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Ken Altena on Sustainable Out of Home Debt.

Ken Altena has 35 years experience as a lender to out of home companies.  He is a partner in Billboard Loans, LLC.  As a lender, I am often asked, “How much can I borrow?”  The answer is, “it depends.”  It depends on your borrowing costs and it depends on how […]

Be Bold But Be Careful

It is nice to be bold in supporting  your team, but you may have to deal with the consequences.  The British newspaper, The Sun, put up billboards in advance of the quarterfinal World Cup soccer match between England and France.  The Sun went digital right in front of the Eiffel […]

Lamar Announces Cash Dividends on Common Stock

Baton Rouge, LA – December 8, 2022 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.20 per share and a special cash dividend of $0.30 per share, […]

World Out of Home Organization Creates Sustainability Task Force

The World Out of Home Organization is creating a Global Sustainability Task Force of hand-picked expert practitioners from all sides of the global industry. The Task Force will be led by blowUP media CEO and WOO board member Katrin Robertson. Among its duties will be: *Positioning Out of Home (with […]

Company of the Day: Scadron Outdoor

Company:  Scadron Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Chicago Headquarters:  1015 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois  60642 Phone:  312-666.7500 Email:  info@scadron.com Scadron Outdoor (formerly Arrow Signs of Chicago) is a fourth generation family owned firm which was originally founded in 1892 to do billboards and on-premise signs.  In 1984 the company sold the on-premise business […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds December 10, 2022

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 […]

More on Daktronics

Billboard Insider has picked up more information related to our Daktronics story from yesterday. First is a press release from Daktronics on an addition to their Board of Directors. Here is a portion of that release. BROOKINGS, S.D., Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ – DAKT) today […]

US Billboard Revenues Beyond Covid – Transit and Street Furniture Close the Gap

Billboard revenues are surging, transit and place based revenues are coming back and place based revenues continue to lag versus pre covid.  That’s what’s apparent in the third quarter 2022 revenue figures reported yesterday by the OAAA. US billboard revenues grew 7% in the third quarter of 2022 and are […]

An Update On Our Tragedy Strikes Article

Emerald Outdoor’s GM, Tom Townsend shared on Wednesday of the tragic accident that took the life of  Emeralds long time installer, Chris Sanders. Chris’ wife May was traveling with him and was injured in the accident.  Insider reached out for an update from Tom and here are his thoughts. I […]

Fotofetch Shot of the Week

What a week!  December is keeping FotoFetch busy!   We pulled into Sacramento to shoot there, then hit the 205 to Hayward and San Francisco.   We also shot in Silicon Valley on the way to Riverside.   We headed east to Nevada, then south to Phoenix.  We were doing photo shoots all […]