Tag: Clear Channel Outdoor

What’s Up With Clear Channel Outdoor’s Toby Sturek?

Clear Channel Outdoor’s Toby Sturek used to be the head of one of Clear Channel Outdoor’s seven kingdoms.  He carried the title of Regional President, Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Clear Channel Airports and appeared on the leadership team page of Clear Channel Outdoor. Sturek is no longer shown on the […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Texas Layoffs

Clear Channel Outdoor is going through a round of layoffs in Texas.  Not a surprise that most of the negative reviews of Clear Channel Outdoor on Glass Door are Texas employees. Downsizing is never good for morale.  Insider supposes that revenue is off and the layoffs are necessary to meet cashflow […]

iHeart Seeks Additional $500 Million

In a recent 8-K filing with the SEC, iHeart Communications, Inc. the commencement of a consent solicitation to seek the consent of holders of its outstanding Senior Notes due 2021 to a proposed amendment to the indenture governing the Notes. The proposed amendment, if adopted, would amend their senior credit […]

Scott Wells on Clear Channel and the Outdoor Business

Scott Wells, Clear Channel Outdoor’s CEO was interviewed September 8 on  All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett.    The interview is 38 minutes long and worth listening to.  Here are some brief excerpts. On changes Wells has made at Clear Channel Outdoor:  “Our mission is twice as fast is four times […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Sells Rockford to Key Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor has sold its Rockford, Illinois plant to Key Outdoor.  The transaction was brokered by Max Drachman of Kalilco & Co.  Insider talked with Drachman about the sale. How did this transaction come about? Key Outdoor is one of the largest independent Outdoor operators in the Midwest. We […]

Rumor Has It – August 27

Some things Insider heard this week: Clear Channel Outdoor has added management and sales layers.  The usual solution for a company struggling with a low margin and financial difficulties is to get leaner, lose layers and the delegate more authority.  Clear Channel Outdoor seems to be going the other way. […]

Gamco Not Happy with iHeart

Insider has reported frequently on iHeart Media’s debt problems as they own 90 percent of the equity of publicly traded Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, the nation’s largest billboard company. Mario Gabelli’s Gamco Asset Management owns 10 percent of the publicly traded shares. Gamco has not been happy with iHeart, owned […]

Dearden and Ugeux Exit Clear Channel Outdoor

Campaign reports that Matthew Dearden, Clear Channel Outdoor’s President,Europe has left the company.  Dearden joined Clear Channel Outdoor in 2010 and was president of Clear Channel UK prior to accepting the post of President of Clear Channel, Europe. Partick Ugeux, the chief transformation officer at Clear Channel International has also […]

Iheart Media has iconic NY Billboard.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–iHeartMedia Inc., the media and entertainment company with the largest reach of any radio or TV outlet in America, staked its claim to the New York skyline with its new presence on one of the city’s most iconic billboards, high atop the old Ruppert Ice House, overlooking the […]

Indy for Atlanta Outdoor Swap Delayed To September?

In March 2016 Insider wrote that Clear Channel Outdoor was going to swap its Indianapolis assets to Fairway Outdoor for Fairway’s Atlanta assets and some cash.  Insider was surprised to see Clear Channel Outdoor tage all over billboards when he visited Indianapolis this week.  Clear Channel Outdoor’s website also shows the […]