Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) is celebrating the Black History Month theme for 2022 of “Health & Wellness.” The company is running digital creative (attached) spotlighting individuals, past and present, at the forefront of fostering and advancing good health and wellness within, and beyond, the Black community. In addition, some of […]
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Company of the Day: George Lay Signs
Editors note: Billboard Insider has learned that George Lay signs sold its billboard plant last year. Company of the Day: George Lay Signs Market: Kansas Headquarters: 1016 N. Waco, Wichita, KS 67203-3999 Phone: 800-888-0433 George Lay Signs is a family-owned Wichita based signs company and billboard business. The company was started in 1955 when […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds February 12, 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 […]
Don’t Let Success Bring You Down
On this week’s Digital and Dirt Podcast, Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly said this: “A lot of people can handle adversity. Success sometimes brings people down…Right now we’re at a moment of time when Lamar is really successful. It’s not going to change my management style…”. Reilly has a point. […]
OUTFRONT Promotes Max Siegelman
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) announced the promotion of Max Siegelman to Head of Cultural Relevance. Formerly the Director of Social Media, Siegelman’s position will now include an expansive pallet of ideas and technologies that will enable new connections between OOH in both the real and […]
Lamar Advertising to Use Digital Network to Spread the Love on Valentines Day
Baton Rouge, LA – February 11, 2022 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, today announced that the company is supporting the ‘Love on Every Billboard’ campaign by donating space on digital billboards across the U.S. During Valentine’s Day weekend, Lamar […]
Company of the Day: General Outdoor
Company: General Outdoor Advertising Markets: California Address: 632 S. Hope Avenue, Ontario, CA 91761 Email: staff@generaloutdoor.com Phone: 909-983-4414 General Outdoor is a family-owned company which was founded in 1954. General Outdoor operates a network of digital bulletins in San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California. Several of the signs are monument signs which also […]
Sean Reilly on Lamar’s origin, decentralized management and a long term mindset.
Ian Dallimore interviewed Sean Reilly on yesterday’s Digital and Dirt podcast. Some highlights. Lamar’s origin story The year was 1902. This is our 120th year in business…There was a buy named Charlie Lamar and he was a banker in Pensacola Florida and on the side he ran the opera house […]
Henson Sentenced to 8 Years
Jeffery T. Henson, also known as Matthew Burns, who used a stolen identity to get a job as comptroller of Watchfire Signs has been sentenced to 8.5 years of prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering. He has also been ordered […]
Fuel Media Partners with Vistar
Atlanta, GA (02.08.22) – FuelMedia TV, a place-based digital media network serving fuel and convenience venues across the United States, today announced a partnership with Vistar Media, the leading provider of programmatic technology for digital out-of-home (DOOH). With this agreement, FuelMedia TV’s national network of 7,000+ gas pump digital video […]