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IBO Announces Leadership Strategy Direction

Kansas City Spring Conference In a surprising move to most attendees, IBO is ramping up their leadership team in response to the industry need to address the rapid technological changes and requests from the buying community following the impacts of COVID and the reactions to the flow of advertising following […]

Company of the Day – Image Media

Company: IMAGE MEDIA®                    Headquarters: 5101 Darmstadt Rd. Suite A Hillside, IL 60162 Market: Chicago, IL Phone: (312) 988-4600 Contact email: sales@imageoutdoor.com Insider talked with Michael Scheid, Jr. EVP and GM of IMAGE MEDIA. We are Chicago’s largest independent outdoor advertising operator. IMAGE, has been a dominant force in the Chicago Outdoor Advertising landscape since the […]

Lamar Advertising Announces Acquisition of Burkhart Advertising

BATON ROUGE, La., May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announced today that it has acquired Burkhart Advertising Inc. in Indiana. The purchase, which closed today, includes more than 1,500 billboard structures and 3,200 billboard […]

Stark Capital on the Lamar Acquisition of Burkhart Advertising

Stark Capital Solutions acted as the exclusive advisor to Lamar Advertising Company in Lamar’s acquisition of Burkhart Advertising in South Bend, Indiana, which was announced yesterday. Burkhart, the 8th largest out-of-home company in the United States, was formed in 1964 by Charles Burkhart.  The company was owned and run by […]

Key Quotes From Yesterday At The IBO Convention

A very successful first day at the IBO Spring Convention in Kansas City.  Insider wanted to provide a snapshot through some key quotes that occurred during the day. Chris Cowlbeck, IBO Chief Visionary Officer “Tech is changing at a blistering pace.” “The big three know that the Independents need to […]

Company of the Day – JPG Media

Company: JPG Media Markets: Hawaii Address:  441 Cooke Street, Honolulu, Hawaii  96813 Email: jpg@JPGmedia.com Phone: 808-429-7220 JPG Media knows how to think outside the box.  It has to because it operates an out of home plant in a state which outlaws billboards.  The company is a member of the OAAA.  […]

Jeremy Male: Demand for our billboards has never been hotter.

Some of the highlights from Jeremy Male’s bullish comments on this week’s OUTFRONT earnings call. Strong demand for OUTFRONT inventory Demand for our billboards has never been hotter. And given the flexibility of digital, we continue to book late incremental business. This is reflected in our increase in billboard yields, […]

Allvision Appoints Stuart Garvie as CEO

TORONTO, ON (May 2, 2022) – Allvision, Canada’s premiere pure-play digital out-of-home media company, is proud to announce the appointment of Stuart Garvie as CEO Canada. With a rich history of out-of-home development, Allvision has crafted a significant portion of the most highly valued large format digital out-of-home inventory across […]

Company of the Day: Joyce Outdoor

Company: Joyce Outdoor Advertising Markets: New Jersey, Chicago, Pennsylvania Headquarters: 800 James Avenue, Scranton, PA  18510 Phone: 570-871-0311 Email: info@joyceoutdoor.com Joyce Outdoor Advertising operates billboards, digital signs and wallscapes in New Jersey, Chicago and Pennsylvania.  In September 2019 the company developed a wallscape targeting the athletic facilities of Scranton Preparatory School.  The company’s owner Kevin Joyce is the only person […]

Dylan Mabin on why you need to go to the 2022 GO OOH conference.

For the past two plus years, we have all been kept apart. But finally, we are transitioning from pandemic to endemic mode, advertisers and consumers are as active as we’ve ever seen, new marketplaces and technologies are ascendant, and OOH is stronger and more relevant than ever. Whether you are […]