Author: billboardinsider

Boston Omaha Sponsors $200 million IPO

Boston Omaha, the parent of Link Media Outdoor has filed an S-1 with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in a public offering of equity in  a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) named Yellowstone Acquisition Company.  The new entity will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Omaha.  […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Today’s Rate This Ad column reviews a Starbucks ad which was placed programmatically with Lamar Advertising on Vistar’s platform.  See comments by Ian Dallimore, Lamar Advertising VP of Digital Growth and GM of Programmatic at end.  Programmatic creative can’t always be evaluated with the same rules as directional creative. Rate […]

Company of the Day: M&S Signs

Company: M&S Signs Markets: Northeastern Michigan Headquarters: East Tawas, MI  48730 Phone: 989-820-6791 or 989-310-0632 M&S Signs is locally owned and operated by Cliff Miller and Don Seymour. Cliff and Don started M&S Signs in 1992 to make affordable advertising available that would reach both the local customer and tourists in Northeastern Michigan. It […]

Vaynerchuk and Kelly on Out of Home

This week OAAA President and CEO Anna Bager did a Lunch Break interview with Vayner Media CEO Gary Vaynerchuk and Sophie Kelly, SVP – Wiskeys, Diageo North America.  Some snippets. Gary Vaynerchuck on using out of home to build his fathers wine business. I had the craziest remnant billboard strategy […]

Ike Wingate’s Light Hearted News Program

Ike Wingate the President of Tennessee-based ooh company Wingate Media is  producing a light-hearted business news program.  Insider thanks Liv Brown of Camel City Posters for bringing this to Insider’s attention. Aren’t we all looking for some good news these days – or at the least something to make us smile or […]

Link Media Hires Sedlaczek

Link Media Outdoor is pleased to announce that they have brought on Russell Sedlaczek as an Account Executive in the Atlanta market. Russell has six years of experience as an Account Executive at Lamar Advertising, and has another six years’ experience working in business, sales, marketing, and advertising. Combined with his […]

Company of the Day: Mollman Outdoor

Company: Mollman Outdoor Signs Markets: Oklahoma Headquarters: 627 Chickasha, OK  73018 Phone: 405-224-1560 Mollman outdoor operates a 200 face billboard and poster plant in 17 towns in Southwest Oklahoma.  The company is run by Matthew Mollman.  In December 2016 Mollman installed an 11′ by 22′  Daktronics digital billboard. The company is an operator […]

Billboard Insider’s 2020 Out of Home Investor List

Many private equity funds and family offices are intersted in out of home to judge from the calls Insider gets.  Professional investors like the industry’s barriers to entry, low technology risk and digital billboard upside.  Billboard Insider has compiled a list of 31 firms which have invested in out of […]

Magna Global September 2020 Advertising Revenue Update

Magna Global’s released the Sept 2020 Ad forecast update this week.  Magna US out of home revenues will be down 22% for the first half of 2020, 18% for the full year 2020 and up 4% for 2021.  Here’s the table. Some interesting things in the forecast. Covid has had […]