Lamar Celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In celebration of Black History Month, Lamar Advertising and Lamar’s Colossal Media division have teamed up with Black Artists + Designers Guild to create a hand-painted mural on a wallscape in Brooklyn that will celebrate the power of Black Imagination and Collective Action. Founded in 2018, Black Artists + Designers Guild is a mission-driven non-profit […]

Lamar Advertising Supports Suicide Prevention Awareness

Monday, September 19th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month, Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) today launched a national Digital Out of Home campaign in partnership with Vibrant Emotional Health to elevate awareness of Vibrant’s mental health services and to promote the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Vibrant is a non-profit organization and leader in delivering mental health and […]

Lamar Joins @WorldOOHorg

Monday, February 21st, 2022

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

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 displays in the US, […]

Love On Every Billboard

Thursday, February 10th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, has announced that the company is supporting the ‘Love on Every Billboard’ campaign by donating space on digital billboards across the U.S. During Valentine’s Day weekend, Lamar billboards will display the campaign’s single word message – Love – in white […]

A British Bulldog First Not @LamarOOH

Tuesday, October 26th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

First of all, before getting onto the news from the US with regard Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR)’s 20th anniversary celebrations of *their* first large format digital billboard in North America, let me please, once again explain who the true pioneers are here, and no it’s not Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel or even […]

Sukhvinder Singh Joins Lamar

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) this week announced that Sukhvinder Singh has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation. Since January 2011 Sukhvinder Singh 50 has served as Senior Vice President, Information Technology, at Host Hotels & Resorts (Nasdaq: HST), where as a member of the senior management team he led […]

Vistar Media Secures $30M Series B Investment

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Vistar Media this week announced a Series B funding round of USD 30M from Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR). Michael Provenzano, CEO and Co-Founder of Vistar Media told us “We are thrilled to have this vote of confidence from one of the most successful and respected companies in out-of-home, and to have the means to […]

#PrideMonth Love is Love Says Lamar

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In conjunction with Pride Month in June, Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), 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. Sean Reilly, CEO of Lamar Advertising Company told us “At Lamar, we believe […]

Teacher Appreciation Week 2021, #LamarLovesTeachers

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, has announced that the company will honour teachers and educators across its national digital billboard network in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week 2021, taking place May 3-7, 2021 From now through May 6, 2021, anyone wishing to submit a teacher […]

Country Music Star Brett Eldredge’s #GoodDayMovement

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, has teamed with Warner Music Nashville and country music superstar Brett Eldredge for a digital billboard campaign designed to shine the light on the good works and deeds of his fans, with the goal of inspiring others to do the […]