Author: John Weller

Lamar Issues $400 Million in Senior Notes

Yesterday Lamar announced it was issuing $400 million in privately placed senior notes.   Here is an excerpt from the press release: Baton Rouge, LA — May 11, 2020 — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) announced today that it is seeking to raise approximately $400.0 million through an institutional private placement of senior […]

Company of the Day – Headrick Outdoor Media

Company: Headrick Outdoor MediaHeadquarters: One Freedom Square, Laurel MS 39440 Markets:  Idaho Utah Kansas Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama North & South Carolina Phone: 601.649.1977 Email:   sales@headricks.com The Headrick Companies started from very humble beginnings designing, fabricating, and installing signs in a small back yard shop in 1927. Mr. […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds May 9, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “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 “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Company of the Day – Grey Outdoor

Company: Grey Outdoor Headquarters: Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Markets: North Carolina, South Carolina Email: grey@greyoutdoor.com Phone: 910-620-5168 Grey Vick is a friend of  and regular contributor to Billboard Insider. We thought it would be nice to sit down with Grey and have him share about his business Grey Outdoor. Grey, […]

Company of the Day – Harmony Outdoor

Company: Harmony Outdoor Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 114 W Diamond St, PO Box 271, Butler, PA  16001 Phone: 724-282-8000. Email: Vsmith@butlereagle.com Harmony Outdoor advertising operates a plant with 90 billboards in four counties in Western Pennsylvania.  The company  is a subsidiary of the family owned Eagle Media Corporation.  Eagle Media owns several […]

Out of the Office – Michael Lang & “The Human Collective”

Besides focussing on billboard real estate opportunities, Michael Lang of Lang Media is now a published author.  Insider talked to Michael about his first book, “The Human Collective”. Is “The Human Collective” your first book?   Yes, it’s my first novel.  It’s an apocalyptic sci-fi story, set in the future where […]

The Paperbacks Are In!

Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. Due to requests from our less digitally inclined readers, we just received a limited number of paperbacks from the printers this week.  We still have a few that have […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds May 2, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “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 “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Mark Boidman: “Short term, it’s defense, Long term, it’s offense.”

  THE rAVE Agency and Zoom partnered for the inaugural LAVNCH Week and Mark Boidman of PJ Solomon provided the Keynote address. Here are highlights from Boidman’s talk: Covid-Specific Media Impact There will be a slowdown in advertising spend as firms cut back on marketing budgets Though Media relating to […]

Consider This…Eight Lessons the COVID-19 Crisis Taught Out of Home Media

By Anna Bager OAAA President & CEO A pandemic was not in your 2020 plan. But the crisis has revealed/highlighted valuable lessons for out of home media about what is essential. Staying in Touch with Customers is Essential Remaining close to customers is always essential, but it is a business […]