Since 1896, The Seattle Times has been the Northwest’s most trusted source of local news and information. As an independent, locally owned company with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest, we’re committed to serving the community through quality journalism for many years to come. Today, The Seattle Times Company Print and Online Network reaches more Northwest adults than any other local news media, with print and online products seen by seven out of 10 adults in King and Snohomish counties.* And more than 5 million unique visitors per month access our online network, which includes seattletimes.com as well as our marketplace sites, NWjobs, NWautos, NWhomes and NWsource.

The Gigunda Group (formerly The College Kit) specializes in non-traditional marketing services including experiential, mobile, and event marketing; sponsorship, viral marketing, product sampling and creating that holy grail of marketing -- "buzz." The Gigunda Group is famous for designing Charmin's Potty Palooza, a clean, comfortable, and enjoyable potty pavilion for families at public events across the country. It has also conducted work for Wrigley's Altoids brand.

HIT Entertainment is a leading producer of children's TV programming, including such shows as Barney & Friends, Bob the Builder, and Thomas & Friends. The company's vault features more than 1,500 hours of programming that its distributes to more than 240 countries; it also distributes content for the home entertainment market and licenses its characters for use in books and other consumer products. The company was formed in 1989 by TV entrepreneur Peter Orton. Sunshine Acquisition, formed by private equity firm Apax Partners, owns HIT Entertainment.

Platinum Studios controls an independent library of comic book characters, which it adapts and produces for film and TV projects. The company owns more than 3,800 characters that have appeared in hundreds of millions of comics in 25 languages and more than 50 countries. Platinum Studios is responsible for the Men in Black comic book; it also co-produced the hit movie-version with Sony Pictures. Platinum Studios was founded in 1997 by Malibu Comics creator Scott Mitchell Rosenberg.

Founded in 1969, CPi offers more than 300 titles. The company operates along Rockport Publishers and other imprints as part of Quayside Publishing Group , which is itself owned by Quarto Group. If you want to fix it, make it, or learn how to do it, Creative Publishing international might have the book for you. Creative Publishing international (or CPi) specializes in DIY and instructional books covering topics such as photography, home and garden, and hunting and fishing. Titles include The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair, The Quilting Bible, and Backyard Grilling. Through licensing deals, CPi publishes step-by-step photography books with brands such as Stanley Black & Decker.

CEO Elliot Sloane founded the boutique firm after leaving Edelman in 1998. Sloane & Companyprovides public relations services to companies including Primedia, AT&T, and Harrah's Entertainment. Sloane & Company serves public and private companies as well as financial institutions and trade associations. The firm specializes in financial public relations, corporate communications, crisis counseling, investor relations, and marketing communications. Sloane & Company also provides tranasction support, helping clients effectively communicate with stakeholders through acquisitions, restructurings, and bankruptcies.

Schubert Communications is a Philadelphia based business-to-business (B2B) brand marketing agency. We use industry insight, marketing imagination, interactive expertise and creative execution to build leading brands for Schubert Communications clients. Schubert Communications mission is to spark market interest, motivate buyers, grow client sales, and build customer loyalty.

Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Peoples Education, Inc., publishes and markets supplementary educational textbooks and materials for K–12 school market in the United States. It offers state-customized, print and electronic test preparation, assessment materials, print work texts, and print and Web-based delivered assessments. The company also distributes and publishes instructional materials for high schools honors, college preparation, and advanced placement courses. In addition, it publishes college preparation supplements and ancillary materials. Further, the company distributes supplemental literacy materials for grades K-8. Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. offers its products through direct and commission sales representatives, telemarketing, direct mail, and catalogs. Peoples Educational Holdings company was founded in 1989 and is based in Saddle Brook, New Jersey.

Intertainment AG Company acquires theatrical rights, video, and television rights to films from the US and other locations and markets them in Germany and the rest of Europe. It holds a pan-European distribution deal with Warner Bros. Studios (which holds the world's largest film library) for film and pay-television rights. It also markets films in the huge Chinese market. The company deals in cartoon distribution and merchandising through its Intertainment Animation & Merchandising subsidiary. Intertainment filed for bankruptcy protection in 2006 and was rescued out of it by German rival Kinowelt.

Stein Rogan + Partners is an independent full-service marketing agency that specializes in interactive communication and branding. The firm helps clients design or redesign their corporate brand, and it designs digital media campaigns to help promote those brands. In addition to traditional branding and Web site design, Stein Rogan offers social media consulting, search engine marketing, and search engine optimization (SEO) services. Clients have included AvalonBay Communities, McGraw-Hill, and Syniverse. CEO and founding partner Tom Stein started the agency with Mark Rogan in 1986.

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