Month: August 2026

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue up 8.7% in 2Q 2026

Clear Channel Outdoor’s positive momentum continued into the second quarter of 2026.  Here are the results of the company’s 2Q 2026 earnings release and 10Q, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue.  The was no earnings call or financial guidance because the company expects to go private in the next couple of […]

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

By Nick Coston, You’ve heard me say it thousands of times, I love, love, love OOH. All of it, not just some. Even digital urinal screens. Say what? Yep, you heard me right. Digital Urinal Screens. While reading a few of my peeps posts on LinkedIn, I came across a […]

Matt Schulze Says Make the Dig Call

Billboard fabricator Matt Schulze of Selective Structures was a guest on the Bell Board Podcast.  Here’s what he said when Neil Bell asked him about mistakes billboard operators make during construction What are the biggest mistakes you see people make when building their first few signs? The dig call. They […]

Company of the Day – Red Star Outdoor

Company: Red Star Outdoor Headquarters: 770 N. LaSalle Drive, 5th Floor, Chicago IL 60654 Market: Chicago Phone: 312-751-9010 Email: info@redstaroutdoor.com Red Star Outdoor was founded in 2001 by Dean Manone and Scott Goldstein.  Since 2001, Red Star Outdoor has developed or operated over 125 locations in the downtown Chicago corridor. […]

OOH Industry Remembers Dick Estus, Savannah Legend and Former OAAA Chairman

  From Marty Williamson, The out-of-home industry has lost one of its true legends. Richard Austin “Dick” Estus of Savannah, Georgia — known to his family as “Popie” — passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at the age of 92. Born September 23, […]

Matt Schulze says paint, paint, paint

Neil Bell interviewed Selective Structures Matt Schulze on the Bell Board Podcast.  Here’s what Matt said about billboard maintenance. Talk to me about structure maintenance — painting, head bolts. You bring this up a lot. I asked two engineers the same question around 2009: what’s the life expectancy on a […]

New Leadership Appointments at OUTFRONT Media

OUTFRONT Shows Commitment to Proving Value of IRL Media with New Leadership Appointments Including Former IPG and Omnicom Exec Huw Griffiths as Chief Data Officer Paul Valente Comes to OUTFRONT as SVP Talent Acquisition, Caitlin Kelly as VP Communications, and Salim Holder as VP Multicultural Growth & Partnerships  Liz Rave […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Completes Sale of its Business in Spain to Atresmedia

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) (the “Company”) today announced it has completed the sale of its business in Spain to Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. (“Atresmedia”). The purchase price for the transaction was EUR €115M or approximately US$132 million1. Final proceeds […]

Company of the Day: Red Sunset Outdoor

Company:  Red Sunset Land Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Minnesota Address: 9186 Raps Rd, Cook, MN. 55723 Email: info@redsunsetland.com Phone: 218-780-0477 Red Sunset Land Development operates a two two-sided static billboards with a total of 4 faces in Cook, Minnesota.  In addition to the out of home business, the company buys and sells […]

Matt Schulze on the importance of building your signs digital-ready

Sign Fabricator Matt Schulze of Selective Structures was interviewed by Neil Bell on the Bell Board Podcast.  We’ll run excepts from the interview this week.  Today Matt talks about the importance of building your signs digital ready You’ve made the point to me many times: even if a sign is […]