Moorgate Capital Partners has compiled an interesting table showing the public OOH company M&A activity from 2019 to 2023. Some Billboard Insider observations. Acquisitions have slowed dramatically at the public out of home companies. They closed only $163 million in acquisitions during the first 9 months of 2023, down from […]
Magna published an updated media industry forecast for 2024. US out of home revenues are projected to grow by 4.5% in 2024 up from 2.1% in 2023. TV, publishing and direct mail revenues will decline in 2024. Audio (e.g. radio and podcasting) revenues will increase slightly. Social media revenues and search […]
Company: Gateway Outdoor Advertising Markets: Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. Address: 18 Pleasant Grove Road, Long Valley, NJ. 07853 Phone: 908-684-8122 Gateway Outdoor Advertising operates a transit advertising and bus shelter business in 9 eastern states, a billboard business in Michigan and […]
Out of home investor Arte Moreno has purchased 14 million more shares of Clear Channel Outdoor stock according to a schedule 13D’s filed with the SEC. As of yesterday the group owned 10.6% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s common stock with a total investment value of $76 million based on yesterdays […]
Central America, [12/1/2023] — Color Visión, the leading outdoor advertising company in Central America, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kurt Tingey, formerly Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Clear Channel Outdoor, to its distinguished board of directors. This strategic addition comes at a crucial moment […]
Company of the Day: Fruitland Outdoor Advertising Markets: South Carolina Address: 138 Webber Rd, Faffney, SC. 29342 Email: trey@fruitlandoutdoor.com Phone: 864-425-8259 Fruitland Outdoor is a family owned billboard company that operates in the upstate of South Carolina. The company is owned and operated by Joey Lemmons who founded the company. Insider talked with Trey […]
Moorgate Capital Partners has analyzed out of home leverage and cost of debt trends thru September 2023. Some chart’s in Moorgate’s report caught Billboard Insider’s eye. Weighted average debt costs have increased at the public out of home companies over the past two years although the rise has slowed during […]
Know your opposition. Here’s Scenic America’s budget for fiscal 2019-2023. We took the numbers from Scenic America’s recent form 990. Revenues increased 7% to $1.3 million in 2022. Expenses increased by 9% to $1.3 for 2022. Scenic has 8 staff members. Cash balances have declined over the past two years […]
Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH — Michigan-based advertising and design agency, Extra Credit Projects (ECP), has been named a winner in the international 2023 Communication Arts Advertising Annual. Winning entries are showcased in the November/December issue of the magazine, which is distributed to 25,000 subscribers worldwide. Other top agencies featured include Rethink, […]
