Adams Outdoor Advertising Acquires Cook Brothers' 17 Billboard Faces in Dillon County, South Carolina

Adams Outdoor Advertising Acquires Scotty Outdoor

September 30, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Adams Outdoor Advertising has acquired Scotty Outdoor, adding 132 static billboard faces and 3 digital faces across North and South Carolina. The acquisition expands Adams' out-of-home footprint across key Carolina markets (from Boone and Charlotte to Emerald Isle and Columbia), strengthening its regional advertising coverage.

Adams Outdoor Advertising Acquires Riley (Patriot) Outdoor

January 3, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Adams Outdoor Advertising has acquired Riley (Patriot) Outdoor, adding 201 billboard faces and 7 digital displays across 12 counties in eastern North Carolina and establishing a new Triad market covering Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point. Riley Outdoor, founded in 2005 by Robert Moore, expands Adams' out-of-home footprint and strengthens its local advertising inventory in the Piedmont Triad region.

Adams Outdoor Acquires Chesapeake Outdoor

June 17, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Adams Outdoor Advertising acquired Chesapeake Outdoor, adding 181 static billboard faces and expanding its footprint in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach market and into the Salisbury–Ocean City, MD DMA. The acquisition strengthens Adams' regional presence on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland and will be integrated under Adams' Norfolk operations.

Adams Outdoor Advertising Acquires Cee Media

January 13, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Adams Outdoor Advertising, the fourth-largest out-of-home operator in the U.S., has acquired Wisconsin-based billboard company Cee Media, adding Cee Media's network of roughly 100 billboards to its portfolio. The acquisition expands Adams' footprint across central Wisconsin and strengthens its mix of static and digital out-of-home advertising locations for local and national advertisers.

Searchlight Capital Partners and BCI Invest in Adams Outdoor Advertising

September 20, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Searchlight Capital Partners, in partnership with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), signed a definitive agreement to make a strategic investment in Adams Outdoor Advertising. The capital will support Adams' expansion across local U.S. markets, development of new digital sites and technology-enabled advertising capabilities, and pursuit of strategic M&A.

Link Media Outdoor Acquires Thomas Outdoor Advertising Assets

January 27, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Link Media Outdoor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corporation, purchased the outdoor advertising assets of Thomas Outdoor Advertising, Inc., acquiring 368 billboard faces located in Manhattan and central Kansas. The acquired inventory will be managed from Link's Kansas City office and expands Link's existing Kansas footprint; the sellers included Thomas Outdoor Advertising and family owners Bart Thomas, Layton Thomas and Jim Wells.