The Aker Partners was founded by managing partner Colburn Aker in 1983. The independent public relations and marketing communications firm provides strategic counsel, publicity management, crisis communications, media relations, and public affairs expertise primarily to clients in health care, energy, and business products and services. Clients include the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, Ford Motor Company, Washington National Cathedral, and Honeywell International.

XPLANE Corp. company's "XPLANATiONs" are visual depictions of mission statements, processes, pitches, presentations, or other messages frequently issued by corporations and businesses. Far from blase pie graphs or flow charts, XPLANE's creations distill complex concepts and obtuse ideas (and probably a lot of nebulous business-speak) into illustrations, almost resembling cartoons. Customers, such as Bank of America and EDS, use the XPLANATiONs for everything from sales pitches to communicating internal company initiatives. Publications including Time and USA TODAY have also commissioned the company. Former news graphics editor Dave Gray founded XPLANE in 1994.

IDG is the world's leading technology media, events and research company. Since its founding in 1964, IDG has been committed to helping people acquire and use technology successfully. As a result, IDG brands have become the trusted source for advice and insight into technology news and trends around the world. Over the past 46 years, IDG has grown into a multi-billion dollar company, reaching technology audiences in more than 90 countries. In 2009, IDG had revenues of $3.05 billion and approximately 13,000 employees worldwide. Approximately 200 magazines and newspapers and 460 websites are in the IDG world family, which together with events, serve about 270 million people with information one or more times a month.IDG's diverse products and services portfolio spans six key areas: online media, events and conferences, print publishing, lead-generation services, global marketing solutions and market research.

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, has been an innovator in television programming and entertainment for 30 years. Rainbow Media owns and operates some of the world’s most popular and award-winning entertainment brands.

Elstree Film and Television Studios traces its roots to a 1926 silent movie studio built on the site, which also hosted such historical events as the first British "talkie," directed by Alfred Hitchock. Portions of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies were shot at Elstree, as were more recent films and TV shows, including "Big Brother" and Celador's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" The studio has changed hands several times and was the object of legal wrangling before the Hertsmere Borough Council bought it in 1996. It now has six sound stages and one silent stage.

Bustos Media owns and operates 25 Spanish-language AM and FM radio stations in seven states -- California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Its stations play a mix of adult contemporary and regional Mexican music, such as banda, corrido, and norte�o. (As of 2008, Bustos Media also broadcasts one English-language smooth jazz station in Denver.) In addition, the company operates three television stations in Sacramento, Salt Lake City, and Milwaukee, which are part of Azteca America, an affiliate network of Mexico's TV Azteca. Bustos Media was founded in 2003 by Chairman and CEO Amador Bustos.

Briefings Media Group, LLC provides valuable information to help business people grow their companies and succeed in their careers. The information we provide takes many forms including newsletters, magazines, books, videos, training programs, software, ezines, events, workshops, database directories, web sites, audio conferences, and web search engines. Briefings Media Group is an accredited International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) provider. IACET (www.iacet.org) is a non-profit association dedicated to quality continuing education and training programs. Created in 1968, IACET authorizes education providers that meet strict continuing education guidelines.

Effective Telemarketing was established in 1987. Effective Telemarketing, otherwise known as "eti Sales Support", provides telemarketing, direct marketing, and database marketing services to its clients. Effective Telemarketing offers multilingual customer acquisition and retention, lead generation, channel recruitment, and trade and event support services. It serves such industries as financial services, health care, technology, and manufacturing. The sales support firm has counted such big names as Empire BlueCross Blue Shield, Microsoft, Google, and American Express among its list of clients.

Founded in 1990, Garfield Group provides full service, integrated marketing communications through Garfield Group Branding, Garfield Group Public Relations and Garfield Group Interactive. Our mission: develop breakthrough communications that drive business results. Combining strategy, creativity and technology, we turn meaningful insights into online and offline programs that get attention, generate demand and deliver a measurable return on investment.

The agency was founded as Fallon McElligott Rice in 1981 by partners Pat Fallon, Tom McElligott, and Nancy Rice. Fallon is a subsidiary of Paris-based advertising conglomerate Publicis. This company might be able to lend a hand if your brand has fallen on hard times. Fallon Worldwide is a leading creative ad agency, serving such clients as Travelers Insurance, Sony, Holiday Inn, Purina, and NBC, and operating through offices in Minneapolis, London, and Tokyo. In addition to creative development, the firm offers marketing and branding services, brand and corporate identity consulting, and campaign planning services. Fallon also provides interactive marketing services and Web site development.

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