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What the B-School Students Think of Lamar Advertising

Billboard Insider was interviewed by a group of Tulane undergraduate B-school students (picture above) who did a valuation and research report on Lamar.  They rate Lamar as market perform with a 12 month target price of $117.00.   The group’s investment thesis (see below) notes Lamar’s steady dividends, reduced acquisitions and […]

Company of the Day – Mashburn Outdoor

Company: Mashburn Outdoor Headquarters: 2555 Marietta Highway, Ste. 102, Canton, GA 30114 Markets: Atlanta & Savanah, GA Phone: (877) 413-3683 Email: nslota@mashburnoutdoor.com Led by Richard Mashburn, Mashburn Outdoor has owned and operated over 800 traditional and digital billboard faces throughout the Southeast since they were founded in 2009. Mashburn currently […]

OAAA Cannabis Map: A Valuable Resource to Guide Members

By: Andy McDonald, SVP, Government Affairs, OAAA In the US, the landscape surrounding cannabis, both for medical and recreational use, continues to evolve  and OAAA assists members in navigating the ongoing changes with the newly-updated Cannabis Map.  This resource offers members important insights into one of the OOH industry’s fastest […]

AI, DOmedia & OOH: Fueling the Industry with Specialized Data

What can AI do for the out-of-home industry, with $10 billion of annual planned media data? Imagine:  you’re sitting at your desk, or in your spare bedroom, or wherever flips your company’s switch these days. You’ve got a quick turnaround on a brief for your most demanding client, and you […]

Vehicle Miles up in March 2024

Vehicle miles travelled improved by 0.7% to 275.5 billion miles during the month of March 2024 according to the FHWA March 2024 Travel Volume Trends. Here’s the data. The South Atlantic states were the only part of the United States to see a traffic decline.  Here’s a chart showing how […]

Vistar’s Provenzano to Address WOOH Hong Kong Congress

Vistar co-founder and CEO Michael Provenzano will discuss the potential for Out of Home to go beyond local audiences and mine significant revenue opportunities on an international scale at the World Out of home Organization Global Congress in Hong Kong from June 5-7. He will provide a comprehensive guide to […]

Company of the Day: Meadow Outdoor

Company: Meadow Outdoor Markets: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho Headquarters: PO Box 331, The Dalles, OR  97058 Phone: 800-221-4114 Email: meadow@meadowoutdoor.com Meadow Outdoor is a family-owned which operates over 1,100 faces including 18 digital faces in 4 western states.  The  firm started by Joe Zukin in 1968.   Joe Zukin died on December 4, 2018.  […]

Three Things About Link Media Outdoor

Yesterday Boston Omaha Corporation released its 2023 Annual Letter.  It is blissfully free of the fuzzy-management-consulting-speak which clogs many public company annual reports and letters. Here are three things about Link Media Outdoor (Boston Omaha’s out of home subsidiary) which SignValue learned from reading the Boston Omaha 2023 Annual Letter. […]

After The Storm – Insider Visits With Bill Lodzinski

In early April, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice placed four counties under a state of emergency just hours after a major line of storms moved through packing 80 and 90 mph winds.  Unfortunately WV Outdoor was greatly impacted by the storms as we wrote about on April 5th. Thus week […]

Are Some Automated Out of Home Platforms Slow-pay?

There are numerous automated out of home sales platforms (e.g. Adomni, Adquick, Blip, OneScreen.Ai, Place Exchange and Vistar to name a few).  Billboard Insider is hearing disconcerting reports that some automated out of home platforms are slow pay.  We thought one of the benefits of automated out of home platforms […]