Tag: Clear Channel Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Up 33% in 3Q 2021

“We delivered very strong results during the third quarter and we entered the fourth quarter with continued business momentum,” was how Clear Channel Outdoor worldwide CEO William Eccleshare summarized  3rd quarter 2021 financials.  Here are the highlights of the 3rd quarter 2021 earnings release, earnings presentation and conference call. Revenue […]

Conservation International and Clear Channel run digital campaign during COP26

                NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Over the next two weeks, 20,000 world leaders and delegates will meet in Glasgow to discuss solutions to the world’s climate crisis. And there’s a voice that we need to make sure is heard louder and clearer than ever […]

Uber Takes NYC’s Largest Rooftop Sign

Uber has finally unveiled its latest brand activation and long-term takeover atop the historic Bruckner building and against the coveted NYC skyline. Uber’s new five-year takeover of this sign, operated and designed by Clear Channel Outdoor, marks only the 7th brand to adorn this historic landmark in the sign’s nearly […]

Out of Home Stock Dividend Yields

OUTFRONT announced yesterday that it will pay a $0.10 quarterly dividend on December 3, 2021.  Billboard Insider expects Lamar to announce a December dividend of at least $1.00 per share.  Here’s a dividend history for Lamar and OUTFRONT for the past three years. Are out of home stocks a good […]

Protecting your OOH company from employee fraud

Employee fraud can happen to anyone.  Earlier this week a Watchfire Signs employee was convicted of defrauding Watchfire Signs out of $330,000 in 2019.  In 2017 Clear Channel Outdoor took a $10 million charge for accounting fraud in the company’s Chinese subsidiary.  Here are some ways employees can steal from […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Execs Optimistic About Future

Clear Channel Outdoor Americas CEO Scott Wells and CFO Brian Coleman were optimistic about the future in their comments at the 29th Annual Deautsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference.  The highlights: Wells is optimistic on the future I’m excited about the future of out of home.  I don’t think there’s a […]

Lamar and OUTFRONT Outpace Market in 3Q 2021

Lamar and OUTFRONT outpaced the stock market during the third quarter of 2021.  Lamar up 9.4%, OUTFRONT up 5.2% and Clear Channel was up 0.4% versus  1.6% growth for the S&P 500. Public Stock Market performnce for 3 months ended September 30, 2021.  Lamar (green), OUTFRONT (purple), Clear Channel Outdoor […]

Hivestack and Clear Channel Outdoor Form Programmatic Partnership

New York, New York, Montreal, Canada – September 20, 2021 –  Hivestack, the leading global programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company today announced a partnership with Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), the U.S. based business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO): one of the world’s […]

What People Are Saying About The Baltimore Tax Case

Clear Channel Outdoor has petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge of Baltimore’s targeted tax on billboards, which was enacted in 2013. Courts in Maryland ruled in favor of the City; Clear Channel wants the US Supreme Court to take the case (Clear Channel Outdoor v. Henry J. […]

Lamar Increases Dividend 33% to $1.00

Lamar announced a 33% dividend increase to $1.00 per share payable on September 30, 2021. Billboard Insider’s Take:  Yet another signal that Lamar has put Covid in the rear view mirror.  Lamar’s dividend is back to pre-Covid levels.  The payout equates to a 3.5% yield on the company’s common stock […]