October 2019
JCDecaux wants to bring rivals onto new trading platform
French giant JCDecaux plans to launch a new programmatic trading platform in an effort to compete against tech giants like Google.
- Max Mason
June 2019
- Exclusive
- Advertising
Outdoor advertising sector invests in neuroscience study
The study will develop 4K quality first person videos for test subjects.
- Max Mason
September 2018
P2P Transport to spend $17m with Telstra to make taxis roving digital billboards
P2P Transport will spend $17 million so its fleet of taxis can offer advertisers control over the timing and location of their messages.
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- Yolanda Redrup
August 2018
APN Outdoor finishes up with profit jump as ACCC approves $1.2b JCDecaux takeover
APN Outdoor has likely wrapped up its life as a public company with a strong jump in profits.
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- Max Mason
ACCC approves JCDecaux's $1.2b acquisition of APN Outdoor and oOh!media's $570m deal for Adshel
The competition watchdog has given the green light for French giant JCDecaux's $1.2 billion acquisition of APN Outdoor and oOh!media's $570 million deal for Here, There & Everywhere's Adshel.
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- Max Mason
July 2018
APN Outdoor boss James Warburton believes data can grow outdoor's share of advertising pie
APN Outdoor chief executive James Warburton says the outdoor advertiser's new inhouse data and analytics capabilities will allow clients to "peel an onion" of different audience-targeting layers and prove the effectiveness of the out-of-home sector.
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- Max Mason
June 2018
French giant JCDecaux to buy APN Outdoor for $1.2 billion
JCDecaux and APN Outdoor have hashed out a $1.2 billion deal for the French advertising giant to take over the Australian business.
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- Max Mason and Sarah Thompson
APN Outdoor in trading halt as JCDecaux negotiations continue
APN Outdoor has entered a trading halt as the out-of-home advertiser works to hash out a deal with French giant JCDecaux.
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- Max Mason
JCDecaux and APN Outdoor work on deal as oOh!media scoops up Adshel
Consolidation of the out-of-home advertising sector is ramping up, with two deals happening over the weekend.
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- Max Mason and Sarah Thompson
APN Outdoor confirms $540m cash and shares bid for HT&E's Adshel
APN Outdoor has raised its final bid for Here, There & Everywhere's Adshel to $540 million as it fends off a $1.1 billion proposal from French giant JCDecaux.
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- Max Mason and Sarah Thompson
Shareholders say APN Outdoor worth more than JCDecaux's takeover bid
APN Outdoor's board is expected to reject a $1.1 billion approach from JCDecaux, as some shareholders believe the company is "worth more".
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- Max Mason
French giant JCDecaux bids $1.1 billion for APN Outdoor
JCDecaux has lobbed a $1.1 billion proposal for APN Outdoor which is in the midst of its own $500 million bid for Here, There & Everywhere's street furniture business Adshel.
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- Max Mason
May 2018
APN Outdoor would need $300m raising for Adshel: analysts
APN Outdoor's quick turnaround has shifted analysts' focus to the next potential leg of earnings upside: M&A.
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- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Julie-anne Sprague
APN Outdoor upgrades revenue guidance amid strong sales
APN Outdoor's growing advertising sales momentum has led the out-of-home advertising to upgrade its guidance.
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- Max Mason
APN Outdoor bests oOh!media $470 million bid for HT&E's Adshel
APN Outdoor has made a bid for Here, There & Everywhere's out-of-home advertising business Adshel, besting rival oOh!media's $470 million offer.
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- Max Mason
November 2017
JCDecaux bigwig incoming, fund managers wonder about APN Outdoor
International business execs fly in and out of the country every day and fund managers get asked to meet plenty of them. But one incoming businessman has fund managers in a tizz.
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- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Joyce Moullakis
October 2017
Numbers add up for JCDecaux/APN Outdoor, but what about strategically?
An acquisition of APN Outdoor is unlikely to be at the top of French giant JCDecaux's to-do list.
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- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Joyce Moullakis
APN Outdoor appoints James Warburton as chief executive
V8 Supercars chief executive James Warburton has been named APN Outdoor chief executive.
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- Max Mason
Is V8 Supercars' James Warburton headed to APN Outdoor?
James Warburton has announced his resignation from V8 Supercars. We also understand he's interviewed for the CEO's job at APN Outdoor.
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- Opinion
APN Outdoor facing growing shareholder disquiet
APN's new CEO (whoever it may be) will need to convince worried investors its recent performance is a temporary setback.
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- James Chessell