{"id":511870,"date":"2021-07-12T09:56:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/lamar-advertising-company-announces-investment-in-vistar-media\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:56:01","slug":"lamar-advertising-company-announces-investment-in-vistar-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/lamar-advertising-company-announces-investment-in-vistar-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamar Advertising Company Announces Investment in Vistar Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"left\">BATON ROUGE, La., July  12, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; 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\u2019s investment of $30 million will help Vistar strengthen its balance sheet, expand its research and development and extend its reach into new markets. Under the terms of the transaction, Lamar will receive a seat on Vistar\u2019s Board of Directors. Vistar will continue to operate as an independent technology partner to buyers and sellers across the global out-of-home ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By providing capital to a clear leader in the programmatic space, Lamar is investing in the future of our industry and the next evolution of our compelling media channel,&#8221; Lamar chief executive officer Sean\u00a0Reilly\u00a0said. &#8220;As a longtime partner with Vistar, we&#8217;ve been impressed with their thoughtful leadership, technology and innovation, and we&#8217;re hopeful that this\u00a0investment will help Vistar pursue further growth to the benefit of media owners and advertisers across the out-of-home sector.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vistar Media is the leading global provider of programmatic technology for out-of-home, bringing enterprise-grade software that was purpose-built for the unique requirements of digital signage. Vistar provides a global demand-side platform (DSP) for buyers to activate data-driven programmatic campaigns and a supply-side platform (SSP) to connect signage operators to digital revenue. Vistar also powers some of the world\u2019s most advanced signage networks with device &amp; content management software (Cortex) and ad serving technology. Vistar was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About Lamar Advertising Company<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising Company is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with over 351,000 displays across the United States and Canada. Lamar offers advertisers a variety of billboard, interstate logo, transit and airport advertising formats, helping both local businesses and national brands reach broad audiences every day. In addition to its more traditional out-of-home inventory, Lamar is proud to offer its customers the largest network of digital billboards in the United States with over 3,700 displays.<\/p>\n<p>Company Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Buster Kantrow<br \/>Lamar Advertising Company<br \/>(225) 926-1000<br \/>bkantrow@lamar.com<\/p>\n<p \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODI3ODgyMiM0MjkyNjgzIzIwMTkwNDU=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/4ad51bc7-e8d0-4598-821a-93731ff4a9f3\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BATON ROUGE, La., July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; 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\u2019s investment of $30 million will help Vistar strengthen its balance sheet, expand its research and development and extend its reach into new markets. Under the terms of the transaction, Lamar will receive a seat on Vistar\u2019s Board of Directors. Vistar will continue to operate as an independent technology partner to buyers and sellers across the global out-of-home ecosystem. &#8220;By providing capital to a clear leader in the programmatic space, Lamar &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/lamar-advertising-company-announces-investment-in-vistar-media\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lamar Advertising Company Announces Investment in Vistar Media&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lamar Advertising Company Announces Investment in Vistar Media - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/lamar-advertising-company-announces-investment-in-vistar-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lamar Advertising Company Announces Investment in Vistar Media - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BATON ROUGE, La., July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; 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. 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