A table saw, his life savings, a little frustration, and a dream. That’s what it took for Donald Peschke to publish the first issue of Woodsmith magazine in 1979. Within ten years his entrepreneurial efforts paid off, as the publishing company he founded landed twice on Inc. magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing privately owned companies in America. Today, August Home Publishing Company publishes five national, award winning magazines: Woodsmith, ShopNotes, Garden Gate, Cuisine at home, and My Home My Style. In addition, it has expanded in many ways to meet its mission of “surrounding our customers with service.” August Home provides home centers and woodworking stores around the country with Woodsmith Tools, plans, and hardware kits through its wholesale division, operates The Woodsmith Store in Clive, Iowa (a dream store for woodworkers), has a mail-order business that supplies woodworking and gardening products, and has a new media group devoted to producing an active commerce and information site on the Web (www.AugustHome.com). Of course, it didn’t all start out this way.

Greenlight Media is an independent, international film production company based in Germany. Specializing in animation and documentary projects, the company also provides marketing, financing, distribution, and licensing services. Its productions are viewed in theatres as well as on television. Greenlight focuses its glare on programs that are non-violent, politically and ecologically worthwhile, and connected to nature and culture.

Globespan Media Limited company publishes several real-estate periodicals, including Homes Overseas, Show House, and What House? Buyers entering (or re-entering) the UK real estate market are the target for What House? The publication provides a variety of real estate information and home listings. Homes Overseas provides information about buying property abroad, while Show House targets the information needs of the house-building industry. Globespan Media purchased the magazine publishing business (including all of these publications) from Blendon Communications in June 2007; in November of the same year, Globespan was acquired by Trinity Mirror.

Tellem Worldwide provides media relations, event planning, and video/multimedia production to the health care, biotechnology, and consumer products industries, as well as to entertainment firms, restaurants, and non-profit organizations. It also offers crisis management advice to such clients as the Santa Barbara District Attorney's office in the Michael Jackson case. Other clients have included Clear Channel Communications, UCLA Medical Center, and Marriott. The agency is owned by MTA Films Entertainment, which gives Tellem access to a video editing facility complete with cameras, lighting gear, and other audio-visual equipment.

Media Contacts is a leading provider of interactive media planning and buying, operating through some 50 cities in about 40 countries. Media Contacts company helps clients develop online marketing campaigns, and places media buys with websites offering the best audience demographics. It also offers e-mail marketing, search marketing, and other direct response media services. Customers have included Air France, Expedia, Volkswagen, and Sears. Media Contacts is owned by the global media services arm of Paris-based advertising conglomerate Havas; it operates as part of that company's Havas Digital Media.

Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS was the first company in the United States to specialize in the creation and distribution of art and illustrated books. Now a subsidiary of La Martinière Groupe, the company publishes visually stunning illustrated books in the areas of art, photography, cooking, interior and garden design, craft, architecture, entertainment, fashion, sports, pop culture, as well as children’s books and general interest titles. The company’s imprints include Abrams, Abrams ComicArts, Abrams Image, Abrams Books for Young Readers, Amulet Books, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, and STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book. Abrams also distributes books for 5 Continents Editions, Booth-Clibborn Editions, Royal Academy Publications, Tate Publishing, The Vendome Press, V&A Publishing, and Editions Alain Ducasse / Editions Culinaires.

Ten Alps has just about all the bases covered in media -- managing content on TV, radio, online, and in print, as well as offering live event production, advertising, and consulting services. The company, which counts Live Aid creator Bob Geldof among its founders, specializes in producing documentaries, reality TV shows, publications, and Internet video. It publishes some 600 magazine, directory, and other periodical titles, produces about 200 Web sites, and operates a handful of online TV channels. Video productions include the documentaries "Churchill's Forgotten Years" and "Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind" (featuring Bob Geldof's daughter). Ten Alps was founded in 1999.

GSD&M Mythos Group acts as the agency's movie production segment. In addition to its Austin, Texas office, the agency has an office in Chicago. Founded in 1971, GSD&M Idea City is a subsidiary of Omnicom Group, the world's #1 media services conglomerate. It officially changed its name to GSD&M Idea City in mid-2007. Big ideas from GSD&M Idea City help keep its customers' brands fresh in the minds of consumers. GSD&M Idea City LLC company is one of the country's leading full-service advertising agencies, providing creative ad work and brand marketing for such big names as BMW of North America, MasterCard, Southwest Airlines, the PGA TOUR, and the US Air Force.

Founded in 2001, Hydrogen Advertising is a member of Worldwide Partners Inc., a global network of independent agencies. For Hydrogen (dba Hydrogen Advertising), the work is elementary. The agency provides a full spectrum of marketing services, including Web marketing, media planning, public relations, direct marketing, campaign measurement, and strategic planning (in print or for broadcast), primarily to companies on the West Coast. Hydrogen Advertising serves a variety of industries including financial services, gaming, health and fitness, technology, travel, and real estate. Clients include Aegis Living, eBay, Microsoft, and Precor.

The Stephenz Group is the leading advertising agency in Silicon Valley. We are a team of dedicated people whose passion is to create targeted integrated marketing programs that contribute to our clients' success. For over 20 years we have put our experience to work to develop a wide range of solutions that build brand value, promote differentiation in the marketplace and deliver results. And we can do the same for you with our leading-edge strategy, innovative creative and business know-how.

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