Girvin founder Tim Girvin is best known for his movie logos -- he's the man behind some 350 recognizable titles as Apocalypse Now, Braveheart, and The Matrix. His Seattle-based design firm (with branches in New York and Tokyo) specializes in the marketing and branding of products from ballet apparel to software. Girvin agency's strategic design services include naming, package design, Web design, and brandmark development. Girvin is also a proponent of creating branded environments by offering interior and architectural design to reflect the company's identity. Clients include Apple, Bloomingdale's, Cinnabon, IBM, Paramount Pictures, Proctor & Gamble, and National Geographic.

A unit of Viacom's MTV Networks (MTVN), Spike Cable Networks operates Spike TV, a cable network that reaches about 100 million US homes with a mix of movies, original shows, and syndicated programming targeting young men in the 18-34 age demographic. Its schedule includes reality-based programming (Pros vs. Joes), ultimate fighting and wrestling (TNA iMPACT, UFC Fight Night), and video game shows (Game Trailers TV), along with syndicated series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Star Trek Voyager. Corporate sibling SPIKE Digital Entertainment publishes videos and other Spike-related content online. Viacom launched Spike TV in 2003.

LEADERS is the only worldwide magazine that deals with the broad range of leadership thoughts and visions of the world's most influential people.It is a quarterly forum for those select individuals who, by their position of leadership, exercise inherent influence and commanding authority over the allocation of the world's human and material resources. Unlike so many others, LEADERS is not a management publication aimed at improving the skills of the decision maker.Rather, it is the one magazine that represents a forum of ideas and opinions on the major issues of change, and that distinguishes the special provinces of the world's leaders.

Lightning Entertainment Productions is a worldwide distributor and licensor of independent films. The company's catalog includes titles such as Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Cougar Club, Kenny, and Tortilla Heaven. Subsidiary Lightning Media focuses on US film distribution and has partnerships with Anchor Bay Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment. Another unit, Mainline Releasing, specializes in distributing made-for-TV and direct-to-DVD films. Lightning Entertainment was founded in 2002 by Richard Guardian, a veteran film distribution and sales executive, along with Rich Goldberg and Marc Greenberg.

Hyperion was founded in 1991. One company's love of books borders on being hyper. Hyperion is home of best sellers such as Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom, Michael J. Fox's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, and One Fifth Ave from Sex and the City scribe Candace Bushnell. The unit of the Disney/ABC Television Group publishes general interest fiction and nonfiction books for adults under imprints including Voice, Miramax, ABC Daytime Press, and Hyperion eBooks and Audio imprints. Hyperion Books company publishes books related to ABC-aired shows, such as Ugly Betty: The Book. Hyperion also publishes books for actors tied to ABC programs such as Desperate Housewives' Teri Hatcher.

The Alliant Group is grounded in the belief that clients deserve more than they typically get when outsourcing strategic communications, public affairs or marketing. The key is the unswerving attention of seasoned professionals who know how to build credibility and influence for a wide range of businesses and organizations. With combined experience and seasoned judgement, the people of Alliant excel at helping clients shape the perceptions of key influencers and constituents who have a bearing on their success. These range from the media, industry pundits, analysts, lawmakers and regulators to customers, prospects, investors, suppliers, employees, and potential employees.

Antenna Group company provides public relations services for green technology and technically minded clientele. The agency offers expertise in designing green building infrastructure, reducing waste, implementing new climate-friendly vehicle systems, and optimizing the usage of water and energy. Antenna Group also provides positioning and strategy development, trade show support, press materials creation and distribution, and media monitoring services. In 2010 Antenna Group was acquired by The Beckerman Group, an independent public relations firm based in New Jersey.

Ketchum company operates through more than 100 offices spanning almost 70 countries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Practices include brand marketing, corporate communications, food and nutrition, health care, and technology. Its Ketchum Sports & Entertainment unit forges relationships between companies' brands with Hollywood, assists with contract negotiations for celebrities and athletes, and negotiates spokesperson appearances. In 2009, Ketchum merged with Pleon, a European PR agency. Founded in 1923, the firm largely operates under the Ketchum moniker except in Europe, where it is branded as Ketchum Pleon.

Former CEO Rod Banner founded Banner Corporation plc in 1984. Banner Corporation plc company, a unit of Young & Rubicam Brands, one of the flagship agency networks of UK-based advertising conglomerate WPP Group, advises high-tech clients on all aspects of communicating their brands to the public. Its services include advertising, direct marketing, public relations, media auditing and buying, competitive analysis, website design, and event planning. Banner's blue chip clientele includes AT&T, Cisco Systems, Freescale, Siebel Systems, and Sony.

The family-owned company was founded by Robert Donald in 1893 and its first publication covered London local government. Hemming Group likes to keep business humming. The business-to-business publisher and conference organizer is made up of several separate operations. The group's Hemming Information Services unit publishes directories and buyer's guides in print and electronic format. Titles include "The Municipal Year Book", "The Retail Directory UK", and "Security Europe". Hemming Group's Brintex unit organizes exhibitions and trade fairs, including the London International Wine & Spirits Fair.

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