Tag: Scott Wells

Clear Channel’s Switzerland Business Sale Receives Regulatory Approval

SAN ANTONIO, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) today announced that the sale of the Company’s Switzerland business to Goldbach Group, an affiliate of TX Group, has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Competition Commission. The Company now expects the transaction to close […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Revenues Up 0.9% in 4Q 22.

“We’re off to a good start and believe 2023 will be a positive year for the business, despite some uncertainties regarding the macro environment,” said Clear Channel CEO Scott Wells yesterday.  Here are the results of the Clear Channel Outdoor 4Q 2022 earnings release, 4Q 2022 earnings presentation and conference […]

Hoya Capital on the US Out of Home Business

Hoya Capital published a decent out of home review titled Billboard Reits: We’re Paying Attention (Lamar Vs Outfront).  Forward a copy to your banker.  The article explains how out of home works and summarizes industry strengths (e.g. regulatory barriers to entry, digital billboard upside, attractive CPM versus other media, low […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Sells Switzerland Assets for $92 million

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) (the “Company”) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its business in Switzerland to Goldbach Group AG, an affiliate of TX Group AG, for CHF 86.0 million, or US$ 92.7 million1. The Company’s Swiss business […]

Clear Channel Americas Revenue up 8.6% in Q3 2022

“Our third quarter results were at the high end of the revenue guidance we provided” was how Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells led of the company’s earnings call.  Here are the results of the Clear Channel Outdoor 3Q22 earnings release, 3Q 22 investor deck and conference call. Clear Channel Outdoor […]

Scott Wells Says OOH Demand is Strong

Here’s a selection of Scott Wells comments on out of home demand, self service ad models, digital billboard conversions and the European sale at last week’s Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference. Demand is strong The tone with advertisers actually continues to be strong.  We are having good dialogs heading into 2023…We’re […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Projects 4-6% Annual Revenue Growth for 2022-2025

A team of Clear Channel Outdoor execs provided a detailed review of Clear Channel Outdoor’s operations and strategy at last week’s Clear Channel Outdoor Investor Day.  Here are the financial highlights from the investor day press release, investor day powerpoint and 2.5 hour investor day livestream.   We’ll review the operating, […]

Restructuring Charges at Clear Channel Outdoor

Restructuring charges are one-time expenses that a company recognizes when reorganizing operations.  A company separates these expenses out on their financial statement and does not include them when computing cashflow (EBIDTA).  Restructuring charges are in theory one-time events but you can see that in the last stages of the William […]

Key Moments from WOO’s 2022 Global out of home conference.

June 7th, 2022.  Striking the right balance between Classic (traditional) Out of Home and all-conquering digital is one of the keys to sector growth for the medium, World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard told delegates at WOO’s Global Congress in Toronto. OOH has recovered strongly from the pandemic […]