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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 […]

Clay Robertson says billboards “are the difference between being here and not.”

The anti-billboard crowd says that billboards don’t work in a world of mobile phones.  Tell that to Clay Robertson.  IBOUSA General Manager Chris Cowlbeck interviewed Robertson, the owner of Robertson’s Hams of Marrieta Oklahoma.  Some of the highlights. How did you get started with billboards. My dad put in a […]

do it outdoors lauches first ooh/digital click through rate guarantee

(NATIONAL – May 27, 2020) – do it outdoors media has launched an click-through rate (CTR) increase guarantee for advertisers that deploy an integrated mobile billboard and digital ad campaign. First-to-market in the out-of-home (OOH) media industry, this CTR Guarantee initiative guarantees that advertisers who launch do it outdoors’ integrated […]

Company of the Day: Huntington Outdoor

Company: Huntington Outdoor Markets: Ohio, Indiana Headquarters: 524 1/2 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH  45331 Phone: 800-704-5973 Email: office@huntingtonoutdoor.com Huntington Outdoor operates a billboard plant with over 400 faces in Southwest Ohio and east-central Indiana.  The company was formed by Justin Powell in 2008 and is headquartered in Greenville Ohio. The company’s VP of Sales Jena […]

Judge Dismisses SF Lawsuit Against Mayor, Outfront and Clear Channel

Courthouse News reported that San Francisco Mayor London Breed cannot be sued for allegedly pressuring advertising firms to pull a political rival’s billboards that were denounced as racist by the mayor and several other elected officials, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.  Failed mayoral candidate Ellen Zhou sued Mayor Breed, Clear […]