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Company of the Day – Bedsole Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Bedsole Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:   Woodstock GA 30188 Markets:   Georgia and Alabama Phone: 404.317.4799 Email:   BedsoleOutdoor@comcast.net Bedsole Outdoor was established in 2006. The owner is Angi Bedsole. Current inventory is located in Dawsonville, Marietta & Birmingham. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Lamar revenues up 9% in 3Q 2019

Lamar revenues and cashflow grew by 9% and 12%, respectively, during the third quarter of 2019.  Here are the results from the third quarter 2019 earnings release. Revenue increased 9.4% to $458 million for the third quarter of 2019.  Organic revenue adjusted for acquisitions increased 3.4%.  Local revenue was up […]

Jeremy Male: “It was another terrific performance.”

“I think you’ll agree it was another terrific performance for our business” was how OUTFRONT CEO Jeremy Male summarized OUTFRONT’s the third quarter financial results yesterday.  Here are some other comments from the earnings call. On the increase in yields First, we’re getting a nice increase in static billboard yields […]

Watchfire Integrates with Blip

DANVILLE, Ill. — (November 5, 2019) — Watchfire Signs, a leading manufacturer of digital billboards and LED displays, today announced a partnership with Blip that will allow users of Watchfire’s Ignite software to enable Blip with a single click. Blip is the highest performing self-serve marketplace for small business advertisers in the United […]

Clear Channel Integrates with Broadsign Programmatic Buying

MONTREAL, Canada and New York, NY — November 5, 2019 — Broadsign, the leading digital out-of-home (DOOH) marketing platform and Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), one of the world’s largest OOH providers, today announced a new partnership that enables brands to tap CCO’s U.S. DOOH inventory via Broadsign’s programmatic supply-side […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Cedar Rapids

Did you know: Cedar Rapids is the 2nd largest city in Iowa with just under 130,000 residents. Cedar Rapids is the hometown to actors Elijah Wood, Ashton Kutcher, Ron Livingston, Bobby Driscoll and Michael Emerson. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Cedar Rapids, Iowa DMA.  Infographics for the […]

Company of the Day: Bella Outdoor

Company: Bella Outdoor Markets:  Montana Headquarters: PO Box 50119, Billings, MT Phone: 406-671-6155 Email: Bellaoutdoor@bresnan.net Joe and Jenifer Mancuso Bella Outdoor was started in 2007 by Joe and Jenifer Mancuso.  The company operates a billboard plant  around Billings in Yellowstone, Carbon and Stillwater counties.     The company was the subject of a 2009 Billings Gazette […]

OUTFRONT Revenue up 12% in 3Q 2019

“A noteworthy performance for our company driven by digitization, sales execution and the growing importance of out of home in advertisers’ media mix” was how Outfront CEO introduced third quarter 2019 earnings. Here are the highlights from the third quarter 2019 earnings release and earnings deck. Revenues grew 12% to […]

LA Metro Unveils Digital Sign Art Series on A Line

With the reopening of the full A Line, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will unveil new digital amenities, including a digital communications and advertising network and its new digital art portrait series as part of Metro’s “New Blue” rail line improvements. Customers riding the newly dubbed A […]

Rate This Board By Greg Callaham

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This weeks rating is […]