Clear Channel Outdoor closed the sale of its business in France and retained investment bankers Moelis and Co and Deutsche Bank Securities to assist it in selling Europe North (e.g. UK and Scandinavia). It will also conduct a strategic review of the Latin American business (Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru), investor […]
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Not Pretty for OOH Stocks
Not a pretty picture for out of home stocks. All the public out of home companies failed to beat the market during the past three months due to fears about a recession impacting ad spending. The S&P 500 declined 10%. Lamar was off 17%, Boston Omaha down 27%, Clear […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Signs Agreement to Sell French OOH Operation
Clear Channel Outdoor has signed an agreement to sell its French out of home assets to Equinox Industries. Clear Channel Outdoor’s french business has 800 employees and annual revenues of $258 million equivalent in US dollars. The sale price is $76 million equivalent in US dollars including the $32 million […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Reluctant to Sell US Assets
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings CFO Brian Coleman and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas CFO David Sailer appeared at last week’s Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance conference. Some of their comments. A sale of France and Spain is in the works but there are hurdles We have started to get some traction in […]
Class Action Firms Want to Sue Clear Channel Over SEC Fine
It’s one of the drawbacks of being a public company. You get sued on ever surprise announcement of bad news. The class action legal firms are circling Clear Channel Outdoor after last week’s surprise announcement of a $26 million SEC fine that shaved 3% off the stock. See release below… […]
Clear Channel Stock Up, Lamar and OUTFRONT Down in 3Q 23
Clear Channel Stock increased 14% during the third quarter of 2023 versus a 1.5% decline for the S&P 500. An investor group which includes Artie Moreno, SunChase (e.g William Pope) and Verde (think Ernie Garcia) bought more shares of Clear Channel Outdoor during the quarter. At 9/28/23 their investment […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Pays $26 million to SEC to Resolve China Bribery Charges
Washington D.C., Sept. 28, 2023 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. agreed to pay more than $26 million to resolve charges that it bribed Chinese government officials to obtain outdoor advertising contracts in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The […]
Clear Channel and Westin Las Vegas Run OOH Spectaculars
New York, NY – Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), one of the world’s largest Out-of-Home (OOH) media providers, today announced it has partnered with the Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa to provide brands with three larger than life out of home (OOH) spectaculars to capture the attention of […]
Clear Channel Debuts New Bus Shelters
Los Angeles, CA – Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) (NYSE: CCO) today announced it has rolled out its exclusive network of Out-of-Home (OOH) Showcase Shelters, a fully-customizable advertising reboot of the traditional transit shelter, in the highly coveted Los Angeles metropolitan area, providing a unique approach for brands to stand out […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Runs Mentoring Campaign
TAMPA, FL, September 14, 2023 – Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), the preeminent one-to-one youth mentoring organization in the United States, has launched a bold new brand campaign “It Takes Little to Be Big,” to challenge the myths and shift perceptions of mentoring and why now, more than […]