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Topps is an international marketer of entertainment products, principally collectible trading cards, confections, sticker collections, and collectible strategy games. The Topps Company was founded in 1938 as Topps Chewing Gum, and in its early years produced a popular penny "Topps Gum" from a factory in Brooklyn, N.Y. After World War II, the Topps company developed Bazooka Bubble Gum, and in 1950, added trading cards to its product line. Baseball cards appeared in 1951 and quickly became a vital part of pop culture, a tradition that continues to this day, and includes football (both American and European) and basketball, in addition to entertainment cards and stickers and albums. In July 2003, Topps acquired WizKids, LLC a designer and marketer of collectible strategy games. Topps was acquired in October 2007 by Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity group, and Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney. Now headquartered in New York City, Topps maintains offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, and Argentina, in addition to the U.S. Topps also manufactures the popular lollipop brands marketed as Ring Pops, Push Pops, Baby Bottle Pops and other novelty candy and gum products. the Topps company has worldwide distribution, annual net sales for Fiscal 2006 of $293,838,000, and employs over 487 people worldwide.

Founded in 1789, The United Methodist Publishing House is the oldest and largest general agency of the United Methodist Church, and it contributes a portion of its annual revenues to the church's clergy pension fund. The United Methodist Publishing House keeps Christian clergy from running out of reading material. Operated by a board of directors selected by the United Methodist Church's jurisdictional conferences and Council of Bishops, the company publishes and distributes content for Christian clergy and laity. The company develops and produces official denominational church school curriculum materials, books, software, and multimedia resources for homes, churches, and church offices.

This Upper Deck is open to all sports fans. The Upper Deck company is one of the nation's leading sellers of sports collectibles, including trading cards and autographed memorabilia. Upper Deck's products represent baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and stock car racing. Its patented Upper Deck Authenticated system combats forgery through a five-step process for ensuring genuine autographs. The Upper Deck company has agreements to produce memorabilia with such sports superstars as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James. Upper Deck was founded in 1988 by CEO Richard McWilliam.

The Willis Music Company is a leading independent music publisher with catalog of about 13,000 titles. It also publishes sheet music and other publications aims at musicians. In addition, the company operates a chain of more than half a dozen music retail stores in Kentucky and Ohio offering musical instruments, instrument rentals, sound equipment, and related products. Willis Music Company was founded in 1899 by Charles H. Willis, a veteran of the sheet music industry. It is owned by the family of president Kevin Cranley.

The Zondervan Corporation is a publisher of Christian content, including Bibles and inspirational books and digital products (software, e-books, music). The Zondervan Corporation company publishes the New International Version of the Bible (NIV), with more than 300 million copies distributed worldwide. Zondervan also has units devoted to children's products (Zonderkidz) and Spanish publishing and distribution (Vida Publishers). In addition to its corporate headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan has offices in San Diego and Miami. The Zondervan Corporation company was founded in 1931 by brothers P.J. (Pat) and Bernie Zondervan. Parent company HarperCollins purchased Zondervan in 1978.

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