During the last week, Billboard Insider published a couple articles on related Constitutional clauses. First, Insider reminded us in What the Senate Said About Amortization while cautioning that the regulatory concept had actually been enacted into an ordinance by Wenatchee, Washington last year. Wenatchee and other governmental entities utilize the amortization […]
Author: John Weller
Lamar Increases Dividend By 50 %
From a Lamar Press release: BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per share payable on March […]
Is San Jose Saying No On Their Digital Plan?
Insider reported back in July 2020 that the City of San Jose was considering allowing up to 90 new digital billboards on private property as well as some smaller signs on public land. Though the City has had a prohibition of new billboard construction on public and private land, San […]
Company of the Day – Stott Outdoor
Company: Stott Outdoor Markets: Northern California, Nevada and Oregon Headquarters: PO Box 7209, Chico, CA 95927. Phone: 888-342-7868 Stott Outdoor has been in business since 1949. The Company is based in Chico and services Northern California as well as parts of Nevada and Oregon. The company operates bulletins, posters and […]
Rokk3r Acquires AdMobilize and Matrix Labs for $19.5M
Miami-based AdMobilize and its spin-off, Matrix Labs, announced this morning that they are being acquired for $19.5 million. The buyer is Rokk3r, a Miami-based holding company that invests in creating, acquiring and integrating companies. In a letter from Rodolfo Saccoman, AdMobilize CEO & Founder, he provided the following on the new opportunity. “We have BIG […]
Rapport Offers All U.S. Clients Sustainable Out-of-Home Ad Products That Purify the Air
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rapport, the global out-of-home (OOH) media buying and planning agency arm of IPG Mediabrands, today announced the launch of their newest offering for U.S. clients: Rapport Beyond —billboards and related media products that effectively offset carbon emissions and purify the air. The latest initiative in Rapport’s long-term commitment […]
SuperDraft scores big for Super Bowl LV, harnessing the Speed and Agility of Programmatic DOOH
By Jonathan Gudai, CEO of Adomni Background Info On the Thursday prior to Super Bowl weekend 2021, the new Daily Fantasy Sports app – SuperDraft realized that it had a problem. Its $1,000,000 BIG GAME fantasy contest had only 26 of 267 entrants signed up to play. And the top 60 ranked contest participants were guaranteed to […]
Lamar Sues Fayette County and City of Lexington Over Digital Billboards
The Lexington Herald Ledger is reporting that Lamar Advertising filed a federal lawsuit against the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on February 10th, over regulations that ban freestanding electronic billboards in the county. Lamar applied in September 2020 for permits […]
Company of the Day – Streetlevel Media
Company: Streetlevel Media Headquarters: 221 Williams Street, Fayetteville NC Market: North Carolina Phone: 910.323.9306 Email: info@streetlevelmedia.com Streetlevel Media is a mobile outdoor advertising company based in North Carolina that specializes in transit (bus) advertising and mobile billboards partnering with delivery fleets. Started in 2005 by former radio broadcasters Weyher Dawson […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds February 20, 2021
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.” Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager. We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified” Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor […]
























