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Company of the Day – Interstate Outdoor Advertising

Company: Interstate Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:  905 North Kings Highway,Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Markets: Philadelphia New Jersey New York The Hamptons Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Miami Washington, D.C. Phone:  856.667.6620 Email:   sales@interstateoutdoor.com Interstate Outdoor began in Cherry Hill, NJ in 1984 with a focus on outdoor advertising opportunities in the […]

Which public OOH company grew revenues faster than expenses over the past 7 years?

Which Out of Home company grows revenues faster than expenses?  Look at the chart below.  Insider computed the change in revenues and expenses for Clear Channel, OUTFRONT and Lamar for the past 7 years. Lamar is the only company which grew revenue faster than expenses.  Lamar’s revenues grew 5.8%/year for […]

Terry Carmody: The Last Few Weeks Have Been Encouraging

In addition to owning some out of home assets in New York, Atlanta and Chicago, Terry Carmody handles sales for Integration Media, a specialist out of home company which works closely with IBOUSA.  Here’s a summary of Terry’s zoom comments recently to IBOUSA Associates on national advertising. How Integration is […]

Duck Duck Go on 2,245 US Billboards

  Duck Duck Go is running a campaign on 2,245 billboards in the US and 2,261 billboards in Europe.  The campaign highlights the fact that DuckDuckGo gives users better privacy.  Click on the map below to see where the boards are located. There’s a discussion at ycombinator over whether the […]

What’s a 27 year old car doing on a billboard?

The Drive has a great article about a picture someone took of a 27 year old Toyota ad on a billboard in San Francisco.  The ad was hand-painted on the sign in 1992 and rather than paint over the ad, Clear Channel has simply been stretching vinyl over the hand-painting […]

Company of the Day: Intersection Media

Company: Intersection Markets: Nationwide US Headquarters: 10 Hudson Yards, 26th Floor, New York, NY  10001 Phone: 212-644-6200 Email: hello@intersection.com Intersection operates a network of digital and static screens across multiple urban markets in the US including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, New Jersey, Pittsburgh and […]

Insider’s New Book is Available!

Billboard Insider’s Guide to Leases, Easements and Real Estate  is an important resource for anyone in the Out of Home industry. The 130 page Guide tells you: How to use an out of home attorney effectively 21 things in a good out of home lease 11 things in a good […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds May 30, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “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 “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Lamar Cuts Dividend in Half

Baton Rouge, LA – May 28, 2020 – 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 dividend of $0.50 per share payable on June 30, 2020, to stockholders of record of […]

Boston Omaha Announces Proposed Public Offering of Class A Common Stock

OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boston Omaha Corporation (NASDAQ: BOMN) (“Boston Omaha” or the “Company”) today announced the launch of a proposed public offering of $50 million of its shares of Class A common stock. All of the shares will be offered by Boston Omaha. Boston Omaha also expects to grant the underwriters […]