Greenwich, CT – March 13, 2018 Townsquare Media, Inc. (NYSE: TSQ) announced today financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017.
“We are pleased to announce another strong result in our Local Marketing Solutions segment, which delivered net revenue growth of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2017, and 1.9% for the full year, despite the loss of political revenue. This was the 16th consecutive quarter of positive, organic net revenue growth for this segment of our Company. Excluding political revenue, Local Marketing Solutions net revenue increased 5.2% in the fourth quarter of 2017, our strongest quarter of the year, and 3.9% for the full year,” commented Bill Wilson, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Townsquare.
The Company also announced today that its Board of Directors approved the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share. The dividend will be payable on May 15, 2018 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 2, 2018.
“The Board’s decision to approve a dividend reflects confidence in our current capitalization, the strength of our balance sheet, our free cash flow generation, and our outlook for 2018,” commented Dhruv Prasad, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Townsquare. “Our quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share, or $0.30 per share on an annual basis, commences in May 2018.”
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About Townsquare Media Inc.
Townsquare is a radio, digital media, entertainment and digital marketing solutions company principally focused on being the premier local advertising and marketing solutions platform in small and mid-sized markets across the U.S. Our assets include 317 radio stations and more than 325 local websites in 67 U.S. markets, a digital marketing solutions company (Townsquare Interactive) serving approximately 12,400 small to medium sized businesses, a proprietary digital programmatic advertising platform (Townsquare Ignite) and approximately 350 live events with nearly 18 million attendees each year in the U.S. and Canada. Our brands include iconic local media assets such as WYRK, KLAQ, K2 and NJ101.5; music festivals such as Mountain Jam, WE Fest and the Taste of Country Music Festival; touring lifestyle and entertainment events such as the America on Tap craft beer festival series and North American Midway Entertainment, North America’s largest mobile amusement company; and leading tastemaker music and entertainment owned and affiliated websites such as XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com, and Loudwire.com. For more information, please visit www.townsquaremedia.com, www.townsquareinteractive.com and www.townsquareignite.com.
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