Rob Atkinson Appointed Clear Channel Outdoor UK Managing Director

Clear Channel Outdoor UK has appointed Rob Atkinson to the position of UK Managing Director with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the UK’s leading outdoor advertising company. Reporting to Regional President for the UK, Ireland and North Africa, Barry Sayer, Rob will be responsible for driving the expansion of Clear Channel Outdoor in the UK and promoting greater synergy across all areas of the business.

Barry Sayer, Regional President for the UK, Ireland and North Africa, said: “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Atkinson as Managing Director of Clear Channel Outdoor UK with immediate effect. Through his pivotal role as Group Sales Director for Clear Channel Outdoor over the last three years he has successfully consolidated, expanded and diversified our Sales and Marketing operations while encouraging professionalism and teamwork.

“While I will retain my position as Regional President, with CEO responsibilities in the UK, Rob’s stewardship of the day-to-day operations of our market-leading UK division will facilitate even greater synergy across our Sales, Marketing, Operations and Development divisions at a time when we are aggressively expanding our business and pioneering new developments in outdoor advertising.”

Rob Atkinson, Managing Director of Clear Channel Outdoor UK, said: “I look forward to providing stability, vision and commitment in leading our business forward in what promises to be a landmark period for our company and our industry. While our traditional outdoor formats continue to thrive, the launch of new products this year – such as our Clear Channel Interact mobile service – means that every part of our business must work together to push the boundaries of outdoor and the media industry as a whole.”

Rob joined Clear Channel Outdoor in 2005 as Group Sales Director from the Mail on Sunday where he was Head of Trading, Newspapers. He joined Associated Newspapers in 1991 and was appointed Sales Controller, Newspapers, Mail on Sunday in 1999. Rob’s early career included three years as Sales Manager for Nowpoint Publishing before joining Express Newspapers in 1989 to work in regional sales.
Career Path

May 2005: Group Sales Director – Clear Channel Outdoor UK
April 2005: Sales Director – Adshel
2002 – 2004: Head of Trading, Newspapers, The Mail on Sunday
1999 – 2002: Sales Controller, Newspapers, The Mail on Sunday
1991 – 1999: Various Sales Roles at Associated Newspapers
1989 – 1991: Regional Sales at Express Newspapers
1987 – 1989: Sales Manager at Nowpoint Publishing

About Clear Channel Outdoor in the UK

Clear Channel Outdoor UK is the United Kingdom’s leading outdoor advertising company, providing more than 70,000 advertising opportunities across its four premier brands: Clear Channel Billboards, Clear Channel Adshel, Clear Channel Pinnacle and Taxi Media. Clear Channel Adshel is the UK’s leading supplier of 6-sheet advertising with 65% of the UK roadside 6-sheet market. Clear Channel Adshel offers point of sale opportunities at Sainsbury’s and Somerfield supermarkets and in over 80 UK shopping centres as well as advertising at music venues and universities. Clear Channel Adshel also offers sites at Birmingham International Airport. Clear Channel Billboards is the market leader in 96 sheet billboards and provides a national offering of 48 sheet billboards across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Clear Channel Pinnacle offers premium advertising on over 200 special high-profile sites such as London’s Cromwell Road and M4 Towers.

Clear Channel Outdoor UK introduced Audience Solutions to the marketplace in 2000 and has since extended this concept across all its formats. Audience Solutions puts the consumer at the heart of all communications and offers a flexible, responsive and relevant solution for every brief through the CCO Campaign Planning team.

About Clear Channel Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) is the world’s largest outdoor advertising company with close to one million displays in 49 countries across 5 continents. In the United States, the company operates just under 200,000 advertising displays and has a presence in 49 of the top 50 Designated Market Areas. It also operates airport, rail, taxi and mall advertising businesses worldwide. Its Spectacolor (U.S.) and DEFI (international) divisions are the global market leaders in spectacular sign displays, including in New York’s Times Square. Clear Channel Adshel is the company’s international street furniture division, which operates over 3,500 municipal advertising contracts worldwide. Clear Channel Outdoor also operates digital displays and networks in most of its divisions. More information may be found by visiting www.clearchanneloutdoor.com

Certain statements in this release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Contacts

Clear Channel Outdoor UK
Zoe Jones, PR Manager, 0207 478 2946
zoe.jones {at} clearchannel.co(.)uk