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Three Things About the OUTFRONT Canada Sale

OUTFRONT shares increased 8% this week following news that the OUTFRONT is selling OUTFRONT Canada to Bell Media for $300 million US.  Three things about the sale. Stock purchase The transaction is a purchase of the shares of OUTFRONT Canada, not a purchase of assets.  This carries more risk for […]

Moreno and Verde Buy 5.2% of OUTFRONT Stock

Earlier this year Arte Moreno, Ernie Garcia and Verde Investments were part of a group that purchased 7.3% of the stock of Clear Channel Outdoor.  They are at it again.  This week Garcia’s Verde Investments and Artie Moreno purchased 5.2% of OUTFRONT Media’s common stock.  Billboard Insider Values the groups […]

Operation Christmas Child Loves OOH!

Hello from Operation Christmas Child! It was wonderful getting to meet many of you at the IBO Conference last week. Your partnership these past few years is not only motivating shoebox packers across the U.S. to get involved, but it is helping to spread the Gospel among the nations. This year […]

Company of the Day: Digivision

Company: Digivision  Markets: Louisiana Headquarters: 4830 Line Avenue, Suite 185, Shreveport, Louisiana, 71006 Email: bennett@digivisionbillboards.com Phone: 1-318-459-9020 Digivision operates digital billboards in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana.  The firm was founded by Bennett Rinaudo in 2017.  The firm has fourteen digital billboards networked together with plans to build four more in […]

Anti-Hamas Billboard Taken Down in New Jersey

NJ.com reports that an anti-hamas billboard along Route 80 in New Jersey was taken down after more than 100 people complained.  The billboard ad said “Oh, don’t be naive.  Hamas would chop your head off too.”   Would you run this copy on one of your signs.  Take our poll below […]

JCDecaux UK Wins First Rail Contract

20 Oct 2023 Avanti West Coast (Avanti) links London to the Midlands, the North West and up to Scotland. Great Western Railway (GWR) runs from London through the West Country, Cotswolds, South Wales and parts of Southern England. South Western Railway (SWR) connects London to its South West commuter towns, […]

Place Exchange Partners with Clear Channel Europe

New York & London (October 23, 2023) – Place Exchange, the leading supply-side platform (SSP) for programmatic Out of Home (OOH) media, today announced a new phase in its partnership with Clear Channel, which will enable direct programmatic buying of the media leader’s expansive digital out-of-home (DOOH) inventory that spans […]

Company of the Day – DKOI Digital Signs

Company: DKOI Digital Signs Headquarters: 2642 Rock Ridge Road, Suite B, Rock Valley, IA 51247 Markets: Iowa and South Dakota Phone: 888-995-3564 Email: sales@dkoi.com DKOI (pronounced “decoy”) is located in Northwest Iowa, started by a metal fabricating company and now partnered with an agricultural parts business, and specializes in digital […]

OUTFRONT Media Sells its Canadian Business to Bell Media

    NEW YORK and TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2023 /CNW/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) and Bell Media announced today that they have entered into an agreement to sell the Canadian business of OUTFRONT Media to Bell Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE). The purchase price is C$410 million in cash (Insider […]

How to Death Proof Your Out of Home Company

We want to live forever, but we don’t.  Some out of home execs who have died recently include Thomas Young, Mitchell Matson, Gene Wingate, Barry Cramer, and Don Davidson.  What happens to your out of home company when you die? Here are seven ways to death proof your out of […]