The out of home deal market is “incredibly strong” says out of home investment banker Max Drachman on this week’s Billboard Insider podcast. Max has more than 10 years experience in out of home dealmaking with Kalil & Co. Here are some highlights. Your firm Kalil is also a large […]
Insider isn’t the only person who thinks that Longview Texas ought to show flexibility to convince Lamar to take down a billboard with a valid permit and lease so a Starbucks store can take its place. Here’s an excerpt from a Longview News Journal editorial: “Simply put, Longview should not […]
Outfront announced that two of their wholly-owned subsidiaries priced a private offering of $650,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2027. Outfront intends to use the net proceeds from the notes offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of its outstanding $550 million 5.250% […]
Insider agrees with Lamar CEO Sean Reilly’s comments that out of home will sell advertising in an autonomous car world just like it sells advertising today in transit settings today. If you disagree and are worried about the impact on autonomous cars, you can take a deep breath. Autonomous cars […]
Longview News Journal says that Starbucks wants to demolish a building at 707 W Marshall in Longview, Texas and put up a coffee store. The problem is that a three sided Lamar billboard sits on the site and will have to go as well. Lamar has agreed to remove […]
Insider spotted a Lamar ad campaign which uses weather triggered advertising on 6 digital billboards in Baton Rouge on behalf of Accutemp an AC/heating company. Ian Dallimore, Lamar’s Director of Digital Growth, talked with Insider. Where did the idea come from? Our account executive in Baton Rouge worked with Accutemp’s […]
Tornado season highlights the expanding partnerships between emergency messengers and digital billboards. Insider takes you inside the fast-moving preparations for recent severe weather in Oklahoma, to explain the speed and sophistication of these partnerships. 5:58 pm Saturday (May 18): authorities sent a group text to activate digital billboards on Sunday. […]
Here are the top 10 quotes Insider heard at the OAAA 2019 convention. OAAA President and CEO Nancy Fletcher: I want to leave with you the single most important lesson I’ve learned in 40-plus years in OOH. The OOH industry would in no way be where it is today without […]
The Chesterfield Observer reports that Chesterfield County has reached an agreement with Lamar to amend the county’s sign code. The changes are the result of a 7 month process including three public work sessions. Key elements of the agreement include: A cap on the number of billboards in the county […]
Terrific convention for the IBOUSA in Savannah last week. Congratulations to Chris Cowlbeck and the IBO staff for all their hard work. Insider noticed three things that we wanted to point out as highlights to the convention. Programmatic is no longer a foreign language to the IBOUSA membership – How […]
