Tag: Clear Channel Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenue Down 27% in 4Q 2020

An uptick in Covid cases has taken some of the wind out of Clear Channel Outdoor’s recovery.  Here are the results from the company’s 4th quarter 2020 earnings release and conference call. Total revenue was down 27% to $541 million as an uptick in covid cases delayed the company’s recovery.  […]

Lamar Increases Dividend By 50 %

From a Lamar Press release: BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per share payable on March […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Celebrates Black History Month

Clear Channel Outdoor is running quotes from thirteen black leaders and pathbreakers on it’s digital network and social platforms for Black History Month. The quotes embody the spirit of hope, healing and unity. Here are some examples. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Clear Channel Announces Proposed $1 Billion Private Offering of Senior Notes

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) announced today that it will offer, subject to market and customary conditions, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) in a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities […]

Stephen Freitas Farewell Remarks

Stephen Freitas stepped down as the OAAA’s Chief Marketing Officer at the end of the year.  Stephen has been a competent and classy act.   Look no further than the farewell remarks he gave at an online OAAA roast last week. As I reflect on a 30-year career in the out […]

Gephart on Relevance in Selling Out of Home

By Kevin Gephart Last week I wrote that persistence is the key to selling out of home.  But relevance is important as well, because persistence without relevance is annoyance. We’ve lost sight of relevance through all the mass sales training and all the initiatives that come down from corporate.  In […]

Why tower companies trade at a higher multiple than out of home companies.

Huntington Outdoor President Justin Powell comments on a recent Billboard Insider article. This caught my attention: “We are selling towers for 20–30 times tower cash flow, and typically get over twenty offers per engagement.” Why aren’t billboards selling for multiples like this? Insider’s take:  Out of home assets typically trade […]

Gephart on Persistence in Out of Home Sales

Kevin Gephart spent 35+ years selling advertising including 12 years at Clear Channel Outdoor in Minneapolis.  Last week he talked about his proudest out of home sale.  Today he talks about the importance of persistence. Billboard Insider reader Tom Giesken asks “what’s the most important thing to teach a new […]

How programmatic out of home can help brands recover from covid

By Wade Rifkin, SVP – Programmatic, Clear Channel Outdoor As the pandemic drags on and brands cautiously plan and measure every ad dollar spent, “buying only the media that matters” remains the mantra of most marketers. And fortunately, this has been, and remains, the premise, and promise, of Programmatic Digital Out-of-Home (pDOOH) […]