Inflation has increased from 1.5-2% annually to 7-8% annually. Take a look at this chart. Source: US Inflation Calculator When you drill down into the numbers you can see that inflation picked up in the last half of 2021 when the last round of covid stimulus vastly expanded the money […]
Sean Reilly appeared yesterday at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference after missing the GO 2022 Out of home media conference with covid. Here are some of his comments. Lamar is setting records We’re on fire. Industry’s on fire. Lamar is continuing to set records every day. […]
Here is day 1 of the Geopath/OAAA 2022 OOH Media Conference in six quotes. Dylan Mabin is Geopath’s new President: “I’ve worked at Geopath for more than 13 years…I’ve grown up at Geopath. It’s an honor to be named President.” Ian Dallimore on the metaverse: “My son is driving around […]
The chart below shows the quarterly revenue change for each of the public US Out of Home companies for 2020-2022 Lamar and Link Media had the smallest covid dip and the fastest covid recovery as their plant have a high concentration of rural roadside billboards. OUTFRONT and Clear Channel […]
“The year is off to an excellent start,” was how Lamar CEO Sean Reilly introduced the company’s 1Q 2022 earnings. Here are the results of Lamar’s first quarter 2022 earnings release and conference call. Revenues increased 22% to $451 million. Billboard revenues are up 17%. Digital revenues are up 20%. […]
BATON ROUGE, La., May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announced today that it has acquired Burkhart Advertising Inc. in Indiana. The purchase, which closed today, includes more than 1,500 billboard structures and 3,200 billboard […]
Las Vegas, NV. May 4, 2022. Just in time for Mother’s Day, Social Media stars Dixie and Charli D’Amelio announce their partnership with ShoutableTM, a new and unique way of creating and sharing messages with friends, family and loved ones. Using Shoutable’s new technology, anyone can create and post a […]
Billboard Insider has compiled a list of the board members for Lamar Clear Channel and OUTFRONT. Nice work if you can get it. Out of home board members get paid a median salary of $205,000. Clear Channel pays a median $245,000. OUTFRONT pays a median of $205,000. Lamar pays directors […]
Dodd-Frank requires public companies to disclose the pay ratio (e.g. the CEO’s total compensation compared to the median annual total compensation for all company employees). Billboard Insider has computed the pay ratios for Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor pulled from each company’s Schedule 14A. Lamar had the lowest […]
Billboard Insider has compiled executive salaries for Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor during 2021 based on data in each company’s Schedule 14A. Total compensation for Public US out of home execs for 2020 and 2021 Two observations Every exec got a pay increase in 2021. The median pay […]
