Media
A TRUSTED ADVISOR AND RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY IN GLOBAL MEDIA, MARKETING & MEDIA TECH
Solomon Partners’ Media Group provides M&A, capital markets, restructuring and financing advisory services to private and publicly-traded companies ranging from multi-billion dollar global media companies to growth-oriented private companies and financial sponsors, including investment funds.
The group advises clients in the following areas across the globe:
- Advertising and Marketing Services-Based Businesses
- Out of Home Media
- Retail Tech
- On-Premise and Connected Media Solutions
- Professional Audiovisual
- Content Creation / Distribution
- Exhibition and Site-Based / Experiential Entertainment
See full sector coverage here.
The practice is led by industry veteran Mark Boidman, who has been recognized by digital media industry executives and professional publications as a leading investment banker in the media and technology sectors.
RECENT TRANSACTION EXPERIENCE
The team’s extensive track record includes working with clients such as:
- UBG on its sale of a multi-decade lease of Times Square signage to Providence in partnership with OUTFRONT Media
- AMI Entertainment on its sale to Coral Tree Partners
- Interstate Chicago, a JV between Interstate and Foster Interstate, on its sale of a majority stake in Interstate JCDecaux to JCDecaux
- HIG Capital on its acquisition of Watchfire Signs
- AMI Entertainment on a financing from Fifth Third Bank
- Hollywood Bowl Group on its acquisition of Splitsville Entertainment
- Pacific Outdoor Advertising on the sale of its Portland portfolio and other assets to OUTFRONT Media
- Bow Tie Cinemas in its sale of theatres to AMC Theatres
- Adams Outdoor on its strategic investment by Searchlight and BCI
- CityBridge, the operator of LinkNYC, in a financing commitment by ZenFi Networks
- Foris Outdoor on its sale to Alight Media
- Puttshack on a growth capital raise led by Promethean Investments
- AMI Entertainment on a financing from Marathon Asset Management
- Mood Media on its sale to Vector Capital
- Mood Media on its pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring
- Ares on the $400M preferred investment by Ares and Providence in OUTFRONT Media
- Star Cinema Grill on its sale to CMX Cinemas
- Vivendi on the sale of its 10% stake in Universal Music Group to a consortium led by Tencent
- Netflix on its acquisition of certain out of home media assets
- Banijay Group on its acquisition of Endemol Shine Group from joint owners Apollo and Disney / Fox
- MJR Digital Cinemas in its sale to Kinepolis Group
- Barnes & Noble Founder, Chairman and 19% equity holder, Len Riggio on the sale of the Company to Elliott Management, owner of Waterstones
- Total Outdoor on its sale of select assets to each of American Tower, New Tradition, OUTFRONT Media and Pacific Outdoor
- Broadsign on its acquisition of Ayuda Media Systems
- Movie Tavern on its sale to Marcus Theatres
- Exterion Media on its sale to Global
- Consortium of iSubscribed, WndrCo and General Catalyst on the acquisition of Intersections
- AMI Entertainment on its sale to The Gores Group
- PatientPoint on its capital raise to build out digital media across its doctor office and hospital network
- Gas Station TV (GSTV), Rockbridge Growth Equity and Verifone on the joint venture between GSTV and Verifone’s PetroMedia businesses
- Cieslok Media on its sale to Bell Media
- Vector Media on its sale of equity to Spire Capital
- RevZilla on its sale of equity to J.W. Childs (Prospect Hill Growth Partners)
- Searchlight Capital Partners on its acquisition of TouchTunes Interactive Networks
- OUTFRONT Media (formerly CBS Outdoor) on its acquisition of the major market outdoor advertising portfolio of Van Wagner
Transactions
Served as financial advisor to Universal Branding Group on its sale of a multi-decade lease of Times Square signage to Providence Equity Partners
Served as financial advisor to AMI Entertainment Network on its sale to Coral Tree Partners
Served as the exclusive financial advisor to Interstate Chicago on the sale of its majority stake in Interstate JCDecaux to JCDecaux
Served as financial advisor to H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of Watchfire Signs
Served as financial advisor providing a fairness opinion to the Board of CC Neuberger
Dividend recapitalization financed by new senior secured credit facility- served as financial advisor to AMI Entertainment
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Hollywood Bowl Group on its acquisition of Splitsville Entertainment
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Pacific Outdoor Advertising on the sale of its Portland portfolio and other assets aggregating ~1000 displays to OUTFRONT Media
Served as financial advisor to Bow Tie Cinemas in its sale of theatres to AMC Theatres
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Adams Outdoor Advertising on its strategic investment by Searchlight and BCI
Served as exclusive financial advisor to CityBridge on its $200,000,000+ investment from ZenFi Networks
Served as financial advisor to Foris on its sale to Alight Media
Advised Puttshack on its growth capital raise led by Promethean Investments
Served as financial advisor to AMI Entertainment Network to refinance existing indebtedness on senior secured credit facility
Served as advisor to Mood Media on its sale to Vector Capital
Served as advisor to Mood Media on its pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring
Advised Ares on its Convertible Preferred Investment into OUTFRONT Media
Solomon Partners served as financial advisor to Star Cinema Grill on its pending sale to CMX Cinemas.
Serving as financial advisor to Vivendi on the sale of its 10% stake in Universal Music Group to a consortium led by Tencent
Served as advisor to Banijay Group on its acquisition of Endemol Shine Group from joint owners Apollo and Disney / Fox.
Served as financial advisor to MJR Digital Cinemas in its sale to Kinepolis Group.
Served as strategic and financial advisor to Total Outdoor on the sale of its Chicago out of home media assets to OUTFRONT
Served as financial advisor to Barnes & Noble Founder, Chairman and 19% equity holder, Len Riggio on the sale of the Company to Elliott Management, owner of Waterstones.
Serving as investment banker to IPIC Entertainment on its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Sector Coverage:
We advise clients in Media, Entertainment & Media Tech, including:
Advertising / Marketing Services
- Ad Tech
- Classic Out of Home (OOH) Media and Advertising
- Digital Out of Home
- Marketing Services
- Marketing Technology
- Point of Care Media
- Radio
- Smart Cities / Urban Infrastructure
- Sports / Stadium Marketing
- Streaming Media
- Transit Media
Global Retail Tech / On-Premise Media
- Background Music
- CMS Solutions
- Digital Signage and Interactive Displays
- E-Commerce Tech
- In-Venue Media and Tech
- Kiosk Solutions
- Payments
- Retail Analytics
- Software Signage Technology
Professional Audiovisual
- AV Integration
- Audio / Audio Equipment
- Content Distribution and Media
- Conferencing / Collaboration
- Digital Signage
- Event Production
- Meeting Rooms
- Learning
- Security / Surveillance
- Simulation and Visualization
Entertainment
- Content Creation / Distribution
- Site-Based Entertainment
- Motion Picture Exhibition
- TV / Filmed Entertainment
- Radio / Digital Music Services
- Music Publishing / Recorded Music
- Satellite / Broadband
