Clear Channel Outdoor

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.clearchanneloutdoor.com
Employees: 7,270
Employee growth: 15.2%

In the great outdoors, billboards in clear view mean money for Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings. The company is a leading display advertising operator, with about 820,000 properties in some 45 countries. Besides billboards, the company sells advertising on buses and trains and on "street furniture" such as bus stops and information kiosks in metropolitan markets. On its 188,000 display spots in the Americas and another 630,000 internationally, the company sells advertising space in airports and malls and on the sides of high-profile buildings, and also creates displays that feature video and moving parts. Clear Channel Communications, the #1 radio broadcaster, controls the company.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $2,798.0M
One year growth: 3.7%
Net income: ($87.5)M

Officers:
Chairman: Mark P. Mays
EVP, General Counsel, and Secretary: Robert H. (Rob) Walls Jr.
CFO: Thomas W. (Tom) Casey

Competitors:
CBS Outdoor
JCDecaux
Lamar Advertising

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Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO), is a company controlled by Clear Channel Communications and is one of the world's largest outdoor advertising corporations. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and has operations in six of the seven continents.

The company offers advertising on traditional and nontraditional advertising mediums. This includes billboard advertising, posters, street furniture, mall/retail advertising, airport advertising, mobile/transit advertising and spectacular advertising locations such as Times Square in New York City.

Contents 1 History 2 Divisions 3 See also 4 External links

History

They are also the oldest outdoor advertising company in the United States as their roots trace back to the three companies that merged into the current incarnation: Foster & Kleiser (1901-1986), Patrick Media Outdoor (1986-1995) and Eller Media Company (1959-1997). F&K changed their name to Patrick after Metromedia sold the company which in turn was acquired by Eller in 1995. It would change its name to Clear Channel Outdoor in 2001 after the company acquired it.

Along the way the company acquired the following:

Universal Outdoor (Naegele, Derse)

Paxton Outdoor

Ackerley Media

Badger Outdoor

ABC Outdoor

Hansen Outdoor

Divisions

• Clear Channel Outdoor

-Outdoor billboards

-Posters/Print

-Bus/Transit busboards

An "Adshel" bus shelter poster

• Clear Channel Adshel

-Ads for bus shelters

• Clear Channel Airports

-Ads/posters located at major airports

• Clear Channel Malls

-Advertisting/posters for major shopping centers

• Clear Channel Spectacolor

-Specializing in "living" billboards; locations include New York City Subway entrances and Toronto's Yonge Street.

See also

• Digital Signage

And rival outdoor advertising companies:

• CBS Outdoor
• JCDecaux
• Lamar Advertising Company
• Pattison Outdoor Advertising (Canada)

External links

• Company website

v · d · eClear Channel Communications, Inc. Corporate officers Lowry Mays · Mark Mays · Randall Mays · Tom Hicks Board of directors Alan Feld · Perry Lewis · Lowry Mays · B.J. McCombs · Phyllis Riggins · Theodore Strauss · J. C. Watts · John H. Williams Local radio, TV and satellite radio assets Further information: List of broadcast stations owned by Clear Channel Radio networks Premiere Radio Networks · Fox Sports Radio · Australian Radio Network (50%) Miscellaneous assets Clear Channel Outdoor · Clear Channel UK · Format Lab · iheartradio

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