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Are Out of Home Clients Taking Longer to Pay?

Lamar Advertising recently amended the terms of its $175 million accounts receivable securitization program.  The amendment caught insider’s eye.  Here’s the disclosure language. The Amendment increases the maximum three month average Delinquency Ratio generally to 13.00%, and up to 16.00% for up to two additional periods upon written notice from […]

Boston Omaha Announces Closing of $125 Million IPO

Boston Omaha Corporation announced  that Yellowstone Acquisition Company (“Yellowstone”) closed its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 12,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $125,000,000. The units began trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC (“NASDAQ”) under the ticker symbol “YSACU” on October […]

Company of the Day: Orange Barrel Media

Company: Orange Barrel Media Markets: Nationwide Headquarters: 250 North Hartford Ave, Columbus, OH  43222 Phone:  614-294-4898 Orange Barrel Media designs and operates 300 large format faces along with  smart city kiosks in nineteen cities including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Wash DC, Atlanta, Denver, Charlotte, Baltimore, Columbus and Cleveland.  The firm was […]

No New Digital Billboards in Baltimore

Legislation to loosen the city’s 20 year moratorium on digital billboards failed to get out of committee for the lack of support.  Earlier this month Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott pulled a separate bill which would have permitted billboards along railroad land in Baltimore. A contentious clause in bill […]

The New Pass It On Campaign

In an era of increased polarization and negativity we need to celebrate the work that OAAA and Pass It On are doing to highlight heroes and encourage people with positive messages.  Insider talked with Gary Dixon at The Foundation for a Better Life which produces the Pass It On campaign. […]

The Impact of Out of Home on Grocery and Pharmacy Shopping

By Norm Chait, Director of Out-of-Home Product/Sales at Ubimo, a Quotient brand  Shopping behaviors are shifting as public health guidelines continue to evolve. Frequency of store visits, what consumers want from brands and what kind of advertising they observe are all factors in this change. Ubimo, a Quotient brand, conducted a […]

Clear Channel Airports Wins New 10 Year Contract at BWI Airport

Baltimore, MD – – Clear Channel Airports (CCA), the Americas-based airports business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), announced today that it won, through a competitive bid process, a 10-year contract with Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), to provide a cutting edge advertising network. The new contract […]

Company of the Day – OSiK MEDiA

Company: OSiK MEDiA, LLC Headquarters: 100 E. Huntington Drive #210, Monrovia CA 91016 Market: Southern California Phone: 877.796.5050 Email:  info@osikmedia.com OSiK MEDiA is a boutique provider of unique outdoor advertising displays in Southern California.  OSiK’s inventory in California stretches from the US/Mexico border crossing to the Hollywood Hills along with […]

The Billboard Insider/SignValue 2020 Out of Home Lender List

Billboard Insider and SignValue have compiled a list of financial institutions who have lent money to the out of home industry.  Out of home lending is highly specialized.  These institutions have taken the time to understand the industry’s nuances. Bank Lending Clients and Criteria Amalgamated Lamar B. Riley Financial Regional.  […]

5 Questions for Eric Pogue

Two weeks ago the out of home vendor Formetco announced the hiring of Eric Pogue for the role of VP of Strategy and Finance. Insider talked with Pogue about his background, why he joined Formetco and how Formetco is dealing with COVID.  Impressive to hear that Formetco expects to see […]