Author: billboardinsider

Company of the Day: Keenan Media

Company:  Keenan Media Markets: Georgia Address: 1385 Iris Drive SE, Conyers, GA  30013 Email: Info@KeenanMediaLLC.com Phone: 678-806-3473 Brett and Lane Keenan founded Keenan Media to develop out of home locations in Georgia.  The company has 29 total faces including 8 digital faces. Brett Keenan, Co-Owner, Keenan Media Brett & Lane, what prompted you to enter […]

Sean Reilly on How to Grow Out of Home Cashflow Margins

Sean Reilly gave a short course in how to grow your out of home company cashflow margin at an appearance at the JP Morgan Media and Telecom conference this week.  Some of the highlights: How Lamar grows margins… The trick to margin expansion in the Billboard business is really really […]

JCDecaux North American Revenue up 6% in 2023

Billboards are growing very slowly and other sectors are growing fast.  That’s how you can summarize JCDecaux’s 2023 financials.  Here are the results from the JCDecaux 2023 earnings release.  We have translated the financials from euros to dollars using today’s exchange rate of 1 euro to 1.095 dollars. Total revenue […]

Company of the Day: InSite Street Media

Company: InSite Street Media Corporate Office: 15303 Ventura Blvd. Suite 1490, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Markets: Nationwide Phone: (310) 559-1600 Email: arockwell@insitesm.com InSite Street Media operates a plant which includes 5,802 transit shelters, 10,345 benches and 215 bus wraps, nationwide. Billboard Insider talked with Keith Thompson the company’s outgoing CEO. Keith, how […]

Justin Powell on Girard, Ohio Litigation

Sometimes you have to pursue legal remedies to protect your rights when faced with a regulator which doesn’t play by the rules.  Girard, Ohio adopted an ordinance 12 years ago banning new billboards on certain parts of the city.  In other parts of the city billboards are allowed.    A […]

How to Build a Stellar Out of Home Sales Team

I have had the opportunity to manage sales teams in 4 markets with 3 different companies.  Building a successful out-of-home (OOH) sales team is not just about having warm bodies; it’s about assembling a dynamic group aligned with your vision of success. To achieve this, take a systematic approach.  This […]

Scott Wells on Out of Home’s Improving Market Position

European and Latin American sales are moving along but don’t hold your breath over the sale of Clear Channel Outdoor US assets.  Here are the highlights from Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells comments at yesterday’s Morgan Stanley Media and Telecom conference. Out of home better positioned today than 5 […]

Billboard Insider Readers are Adding Display Faces

Yesterday Billboard Insider quoted a public out of home company executive who said, “There are no net new billboards being built in America right now so the supply is basically fixed.  Billboard Insider noted that the number of net faces increased by 3% during 2023 after reviewing 414 US roadside […]

OUTFRONT Celebrates Women’s History Month

NEW YORK, NY, March 5, 2024 – OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT), one of the largest out of home media (OOH) companies in the U.S., is proud to announce a series of initiatives to honor and celebrate the achievements of women in art, culture, and innovation throughout Women’s History Month in March. […]

Company of the Day: JR Promotions

Company: JR Promotions Market: Indiana, Kentucky. Headquarters: 430 2nd St, Columbus, IN  47201 Phone: 812-379-2173 JR Promotions owns 1,275 billboard faces in Indiana and Kentucky including 19 digital billboard faces.  The company was started by Janeen Sprague in July of 1986.    In the spring of 1988, Richard Sprague joined to help the company […]