merican Community Newspapers is one of the top community newspaper publishers in the United States based on circulation, and operates in four of the most attractive major U.S. markets: Minneapolis - St. Paul, Columbus, Dallas - Fort Worth and Suburban Washington, D.C. - Northern Virginia. The Company's award winning group of 86 newspapers and fourteen niche publications reaches approximately 1.4 million households in the suburban communities surrounding these major cities and enjoys market leading circulation penetration in all of its markets. ACN serves some of the most affluent, high growth markets in the United States, and is strategically positioned in the wealthiest counties in each market, including Hennepin County in Minnesota, Delaware and Union Counties in Columbus, Ohio, Collin County in Texas and Fairfax, Arlington and Loudoun Counties in Northern Virginia. The Company is focused on providing high quality, local editorial content to its readers, and targeted advertising packages to local and national advertisers. ACN's goal is to be the preeminent provider of local content and advertising in any market it serves. The Company is widely recognized and admired for its editorial content and value it offers its advertising customers. ACN’s editorial philosophy at each of its newspapers is to be local to the community it serves. As a result, each newspaper mirrors the goings-on and happenings for that local audience. ACN’s publications are often the best and only source of community news about local governments, high school and local sports, board of education / school news, local events, local police / fire / rescue and local businesses, which are consistently overlooked by metro newspapers, radio stations and television stations.ACN’s community newspapers not only offer advertising customers this community focus advantage, but also provide an extensive regional footprint across communities in the markets they serve. This platform offers advertisers the choice to advertise locally in only a few communities, or throughout entire markets.

Founded in 1993, Merkley is part of advertising conglomerate Omnicom Group. Some big advertisers hope a partnership with Merkley will bring customers to their business. Merkley + Partners is a leading ad agency offering creative development and brand marketing to such clients as Arby's, Citigroup, Dave & Buster's, The New York Post, and Mercedes-Benz. In addition to traditional advertising services, the firm provides specialized communications services for health care companies and multimedia services through an interactive marketing division.

Founded in 2001, Max Media LLC acquires, builds and operates television and radio stations throughout the United States. Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Max was formed by Gene Loving, the current Chairman and CEO, John Trinder, the current President and COO, Chuck McFadden, a senior advisor to Max, Tim Robertson, a senior advisor to Max and a founder of The Family Channel, and David Wilhelm, the current CFO. Management and the equity sponsors, Quad-C Management, Colonnade Capital and Golden Gate Capital, have committed approximately $175 million of equity to fund acquisitions and development of de novo broadcast properties. Management’s strategy is to selectively acquire development-stage and troubled media properties in desirable markets and improve the ratings, revenues and cash flow. The management team has been successful in this strategy by emphasizing increased marketing focus and applying innovative programming expertise. Mr. Loving and Mr. Trinder have previously built, operated and sold two companies with similar strategies of acquiring small market radio and television stations and improving operations with professional management and technical improvements. In 1979, Loving and Trinder started TVX Broadcast Group, which went public in 1985 and was sold to Paramount Communications in 1991 for $500 million. Subsequently, they, along with Mr. McFadden, founded Max Media Properties LLC in 1991 and sold it to Sinclair Broadcasting in 1998 for $270 million.

Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group releases about 20 pictures each year through its three studios: the big budget Columbia Pictures ("The Karate Kid"), genre division Screen Gems ("Death at a Funeral"), and independent producer Sony Pictures Classics ("Whatever Works"). Its Sony Pictures Releasing International is responsible for the sales, distribution, and marketing of movies in about 140 countries and territories worldwide. Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group is the movie marketing, licensing, and promotions arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

TRIBUNE is one of the country’s leading multimedia companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune’s leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, The Morning Call and Daily Press. The company’s broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable and Chicago’s WGN-AM. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune’s print and broadcast properties and extend the company’s nationwide audience.

Groupon company helps businesses attract customers by offering them a unique way to save on things to eat, see, and do in more than 150 cities across the Americas and Europe. In each participating city, Groupon advertises a daily deal, typically a half-off coupon for anything from a local restaurant or retail store to a hotel or spa; if enough consumers buy the coupon online by midnight, the deal is on and the featured business achieves a nice chunk of sales. Groupon reaches more than 7 million subscribers and uses its website (searchable by locale) and opt-in e-mails to help businesses market their goods or services.

Sounddogs.com was founded in 1997. If iTunes is being a pest, then there's another option. Sounddogs.com offers sound files for TV and movie sound editors. Its audio files are available for download in six different file formats: MP3, WAV, AIFF, and WMA. Its tracks include sound effects such as applauds, cheers, and crowd reactions. The company also sells pre-packaged CDs. Its Academy Award winning Soundstorm Library includes more than 700,000 tracks. Price is based on length, quality, channels, and suppliers. Clients have included sound editors of films such as Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Million Dollar Baby, as well as the TV series Bones.

Client Center Alliance offers call center and consulting services to its European clientele. CCA company's 10 subsidiaries offer customer service, telesales, telemarketing, and customer relationship management. Client Center Alliance customers include businesses in such industries as financial services, electronics, communications, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, and automobile manufacturing. CCA company has grown through acquisitions, including its 2005 purchase of a majority stake in German firm Interview AG and earlier acquisitions of Spanish and UK firms.

Former CEO Michael Loeb and priceline.com founder Jay Walker began Synapse Group, Inc. in 1991. Publisher Time holds a majority stake in Synapse. The group markets more than 1,000 magazine titles through direct mail, credit card bill inserts, relationships with catalog marketers, and the Internet. Synapse company typically sells subscriptions by credit card then bills renewals automatically. Synapse also markets subscriptions through frequent flier programs, allowing customers to redeem miles for magazines. Clients have included Condo Nast Publications, Hearst Magazines, American Express, and Delta Air Lines.

Class Editori is the leading publisher in financial news and the luxury goods and lifestyle industries. Founded in 1986 by Paolo Panerai, it has developed over the years by exploiting the opportunities offered by technology to become a multimedia group transmitting information across all communication channels. The group's portfolio encompasses the daily newspapers MF/Milano Finanza and Italia Oggi, magazines including Capital, Class, Campus, Gentleman and Ladies & Gentleman, Lombard, Patrimoni and Global Finance, and the news agency MF-DowJonesNews, a joint venture with Dow Jones & Co. The publishers new media operations include the digital satellite television channel, Class CNBC, (formerly Cfn/Cnbc) in partnership with NBC-Vivendi Universal, Dow Jones, General Electric and Mediaset, the digital terrestrial television channel, Class News, the new all-news channel carried by Mediaset's multiplex, and Class Life, the first television channel dedicated to life's pleasures. Class Editori's multimedia operations, besides, include technological platforms for interactive financial services on digital terrestrial television, corporate tv services for banks and businesses, radio (WorldSpace Italia, Radio Classica/Milano Finanza) and video communication facilities (Telesia Sistemi) into main Italian airports and Rome's and Milano's metro.

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