Author: billboardinsider

Link Media Grows Via Acquisitions

Boston Omaha, the parent company of Link Media reported financials for the 3 months ended September 2018.  Here’s a summary of financial performance for Link Media Outdoor for the 3 months ended 2018. 000’s Link Media spent $136 million on acquisitions during the third quarter of 2018, including Waitt Outdoor […]

Three of a Kind: Copycat Billboards

This month Daily Billboard blog’s ‘3 of a kind’ brings you three examples of movies and TV shows paying homage and leveraging other outdoor marketing campaigns to get attention in the city skyline. First up is one of my favourite copycat spoofs from June 2011, ‘Bridlemaids’, with the animated My […]

Stott Outdoor Employees Lose Homes in CA Fire

Stott Outdoor’s General Manager Jim Moravec tells Insider that Stott Outdoor employees have lost their homes in the California wildfires. Dave, You have not doubt heard about the devastation of the fires in northern CA particularly in Butte County.  As of this writing it appears that Stott has a total […]

Four Life Lessons from Minnesota Business Icon Bob Naegele Jr.

By Nancy Fletcher, President and CEO, OAAA Forty years ago, Bob Naegele Jr. gave me my first job in out of home advertising, at age 23. I didn’t know much then, but I learned a great deal from this exceptional and decent man, who passed away November 7. I share […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Lexington

Did you know: The Jif peanut butter plant in Lexington produces more peanut butter than any other factory on earth. The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was in Lexington in 1817. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Lexington DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much […]

Company of the Day: Kennedy Outdoor

Kennedy Outdoor Advertising Markets: Ohio Headquarters: 9327 Martinsburg Rd, St Louisville, OH  43701 Phone: 740-258-7083 Email: kennedyoutdoor9@gmail.com Kennedy Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in Mount Gilead. OH.  The company was started in 2009.  Kennedy operates a mobile billboard in addition to a billboard plant. [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

Sean Reilly on Digital Billboards and M&A

Three interesting comments by Lamar CEO Sean Reilly during last week’s third quarter earnings call. On digital sign revenues. Digital continues to be a great story for the company. Our same-board digital performance continues to shine, up 7.2% in Q3. By the end of Q3, we had added an additional […]

Formetco Celebrates 300th independent customer

Formetco of Duluth, GA, celebrates Estus Outdoor as its 300th independent digital billboard customer. Owner of Estus Outdoor, Dick Estus of Savannah, GA, selected Formetco to guide him through the process of owning and operating his first digital billboard. This milestone displays how crucial Formetco’s service and relationship are to […]

Injunction against Cincinnati Billboard Tax is Permanent

The court injunction blocking Cincinnati’s billboard tax is now permanent. On November 9, a judge in Cincinnati converted his preliminary injunction to a permanent injunction. In his seven-page entry, the judge also criticized the legal theory used to uphold a billboard tax in Baltimore.  A circuit court in Maryland recently […]

NCOAA appoints Bugbee Full Time Director

The North Carolina Outdoor Advertising Association has announced that it has appointed Thomas (TJ) Bugbee, Jr. to serve as its full-time Executive Director, effective November 19.  Bugbee, a former Field Director for Congressman David Rouzer’s campaign (NC-7), has most recently held a position as Government Relations Advisor/Lobbyist with Nexsen Pruet […]