With the news of the Lamar investment in Vistar Media, our internal conversation at Insider was around one key issue and that was confirmed yesterday from several industry executives. This comment from a reader and an owner/operator sums it up nicely. We are are a small operator, and compete with […]
After the announcement of the $30 million Lamar Advertising investment, Insider reached out to Vistar Media CEO, Michael Provenzano for a discussion on the investment and the addition of a strategic partner. How long have discussions been ongoing for the potential of raising additional capital? We began active evaluation of […]
BATON ROUGE, La., July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announced today that it has acquired a minority stake in Vistar Media, a leading global provider of programmatic technology for the digital out-of-home sector. Lamar’s […]
Billboard Insider was curious how proof of performance works with programmatic advertising. We asked Ian Dallimore, VP of Digital Growth and GM Programmatic at Lamar Advertising. How do you handle proof of performance with programmatic out of home advertising? We are setting the standards for Programmatic. Since the nature of […]
The most often asked question Billboard Insider gets is “how much does it cost to rent a billboard in…” We refer the questioner to the Adquick “how much does a billboard cost” widget. Here’s what the landing page looks like. The widget gives you pricing information based on the […]
Baton Rouge, LA – June 2, 2021 – In conjunction with Pride Month in June, Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, has launched a nationwide campaign across the company’s digital billboard network to celebrate and express support for the LGBTQ+ community. The campaign’s core […]
Anna Bager moderated a CEO panel at yesterday’s OAAA/Geopath conference. Some of the highlights. Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly on the resilience of billboards. Since this time last year I have consistently underestimated our ability to come back. This time last year we were all drawing down our revolvers…things exploded […]
Here are 7 takeaways from day one of the OAAA/Geopath 2021 conference. (1) The recovery is occurring faster than expected, says Sean Reilly, CEO, Lamar Advertising (2) “We learned how to sell other verticals,” Scott Wells, CEO, Clear Channel America on selling during covid. (3) “Covid brought new brands” to […]
Today’s podcast guest is Jay Johnson, CFO of Lamar Advertising. Here’s what Jay said about out of home’s resilience, managing through covid, sustainable leverage, cyber risk and the acquisitions market. What was your biggest surprise about out of home coming into the industry? The resilience of the out of […]
Lamar Advertising Company announced yesterday that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per share payable on June 30, 2021 to stockholders of record of Lamar’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock on June 21, 2021. Insider’s Take: Lamar maintains its increase […]
