 2019 and 2020 compared with last year […]