The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is a diversified education and media company whose principal operations include educational services, newspaper print and online publishing, television broadcasting and cable television systems.The Company owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading global provider of educational services to individuals, schools and businesses, serving over one million students annually with operations in more than 30 countries. Its programs include higher education, test preparation, language instruction and professional training. The Company also owns The Washington Post, Express and El Tiempo Latino; Post-Newsweek Stations (Detroit, Houston, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio and Jacksonville); Cable ONE, serving subscribers in midwestern, western and southern states; The Slate Group (Slate, TheRoot.com and Foreign Policy); The Gazette and Southern Maryland Newspapers; The Herald (Everett, WA); and Avenue100 Media Solutions, an analytics-based performance marketing company.

Harmelin Media was established in 1983. The independent shop helps more than 175 clients plan and buy advertising spots on TV, radio, in print or online. It assists clients with spending levels ranging from $200,000 to more than $40 million. Harmelin also integrates non-traditional media and marketing channels into its programs, offering promotion, sports marketing, and direct marketing as other ways to reach consumers. The company's services include research, strategic analysis, implementation, and post analysis (to measure and modify media buys for greater penetration).

Warschawski Public Relations, Inc. was founded in 1996 by David Warschawski, the firm's president. Warschawski Public Relations has done work for clients in a wide range of business sectors. Client have included adidas-Salomon, USA Swimming, and the City of Baltimore. The company's services include strategic positioning and development, crisis management, media relations, and brand development. Warschawski Public Relations conducts in-depth industry research of a company's industry, target markets, and business objectives before offering advice.

cruz/kravets:IDEAS has more than a few thoughts on how to influence Hispanic consumers. The agency offers expert brand planning, creative development, media buying, sales promotion, public relations, and direct response services. Clients have included restaurant chains El Pollo Loco and Denny's as well as Diageo and H&R Block. Working out of its headquarters located in California, the independent agency was founded in 1991.

Owner-president John Deveney founded Deveney Communication in 1996. Deveney Communication succeeds when its clients' communication programs succeed. The firm offers its clients a variety of public relations and marketing communications services, including media relations, strategic planning, crisis communications, media training, and Internet marketing. Deveney Communication serves both large national accounts and regional clients along the Gulf Coast. Clients have included such notables names as Cox Communications, DIRECTV, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Starbucks, and Blockbuster.

Daily Journal Corporation is a leading newspaper publisher with about a dozen papers serving markets primarily in California. Its flagship papers include the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal, which offer in-depth coverage of legal cases and court matters in addition to general interest news. The company also publishes legal affairs magazine California Lawyer, operates subscription-based access to court case and real estate information, and publishes a legal directory for California. Chairman Charles Munger (who also serves as vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway) and Ira Marshall together control 40% of Daily Journal Corporation.

Performics company provides search engine marketing and related services for retailers, catalog merchants, and other direct marketers. Clients have included United Airlines, Pottery Barn, and Northern Tool and Equipment. In 2008 advertising conglomerate Publicis Groupe bought the search marketing operations of Performics and kept the Performics name. The other segment of Performics' operations, affiliate marketing, remained with former parent company Google and operates as Google Affiliate Network.

360i provides search engine optimization, paid placement management, and performance analytics services for US and international clients including H&R Block, NBC Universal, and Office Depot. In addition to turning Web searches into marketing opportunities (through optimization and paid placement) the company provides development and management services for targeted marketing campaigns using banner ads, e-mails, and websites. A subsidiary of Innovation Interactive, 360i got off the ground in 1998. In 2010, Innovation Interactive was acquired by Japanese advertising conglomerate Dentsu.

Arclight Films focuses on international film sales and distribution of American "arthouse" fare under the Arclight banner. Its Arclight Television group is devoted to TV distribution while Darclight handles genre films (thrillers, horror, action) and Easternlight covers Asian cinema. Arclight Films is also active in producing and co-producing, with a theatrical production branch in Australia. The company, founded in 2002 by managing director Gary Hamilton and chairman Victor Syrmis, has offices in Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Sydney, and Toronto.

Senator Entertainment is a representative for German production and distribution. The company produces and distributes movies and acquires the rights to other films, mostly for the German market. Previous successes include local hits The Miracle of Bern and Good Bye, Lenin! The company reorganized in 2008, selling its US-based operations in order to focus on German films. After releasing a string of box office disappointments in 2008, the company is looking at liquidating assets and is in talks with potential investors.

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