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More On Employee Fraud – Who’s Minding the Store?

Issues related to fraud continue to resonate. Insider received this story from a reader. A reality any smaller Company must deal with is how do we best utilize our staff, who typically will have multiple roles. In one of my early COO roles, I went to work for a company […]

Washinton or Washington?

Insider thought we would end the week with this Twitter item from our home state (and John’s home town).  The Spokane County Police Department has taken their recruitment efforts all the way to Times Square New York. Only problem was that Washington was initially mis-spelled and then quickly corrected (you […]

JC Decaux Revenue Up 31% During 3Q 2021

Revenues increased at JCDecaux despite mobility restrictions in asia and limits on international flights.  Here are the results of the company’s 3Q 2021 revenue release.  We’ve translated euros into dollars. Revenue increased 31% tp $888 million.  Street furniture grew 31%.  Transit grew 34%.  Billboards grew 21%. The company expects organic […]

Company of the Day: Choice Media

Company: Choice Media Markets: Texas, New Mexico Headquarters: 11805 I-27, Amarillo, TX  79119 Phone: 806-352-6585 Email: Info@ChoiceMediaTX.com Choice Media operates a billboard plant in Texas.  Brad and Kristie Tooley formed the company in 1992 by buying a half dozen empty billboard faces with proceeds from the sale of a rental house.    Today Choice Media […]

Lamar Revenues Up 24% in Third Quarter 2021

“Our recovery is now complete,”  was how a bullish Sean Reilly lead off Lamar’s third quarter 2021 conference call.  Here are the highlights from Lamar’s 3Q 21 earnings release and conference call. Revenues increased 24% to $476 million.  Local revenue grew 18%.  National and programmatic revenue grew 40%. Adjusted EBITDA […]

How Pearl Media is lighting up Nashville’s Fifth + Broadway

Printed with the permission of  One of DOOH’s best qualities is how compelling it can be. The right messaging and creative can stop a person in their tracks, using this medium to produce these kinds of results is exactly the philosophy that drives Pearl Media….and it’s why buyers looking to […]

Conservation International and Clear Channel run digital campaign during COP26

                NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Over the next two weeks, 20,000 world leaders and delegates will meet in Glasgow to discuss solutions to the world’s climate crisis. And there’s a voice that we need to make sure is heard louder and clearer than ever […]

Company of the Day- Chesapeake Outdoor

Company:  Chesapeake Outdoor  Headquarters:   5 Hill St Onancock, VA 23417 Markets: Virginia Phone: 757.787.7662 Email: sales@chesapeakeoutdoor.com Chesapeake Outdoor owns and manages over 170 faces that can be seen from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia to Westover, Maryland.  Areas of coverage include Chincoteague, VA and Crisfield, MD.    [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement

MacMillan and McWhorter on the Trailhead/Horton Transaction

The industry is saying that the transaction closed this week between Trailhead Media and Horton Outdoor was one of the largest Out of Home transaction of 2021. Insider reached out to the key players, Robert MacMillan, CEO of Trailhead Media, and Josh McWhorter, CEO of McWhorter Capital Partners, to get […]

Deanna Berry on Who Contributed to Horton Outdoor’s Success

We saw Deanna Berry’s linkedin post on the sale to Trailhead and asked to reprint it.  Deanna credits the employees and vendors who helped McWhorter thrive and grow.   A great read if you are new to the out of home business or are thinking of starting your own out of […]