Lamar Advertising Company
TypePublic company
IndustryReal estate investment trust, Advertising
Founded1902 (1902)
FounderCharles W. Lamar
HeadquartersBaton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Key people
  • Kevin P. Reilly, Sr.
  • (retired CEO)
  • Kevin Reilly, Jr.
  • (President and Chairman of the Board)
  • Sean Reilly
  • (CEO)
ProductsOutdoor Advertising
RevenueUS$1.57 billion[1]
Number of employees
3,300[1]
Websitelamar.com

Lamar Advertising is an outdoor advertising company which operates billboards, logo signs, and transit displays in the United States and Canada.[2] The company was founded in 1902 by Charles W. Lamar and J.M. Coe, and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[3] The company has over 200 locations in the United States and Canada. They have reportedly more than 325,000 displays across the USA.[4] Lamar Advertising Company became a real estate investment trust in 2014.[5][6]

History

Lamar Advertising Company was founded in 1902 by J.M. Coe and Charles W. Lamar. The Company became independent under its current name in 1908 in Pensacola, Florida, when Charles W. Lamar, Sr. and J.M. Coe decided to dissolve their three-year partnership using a coin toss to divide their assets. The Pensacola Opera House and the Pensacola Advertising Company that was created to promote it were to be divided between the two men. Charles W. Lamar lost the toss and was left with the less-lucrative poster company, which he renamed the Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company.[7]

The Pensacola Opera House was destroyed during Hurricane Four of the 1917 Atlantic hurricane season, with the Saenger Theatre later built on the site.

In October of 2004, Lamar swapped assets in South Carolina and Georgia to Fairway Outdoor Advertising, in exchange for the Palm Springs, CA; Fayetteville, NC; Rocky Mount, NC; and New Bern, NC assets.[8] Later in November, Lamar acquired Obie Media Corporation of Eugene, Oregon, adding outdoor displays in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; as well as handling transit advertising contracts in a few areas.[9]

In January 2016, Lamar purchased advertising rights in five major American markets from Clear Channel Outdoor for $458.5 million.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "United States Securities and Exchange Commission - Washington, D.C. 20549 - Form 10-K" (PDF). www.lamar.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)". Wikinvest. WIKI Analysis. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lamar Advertising Company History". Funding Universe. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Our Company". Lamar.com.
  5. ↑ "Lamar Advertising Company 2014 Annual Report (SEC Form 10-K)".
  6. ↑ "Banners Marketing". Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Lamar Advertising Company". Reference For Business: Encyclopedia for Business, 2nd ed. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Assets swap will boost media giant". The Desert Sun. October 22, 2004. pp. E1. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Billboard advertiser buys Obie". November 10, 2004. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  10. ↑ "Lamar Advertising pays Clear Channel $458.5M for 5,500 billboards, entrance into five major US markets". 7 January 2016.
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