Ian Dallimore interviewed Sean Reilly on yesterday’s Digital and Dirt podcast. Some highlights. Lamar’s origin story The year was 1902. This is our 120th year in business…There was a buy named Charlie Lamar and he was a banker in Pensacola Florida and on the side he ran the opera house […]
Baton Rouge, LA – December 7, 2021 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announced today that it has acquired Colossal Media, the leading operator of hand-painted walls and murals. Colossal currently operates 81 large-format, hand-painted wall displays in New […]
“Our recovery is now complete,” was how a bullish Sean Reilly lead off Lamar’s third quarter 2021 conference call. Here are the highlights from Lamar’s 3Q 21 earnings release and conference call. Revenues increased 24% to $476 million. Local revenue grew 18%. National and programmatic revenue grew 40%. Adjusted EBITDA […]
Baton Rouge, LA – October 25, 2021 – Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, is commemorating a major milestone in Out of Home advertising – the 20th anniversary of the industry’s first large format digital billboard. The brainchild of former Lamar Vice […]
Lamar’s revenue grew 28% during the second quarter of 2021. Here are the results from the Lamar’s 2Q 21 earnings release together with a selection of Sean Reilly’s comments during the conference call. Revenues grew 28% to $445 million. Lamar CEO Sean Reilly expects Lamar’s total 2021 billboard revenue to […]
BATON ROUGE, La., July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announced today that it has acquired a minority stake in Vistar Media, a leading global provider of programmatic technology for the digital out-of-home sector. Lamar’s […]
Baton Rouge, LA – June 2, 2021 – In conjunction with Pride Month in June, Lamar Advertising, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, has launched a nationwide campaign across the company’s digital billboard network to celebrate and express support for the LGBTQ+ community. The campaign’s core […]
OAAA’s Mission By: Anna Bager President & CEO, OAAA Click here to view the published article. As the OOH industry’s leading trade organization, our mission is to protect, advocate, and accelerate the growth of the entire OOH industry on behalf of our members. We do this by advocating for […]
Anna Bager moderated a CEO panel at yesterday’s OAAA/Geopath conference. Some of the highlights. Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly on the resilience of billboards. Since this time last year I have consistently underestimated our ability to come back. This time last year we were all drawing down our revolvers…things exploded […]
Here are 7 takeaways from day one of the OAAA/Geopath 2021 conference. (1) The recovery is occurring faster than expected, says Sean Reilly, CEO, Lamar Advertising (2) “We learned how to sell other verticals,” Scott Wells, CEO, Clear Channel America on selling during covid. (3) “Covid brought new brands” to […]
