On last week’s conference call, Lamar CEO Sean Reilly projected 3.5-4.0% revenue growth during 2020. It’s illuminating to see where he thinks Lamar’s growth comes from. Here’s the detail. Reilly expects organic sales to grow by $52 million or 3%. This is slightly in excess of the US inflation rate […]
Lamar announced 4th quarter and full year earnings yesterday. Here are the highlights from the earnings release and conference call. CEO Sean Reilly recapped the year:” 2019 was a solid year for Lamar as we successfully integrated the Fairway, Ashby Street and Mid-America acquisitions, adding nine new markets across the […]
Lamar CEO Sean Reilly is a venture investor. He participated in a $2.3 million fundraising round for MasteryPrep, a Baton-Rouge based company that sells standardized testing software and training materials. Tired of ads which follow you around the web? They’re going away in two years. Google is making third party […]
Newman Outdoor’s Brett Waldera asked Insider the following question: I am looking for some documentation for the suggested ad display time on a digital billboard. I have heard somewhere that the industry standard is 7 seconds…but I can’t seem to find any documentation… Insider posed the question to Roger Brown, […]
Here are Billboard Insider’s top 5 out of home stories for 2019. Mr Falzone Learns How To Conduct Business in Louisiana In April 2019 Scenic America President Mark Falzone said unflattering things about Lamar while testifying on an anti-billboard bill before the Louisiana legislature. Lamar CEO Sean Reilly, a former […]
The Zukin family (Meadow/Stott Outdoor Advertising) announced an endowed college scholarship to honor Joseph Zukin (1926-2018). Mike Zukin made the announcement during the Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research & Education (FOARE) Board of Directors meeting November 13 in Washington, DC. The Zukin scholarship will be awarded by FOARE. The endowment […]
Lamar CEO Sean Reilly and CFO Jay Johnson had optimistic things to say on this week’s earnings call. Sean Reilly on the positive outlook for 2020 I believe the set up for 2020 looks good. Number one, political, which was a slight headwind this year, will be a tailwind next […]
At last week’s DailyDOOH Investor Conference Lamar CEO Sean Reilly said that Lamar has some digital billboards which could get off the grid when we have better batteries. Insider asked solar powered billboard expert Kevin Conlin to discuss the feasibility of solar powered digital billboards. Kevin are solar powered digital […]
Lamar CEO Sean Reilly was interesting as ever at Adrian Cotterill’s DailyDOOH investor Conference. You need to make this conference part of your Digital Signage Week activities. A selection of Reilly’s comments. On Anna Bager as the new President of the OAAA The journey that brought Anna here started a […]
Here are five interesting quotes Insider heard in sessions and conversations during Digital Signage Week. Adomni’s Jonathan Gudai on how automated buying platforms are changing out of home: Less than 10% of the global out of home inventory is digital. That’s going to change. 85% of digital online ads are […]
