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Lamar Acquires Crossroad Digitals

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Stark Capital Solutions, Inc., acted as the exclusive advisor to Crossroads Digital Outdoor, LLC in Lamar’s acquisition of Crossroads’ assets, which was announced yesterday. The purchase includes 18 monopole structures supporting 29 digital advertising faces covering the south central part of Michigan. Crossroads’ strong digital presence made […]

How Was Your First Quarter?

Three of the four public out of home companies grew revenues during the first quarter of 2023. Link Media Outdoor revenues grew 13% OUTFRONT revenues grew 6% Lamar revenues grew 4% Clear Channel Outdoor Americas revenues declined 1%. How did your out of home company revenues do during the first […]

Clear Channel & USO Digital Billboard Campaign Inspires American Support for Military

Military Appreciation Month Campaign in Partnership with the Out of Home Advertising Association of America Invites Americans to Share Messages of Gratitude for U.S. Military Members and Families NEW YORK, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — During May, Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) and […]

Company of the Day – Allvision Canada

Company: Allvision Headquarters: 366 Adelaide Street W, Suite 207, Toronto, ON M6J 1A8 Markets: Toronto, ON; Mississauga, ON; Montreal QC; Vancouver, BC Phone: 905-285-0346 Allvision has crafted a significant portion of the most highly valued large format digital out-of-home inventory in Canada. On June 29, 2020, Allvision successfully re-entered the […]

Link Media Revenues Up 13% in 1Q 23

Boston Omaha released first quarter 2023 financials last week.  Here are the segment results for the company’s Link Media Outdoor subsidiary. Revenues increased 13% to $10.3 million in the first quarter of 2023 due to organic revenue growth and the purchase of billboards from Elevation Outdoor in November 2023. Sales […]

If You Manage Billboard Assets For Others, Read This

By Chris Bassler, President of Bassler & Co. Insurance Agency When you manage billboard assets for others you are essentially in the property management business. The definition of property management is the daily oversight of commercial real estate by a third-party contractor. Generally, property managers take responsibility for day-to-day repairs, […]

Rate This Ad by Wes Frick

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random billboard ad using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is provided by […]

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Company of the Day: Albro Advertising

Company:  Albro Bench Advertising Markets: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania Address:  20 W 3rd St, Suite 4, Jamestown, NY  14701 Phone: 716-640-9729 Email: albro2signs@yahoo.com Albro Bench Advertising operates plant of 150 bus benches primarily in Western New York State.  The company’s benches are concentrated in the following communities: James Town, New York Olean, New York […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds May 13, 2023

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “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 […]

Pat O’Donnell on Getting Started in Out of Home

Billboard Insider is running an interview series with Pat O’Donnell who just retired as President of YESCO Outdoor Media after a 40 year career in out of home.  Pat served on the board of directors of the OAAA and in 2017 was inducted into the OAAA Hall of Fame.  Today he […]