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Company of the Day – Whiteway Outdoor

Company: Whiteway Outdoor Market: Atlanta, Georgia Headquarters: 6400 Powers Ferry Road, Suite 374, Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 770-226-9605 Email: mlevin@whitewayad.com   Whiteway Outdoor operates a high profile billboard plant consisting of 13 static billboard faces and 3 digital billboard structures with four faces located in Atlanta.  The structures are in prime locations […]

Lamar Organic Revenues Down 8.2% in 1Q 2021

Lamar continues to recover from covid with a stronger than exected first quarter.  Here are the results of the earnings release and conference call. Revenues declined 8.8% to $371 million.  Organic or acquisition adjusted revenues declined 8.2%. Adjusted EBIDTA was down 4.6% to $152 million during the first quarter of […]

Denise Levine: Things are Coming Back!

Today’s podcast guest is Denise Levine, Chief Revenue Officer of Branded Cities a 20 year old out of home company which specializes in iconic urban out of home locations.  She talks about what it’s like selling iconic urban out of home assets. Here are the highlights. Review Branded Cities history […]

Spokane Proposes A $250 Annual Fee on Billboards

The Spokane WA City Council introduced legislation Monday that would charge billboard owners a new $250 annual fee and dedicate the proceeds toward graffiti and blight remediation efforts on public property. The annual fee would apply to any billboard or off-premises sign measuring at least 9 square feet. The proposal […]

Comscore Signs First OOH Client

RESTON, Va., May 4, 2021 – Comscore (Nasdaq: SCOR), a trusted partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media, today announced an agreement with Lightbox OOH Video Network, a leading digital out-of-home media company, to provide out-of-home (OOH) audience measurement. Under the agreement, Lightbox will receive digital ad impressions, reach estimates and audience […]

Billboard Campaign Attempts to Solve TN Murder Case

Ike Wingate of Wingate Media is organizing a digital billboard campaign to solve a murder case in Tennessee.  Insider talked with Wingate. Ike, what case are you trying to solve? A good friend and all around great man was murdered at his home 2 weeks ago. His name was Jim […]

Company of the Day: Whistler Outdoor

Company: Whistler Outdoor Markets:  Oklahoma Headquarters:  6304 E 102nd, Tulsa, OK  74137 Phone: 914-491-7446 Email: info@whistlerworks.com Whistler Outdoor operates a plant of traditional, tri-vision and digital billboards in the Tulsa and Oklahoma city metro areas.  The company is owned by Shawn Whistler.  In February 2019 Whistler Outdoor acquired certain Oklahoma out of home assets […]

Max Drachman: The Second Half of 2021 Should Be Active

Billboard Insider talked with Kalil and Company’s Max Drachman last week to get an update on the out of home transactions market. Max, how is 2021 shaping up in terms of deal volume? The year started a bit slower than usual, however it is picking up in a hurry.  We […]

Agency of the Week: Brooklyn Outdoor

Agency:  Brooklyn Outdoor Headquarters: 2501 Russell St, Suite 400, Detroit, MI 48207 Phone: 844-504-7446 Email: info@brooklynoutdoor.com Brooklyn Outdoor is a Detroit headquartered out-of-home agency with offices in Chicago, and LA. Insider talked with Candice Simons who founded the company in 2013 and serves as President and CEO. Candice, how did […]

Karen Germ Named OAAA VP Marketing

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 3, 2021) —The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the national trade association for the entire OOH and DOOH media ecosystem, today announced that Karen Germ has joined as Vice President of Marketing. Germ, who will be based in the trade group’s New York office, was brought on to implement OAAA’s industry-leading initiatives to raise awareness for and elevate OOH as […]