By Dave Westburg, Ken Altena and Jim Penney, Partners, Billboard Loans, LLC. One-eighth of Billboards Insider’s readers have used accredited investors to fund their out of home company. We have used accredited investors to form four separate out of home debt funds as well as an independent out of home […]
Earlier this week Billboard Insider talked about funding your out of home company with your own funds. Today we talk about funding your out of home company with money from friends and family. One-fourth of Billboard Insider’s readers have used equity from friends and family to fund their OOH company. […]
There are three sources of equity for your out of home company: you; friends and family; accredited investors, and equity funds. We’ll talk about each alternative in turn. Today we talk about funding a out of home company yourself. You You need to be willing to invest in your out […]
A Billboard Insider reader asks when an out of home joint venture might make sense and how out of home joint ventures are structured. What is a out of home advertising joint venture An out of home advertising joint venture is when two partices agree to jointly operate an out […]
Clear Channel Outdoor stock is up 46% in the last week on news that Mabudala Capital is in takeover talks. Mabudala is the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. The company is a global asset management platform with 430 billion in assets under management. It has a team of […]
We reported in September, that an activist investor, Anson Holdings, was pushing for a sale of Clear Channel. Yesterday Clear Channel stock surged 32% before trading was halted due to a circuit breaker, following a Bloomberg report that Mubadala Capital is exploring an acquisition of the billboard operator. Trading did […]
By Dave Westburg, Co-Publisher, Billboard Insider. I’ve had a hand in starting two out of home companies as well Billboard Insider and 6 funds which invest in the out of home industry. Here are three things you need to ask yourself if you want to start your own out of […]
Clear Channel Outdoor stock has been rising on talk of a company sale. Here’s a summary of public company stock performance for the 3 months ended September 30, 2025, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Clear Channel Outdoor (blue), OUTFRONT (purple), Lamar (green) and S&P 500 (orange) stock performance for 3 […]
Lansing, MI – October 1, 2025 — Adams Outdoor Advertising (Adams) today announced the acquisition of Toledo-Detroit Outdoor (TDO Advertising), marking a significant step in the company’s strategic growth. This move further strengthens Adams’ established presence in southeast Michigan’s Detroit and Ann Arbor markets and expands coverage into northwest Ohio. […]
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (“Lamar”) (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that it has completed $1.1 billion in refinancing transactions through its wholly owned subsidiary, Lamar Media Corp. (“Lamar Media”), strengthening its […]
