Kiplinger (pronounced KIP-ling-er) is a Washington, D.C.-based publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice, available in print, online, audio, video and software products. Our best-known publications are The Kiplinger Letter, a weekly business and economic forecasting periodical for people in management, and the monthly Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The total paid circulation of our periodicals exceeds 850,000, and our Web site, Kiplinger.com, receives nearly 1.2 million unique visits per month.

Shine Group is a leading producer of TV programming in the UK. Its production units include Shine TV (As Seen On TV, Masterchef), Kudos (Spooks, Hustle), and Princess (Something for the Weekend, The Sunday Night Project). Its Dragonfly imprint is best known for reality-based and documentary programming. Outside the UK, Shine owns Reveille, which has imported such shows as The Office and Ugly Betty for US networks, and Metronome Film & Television in Scandinavia. Shine was founded in 2001 by Elisabeth Murdoch, the daughter of News Corporation chieftain Rupert Murdoch.

BET, the leading cable channel targeting young African-American audiences with a mix of entertainment, music, and news programming. Reaching about 90 million US homes, BET boasts a line up that includes 106 & Park (music videos), Brothers to Brutha (reality show), and Sunday Best (gospel music). The network is the flagship property of BET Networks, which includes sister outlets BET Gospel, BET Hip Hop, BET J (jazz and R&B music programming), and Centric (targeting older adult viewers). Launched in 1980, BET is owned by media conglomerate Viacom.

Infinite Media Concepts was founded in 1993 by president Steven Sheck. Infinite Media provides direct marketers with lists, data processing, list management, and lettershop services. The company offers both e-mail and direct mail lists consisting of business and consumer information. Infinity also offers analytics to help clients make the most of it marketing lists. Clients have included companies large and small, including Home Depot, and the US Mint.

Fortissimo Film Sales is an international film, television, and video sales organization specializing in the production, promotion, and distribution of movies from independent filmmakers. The company, which was founded in 1991, has offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and New York, and agents in London, Tokyo, and Beijing. Fortissimo's film portfolio includes about 200 productions; it adds about a dozen new films each year. Its catalog includes award-winning films such as Happy Together, In the Mood for Love, Little Sister, and Shower.

GSD&M Mythos Group is the movie production arm of Austin, Texas-based advertising company GSD&M's Idea City. Its credits include the IMAX film Texas: The Big Picture; the feature film Drop Dead Sexy, a murder mystery with a Texas twist; and Slam Planet, a documentary on the slam poetry phenomenon. The group also plans branding strategy and performs the filmed production services for certain GSD&M clients such as Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, and Chili's. Due to the changing nature of the traditional advertising model due to technology, GSD&M hopes to capitalize on the growing trend of mixing entertainment with advertising as a new way to grab the attention of consumers.

Shed Media is an independent television production company that primarily distributes its productions to major UK broadcasters like ITV and BBC. The production company acquired Screentime Partners (now known as Outright Distribution) in 2006, bolstering its distribution operations of original and third party productions. Shed Media's Ricochet unit also produces hit reality show Supernanny. In mid-2010, Shed Media agreed to be acquired by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the film and TV production subsidiary of Time Warner.

Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) is the #3 Spanish-language radio broadcaster in the US (behind Univision Radio and Entravision) with 20 stations in the US and Puerto Rico. Its radio stations serve such large markets as Los Angeles, New York City, and Miami, reaching about half the US Hispanic population with music formats ranging from regional Mexican to Spanish tropical. In addition, the company operates Web site LaMusica.com, and it has two TV stations in South Florida operating as MegaTV that offer original and syndicated Spanish-language programming. Chairman and CEO R�ul Alarc�n Jr. controls 80% of SBS.

24/7 Real Media provides key elements in the rapidly changing Internet advertising arena: search marketing services, software to host and manage ads, and a network of Web sites that run the ads. 24/7 Real Media's Media Solutions segment provides advertisers access to its network of Web sites and permission-based e-mail marketing database. 24/7 also offers search engine optimization services. Technology offerings revolve around 24/7 Real Media's ad delivery and management software, which allows advertisers to plan, manage, and measure their online campaigns. Owning almost 20 offices across 12 countries, 24/7 is a subsidiary of global communications conglomerate WPP.

Panini America, formerly Donruss Playoff, publishes sports trading cards under the names Donruss, Playoff, and Score. The company makes basketball cards as the official licensed trading card publisher for the NBA; it offers NFL cards through shared rights with rival Upper Deck. (It lost its Major League Baseball license in 2006.) The second oldest US card company, Donruss was founded in 1954 by brothers Donald and Russel Weiner (the company's name is a combination of their first names -- Don and Russ). In 2009 the company was acquired by Italian firm Panini Group, a leading publisher of collectibles. Donruss was subsequently renamed Panini America. For football and basketball fans, it's all in the cards.

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