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Lamar enters hand-painted advertising market through acquisition

December 7, 2021

Contemporary Design — **Lamar Advertising, which has called Baton Rouge home for more than 100 years, is the nation’s largest outside advertising company.** (Tim Mueller)

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Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising Company is entering a new advertising market through the acquisition of Colossal Media, an operator of hand-painted wall displays and murals. Colossal currently operates 81 large-format, hand-painted wall displays in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and six other U.S. cities. Colossal CEO Kelly Peppers will continue to lead the company, which

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