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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (), is a public subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc.), and is one of the world's largest outdoor advertising corporations. The company is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The company offers advertising on traditional and nontraditional advertising media. 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. ==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 to General Electric, 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 In November 2002, Clear Channel Outdoor announced that it would move its Los Angeles headquarters to a site in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood, in the Harbor Gateway Center being developed by Boeing Realty Corp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Clear Channel Outdoor to Relocate to Harbor Gateway Center )〕 In June 2003, Clear Channel Outdoor selected Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) to supply it with local market consumer information and software services in all U. S. markets served by Clear Channel Outdoor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Clear Channel Outdoor Chooses Arbitron And Scarborough Research For Information Services In All U.S. Outdoor Markets )〕 In November 2005, Clear Channel Outdoor announced the initial public offering of 35,000,000 shares of Class A common stock of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings at a price of $18.00 per share, for a total offering of $630,000,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Clear Channel Outdoor Prices Initial Public Offering )〕 In May 2006, Clear Channel Outdoor Launched UK's 1st Outdoor Digital Billboard Network. The 10 billboards measuring 5.3 metres long by 2.5 metres wide (approximately 48-sheet sized) deployed a new, energy-efficient technology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Clear Channel Outdoor Launches UK's 1st Outdoor Digital Billboard Network )〕 The parent company changed its name to iHeartMedia, Inc. in September 2014; the outdoor advertising unit retained the Clear Channel name to protect that trademark. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clear Channel Outdoor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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