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Company of the Day – Ultra Outdoor

Company:  Ultra Outdoor Headquarters: 2210 Sampson St, Westlake, LA 70669 Market: Southwest Louisiana  Phone: 337-437-6117  Ultra Outdoor operates a plant of digital and static billboards in Southwest Louisiana.  The company was previously known as Vision Outdoor, but the name was changed in 2015.  Jane Young is the company’s Sales Manager.  Michael Kile is […]

Outfront tops S&P 500 in 2Q 2019

Outfront grew nearly twice as fast as the S&P 500 during the second quarter of 2019 due to strong revenue growth.   Outfront stock (purple) was up 8%, Lamar (green) was flat, Clear Channel Outdoor (blue) was down 12% which the S&P 500 (black) grew 3% during the second quarter. The […]

New and Noted – July 7, 2019

Robert and Sam Kovacs have written about Lamar Advertising at Seeking Alpha.  They say Lamar is a conservative stock with a 4.6% dividend yield, projected dividend growth of 4-6%/year and “decent not exceptional” projected capital gains. The Levis have out of home in their blood.  Clear Channel Outdoor EVP Dan […]

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 […]

Company of the Day: Trone Outdoor

Company: Trone Outdoor Advertising Markets: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware. Address:  1345 Abbottstown Pike, Hannover, PA  17331 Phone: 1-800-864-7724 Email: info@troneoutdoor.com Trone outdoor operates a billboard plant in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.  The company has been in business since 1984.  John Trone is the company’s President.   [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Billboard Insider Classifieds July 6, 2019

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 […]

Sean Reilly: Landmark is a competitor.

Insider gets a letter or two a month from Landmark asking him to sell a billboard lease or easement.  Insider asked Lamar CEO Sean Reilly about Landmark on Monday’s Billboard Insider Podcast and here’s what Reilly said. Landmark infrastructure has accumulated a portfolio of 700 billboard leases and wants to […]

Becker Boards Buys Relay Outdoor Assets

  Becker Boards has purchased certain assets of Relay Outdoor.  Becker owns a billboard plant in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco.  Insider talked with Mark Becker about the transaction. What assets were involved? Nine sign structures on seven sites with 18 faces primarily in the northwest part of […]

FOARE Awards Scholarships to Future Urban Planners

The Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education (FOARE) has awarded scholarships to two graduate students with a future in community planning. The Reagan Family Scholarship Endowment, awarded to graduate students studying city or urban planning or a similar discipline, is intended to help groom a new generation of leaders […]

Company of the Day: Triple O Outdoor

Company: Triple O Outdoor Market:  Texas Headquarters: P.O. Box 101253, Fort Worth, TX 76185 Phone:  963-777-3527 Email:  walter@tripleooutdoor.com Triple O is a family business which was founded in 1995.  The company has digital faces and static faces in the North Houston Metro area.   The company serves the following communities: Conroe The Woodlands […]