Established by celebrated ad man Hal Riney in 1977, it was acquired by Paris-based advertising and media services conglomerate Publicis Groupe in 1998. It operates today as the flagship San Francisco outpost of Publicis Worldwide. This Bay Area firm brings together Hollywood style and Madison Avenue savvy. Publicis & Hal Riney is a leading creative advertising agencies in the US, known for its visually stunning and sometimes edgy campaigns. It has provided creative development and campaign planning services for such clients as 24 Hour Fitness, Jamba Juice, SanDisk, and Sprint.

Taylor Global (formerly Alan Taylor Communications) is a public relations firm specializing in sports and lifestyle marketing. The firm offers strategic consulting, event marketing (including sponsorship negotiation), media relations, and media training services to sports organizations and companies in the consumer products industry. In addition, its Taylor PRimero subsidiary focuses on Hispanic marketing and communications campaigns. Clients have included MasterCard, Microsoft, and Diageo. Taylor Global has five offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago; London; Los Angeles; and New York.

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.

Mullen Communications is a leading creative services agency offering campaign development and planning services to both regional and national advertisers. In addition to traditional broadcast and print media work, the company provides services for direct response and interactive marketing campaigns, along with such services as packaging design and media planning. Mullen also offers corporate communications services through its public relations consultancy. The agency has offices in Boston; Detroit; Pittsburgh; New York; and Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is part of global advertising services conglomerate Interpublic Group.

Principal Rena Kilgannon founded the agency in 1988 as a direct mail and database firm; Rick McReynolds came on board as a partner in 1997, adding creative and media capabilities before retiring in 2002. Kilgannon (formerly Kilgannon McReynolds) offers some southern comfort to companies that want to find, keep, and grow a customer base. The advertising agency creates TV commercials and radio spots, as well as messages for print, outdoor, and Internet media. The agency primarily has served such regional clients as SouthernLINC Wireless, Suzuki, and the Georgia Force (Arena Football). Other services include market research and strategic consulting.

Lead Dog Marketing Group knows how to wag its tail in order to market, promote, and produce a wide assortment of events. Lead Dog company, doing business as LeadDog, specializes in sports marketing and has produced promotions and events for the NBA, MLB, and 1996 Olympic Games. Services include creative development, design, production, and management of promotions and events targeting varied consumer segments. LeadDog's bag of tricks includes such promotional services as sweepstakes and sponsorships. HBO, the NHL, and the American Cancer Society have also engaged Lead Dog company in their marketing efforts.

The Idea Farm, Inc. is an international marketing, advertising and public relations organization headquartered in Danville, Kentucky. Our work is truly international in scope as the company has served clients on four continents and has maintained offices in Den Haag, The Netherlands, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Santiago, Chile.Our work on behalf of some of the nation's most revered corporations and organizations springs from 35 years experience in developing award-winning marketing communications materials that assist in fulfilling overriding strategic marketing objectives.While we assist our clients with all their marketing needs including advertising, public relations, graphic design, web design, copywriting, media production and countless other specialties, our focus in on strategic problem solving. We assist clients in accomplishing their broad, long-term goals through a variety of tactical approaches, all of which spring from a carefully wrought strategic plan.

New York Media publishes New York magazine, a slick weekly focused on lifestyle and business topics in the Big Apple. The under 500,000-circulation publication, considered one of the first city-focused magazines, was founded in 1968 by Clay Felker, and its writers have included Nora Ephron and Tom Wolfe. Current New York editor Adam Moss formerly ran the New York Times' Sunday magazine. Family trusts of the late Burce Wasserstein control New York Media. Wasserstein was a billionaire Wall Street financier and CEO of investment bank Lazard; he died in 2009. The city needs something to do while it's busy not sleeping. Sometimes it reads.

TASCHEN is considered by many admirers to be the king of coffee table books. The eponymous publishing company of Benedikt Taschen specializes in stylized art books that are the publishing equivalent of haute couture. The company's motto is "A Passion for Taschen," and the founder is considered one of the industry's most outrageous publishers. For example, several of his books weigh in at more than 65 pounds: SUMO, a limited edition publication containing photography by Helmut Newton, sold for some $10,000. Its GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali book weighs 75 pounds and sells for $4,000. The firm also runs about 10 TASCHEN Bookstores; the retail outlets are located in cities such as Berlin, London, and New York.

President Todd Holson founded SureSource LLC in 1989; the original business model involved giving consumers access to manufacturers via toll-free phone lines. SureSource operates online stores that allow its partners -- companies from the brand licensing, manufacturing, and nutritional products industries -- to offer their goods directly to consumers. To support its online businesses, SureSource maintains a contact center, a data center, and a distribution facility at its headquarters.

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