February 12, 2025 Huntsville, AL – Mashburn Outdoor (“Mashburn”) announced today their acquisition of Outdoor Advertising Assets in Huntsville and Decatur, Alabama from Interstate Outdoor Advertising (“IOA”), a division of Nowlin Development Company, LLC (“NDC”). Drachman M&A Co. represented IOA in the transaction. Steve Grant of Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison […]
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Company of the Day – Watkins Outdoor Advertising
Company: Watkins Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 969 East Ironbridge Circle N Springfield, MO Markets: Springfield, Missouri Phone: 417.862.0003 Email: gwatkinsoutdoor@sbcglobal.net Family owned since 1998, Watkins Outdoor Advertising has been dedicated to bringing the highest quality service and visuals to the Ozarks and Springfield MO with six digital faces. Greg Watkins is the company’s owner. We […]
Company of the Day: Wingate Outdoor
Company: Wingate Outdoor Advertising, Inc. Markets: Arkansas and Missouri Address: 112 East Church St, Berryville, AR 72616 Phone: 870-423-4707 Email: info@wingateoutdoor.com Wingate Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. The company was started by Gene Wingate and his son Ken in 1986 to provide a cost effective way for […]
Vistar Media’s Provenzano: T-Mobile was one of our biggest clients
Ian Dallimore interviewed Vistar Media CEO Michael Provenzano on Lamar’s Podcast. In January T-Mobile announced that it had signed an agreement to purchase Vistar Media for $600 million. Some highlights of the podcast. Vistar Media Culture We have this very basic phrase internally people-product-revenue in that order and people […]
What’s Happened to the Independent Out of Home Agencies?
Billboard Insider received this comment from an independent out of home company owner: “What happened to all the agencies? In the past there were 8-10 big agencies and 10 more small agencies that used billboards in my state. Me and my sales guy went to see all the agencies listed, […]
Company of the Day – Woodgreen Advertising
Company: Woodgreen Advertising Headquarters: 57 Main St., South Porcupine, ON CA Market: Eastern Ontario Phone: 705-288-8446 Email: keanan@woodgreenadvertising.ca Woodgreen Advertising in based in Ontario, Canada with 64 static faces providing service both in town and highway advertising opportunities in Timmins and surrounding areas in Eastern Ontario . To receive […]
Company of the Day: West Coast Billboards
Note: We are re-featuring West Coast Billboards as our company of the day after a fascinating discussion with Jeremy Jones, the company’s CEO Company: West Coast Billboards Market: California Email: westcoastbillboards@gmail.com Phone: 559-736-1569 West Coast Billboards is a small family owned company which operates on out of home plant with […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds February 8, 2025
“Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.” Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Sells Businesses in Mexico, Peru and Chile to Global Media US LLC
February 06, 2025 6:30 AM EST SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) (the “Company”) today announced it has completed the sale of its businesses in Mexico, Peru and Chile to Global Media US LLC, doing business as Global Vía Pública in a simultaneous sign and […]
Alta Fox Files Federal Lawsuit Against Daktronics and CEO
February 05, 2025 03:00 AM Pacific Standard Time DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alta Fox Capital Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Alta Fox” or “we”), the largest shareholder of Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: DAKT) (“Daktronics” or the “Company”) based on its beneficial ownership interest on a fully converted basis of 11.7% of the Company’s […]