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Two-Thirds of Billboard Insider Readers Want to be Paid on OOH Billings

Last week we polled Billboard Insider readers on out of home sales commissions.  Almost two-thirds of our readers want to be paid based on out of home billings. As the owner of a small out of home company, Billboard Insider prefers to pay sales commissions on collections, not on billings.  […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Company of the Day: Dakota Outdoor

Company:  Dakota Outdoor Advertising Markets:  North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming Address:  100 W. Apache St, Farmington, New Mexico. 87401 Email: accounting@dakota-outdoor.com Phone: 701-354-7880 Dakota outdoor advertising operates static and digital billboards in 30 communities in North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.  The company uses Daktronics digital billboards.  Mike Bushendorf is the company’s […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds December 11, 2021

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 […]

Lamar Advertising Declares $1.00 Dividend and Special Dividend of $0.50

BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.00 per share and a special cash dividend of $0.50 per […]

Place Exchange Releases Reach, Frequency and Impressions Product

Billboard Insider’s take: Here are two press releases on a huge development –  an alternative reach, frequency and impressions provider for independent out of home operators.  We’re intrigued by Chris Cowlbeck’s comment that Place Exchange is willing to seek MRC accreditation once an OOH standard is finalized in 2022. New […]

Clorox Wins Media Plan of the Year Award

WASHINGTON D.C. (December 9, 2021) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the leading trade group representing the entire out of home (OOH) advertising industry, today announced the winners of its Annual OOH Media Plan of the Year Awards. This year’s OOH Media Plan of the Year […]

Geopath Adds 6 Board Members and Makes Lieberman Chairperson

New York, NY (December 9, 2021) – Geopath, a not-for-profit organization that provides the industry-standard audience metrics for Out of Home (OOH) advertising, today announced the election of Michael Lieberman, CEO, US at Kinetic as Chairperson of the Geopath Board of Directors. As Chairperson, Lieberman will support the efforts underway […]

Company of the Day: Daisy Outdoor Advertising

Company: Daisy Outdoor Advertising Markets:  South Carolina (Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson) Address: PO Box 882, Gaffney, South Carolina. 29342 Email:  contact@daisyoutdoor.com Phone: 864-777-4467 Daisy Outdoor Advertising Co operates an out of home plant with 199 faces in 8 counties in upstate South Carolina.  The company is an IBO Market Club affiliate. […]

A Major Change To Lease Accounting – What are My Options?

If you were to look at the Lamar Advertising 2020 Annual Report, the balance sheet lists a long term asset titled “Operating lease right of use assets” in the amount of $1.22 Billion.  On the other side of the balance sheet there is a related liability, in the same amount, […]