Sean Reilly was bullish at this week’s Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. Here’s a selection of his comments. The outlook It feels great…Looking at Q4 we set records with every financial metric…we’re seeing the same momentum carrying forward…as of right now everything is flashing green. Political It breaks […]
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5 Things About Lamar
Here are five things about Lamar which Billboard Insider learned from reading all 119 pages of the Lamar Advertising 2021 10K. Record this, record that. 2021 was Lamar’s best year ever for revenues, cashflow, cashflow margin and stock price. The company used covid as a chance to prune expenses and […]
Sean Reilly: Tailwinds are as strong as I’ve ever seen.
“Tailwinds are as strong as I’ve ever seen” was how Sean Reilly opened Lamar Advertising’s 4Q 21 earnings release and conference call. Here are the highlights. Revenues increased by 15% to $495 million. Reilly projects first quarter 2o22 revenue growth to be in the mid-teens and full year 2022 revenue […]
Lamar Joins World Out of Home Organization
Lamar Advertising, one of the largest out-of-home advertising companies in the world, has joined the World Out of Home Organization (WOO). Founded in 1902, Lamar today operates more than 352,000 billboard, transit, airport and interstate logo displays in the United States and Canada, including the largest network of large-format digital […]
Don’t Let Success Bring You Down
On this week’s Digital and Dirt Podcast, Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly said this: “A lot of people can handle adversity. Success sometimes brings people down…Right now we’re at a moment of time when Lamar is really successful. It’s not going to change my management style…”. Reilly has a point. […]
Sean Reilly on Lamar’s origin, decentralized management and a long term mindset.
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 […]
Lamar Advertising Acquires Colossal Media
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 […]
Lamar Revenues Up 24% in Third Quarter 2021
“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 […]
Lamar Celebrates 20 Years of Digital Out of Home
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 Revenue Up 28% During 2nd Quarter 21
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 […]





















