January 2021
Cathy O'Connor officially steps in as CEO of oOh!Media
The outdoor media company has a new chief after a rocky 12 months for the out-of-home advertising medium.
- Miranda Ward
December 2020
From Eureka moment to pandemic: Brendon Cook's 31 years at oOh!media
Brendon Cook, the founding CEO of outdoor media company oOh!media, is stepping down and says 2020 has been the most challenging year of his business life.
- Miranda Ward
June 2020
Advertisers push back oOh!media bookings to second half
A huge share of the company's outdoor advertising bookings for April and May were pushed into the second half of the year after travel and social restrictions because of COVID-19 slashed people's movements.
- Max Mason
March 2020
oOh!media shares slump after after insto raising
oOh!media shares have fallen more than a fifth in morning trade after completing the institutional part of its heavily discounted emergency capital raising.
- Max Mason
HMI Capital emerges as kingmaker in oOh!media $167m raising
HMI Capital founder Mick Hellman will join oOh!media's board as a non-executive director after the US private equity firm committed to sub-underwriting emergency capital for the outdoor advertising company.
- Max Mason
oOh!media could become target after COVID-19 crash
oOh!media has historically been a hunter, but the tables have turned on Australia's largest outdoor advertising business.
- Max Mason
oOh!media explores raising capital
oOh!media chief executive Brendon Cook says the exploration of a capital raising is not a liquidity issue and maintains the outdoor advertiser will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic in a stronger position.
- Max Mason
oOh!media pulls guidance amid COVID-19 outbreak
The deteriorating macroeconomic environment and uncertainty surround the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic has made forecasting the rest of the year through to December difficult.
- Max Mason
February 2020
oOh!media takes heed as coronavirus unfolds
oOh!media's revenue inched up 1 per cent to $649.6 million, while its net profit was heavily impacted by changes to the way leases are accounted across Australian businesses.
- Max Mason
January 2020
oOh!media founder steps down as CEO
Brendon Cook founded Outdoor Network Australia in 1989 and has guided the company through two ASX listings, private equity ownership and multiple acquisitions.
- Max Mason
December 2019
Media bosses' predictions on the year ahead
The Australian Financial Review's Media & Marketing section rounds out the year with a look into 2020 with 21 Australian media executive leaders.
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Mergers & acquisitions
Southern Cross floated oOh!media merger idea
The discussion of a nil-premium merger, while it did not progress, illustrates the hunger for deals in the outdoor advertising sector.
- Max Mason and Sarah Thompson
August 2019
oOh!media rules out capital raising
On a pro forma basis, accounting for the $570 million acquisition of Adshel, oOh!media reported net profit after tax of $9 million for the first half of calendar 2019.
- Max Mason