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Billboard Insider Classifieds August 12, 2017

Now’s the time to look for an out of home job.  Plenty of listings.  Classifieds cost $60 for 3 months or $120 for 12 months.  To place you own Billboard Insider classified click here. Appraisals Signvalue appraises billboards. Art and Creative Billboards, Etc designs and prints billboard ads. Out of Home Creative designs billboard […]

Four Tips When Seeking an Out of Home Loan

Here are four tips when seeking out of home financing:  look for debt before you need it, cultivate multiple lenders, know your lender and don’t borrow too much. One: Look For Debt When You Don’t Need It. Start talking to lenders before you need them.  It will allow you to […]

Driverless Cars? Not So Fast

McKinsey Partner Scott Nyquist takes a skeptical view of driverless cars in Why Driverless Cars Might Not Hit The Road So Fast. Next time you hear someone say they think that we’ll all be driving driverless cars in 10 years remind yourself that the error rate on futuristic projections is […]

Company of the Day: Logan Communications

Company: Logan Communications Market:  Massachusetts Headquarters: 129 Border Street, East Boston, MA  02128 Phone: 617-569-8720 Email: info@logancommunications.com Logan Outdoor is a family owned business which was founded in 1980 and operates a billboard plant in the Boston area including a portfolio of prominent displays near Logan Airport. [wpforms id=”9787″]   […]

Going all Out for the Arts

Jason D. King, VP, Corporate Communications, Clear Channel Outdoor Americas   For the second year in a row, Clear Channel Outdoor Americas proudly partnered with the New York Musical Festival to help give a space, voice and visibility to new works of art from a diverse range of writers and performers. And since it’s inception, […]

Up and to the right is great – until it isn’t.

31 years of out of home lending and investing have taught Insider this: You never lose money in a recession.  You lose money by the dumb things you do just before the recession. The US economy has been up and to the right for 8.2 years.  There have been 11 […]

Celebrity Street Cred: Why It’s Different This Time Around

Jodi Senese Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at OUTFRONT Media The times they are a-changin’. Yes, they certainly are. I doubt Bob Dylan wrote those lyrics with out of home (OOH) advertising in mind, but they do sum up the state of the industry. The beloved advertising medium of eminent musicians […]

Grand Rapids Bull Market Campaign

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—First Steps Kent is back on the street with a new campaign to push community efforts to strengthen and coordinate early childhood services in Kent County. The non-profit organization partnered with Midwest creative firm, Extra Credit Projects (ECP), to produce billboards, digital displays, and radio advertising that focus on bringing awareness to their mission and its positive […]

Company of the Day – Lindmark Outdoor Media

Company:  Lindmark Outdoor Media Headquarters: 2380 Industrial Blvd. Norman, OK 73069 Markets:  Oklahoma and New Mexico Phone:  405-928-5800 Email: info@lindmarkoutdoormedia.com Insider had the opportunity for a quick conversation with a very busy Trent Lindmark. So you have been busy over the last year.  Do you mind bringing us up to date? It has […]

Lamar revenue and cashflow up in 2Q 2017

Here are the highlights from Lamar’s 2Q 2017 earnings release and conference call: Net revenue increased 2.5% to $397 million.  Acquisition adjusted net revenue increased 1.7%.  National revenue increased 4.5% and local revenue increased 1.5%.  CEO Sean Reilly said that the company’s coast regions are doing well.  It’s the middle […]