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Lamar Priorities: Digital Conversions, Aquisitions and Easements

Here’s a summary of Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly’s comments at this week’s Morgan Stanley 2026 Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Lamar is finishing a multi-year, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP project So we had what IT people call technical debt, right, 20-, 30-year-old legacy systems […]

A Billboard Story–Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One

  Dr. Wilson had placed his unwavering confidence in me—or so he claimed. When we first met, he was warm, with just a trace of superiority. Not unusual among physicians I’d worked with before. A good sign, even. That was fine by me—I wasn’t there to debate the merits of […]

Company of the Day: Lake Billboard

Company: Lake Billboard Markets: Ohio Address: 1285 North Ridge Rd., Painesville, OH 44077 Email: brian.avsec@lakebillboard.com Phone: 440–2 90–9765 Lake billboard operates a two sided digital billboard outside of Painesville Ohio.  Billboard Insider talked with Brian Avsec, the company’s founder. How did you get into the out of home business. I […]

Digital billboards provide OUTFRONT a 4X sales lift

OUTFRONT executives appeared at yesterday’s Citi 2026 Global Property CEO Conference yesterday.  Here’s a summary of their comments, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. OUTFRONT CEO Nick Brien says changes are coming to Geopath There’s an executive work party that’s been working…with the OAAA and now that’s down to two key […]

Clear Channel Outdoor, Footballco Team Up to Bring Global Soccer Content to Digital Screens Across the U.S.

Collaboration Extends Premium Soccer Storytelling Beyond Host City Stadiums and Across the Nation NEW YORK, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the FIFA World Cup™ returns to the United States for the first time in more than three decades, Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO) and Footballco today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership designed to bring curated, real-time […]

Extra Credit Products wins ADDY Awards

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH — Grand Rapids advertising and design agency Extra Credit Projects (ECP) won 15 awards at last week’s American Advertising Federation (AAF) annual American Advertising Awards (ADDYs). The event was hosted by the West Michigan chapter at the JW Marriott ballroom. ECP took home more awards than any other entrant, […]

Company of the Day – Las Vegas Billboards

Company: Las Vegas Billboards Headquarters: 6233 Dean Martin Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89118 Market: Nevada Phone:  (702) 837-7822 Email: info@lasvegasbillboards.com Las Vegas Billboards is a second-generation, family-owned and operated company with decades of experience. The Harris family has been proud to serve the Las Vegas area for over 35 years.  Chad […]

Kevin Gephart on How to Compensate Reps for Selling Digital

I’m running a series of columns in which I answer reader questions on sales.  Last week I talked about selling long term versus selling short term.  Today I talk about how to compensate sales reps for selling digital billboard advertising. How should I compensate my sales reps for selling Digital? […]

Billboard Insider’s Updated Contractor List March 2026

We’ve added several more names to our list of our of home contractors.  This updated list includes contractors who do sign fabrication and repair, vinyl install, vegetation, electrical, lighting, foundations, excavating and painting.  We’ve sorted the list by state and have put the contractors who are active in every state […]

It’s Still Out of Home to Me

By Nick Coston Out of home media is surrounded by acronyms and it’s getting worse. When I began my journey into “out of home” way back before the term OOH came on the scene, we called most everything billboards, posters or transit. They all fell under the name “outdoor”. “Hey […]