Lamar Advertising won again in Pittsburgh, fending off the city’s relentless attack on its iconic sign overlooking Pittsburgh from Mount Washington. Bottom line: An appeals court said Lamar can keep the sign The mayor wants to appeal to Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court or seek reconsideration The latest court ruling (August […]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ashby Street Outdoor Holdings, LLC (“Ashby Street”)—a leading operator of 1,908 outdoor advertising displays in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri—today announced that it has been acquired by Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) of Baton Rouge, LA. Ashby Street was formed in 2011 by CEO Jim Matalone to acquire […]
Providing Touch-Screen Kiosks for Metro Vancouver’s Regional Transportation Authority TransLink iGotcha Media, a digital interactive studio specialized in building memorable screen-based customer experiences, today announced a partnership with Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, to provide touch-screen kiosks for TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s regional transportation […]
May 30, 2019 – Baton Rouge, LA – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that Jay Johnson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2019. Mr. Johnson, 42, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial […]
This week’s Billboard Insider podcast features Lamar Advertising’s Director of Digital Growth Ian Dallimore. Ian talks about what needs to happen for programmatic buying to increase, how an out of home company can effectively use social media and a not-to-be-missed session at next week’s OAAA 2019 show. Here are some […]
Here are the highlights from Lamar CEO Sean Reilly’s talk yesterday at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference. On what’s performing well We’ve got some verticals that are performing incredibly well like financials…the healthcare vertical is healthy, pardon the pun. Their world is stable and they’re spending […]
By Chris Whitfield, Operations Manager, Lamar Advertising Allow your customers to use more of the actual ad space ! This is an example of what I like to call “permanent extensions” for billboards. I have built many of these in both Arizona and now Colorado. These sit approximately 6 ” […]
At yesterday’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference Lamar CEO Sean Reilly referenced two pending purchases: a midwest out of home advertising company and a sizable transaction in Los Angeles which is tied up in litigation. Insider surmises that the LA transaction is Regency Outdoor Advertising. Regency owns billboards […]
By Nicole Randall OAAA Communications Senior Director When law enforcement is on the lookout for a wanted criminal or a missing person, media publicity is one of the best ways to generate leads. For more than a decade, the OOH industry has worked with the FBI to immediately notify the […]
Just out of the Navy, George Merovich started in the winter of 1972 with Penn Advertising in York, PA — as a bill poster. Forty-seven years later, at Lamar’s regional office in York, PA, Merovich is responsible for development in 18 markets, from Providence to parts of Ohio. He also […]
