AUSTIN, Texas, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lamar Advertising, one of the largest out-of-home (OOH) advertising companies in the world, and Grocery TV, a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising company in grocery retail, have partnered to package their premium inventories, so that advertisers can activate simultaneously in grocery stores and large-format billboards through a singular […]
A reader writes “we have seen a greater than average amount of advertisers slow paying or not paying their bills. Last month we did not hit our 93% collection budget. We also have more in 60-90+ than we have in a long time. I wonder if other companies are seeing […]
By Adam Malone, C0-Founder and President of Screenverse One week ago OneScreen AI announced its $1.2 million seed round to fix a “broken” OOH industry and become, as the Business Insider headline read, the “Amazon of OOH”. The news of Lamar’s $30 million investment in Vistar Media is proof that […]
US out of home stocks beat the market during the second quarter of 2021. Clear Channel Outdoor increased by 40% during the second quarter of 2021 versus a 7% increase for the Standard and Poor 500. Clear Channel stock is more volatile than the other out of home companies because […]
Here is Billboard Insiders’ 2021 list of the top 20 US out of home companies ranked by bulletin and poster faces. We’ve updated the list through July 6, 2021. On Thursday we will publish a list of 427 US out of home companies ranked by bulletin and poster faces. Four […]
The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments June 16 in the constitutional challenge to Cincinnati’s billboard tax. A decision will be issued later. Counsel for plaintiffs Norton Outdoor and Lamar argued that it’s unfair and unconstitutional for a municipality to single out a form of speech for targeted taxation that […]
Today’s podcast guest is John James, the founder of SignBird. Today John talks about selling billboards for Lamar, his proudest out of home sale and what your website needs to effectively market your signs. On getting into out of home My first job out of college – I was working […]
Baton Rouge, LA – June 8, 2021 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home media companies in the world, today announced that it has secured a 5-year transit advertising contract with Akron Metro, the company providing bus services in and around Akron, OH. Lamar […]
How is the US out of home industry recovering from covid? Billboard Insider compiled this chart comparing the change in public company US out of home revenues over the past year against the change in US out of home industry revenues compiled by the OAAA. We added a column for […]
Lamar’s Atlantic Regional Manager Robert Campbell and Gulf Coast Regional Manager Tom Sirmon are retiring this summer. Last week Billboard Insider interviewed Campbell. Today we talk to Sirmon. Tom, how did you end up at Lamar? Answered an ad for a Sales Position in the local newspaper. You’ve progressed from […]
