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Robert Wallace on Selling Southeastern Media and What’s Next

Last week Robert Wallace announced the sale of SouthEastern Media Corporation’s out of home assets in Lynchburg, Virginia to McWhorter Investments.  Wallace started Southeastern Media in 2012 and had 14 digital billboard faces.  Billboard Insider talked to Wallace about the sale. What factors entered into your decision to sell? It […]

OAAA Announces Inaugural Future Leaders Class

OAAA and OOH UNITED are thrilled to announce the exceptional delegates selected for the 2024 Future Leaders program. This groundbreaking initiative was designed to empower and support the next generation of leaders in the out of home industry. Selected from a competitive pool of applicants, the winners demonstrated outstanding talent, […]

Company of the Day: LeClair Calihan

Company: LeClair Calihan Markets: Arizona Address: 2850 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 270, Phoenix, AZ. 85016 Email: ted@leclaircalihan.com Phone: 602-616-0533 LeClair Calihan was found in 2018 by Ted LeClair and Phil Calihan.  The company operates 136 out of home faces including 22 digital faces in Arizona.  LeClair Calihan is a member of […]

New Tradition Buys High Profile LA Inventory from Becker Boards

New York, NY – April 2, 2024. New Tradition, a leading out-of-home media company with premium displays in the nation’s largest markets, enhances its already prominent Los Angeles, CA billboard footprint with their latest acquisition from Becker Boards. In taking over this portfolio, within the second largest DMA, New Tradition’s […]

Company of the Day – Lathrop Billboards

Company: Lathrop Billboards Headquarters: Lathrop California Phone: 209-595-8400 Email: lathrop.billboards@gmail.com Lathrop Billboards owns and operates 14 billboard faces on I-5, I-205 and State Route 120 in Lathrop, California. Lathrop is 10 miles south of Stockton, CA.     To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard insider articles […]

Company of the Day: Lakeland Outdoor

Company: Lakeland Outdoor Markets: Florida Headquarters: 215 E Bay Street, Suite 7, Lakeland, Florida  33810 Phone: 863-603-0373 Email: koertel@lakelandoutdoor.com Lakeland Outdoor operates a  billboard billboard plant with 117 total faces including 7 digital faces in central Florida.  The firm’s plant is centered on Lakeland, Florida, approximately 45 minutes east of Tampa.  Lakeland Outdoor is a […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds March 30, 2024

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: I would like to purchase a classified ad on Billboard Insider to help advertise my business.  It worked so well for The Nine, that I know it’s money well spent.  John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on […]

Adams Outdoor Advertising Announces CEO, Kevin Gleason, to Retire

Gleason will step into the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors role New York, March 29, 2024: Adams Outdoor Advertising (“Adams” or “the Company”), one of the largest out-of-home media operators in the United States, today announced the retirement of Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Gleason, effective April 1st. After […]

Mark Your Calendars for Unleashed ’24

Denver, CO—Get ready to embrace the energy at Apparatix Unleashed ’24! It’s the event you didn’t know you needed, taking place in the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado, from September 18-20, 2024. Why should you care? Because it’s going to be epic. Why You Absolutely Can’t Miss Unleashed ’24 (Seriously, […]

Four Things About Clear Channel Outdoor

Here are four things Billboard Insider learned from reading Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2023 10k. Cash goes to interest. Cash interest on debt totaled $404 million in 2023 compared to cashflow (EBIDTA) of $423 million.  With interest expense equal to cashflow, Clear Channel Outdoor has little money to spend on acquisitions […]