Resources
BNET Resources
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- Lamar Advertising Still Embroiled in Pittsburgh Ethics Scandal
- Lamar Advertising is linked to a probe of Pittsburgh's former development chief, a public official who was discovered to have received 2007 Christmas gifts from the company, including a surround-sound system. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a proposed Lamar electronic billboard in the city's downtown was nixed...
- Blog posts 2009-01-01
- Investors at Odds Over Lamar Advertising's Future
- Lamar Advertising is likely in for a year of depressed revenues simply because companies are cutting back on advertising, and therefore the billboards that the company provides, in the recession. What this means for Lamar's future, however, is an open question judging by recent maneuverings in its stock. ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- Lamar Execs Got Bonuses for Shrinking Revenue; Their Families Got to Use the Corporate Jets
- Lamar Advertising's top three executives earned bonuses last year even though the company's revenues and earnings shrank. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Lamar Sues Detroit Over "Unconstitutional" Billboard Fees
- Lamar Advertising is suing Detroit over the city's "sign license fee" that it charges to put up a billboard. Lamar claims the fees are "an unconstitutional tax designed to limit free speech." What's at stake in the suit is so de minimus -- about $40,000 a year...
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Lamar Takes Down Billboards That Criticized Israel
- Lamar Advertising has bowed to pressure and taken down a political billboard that criticized the U.S.'s funding of Israel. The billboard had said "Tell Congress: Stop Killing Children. No More Military Aid to Israel." by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Lamar Refuses to Lower Billboard Prices, Making It Ever More Dependent on Legal Strategy
- Lamar Advertising is famously litigious, in part because every single aspect of its media requires local zoning approval but also because it has the delusional belief that the only regulation that governs it is the First Amendment right to erect a billboard free speech. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Lamar Demands $1M Taxpayer Bailout for a Single Billboard
- Lamar Advertising has gone to court seeking a $1 million taxpayer bailout for a single billboard in Pittsburgh that was only erected because Lamar gave a "gift" to the official who approved it. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Lamar Could End Up Making More Money Despite Losing 1,800 Billboards
- Lamar Advertising has lost 1,800 billboards from its network over the recession, but its push into digital billboards will give it a much more lucrative set of operations despite that smaller footprint. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Lamar Finally Finds a Billboard Ban It Likes: When It Hobbles a Competitor
- Lamar Advertising has finally found a legal restriction on billboard advertising that it agrees with: The ban on outdoor ads within 75 feet of roads in Panama City Beach, Fla. Why does Lamar want this ban enforced? Because one of its competitors, Summit Outdoor, has erected a sign 61 feet...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
Additional Resources
- Lamar Advertising Manager Guilty of Embezzling $200,000
- A woman employed as an office manager at Lamar Advertising in Oklahmoma City pleaed guilty to stealing $200,000 from the company by diverting checks, according to the wonderfully named Norman Transcript. Angela Smith used Lamar letterhead to persuade a check cashing business to cash Lamar checks over...
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- Lamar Advertising: The Canary in the Coal Mine
- Outdoor ad provider Lamar Advertising yesterday played host to one of the most brutal, depressing analyst conference calls I've ever heard. This was significant because Lamar claims to be the country's largest outdoor ad provider, and thus it arguably functions as a proxy for the ad biz as a whole....
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Lamar Advertising Company Announces Issuance of DOJ Consent Decree Regarding Clear Channel and AMFM Divestiture of Lamar Class A Common Stock
- Business Editors BATON ROUGE, La.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 30, 2000 Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq:LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that pursuant to a consent decree filed by the Department of Justice, 26,227,273 shares of Lamar Advertising Company Class A common stock...
- Research articles 2000-08-30
- Lamar Advertising to Present at Merrill Lynch Media and Entertainment Conference
- BATON ROUGE, La. -- First graph, second sentence of release should read: The presentation is scheduled for Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific time. (sted The presentation is scheduled for Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 2:20 p.m. Pacific time.) The corrected release reads: LAMAR ADVERTISING TO...
- Research articles 2005-09-10
- Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising Co. acquires Eugene, Ore.-based
- Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising Co. acquired Eugene, Ore.- based Obie Media Corp. for $66 million. Lamar gave Obie shareholders about $43 million in Lamar shares and assumed $23 million in debt.
- Research articles 2004-10-04
- Lamar Advertising to Present at Wachovia Securities 16th Annual Nantucket Equity Conference
- BATON ROUGE, La. -- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that Sean Reilly, President of Lamar's outdoor division, is scheduled to present at Wachovia Securities Equity Conference which will be held at the Harbor House Hotel, Nantucket,...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- Lamar Advertising Company Announces Registered Exchange Offer for Its Outstanding 2 7/8% Convertible Notes Due 2010
- BATON ROUGE, La. -- Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR) ("Lamar"), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that it has commenced an offer to exchange all of its outstanding 2 7/8 % Convertible Notes due 2010 (the "outstanding notes"), for an equal amount...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- Lamar Advertising Company Announces New Board Member
- BATON ROUGE, La. -- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that John E. Koerner, III has joined Lamar's Board of Directors. Mr. Koerner is the managing member of Koerner Capital, LLC, a private investment company.
- Research articles 2007-12-17
- Lamar Advertising to Present at Wachovia Securities 17th Annual Nantucket Equity Conference
- BATON ROUGE, La. -- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that Sean Reilly, President of Lamar's outdoor division, is scheduled to present at Wachovia Securities Equity Conference which will be held at the Harbor House Hotel, Nantucket,...
- Research articles 2007-06-14
- Lamar Advertising Company to Release First Quarter Ended March 31, 2008 Operating Results
- BATON ROUGE, La. -- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) will release its first quarter ended March 31, 2008 earnings report before the market opens Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Lamar will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. central time to discuss the Company's results and...
- Research articles 2008-04-09
- Lamar Advertising Announces Increase In Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock
- BATON ROUGE, La.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 26, 1998--Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ:LAMR) announced that its stockholders approved today an increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock, which allows the previously announced three-for-two stock split to be effected by means of a stock dividend that will be distributed to holders of...
- Research articles 1998-02-26
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
