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IBOUSA Sends $250,000 to Independent Operators

At the fall IBOUSA conference Becky Smith highlighted how the IBO’s Speedway network is generating revenues for their independent billboard operators that are participating.  Billboard Insider talked with Smith about the program. How’s the program coming along? It’s been great and we continue to grow and to evolve!  We shifted […]

What to Do When Someone Trespasses On Your Billboard Property

By Richard Hamlin and Marnie Christine Cody, Hamlin Cody Law Firm. When you own and oversee a billboard, there is no clear guarantee that trespassers will avoid your billboard property. Our billboard lawyers have litigated disputes between landowners and billboard companies involving claims of trespassers. Unfortunately, many of us have […]

Company of the Day: Brooks Billboard

Company: Brooks Billboard Markets: Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky Headquarters:  PO Box 795, Perrysburg, OH  43552 Phone: 419-874-6400 Email:  BrooksWelker@yahoo.com Brooks Outdoor operates a plant with 85 billboards in Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky.   The compan’s market includes Toledo, I-75 south to Dayton and state routes in northwest Ohio. The company started in the sign contracting […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds October 2, 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 and OUTFRONT Outpace Market in 3Q 2021

Lamar and OUTFRONT outpaced the stock market during the third quarter of 2021.  Lamar up 9.4%, OUTFRONT up 5.2% and Clear Channel was up 0.4% versus  1.6% growth for the S&P 500. Public Stock Market performnce for 3 months ended September 30, 2021.  Lamar (green), OUTFRONT (purple), Clear Channel Outdoor […]

The Macy’s Sign, Headed To Amazon?

You might recognize this store in the picture above.  In fact, Macy’s flagship store on 34th street in Manhattan may be one of the most recognizable department stores in the world.  Part of the reason is because of the 2,200 square foot billboard, built in 1963, on a building adjacent […]

City of Austin v. Reagan Advertising – A Flurry of Briefs This Week

With the US Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments November 10 in the billboard case from Austin, TX (City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising), There was a flurry of activity this week as multiple groups filed briefs with the court. The issue: Reagan and Lamar Advertising sued Austin […]

Delivering Jobs PSA Campaign

September 28, 2021 – Delivering Jobs, an inclusion campaign dedicated to creating pathways to one million employment and leadership opportunities for people with autism, intellectual and/or developmental differences by 2025, is launching a nationwide digital public service billboard campaign in October to coincide with National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The […]

Company of the Day: Borges Outdoor

Company: Borges Media Markets:  Texas Address: PO Box 1201 Stephenville, TX. 76401 Phone: 254-431-2888 Borges Media operates a billboard plant with 4 digital faces and 2 static faces in Stephenville, Texas.  The company was formed in 2019 and is owned by Joseph Borges who also owns a real estate firm.  […]

More Money, More Money

Boston Omaha, the parent company of Link Media, announced yesterday in an 8-K filing with the SEC that they had entered into an at-the-market equity offering program, pursuant to a Sales Agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC  to raise up to $100 Million in a new equity offering. Boston Omaha […]