Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. reports developments in out-of-home advertising across printed and digital displays, roadside billboards, street furniture and airport media. The company sells advertising placements through a portfolio that includes U.S. roadside assets, airport displays and other markets, with recurring updates tied to digital billboard expansion, data analytics, programmatic buying and campaign measurement.
Company news also covers airport advertising contracts, brand and content partnerships for digital screen networks, research on creative quality and campaign performance, operating and financial results, shareholder matters and capital-structure actions.
Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) is supporting Lights On Afterschool with a national billboard campaign featuring artwork by a student from Usher's New Look.
The “Powered by Afterschool” design by 15-year-old Evelyn Daniel will run across nearly 2,000 digital billboards in October. Clear Channel is donating display space in 25 markets for the campaign with the Afterschool Alliance. On October 22, the company will feature her artwork on two jumbo billboards in New York City's Times Square and illuminate Boston's South Station. Daniel developed the design through afterschool programming, with guidance from communications and design professionals and billboard-format feedback from Clear Channel.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (NYSE: CCO) has received U.S. foreign-investment clearance for its pending acquisition by Mubadala Capital.
Clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) completes all regulatory requirements for the merger. The company expects the transaction to close on or about October 14, 2026, subject to satisfaction or waiver of the remaining customary closing conditions.
Under the previously announced definitive agreement, stockholders will receive $2.43 per share in cash upon completion. Following closing, the company's common stock will cease trading and no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Land O'Lakes announced a rural-imagery campaign with Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) and Getty Images (GETY), starting in New York. The campaign brings images from the Repicturing Rural collection to Times Square during Advertising Week New York, October 5–8, before expanding to other metropolitan markets for National Farmer's Day on October 12.
Land O'Lakes aims to broaden representations of contemporary rural communities. Its collaboration with Getty Images has engaged 38 photographers to create 3,500 stills and videos since 2025. The collection is available now, with updates planned through early 2027.
Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) announced an expansion of RADAR on September 24, 2026, linking outdoor advertising data to LiveRamp and TransUnion measurement tools.
It is the first out-of-home media company integrated into LiveRamp's Cross-Media Intelligence. RADAR data also feeds TransUnion's marketing mix modeling and multi-touch attribution tools, allowing outdoor ads to be evaluated alongside other media.
Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) has been selected to manage the advertising concession at Pensacola International Airport (PNS), taking over a program that has been run in-house since 2018.
The agreement tasks CCO with modernizing the airport’s media network to connect advertisers with more than 3.1 million annual passengers and support PNS’s role as a Gulf Coast commercial gateway. CCO plans a major investment in upgraded infrastructure and new sponsorship inventory, including branded LED video walls, a digital concourse screen network, reimagined branded environments, corner tension fabric displays, and sponsored charging stations. The program is aligned with PNS’s broader capital plan, which includes a $165 million terminal expansion and new concourse expected in the first half of 2028.
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $438.0 million, up 8.7% year over year, with America revenue rising 7.0% and Airports revenue up 14.0%. Adjusted EBITDA increased 11.6% to $143.4 million and AFFO rose 61.6% to $44.9 million. Despite higher operating profit, the company recorded a $10.0 million loss from continuing operations and a consolidated net loss of $5.0 million, impacted by $4.4 million of merger-related transaction costs and $99.0 million of net interest expense.
The company completed the $132.3 million sale of its Spain business on August 4, 2026, intending to use net proceeds to reduce debt, subject to the pending take‑private merger at $2.43 per share in cash, expected to close by the end of Q3 2026.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (NYSE: CCO) announced it has completed the sale of its business in Spain to Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. for a purchase price of €115 million (approximately US$132 million). Final proceeds will reflect customary post-closing adjustments and transaction-related fees and expenses.
According to Clear Channel Outdoor, Moelis & Company and Deutsche Bank Securities served as financial advisors on the Spain sale process.
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO) announced a partnership with A21, Compass Connections (operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline) and Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) on a nationwide digital billboard campaign, “Can You See Me?”, to combat human trafficking during the 2026 World Cup period.
Launched in June across 25 U.S. markets and running through July 31, 2026, the campaign raises public awareness, highlights risks around major events, and promotes available resources. According to Compass Connections, the Hotline received over 600 signals from campaign cities reporting potential trafficking, suspicious activities, or requesting linkage to resources.
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO) has partnered with the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), The Felix Organization, and A BroaderWay Foundation to launch a nationwide digital billboard campaign during National Summer Learning Week (July 6–10).
Featuring Idina Menzel and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, the “Invest in Summer. Change Their Future” campaign will run across CCO’s digital billboards throughout the summer, directing people to SummerKids.org to donate to NSLA. The effort aims to expand access to affordable, high-quality summer enrichment programs, particularly for children missing out due to cost, and to highlight the academic, social-emotional, and confidence-building benefits of structured summer learning.
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE: CCO) launched Clear Channel Impact, a marketing solution that links out-of-home advertising with measurable community support. Brands can direct a portion of their media investment to nonprofit partners, combining full-scale OOH campaigns with cause funding, storytelling, and impact measurement.
Developed with GoodBrand Impact, the platform connects advertisers to vetted nonprofits, offers creative and community activations, and tracks both marketing and social outcomes. Early advertiser and nonprofit interest is strong, with multi-market campaigns expected later in 2026.