Tag: outfront

Outfront Media Accepting Submissions for Art Contest

Entry is open for OUTFRONT’s new inaugural art competition – OUTFRAME – which aims to recognize artists in the ad community who have real art to share with real people in the real world. When are submissions accepted? From September 1 to October 1. Who is Eligible to Enter? OUTFRAME […]

Chris Baughman: Out of Home is About People

Insider talked with Chris Baughman about what he’s learned in 30+ years in the business, what he thinks of Anna Bager and what’s next for him now that the Fairway Southwest assets have sold.  Baughman was the General Manager of Fairway’s Southwest Division which was recently sold to Lindmark Outdoor. […]

Insider Ownership at Clear Channel Outdoor and the Public Out of Home Companies

Clear Channel stock has risen 16% to $2.60 in two days on news that managers and directors are buying shares.  Americas CEO Scott Wells, CFO Brian Coleman and Board Member Ben Moreland bought shares two days ago.  CFO Brian Coleman and Board Member Andrew Hobson bought shares yesterday.  The purchases […]

Outfront Revenues Up 14.5% in 2Q 2019

Outfront had a great financial quarter.  Here are the results of the earnings release, conference call and earnings deck. Revenues increased 14.5% to $460 million during the second quarter of 2019 due to growth in digital revenues and billboard yields.  National revenue were up 20%, local revenues up 10%. US […]

New and Noted: Hollywood Billboards, Autonomous Car Delays and Pay for Engagement

Everyone wants a billboard to promote their Emmy chances says Hollywood Reporter.  Good news for Clear Channel Outdoor, OUTFRONT Media, Ace Outdoor and the other Sunset Strip and LA operators.  Space on the Sunset Strip is now worth $75,000-150,000 for 4 weeks. Hold the Hype on autonomous cars says the […]

New and Noted July 19, 2019

In The Other Side of Outdoor Advertising Crunchbase notes that startups like Brex and Eaze are using out of home advertising to get consumers attention: “The startups we talked to, including Brex, Eaze, and Snowflake, said that they think consumers are tired of Facebook and Instagram advertisements.  Especially because you […]

Kansas City Considering New Digital Billboards

Fox4kc.com and 41KSHB report that Kansas City is considering a zoning ordinance 190514 to permit new digital billboards.    The city has had a ban on digital billboards since 2007.  Yesterday the planning commission held a hearing on the issue.  The proposal includes the following: A 7:1 takedown ratio.  7 […]

PJ Solomon on Out of Home Values based on 2019 estimated cashflow

Yesterday, PJ Solomon published a calculation of the value of the public out of home companies as a multiple of estimated 2019 cashflow. The public out of home companies are trading at 11 times 2019 estimated cashflow. Focus Media (a chinese out of home company which trades on the Shenzhen […]

Out of Home Advertising Values June 2019

Insider was asked about Out of Home values.   Insider has seen average values of 4-6 times billboard revenue and 8-14 times billboard cashflow during a 30 year career lending to Out of Home. The three US public Out of Home advertising companies had a mean gross value of  5.1 times […]