MPL Music Publishing is not home to just any old band on the run. The music publishing company founded and owned by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. The firm controls the rights to thousands of songs, including classics by Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Frank Loesser, and, of course, Sir McCartney himself. (The Beatles catalogue, however, is owned by Sony/ATV Music Publishing.) MPL was formed following the breakup of The Beatles in 1970.

President Jonathan Poneman and partner Bruce Pavitt started Sub Pop in 1988. Warner Music Group acquired a 49% stake in the label in 1995. This company patrols the depths of the music world. One of the best-known independent rock record labels in the US, Sub Pop promotes a roster of artists bubbling under the surface of mainstream success, including Jennifer Gentle, Low, The Postal Service, The Shins, Sleater-Kinney, and The Thermals. Sub Pop company distributes CDs as well as digital audio and video media, but it also continues to distribute vinyl LPs and 12" singles.

Nippon Television Network is a leading media conglomerate in Japan anchored by its popular NTV national broadcast network. The TV network airs a mix of entertainment, news, and sports programming (about 90% created in-house) through about 30 affiliate stations. It also has international news bureaus in about dozen cities worldwide. Through its subsidiaries, Nippon Television also produces and distributes motion pictures, records and promotes music CDs, and licenses media properties for merchandise. In addition, the company owns the Tokyo Verdy soccer team.

Metal Bulletin was purchased by Euromoney Institutional Investor in 2006 for some 221 million. No, it's not a magazine about hair bands. Metal Bulletin publishes 30 different periodicals on the international iron, steel, and non-ferrous metal markets. Metal Bulletin provides paid subscribers with a variety of print and online publications, including Metal Bulletin Weekly and Metal Bulletin Monthly, "American Metal Market" (weekly print edition, daily e-mail update), "Ferro-Alloys Monthly", and "Stainless Steel Monthly". It also publishes industry-specific books, CD-ROMs, directories, e-newsletters, reports, and analyses.

This Upper Deck is open to all sports fans. The Upper Deck company is one of the nation's leading sellers of sports collectibles, including trading cards and autographed memorabilia. Upper Deck's products represent baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and stock car racing. Its patented Upper Deck Authenticated system combats forgery through a five-step process for ensuring genuine autographs. The Upper Deck company has agreements to produce memorabilia with such sports superstars as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James. Upper Deck was founded in 1988 by CEO Richard McWilliam.

Tesser is a marketing agency that provides services including branding, corporate identity, retail design, advertising, packaging design, space planning and design, and Web site design. Founded in 1993, the agency specializes in integrated branding and identity services for restaurants, packaged food, and consumers goods, but is also comfortable working in other industries such as technology. An example of the agency's work is its overhaul of store design for Domino's Pizza. Tesser redesigned the stores so pick-up customers could see pizzas being made -- dovetailing with Domino's branding of fresh-made pizzas. Tesser also has worked with KFC, Gap, Cost Plus , and Quiznos Subs.

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution is a unit of Warner Bros Television Group,which handles the distribution of almost all of ultimate parent Time Warner's entertainment content to broadcast and cable television outlets in the US. WBDTV distributes first-run primetime series (Cold Case, Without a Trace), syndicated shows (The Ellen DeGeneres Show), and syndicated off-net television programming drawn from Warner Bros.' library of 48,000 episodes (Friends, Will & Grace). The company also distributes Time Warner's library of feature films to pay and basic cable and the broadcast networks.

West Corporation is one of the leading teleservices providers in the US with more than 30 call centers and seven automated voice and data centers around the country and abroad. It offers both inbound and outbound call handling (including 911 support through its Intrado subsidiary) for such services as customer support, technical assistance, as well as sales and marketing and order processing. It also provides automated and Web-based customer care programs for its customers. West additionally offers conference call services through its Intercall operations, and it is one of the leading debt collections agencies in the US.

UTV Media is a diversified media company with operations in television, radio, and digital media services. Its UTV television network reaches most of Northern Ireland and about 70% of homes in the Republic of Ireland. An affiliate of ITV, the network also airs locally produced programming. The company's UTV Radio division operates about 25 stations broadcasting in Ireland and the UK offering a variety of programming, including music and sports talk. Online, UTV offers Internet access services, Web site design, and Web hosting services.

The Marketing Partnership Ltd. (TMPL) was founded in 1983. TMPL is an independent marketing and promotional consulting firm. The firm designs and implements promotional marketing and advertising programs. It produces corporate product and package design, brochures, and company literature, as well as Web sites and other multi-media promotional items. TMPL serves clients in the retail, manufacturing, computer software, agriculture, and food/beverage sectors. Husband-and-wife team David (managing partner) and Tricia Drakes (company secretary), each hold 50% of the firm.

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