June 2024
How this CEO survived two dud product launches
oOh!media chief Cathy O’Connor’s former boss told her the mistakes she made were the best thing that ever happened to her. He was right.
- Lap Phan and Ciara Seccombe
May 2023
Grim trading update slashes $300m from oOh!media
A brutal 48 hours for the outdoor advertising company has taken its market value from within striking distance of $1 billion to just north of $700 million.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May 2022
oOh!Media focused on stealing share of ad market from TV and digital
The ASX-listed company has launched a creative and content innovation hub to help brands and ad agencies unlock better opportunities in outdoor advertising and increase outdoor’s share of the wider advertising market.
- Miranda Ward
April 2022
The best advice I ever received: ‘First think who, then think what?’
Cathy O’Conner is the chief executive of ASX-listed outdoor advertising company oOH! Media. She answers our CEO Q&A.
- Miranda Ward
‘I’m loud and proud to be a female CEO’
Cathy O’Connor’s career in media spans more than 20 years but her drive to do better has been a constant, as has been her willingness to inspire and support women.
- Miranda Ward
February 2022
oOh! Media focuses on recovery as loss narrows
The outdoor media business is confident the sector’s slow recovery is carrying into the new calendar year.
- Miranda Ward
December 2021
Big tech crackdown and an election: how 2022 will play out for media
The Australian Financial Review’s Media & Marketing section rounds out the year with a look at what to expect next year.
- Miranda Ward
oOh!Media offloads Junkee Media to RACAT Group
The publisher of Australian Geographic and the owner of the TV production company behind TV shows such as Love on the Spectrum has acquired youth-oriented digital publishing business Junkee Media.
- Miranda Ward
August 2021
oOh!Media revenue rebounds despite COVID-19 uncertainty
The outdoor billboard company has delivered a 23 per cent lift in revenue for June-half despite COVID-19 restrictions hurting its airport and office billboard locations.
- Miranda Ward
July 2021
oOh!Media puts Junkee Media on the market
oOh!Media will appoint advisers to divest its youth publishing arm Junkee Media after a strategic decision to focus on its outdoor advertising business.
- Miranda Ward
May 2021
Billboards look to recovery from ‘heartbreaking’ 2020
The outdoor advertising sector lost $368.9 million in the COVID-19 crunch with brands pulling ads as the public retreated to their homes and local suburbs, but the industry is now focused on a return to growth.
- Miranda Ward
oOh!Media bats off question on Sydney Trains contract
Rumours have been swirling for months that oOh!Media has lost the lucrative account, however Sydney Trains asserts it has not made a decision.
- Miranda Ward
March 2021
Stars align for ‘underestimated’ media boss Cathy O’Connor
Cathy O’Connor was a rising star in the radio industry until she fulfilled her promise this year and became the CEO of oOh!Media.
- Miranda Ward
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
April 2019
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The hidden payments that make Nova a money machine for Lachlan Murdoch
Just how good was Lachlan Murdoch's investment in the Nova radio network? Behind the opaque public filings it has become a gold mine.
- Neil Chenoweth