billboard

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Born in Cincinnati, Turner inherited a billboard company from his father that he turned into Turner Broadcasting System, an Atlanta-based television and movie giant that he eventually sold to Time Warner in 1995.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Using the billboard business as a springboard into new industries, Turner started buying local radio stations across the South in the late 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He began his career by taking over the successful family billboard company when his father took his own life, then bought a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Smith became visibly angry when describing a billboard in the county promoting ICE as “the bouncers of America.”

From Slate • May 4, 2026

I just sat down in the majestic shadow of a giant billboard and, however tearfully, opened my lunchbox for business, semi-confident that the Chief would find me.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger