The Ottaway organization was founded in November 1936 when James H. Ottaway Sr. purchased the Bulletin, a semi-weekly newspaper in Endicott, N.Y. Within a year he converted it into a daily and in 1944 began buying other publications, starting in the Northeast and eventually crossing the country.In 1970, Ottaway Newspapers merged with Dow Jones and now, as Dow Jones Local Media Group, operates print and online community media franchises in seven states including daily, Sunday and weekly newspapers, Internet sites, magazines and other news and advertising niche publications. Operating results and editorial quality are the specific responsibility of each publisher and team of department heads. At the corporate headquarters in Middletown, NY, executives and specialists in finance, sales and marketing provide assistance to all locations for print and online operations. A central staff for information services and the Internet provides technical support.

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.

Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) is a leading global advertising and marketing communications services company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to more than 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. As a strategic holding company, Omnicom manages a portfolio of global market leaders comprised of three global advertising agency networks, BBDO, DDB and TBWA; numerous leading national advertising agencies; a global network of more than 175 marketing services companies; and a media group, Omnicom Media Group, that includes two of the world's premier providers of media planning and buying services. Our companies offer services in over 30 marketing communications disciplines across more than 200 strategic brand platforms.

Equals Three Communications provides marketing communications services with the knowledge that the sum of its services is greater than the parts. Equals Three Communications company offers research and strategic planning services, creative development for print, broadcast, and interactive media, media training, branding, direct response marketing, and public relations. Equals Three Communications also integrates multicultural communications into its offerings. It has conducted advertising work for clients such as The National Council for Negro Women, Subway, and the Cancer Research Foundation of America.

Cheskin Added Value was founded by Louis Cheskin in 1946; it is owned by a unit of worldwide media conglomerate WPP. The unit, Added Value, operates within WPP's Kantar Group and owns a network spanning 25 offices across 15 countries. Cheskin Added Value offers strategic research and consulting services specializing in the branding and design components of marketing. Services include market segmentation, new product assessment and design, and new market assessment. Clients have included such companies as General Motors, Motorola, and Pepsi-Cola. In addition to its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Cheskin has offices in New York and Seattle.

Ascent Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCMA; OTC: ASCMB) is a holding company whose primary subsidiary is Ascent Media Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Ascent Media"), which provides creative and technical services to the media and entertainment industries. Through more than 40 facilities in regions of Southern California, New York, Atlanta, London and Singapore, Ascent Media provides effective solutions for the creation, management and distribution of content to major motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels, advertising agencies and other companies that produce, own and/or distribute entertainment, news, sports, corporate, educational, industrial and advertising content.

Mekanism helps companies find the story-driven aspects of their brands and products. Mekanism company produces film, animation, and online features working with ad agencies and directly with client companies. The design and production studio partners with various agencies providing technical expertise, creative development, and production services for campaigns utilizing TV, the Web, DVD's or other media. Clients have included adidas, Sega, and Jamba Juice. The firm's strategy is led by executive producer Tommy Means, who often directs the company's commercials and ad spots.

PostWorks company has offices in New York and Los Angeles. It was founded in 1995. Private equity firm H.I.G. Capital management owns PostWorks. PostWorks gets the big picture. Along with its Orbit Digital subsidiary, the company offers an array of film and digital video production and postproduction services, including computer animation, high-definition and standard-definition editing, sound design, color correction, film recording, and DVD authoring and duplication. It also offers on-site editing equipment and system rentals along with mobile screenings, digital previews, bi-coastal digital transfer. PostWorks has worked on popular TV shows such as NBC's 30 Rock, HBO's In Treatment, and Showtime's Nurse Jackie.

Schubert Communications is a Philadelphia based business-to-business (B2B) brand marketing agency. We use industry insight, marketing imagination, interactive expertise and creative execution to build leading brands for Schubert Communications clients. Schubert Communications mission is to spark market interest, motivate buyers, grow client sales, and build customer loyalty.

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.

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