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Lamar Announces Quarterly Dividend

Lamar Advertising Company announced yesterday that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per share payable on June 30, 2021 to stockholders of record of Lamar’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock on June 21, 2021. Insider’s Take:  Lamar maintains its increase […]

June Sauvaget on How a Fintech Company Uses Billboards

Last Tuesday Billboard Insider ran the press release announcing Brex’s new out of home campaign targeting Houston, DC and Miami  Brex is no stranger to out of home.  In 2018 the fintech startup spent $300,000 on billboards in San Francisco to build brand awareness.  Billboard Insider interviewed Brex CMO June […]

Lamar Partners with Gulfport-Biloxi Airport

Baton Rouge, LA – May 20, 2021 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with the Gulfport-Biloxi Airport Authority to manage the airport terminal’s media program for the display of national, […]

Company of the Day: Wilson Outdoor

Company: Wilson Outdoor Displays Headquarters: 786 Coleman Mill Rd, Carrollton, GA 30116 Markets:  Western Georgia and Eastern Alabama. Phone: 770.854.4899 Wilson Outdoor operates a billboard plant with with 99 faces in Western Georgia and Eastern Alabama including coverage in the following communities: Carrollton Wedowee Roanoke Heflin Ashland Wilson Outdoor started in 1985 when Dwayne Wilson […]

Goodman On Making The Case For Your Billboard

Age Advertising President Andy Goodman has 33 years experience siting and developing billboards.  Today discusses how to make the case for your billboard. Let’s start with the City Council. What makes sense to the City Council? FBI’s most wanted amber alerts natural disaster alerts non-profit advertising and support communications with […]

Conlin On Solar Powered Billboards

Kevin Conlin’s firm Autonomous Power Solutions designs and sells solar powered billboard systems.  Insider asked Conlin for an update on trends in solar powered billboards. What’s new over the past year? 2020 was terrible. It seemed the second half of last year everyone’s budgets contracted, and our solar  business virtually […]

A Few Minutes With Will Denton at IBOUSA

Yesterday, Insider ran a press release announcing the hiring of Will Denton to a new position at the IBO.  We caught up with Will to get to know him and learn how a musician ended up in the billboard business. What’s your background? I have been a professional musician for […]

WPP CEO Mark Read paints a rosy picture for out of home.

Mark Read, Chief Executive Officer of WPP, the world’s largest advertising company, has given a fascinating insight into how WPP sees the world of marketing, advertising and media developing in the years ahead. Speaking at the World Out of Home Organization’s virtual European Forum in an interview with WOO President […]

Company of the Day – Williams Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Williams Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Chattanooga, TN Headquarters: PO Box 8823, Chattanooga, TN Phone: 423-702-6602 Email:  harley@chattanoogabillboard.com Williams Outdoor Advertising operates 6 digital billboards structures with 7 digital faces located in Chattanooga, Tennessee  The company’s sales manager is Harley Williams.   [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement