Here are the highlights from OUTFRONT CFO Matt Siegel’s comments at the Citi 2026 Global TMT Conference, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue Siegel says OUTFRONT will be more active in M&A We have proactively improved our balance sheet. A few years ago, we had some leverage challenges. If you remember, […]
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Thinking About Selling Your Billboard Assets? Read This Before Taking a Direct Offer
By Marty Williamson President and CEO at Williamson and Associates Mergers & Acquisitions Over the past several months, something interesting has been happening in the OOH industry. More and more billboard companies are reaching out directly to independent operators—sometimes by phone, sometimes by email, and increasingly through regular mail —asking […]
Four OOH Stories to Watch in 2025
Here are four out of home stories Billboard Insider is watching in 2025. A return of the M&A market. Out of home acquisitions down in 2023 and 2024. Take a look at this chart prepared by Moorgate Partners which shows the acquisitions of Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor. […]
Max Drachman on M&A for 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025
Hi Max, now that we are in the home stretch of 2024, how would you describe the M&A marketplace this year? Looking back on the year so far, it felt similar to the period following the recession, such as 2013 & 2014. There was some activity in terms of smaller […]
Public Company Out of Home Acquisitions Down 44% in 2024
Moorgate Capital Partners produces an outstanding quarterly report on the out of home advertising industry. Here are some charts from the report which caught Billboard Insider’s eye. Public Company M&A Activity is down. Lamar, OUTFRONT and Clear Channel Outdoor have done only $45 million in acquisitions during the first half […]
The Current M&A Market Presents Opportunities
A midwest out of home executive reminds Billboard Insider that there are opportunities in the current M&A market. I read your article about M&A and I think it has slowed down, but I have looked at a few deals this year and because the bigger guys aren’t as active, and […]
Max Drachman on the 2023 Deal Market and Looking Ahead to 2024
We had a computer glitch yesterday morning that prevented this post from linking to the Billboard Insider main web site. We did get it fixed, but we know there were a few of you that might have missed this outstanding conversation with Max, which is why we are running it […]
Impact of Rising Interest Rates & Final Thoughts – The M&A Firms Part 3
We wrap up our discussions with our All-Star M&A Brokers with their opinions on rising interest rates and some final thoughts. Included in our group: Lou McDermott – Kalil & Co. Jim Johnsen – Johnsen, Fretty & Co Max Drachman – Drachman M&A Co. Marty Williamson – Williamson Associates Paul […]
Values, New Buyers & Deal Challenges – The M&A Firms Part 2
Today, we continue with three questions to our All-Star M&A Brokers. We address what they are seeing in values ranges, what is up with new buyers coming to the industry and the challenges they see in getting deals to the finish line. Included in our group: Max Drachman – Drachman […]
Billboard Insider Reviews a Hot OOH Acquisitions Market
The Out of Home M&A market is hot. Billboard Insider has compiled a list of fourth quarter 2021 out of home transactions. If we’ve written about it we have provided a link in the Buyer column. This is not a complete list. We appreciate the information provided by the M&A […]





















