Founded in 2001, Max Media LLC acquires, builds and operates television and radio stations throughout the United States. Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Max was formed by Gene Loving, the current Chairman and CEO, John Trinder, the current President and COO, Chuck McFadden, a senior advisor to Max, Tim Robertson, a senior advisor to Max and a founder of The Family Channel, and David Wilhelm, the current CFO. Management and the equity sponsors, Quad-C Management, Colonnade Capital and Golden Gate Capital, have committed approximately $175 million of equity to fund acquisitions and development of de novo broadcast properties. Management’s strategy is to selectively acquire development-stage and troubled media properties in desirable markets and improve the ratings, revenues and cash flow. The management team has been successful in this strategy by emphasizing increased marketing focus and applying innovative programming expertise. Mr. Loving and Mr. Trinder have previously built, operated and sold two companies with similar strategies of acquiring small market radio and television stations and improving operations with professional management and technical improvements. In 1979, Loving and Trinder started TVX Broadcast Group, which went public in 1985 and was sold to Paramount Communications in 1991 for $500 million. Subsequently, they, along with Mr. McFadden, founded Max Media Properties LLC in 1991 and sold it to Sinclair Broadcasting in 1998 for $270 million.

Since 1986 Beck Ellman Heald has worked with its clients in the spirit of partnership, vision and execution in an atmosphere of mutual respect and integrity. The public relations firm helps its clients access local, regional, and national media; plan special events and trade show presentations; design ad campaigns; prepare marketing and other company materials; and assists with other communications needs. Clients include IKEA, California Coast Credit Union, and Prudential California Realty.

As the third-largest comics publisher in the US, Dark Horse Comics has become a safe bet. Dark Horse publishes a number of original titles, but most of the publisher's revenue comes from comics based on licensed entertainment properties including Alien, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Conan, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars. Dark Horse company also publishes books and sells collectibles such as action figures and lithographs. In addition, the firm even its own film production studio, Dark Horse Entertainment, which made the big-screen adaptation of Hellboy and its sequel, Hellboy 2.

De Facto Communications provides public relations services to the healthcare, life science, and clinical trials sectors. The firm offers a comprehensive range of marketing communications and design services for corporate literature, annual reports, newsletters, product launches, peer-to-peer communications, and consumer-directed PR. De Facto also offers e-marketing, Web site design and hosting, and flash presentations. Clients, which range from small start-ups to large pharmaceutical companies, include Agfa Healthcare, Amgen, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, and Smiths Medical.

The Perseus Books Group is an independent book publisher, made up of about 10 seperate imprints. Its six main publishing divisions include PublicAffairs (non-fiction), Running Press (fiction and non-fiction titles), Basic Books (non-fiction), Da Capo (non-fiction), Vanguard (fiction and non-fiction), and Avalon Travel (travel guides). In addition, its Basic Civitas imprint publishes work from African-American authors. The Perseus Books Group company also publishes academic books, including college textbooks from Westview Press, and its Consortium unit provides marketing and financial services to small independent publishers. Perseus was formed in 1996.

The Hibbert Company, Inc., doing business as The Hibbert Group, provides marketing support services for pharmaceutical, telecommunications, financial, technology, electronics, advertising, and marketing agencies in the United States and internationally. It offers fulfillment and distribution services, including literature and product fulfillment, and customized kit assembly; program administration services. The company also offers direct marketing and database management services, including tracking interaction history; data cleansing/merge logic; and data relationships and demographics. In addition, it offers support services that include response management services, including phone, fax, email, Web inquiries, scanning, interactive voice response, voice recognition unit, and voice over Internet protocol, and data entry; printing services; and international marketing services. Further, the company offers order2u.com, an on-line ordering service product.

Direct Alliance, which was formed in 1993, is a subsidiary of global outsourcing powerhouse TeleTech Holdings. Direct Alliance provides business process outsourcing (BPO) services for companies in industries such as consumer electronics, financial services, health care, retail, and technology. It specializes in sales, marketing, and fulfillment operations, including direct marketing and telesales, order management, and payment processing. Direct Alliance Corporation also provides Internet sales support and analytics services.

Mendelsohn/Zien Advertising is a full-service advertising agency and a leading West Coast creative ad firm. It provides creative development and strategic planning for a wide range of advertising and marketing campaigns, serving such clients as automaker BMW, fresh fruit company Dole Food, and fast-food chain Carl's Jr. (owned by CKE Restaurants). In addition to traditional print and television ads, Mendelsohn/Zien creates ads for outdoor media as well as interactive and digital advertising. CEO Richard Zien and former partner Jordin Mendelsohn started the agency in 1984. It is owned today by Japan's Hakuhodo.

FremantleMedia Ltd is one of the world's largest creators of TV entertainment.FremantleMedia is known mostly for its worldwide singing talent phenomenon known in the UK as Pop Idol and in the US as American Idol. The company produces more than 10,000 hours of programming shown in more than 50 countries, including game shows (Family Feud), dramas (Neighbours), and of course reality-based TV such as The X Factor and its Idol franchise. It also licenses and distributes programming in 150 countries. FremantleMedia has operations in more than 20 countries; it is a unit of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, one of Europe's largest TV broadcasting companies.

Founded in 1988 and consistently recognized as one of the nation’s top public relations firms, San Francisco-based Fineman PR unites large-agency talent, small-agency responsiveness and top strategic planning to create and execute communications programs that consistently exceed client objectives. The company’s “Brand PR” approach serves as the foundation for the company’s award-winning campaigns. Fineman PR’s capabilities include brand building, crisis communications, community relations and Latino and multicultural outreach.Fineman PR’s crisis communications expertise is nationally renowned for its high profile work. In today’s fast-paced culture of instant media exposure, online defamation and quick-draw lawsuits, Fineman PR offers battle-tested experience and strategic skill to guide companies through rough waters. Agency President Michael Fineman is ranked among the nation’s top crisis counselors by PRWeek. Fineman PR has been called on to handle crises related to workplace accidents, closures, health/safety violations, evacuations, layoffs, food safety, labor issues and city environmental and development issues.

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