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Outfront goal: convert 100 statics to digital each year.

Outfront Media announced first quarter 2016 earnings yesterday.  You can find the financials here , review the earnings all powerpoint here and read the Seeking Alpha conference call transcript here.  Lots of things to note.   Revenues grew 3% to $346 million when adjusted for acquisitions, divestitures and currency fluctuations.  US […]

Lamar integrating Clear Channel Plant

Lamar announced First quarter 2016 financials.  You can also read a copy of the Seeking Alpha conference call transcript here.  Here are the highlights from the earnings release and conference call. Total Revenue increased by 12% to $338 million during the first quarter of 2016.  Lamar CEO Sean Reilly said […]

Barnes Outdoor Wins Award for Creative Digital Campaign

Barnes Advertising Corporation won the 2016 Watchfire Digital Billboard Best of Show award in the 2016 Watchfire Digital Billboard Awards for a campaign for Fink’s Used Cars.  You can find a complete list of winners here.   Barnes owns nearly 600 print and eight digital billboard faces throughout 15 counties in Southeastern […]

Company of the Day: Daily Billboards

Company: Daily Billboards Markets: Florida Headquarters: 215 Osceola St Jacksonville, FL  32204 Phone: 904-281-0000 Daily Billboards owns 16 full size 14 by 48 billboards which can be changed every day in Jacksonville and two mobile billboards.  The changeable billboards are not digital but use letters.  The Company’s affiliate B&B outdoor […]

Recycling Vinyl

Insider continues to see more innovative ways to re-use vinyls.   Here is a list of several of the companies focused on this creative new industry along with their logo and a link to their web site.   Headquartered in Mendota Springs, Minnesota, Relan says they are on a mission […]

Landmark Owns 271 Outdoor sites

Landmark Infrastructure announced first quarter 2016 financials.  Landmark acquires real estate which is leased to the wireless, outdoor and renewable power industries. Revenues increased 25% to $7.8 million. EBIDTA totaled $3.9 million. Outdoor accounted for 271 (24%) of the firm’s 1,114 sites at March 31, 2016. The outdoor leases have […]

An Update on iHeart’s Debt Problems

Insider has previously reported on Clear Channel Outdoor’s parent company iHeartMedia and their attempts to resolve a dispute with one of their lending groups. iHeart has a May trial date set to try and block a group of lenders from declaring a default on more than $3 billion in loans. […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Performs Better Than Expected

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings released first quarter 2016 financials yesterday.  Here are the highlights. Total Revenues increased by 1.8% excluding foreign exchange effects and non-strategic asset sales.  North and South American revenues increased by 4%.   The company attributed the growth to higher revenue from digital billboards and higher occupancy […]

Company of the Day: Discover Outdoor

Company: Discover Outdoor Markets: Texas, Oklahoma. Headquarters: PO Box 6351 Paris, Texas 75461 Phone: 903-491-3191 Contact Email:  discoveroutdoor@yahoo.com Discover Outdoor owns 200 faces and 2 digital billboards in Texas and Oklahoma.  Discover has billboard locations in the following cities: Greenville TX, Commerce TX Paris TX Sulphur Springs TX Winnsboro TX McKinney TX Bonham TX Hugo […]

Design Tips From Billboard Connection

This week’s design tips from from a Billboard Connection article called Billboard Design Tips You Really Need to Know.  Simplicity rules.  Photo, benefit-laden-emotionally-charged headline, logo and contact info Use high contrast colors. Forget fancy fonts and AVOID ALL CAPS BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO READ. Use big fonts.  Minimum type […]