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Lamar Revenues up 3.8% in 4Q 2023

Lamar CEO Sean Reilly introduced Lamar’s 4Q 23 earnings release with a familiar script: “Revenue growth accelerated as we moved through the fourth quarter, primarily because of strength in local sales. In addition, our team continued to do an outstanding job controlling expenses…”  Here are the results from Lamar’s 4Q […]

How many Flips on your Digital Billboards?

A reader asks Billboard Insider how many flips a minute you should run on a digital billboard.  There are three approaches: Six flips per minute. Run six 10 second flips per minute on your digital billboards.  This is the Lamar approach.  Sometimes less is more.  It also might make sense […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad 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 week’s rating is […]

Company of the Day: JPG Media

Company: JPG Media Markets: Hawaii Address:  441 Cooke Street, Honolulu, Hawaii  96813 Email: jpg@JPGmedia.com Phone: 808-429-7220 JPG Media knows how to think outside the box.  It has to because it operates an out of home plant in a state which outlaws billboards.  The company is a member of the OAAA.  Insider […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds February 24, 2024

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: I would like to purchase a classified ad on Billboard Insider to help advertise my business.  It worked so well for The Nine, that I know it’s money well spent.  John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on […]

Mark Boidman Says Valuations are Down

On Wednesday’s OAAA 2024 Media Outlook webinar, Solomon Partners investment banker Mark Boidman and OAAA CEO Anna Bager had a wide ranging discussion on AI, Gen Z, measurement and trends favoring out of home.  OAAA members can watch the webinar here.    Near the end of the webinar, Boidman mentioned […]

OOH Leadership: Successful Hiring Requires Knowing What You Are Looking For

Let me throw a couple of statistics at you that will blow your mind.  According to a recent study conducted with hiring managers… 92% of hiring managers polled could not specifically describe what characteristics/attributes would be required for a new hire to be successful in the role they were hiring […]

OUTFRONT Revenues Grow 1.2% in 4Q 2023

Revenues up slightly, cashflow down slightly was how you could summarize the  OUTFRONT 4Q 2023 press release, 4Q 2023 earnings presentation and conference call. Revenues increased by 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023.  Billboard revenue increased 2.6%.  Transit revenue declined 4%.  Local revenue grew 4.5%.  National revenue declined 3.1%.  […]

Talon appoints Sue Frogley as group CEO.

London, February 22, 2024: Talon, the global independent Out of Home (OOH) agency, today announces the appointment of Sue Frogley as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the business globally as it targets further growth and expansion. Frogley is an accomplished industry leader with over 30 years experience growing […]

OAAA launches new Futures Leader program to train next generation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – FEBRUARY 22, 2024 – The Out of Home Advertising Association (OAAA), the premier trade group representing the entire out of home (OOH) advertising industry, and OOH UNITED, the industry-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative, announced the new Future Leaders program aimed at future-proofing the OOH industry. Ten successful […]