Here are the highlights from Lamar’s 3rd quarter 2017 earnings release and the Seeking Alpha earnings call transcript. Revenues increased 3.1% to $399 million due to the impact of acquisitions. Organic revenues grew 1%. National revenues were up 4.5%. Local revenues were flat. CEO Sean Reilly pointed out on the call […]
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Outfront revenue up 2.5% for 3Q 2017
Here are the highlights from yesterday’s Outfront earnings release and seeking alpha earnings call transcript. Revenues increased 2.5% to $392 million during the 3rd quarter of 2017. Organic revenues (excluding acquisitions) increased 1%. US revenue was up 1.8%. Outfront took a reduction in revenue of $1.5 million during the quarter […]
IBOUSA Hires McArtor for New Market Penetration
Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager of the IBOUSA announced the hiring of Scot McArtor, who will focus on developing new markets for its substantial and ever-growing network of independent billboard operators. Scot will oversee the expansion of the IBO Cooperative Marketing platform and bring seasoned out-of-home experience to the team that […]
Company of the Day – Red Rock Outdoor
Company: Red Rock Outdoor Headquarters: 133 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10001 Market: New York City Phone: 212-404-2758 Email: info@redrockoutdoor.com Red Rock Outdoor is a New York based Out-of-Home company providing a full array of OOH products to the New York Area. Those include: Wallscapes Bulletins Food […]
Rothfelder on how to challenge license fees.
Sometimes you can fight city hall. Richard Rothfelder has written a case study about how Houston out of home companies successfully sued the city to recover $2.5 million in off-premise sign permit fees. Rothfelder’s firm presented the winning arguments for the out of home companies. By Richard Rothfelder City of […]
Landmark Acquires 13 more out of home sites.
Landmark Infrastructure acquired 13 more out of home advertising sites during the 3rd quarter of 2017 (3 months ended September 30, 2017). Here are the results from the third quarter earnings release and Seeking Alpha earnings transcript. Revenues and net income totaled $13.5 million and $1.9 million, respectively, during the […]
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 week’s board is […]
Company of the Day: RAM Billboards
Company: RAM Billboards Markets: Indiana Headquarters: 1955 West Lancaster Street, Bluffton, IN 46714 Phone: 260-273-7456 Email: ads@rambillboards.com Ram Billboards operates a 14 face billboard plant around Bluffton, Indiana. One of the faces is digital. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Billboard Insider Classifieds November 4, 2017
Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “We have written new insurance business as a result of our ad in Billboard Insider.” Stu Lee, Bassler Insurance “When thinking as to how best to get the word out of our available position we thought of Billboard Insider. We are glad we did. The cost […]
Tax Reform: Victory for Advertisers in Round One
By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President OAAA The tax reform plan released November 2 did not touch deductibility of advertising, a first-round victory for advertisers. “Great news,” said Dan Jaffe of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). The proposal, which starts in the US House, would lower corporate rates from 35 to […]