JCDecaux S.A. provides outdoor advertising through billboards, public furniture, and transportation ads. JCDecaux operates in some 55 countries, with about 70% of its revenue deriving from outside France. Although growing across the board, JCDecaux's primary market is still Europe (where it is the top outdoor advertising company and #2 worldwide, behind Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings); its biggest gains have been in Asia, the UK, and the US. JCDecaux Holding, an entity owned by the Decaux family, owns 70% of the company, which was established in 1964 by chairman Jean-Claude Decaux.

GMM Grammy is a leading diversified entertainment company in Thailand with holdings in music, television production, radio broadcasting, and live event production. Its music operations include both record production and distribution (anchored by such labels as Genie Records, Grammy Gold, and More Music), as well as CD and DVD manufacturing services. GMM Grammy also produces television shows and movies, creates live concerts and other events, and operates four radio stations. Other operating subsidiaries include digital entertainment and publishing operations. The Damrongchaitham family controls GMM Grammy.

Detroit Free Press (owned by Gannett), The Detroit News is one of Detroit's two major daily newspapers. (The two papers' business operations are managed by the Detroit Media Partnership, which oversees business, marketing, and manufacturing operations while the newspapers keep separate editorial staffs.) The Detroit News boasts a daily circulation of about 180,000, and also operates on the Web through Detroit News Online. The paper was founded in 1873 and was acquired by Gannett in 1986. It was sold to MediaNews Group in 2005.

ABDO Publishing specializes in non-fiction books for the school library market. The company's six imprints include Sandcastle (for beginning readers), Buddy Books (non-fiction for grades 2-4), Checkerboard (curriculum-based non-fiction for grades 3-5), ABDO & Daughters (non-fiction for grades 4-8.), Super Sandcastle (larger-sized books for beginning readers), and Essential Library (for middle and high school readers). Titles include War on Terrorism Series, Lewis and Clark, and Checkerboard Animal Library. Joseph M. Abdo, together with daughters, Jill (Abdo) Hansen and Melody (Abdo) Borth, founded ABDO Publishing in 1985. Seven Abdo siblings co-own ABDO Publishing company.

Middleberg Communications, a public relations firm, offers services that, among other things, help its clients build and keep their reputations. Serving consumer, financial services, media, technology, and corporate clients, the company offers services like media and investor relations, strategic planning and research, brand development, and crisis communication. Middleberg also helps companies create blogs, podcasts, and other digitally-based social media. Its clients have included Henderson Global Investors, Hollander, Mimeo.com, and Virtus Investment Partners.

Herbst LaZar Bell (HLB) provides product design and engineering services specializing in consumer products, industrial components, and medical devices. With expertise in market research, business strategy, industrial design, materials and processes, engineering, manufacturing, and prototype services, HLB can minimize the trial and error part of product design. The employee-owned firm was founded as Sherman Herbst in 1962 by Walter Herbst and Bill Sherman. Headquartered in Chicago, HLB owns an additional office in Boston.

Leo Burnett company, which does business as Leo Burnett Worldwide, is owned by ad conglomerate Publicis. This company has come up with some gr-r-reat ideas to promote brands. The #2 ad agency in the US (behind WPP Group's JWT), Leo Burnett has helped create some of the top consumer brands, including Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal and its Tony the Tiger icon. It offers creative development and campaign planning services through about 95 offices in almost 85 countries. Its Arc Worldwide subsidiary provides promotional and direct marketing services, as well as multimedia and interactive marketing development. Vigilante acts as an urban marketing firm, while Lopiz Integrated Hispanic Marketing targets Spanish-speakers.

Madison Square Garden, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the sports, entertainment, and media businesses in the United States. It operates in three segments: MSG Media, MSG Entertainment, and MSG Sports. The MSG Media segment produces and develops content for multiple distribution platforms, including content originating from its venues. This segment also involves in programming networks and interactive offerings that include the MSG Networks and the Fuse Networks. In addition, its interactive businesses include a group of targeted Websites; wireless, video on demand; and digital platforms. The MSG Entertainment segment creates, produces, and/or presents various live productions; and presents or hosts other live entertainment events, such as concerts, family shows, special events, and theatrical productions. The MSG Sports segment owns and operates sports franchises. This segment also features other sports properties, such as the presentation of various premier live sporting events, including boxing, college basketball, track and field, and tennis. Madison Square Garden company owns the Madison Square Garden complex in New York City, which includes an arena and a theater; and The Chicago Theatre in Chicago. It leases Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Madison Square Garden company was formerly known as Madison Square Garden, L.P. and changed its name to Madison Square Garden, Inc. in July 2009. Madison Square Garden company was founded in 1874 and is based in New York, New York. Madison Square Garden, Inc. operates independently of Cablevision Systems Corporation, as of February 09, 2010.

Reese Communications Companies which does business as RTC Relationship Marketing provides customer relationship management (CRM) services that help companies retain existing customers and acquire new ones. It develops campaigns that use direct mail, telephone, and other direct response channels, as well as such interactive marketing strategies that use e-mail and websites. In addition, the firm offers analytical services to measure campaign effectiveness. RTC is a unit of Young & Rubicam Brands, one of the flagship agency networks of UK-based advertising conglomerate WPP Group. RTC works within the Wunderman advertising network, which operates from about 120 offices across 50 countries.

Bader Rutter & Associates, Inc. offers creativity, research, media strategies, advertising, brand management, local marketing, relationship/direct marketing, collateral, and event management services, as well as public relations and digital solutions. Bader Rutter & Associates was formerly known as RA Advertising, Inc. Bader Rutter & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is based in Brookfield, Wisconsin with service offices in Chicago, Lincoln, and Nebraska.

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