On yesterday’s earnings call William Eccleshare announced a succession plan under which he will transition the Clear Channel Worldwide CEO Position to Scott Wells effective January 3, 2022: With the business showing clear signs of recovery I have decided that now is the right time to implement our succession plan […]
OAAA’s Mission By: Anna Bager President & CEO, OAAA Click here to view the published article. As the OOH industry’s leading trade organization, our mission is to protect, advocate, and accelerate the growth of the entire OOH industry on behalf of our members. We do this by advocating for […]
Anna Bager moderated a CEO panel at yesterday’s OAAA/Geopath conference. Some of the highlights. Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly on the resilience of billboards. Since this time last year I have consistently underestimated our ability to come back. This time last year we were all drawing down our revolvers…things exploded […]
Here are 7 takeaways from day one of the OAAA/Geopath 2021 conference. (1) The recovery is occurring faster than expected, says Sean Reilly, CEO, Lamar Advertising (2) “We learned how to sell other verticals,” Scott Wells, CEO, Clear Channel America on selling during covid. (3) “Covid brought new brands” to […]
Clear Channel Outdoor revenues are beginning to come back but expenses remain stubbornly high, especially in Europe. Here are the results from the Clear Channel Outdoor 1Q 2021 earnings release, Clear Channel Outdoor 1Q 2021 earnings presentation and conference call. Revenue declined 33% to $371 million. North America revenue was […]
The OAAA/Geopath 2021 Conference Agenda has been released. Billboard Insider doesn’t want to miss the Leadership Outlook panel. Plenty of other great panels. US House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn and Ken Klein on Political Issues Alexis Ohanian and Adquick CEO Matt O’Connor on OOH for Social AmpliAnna Gager interviews […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Americas CEO Scott Wells thinks cities will be more accepting of digital billboards as they look for revenue post-covid. Here’s a selection of his comments at last week’s Morgan Stanley conference. Is programmatic bringing in new money? In 2011 to 2017 you had a lot of advertisers […]
Clear Channel Outdoor’s expense cuts are done in the US and Latin America but have yet to be completed in Europe. And don’t expect to see asset sales until 2022 at least. Here’s what else Clear Channel Outdoor CEO William Eccleshare, Americas CEO Scott Wells, and CFO Brian Coleman said […]
Clear Channel Outdoor Worldwide CEO William Eccleshare, Americas CEO Scott Wells and CFO Brian Coleman appeared at this weeks Wells Fargo TMT conference. Some highlights. Eccleshare is optimistic about the future. We continue to be optimistic about the resilience of the business because there the lockdowns have been less significant…our […]
New York, New York – Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO) today announced it will partner with No Kid Hungry to launch a nationwide digital billboard campaign to help connect kids to the food they need this holiday season. Promoting resources from No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to […]
