Business

Company of the Day: North Star Media Partners

Company:  :  North Star Media Partners Headquarters:  6287 West Shadow Lake Drive, Lino Lakes, MN Markets: Twin Cities Metro, Minnesota Phone: 920-891-5496 Email:  Chuck@NorthStarMediaPartners.com North Star Media partners operates a Billboard plant with 14 digital billboard faces  in the north Twin Cities metro area. Billboard Insider talked with Chuck Bolkcom the […]

Company of the Day – Blue Ox Media

  Company: Blue Ox Media Headquarters: 100 South 5th Street – 19th floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Market: Greater Minneapolis, MN Phone: (612) 300-8440 Email: ghooker@blueoxmediagroup.com Blue Ox Media was founded in 2016 and operates 4 digital and one static structure.  The double-side digitals are 14×48 and the static structure is […]

Geopath’s Hennessy Retires

Geopath EVP Member Services Larry Hennessy is retiring in June after a 49 year career.  Here’s the announcement. After almost five decades with Geopath, EVP Member Services Larry Hennessy will be retiring at the end of June. Larry’s 49-year career brought him through multiple iterations of the Traffic Audit Bureau […]

SEPTA Awards Intersection Nine Year Extension on Transit Advertising Partnership

  Philadelphia, PA – June 24, 2025– Intersection, an experience-driven out-of-home media and technology company, today announced that it has been awarded a new,  nine-year contract, to sell static and digital advertising for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the sixth largest transit system in the United States. Partners since 2005, Intersection […]

Company of the Day: Book Your Billboard

Company:  Book Your Billboard Markets:  South Dakota Address: 2004 N Westport Ave, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57107 Email:  doug@bookyourbillboard.com Phone: 605-799-6977 Book Your Billboard operates 45 billboard structures in South Dakota.  The company uses Daktronics digital billboards.  The company was the subject of a Sioux Falls Business article in 2019 and a Daktronics profile in August 2020.  […]

Tell Us Your Story!

We had an interesting inquiry from an Insider Reader: “Hey Billboard Insider, Here’s a possible story idea for you. Ask industry leaders to recall/provide a couple of war stories about their experiences and how they made it through a crisis. To talk through a crazy/terrible time might provide some useful […]

People are Driving More and Taking More Transit Trips

Good news for roadside and transit billboard plants.  People are driving more miles and taking more transit trips. More Road Miles Travelled Here are the results of the FHWA Traffic Volume Trends report for April 2025. Travel on all roads and streets increased by 1.5% for April 2025 as compared […]

Company of the Day – Blackbelt Outdoor

Company:  :  Blackbelt Outdoor Advertising, LLC Headquarters:  310 Broad Street Selma, AL 36701 Markets: 10 Counties in Central Alabama Phone: 205-319-1099 Email:  dunkin@blackbeltoutdoor.com Dunkin and Martha Allred started Blackbelt Outdoor in 2014 in the heart of the “Blackbelt” region of Alabama. Since then they have expanded their coverage area into over […]

Company of the Day: bMedia

Company: bMedia Markets: Puerto Rico Phone: 787-593-0960 Email: Hector.horta@bMediagroup.com, Juan.casillas@bmediagroup.com BMedia is the largest out of home provider in Puerto Rico.  bMedia is run by Juanchi Casillas and Hector Horta and financially backed by Seaport Capital.  Seaport made an equity investment in bMedia in August 2014 and assisted bMedia with the Showtime Outdoor acquisition […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds June 21, 2025

“Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of […]