Metal Blade Records company was founded in 1982 by Brian Slagel, who then worked days at the Los Angeles metal emporium Oz Records and spent nights putting together one of the first metal fanzines, The New Heavy Metal Revue. He formed Metal Blade Records to focus on the LA metal scene that was being ignored by major labels. Metal Blade Records company has discovered influential metal acts including Slayer, Metallica, and GWAR. Metal Blade Records is a heavy metal record label that is home to bands such as Black Dahlia Murder, As I Lay Dying, and Six Feet Under.

Sequoia Publishing is a publishing company specializing in technical reference books. Titles include Pocket PCRef, TechRef, and AutoRef. Many of the company's books are pocket-sized. Hardware stores such as True Value and Ace Hardware carry Sequoia's Pocket Ref, an all-purpose reference book in print since 1989 that features tables, maps, formulas, constants, and conversions.

MarketSource company offers customized outsourced sales support, training, and recruiting, as well as various marketing services. Offering business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales expertise, the company serves clients in the information technology, automotive, consumer goods, and telecommunications industries. MarketSource's marketing services include merchandising, market research and analysis, and brand strategy; these services serve to improve its clients' sales process. MarketSource company's clients have included major corporations like Ford, Hewlett-Packard, and Cisco. MarketSource is a subsidiary of leading staffing specialist Allegis Group.

Marketing firm OgilvyAction (formerly 141 Worldwide) offers services in sales promotion, digital and direct marketing, retail design, and customer relationship management, shopper and trade marketing, as well as other areas of specialized marketing. Primarily it analyzes shoppers and how and why they make their purchases. The company, a division of creative advertising network Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, works with businesses all over the world through more than 60 offices in nearly 50 countries. The agency was founded as 141 Worldwide in 1992; it restructured into OgilvyAction in early 2007. Some offices in international markets continue to operate under the 141 Worldwide banner.

For the second year in a row, Murphy O’Brien ranked among the top 10 best places to work in Los Angeles among medium sized companies and one of the top independent public relations agencies in the country. We specialize in delivering high-caliber media coverage for our clients. We pride ourselves on being a place where creative ideas, strategic thinking and skillful execution come together to produce powerful results for our clients.The agency was founded in 1989. During the past 21 years, we have grown to include more than 40 talented and committed professionals who are dedicated to helping our clients build their businesses and establish their brands. With unwavering focus, we specialize in securing award-winning, high-profile media coverage for our clients. The result: We add real value to our clients’ bottom line. By securing a steady flow of feature stories and broadcast placements, we help our clients achieve success.

The label was founded by Cees Wessels in Amsterdam in 1981 in order to license US hard-rock music for European release. Since its founding, Roadrunner has expanded internationally; today it has operations in about ten countries around the world. In 2007 Warner Music Group purchased a 74% stake in parent company Roadrunner Music Group B.V. for about $74 million. The music from this label seems to be going a thousand miles an hour. Roadrunner Records is one of the top heavy metal imprints in the US, sporting such talent as Nickelback, Korn, Rob Zombie, and Dream Theater.

Underscore Marketing was founded 2002. Underscore Marketing is a media planning and buying agency that specializes in online promotional campaigns. It offers planning and buying services for clients advertising on Web sites and other digital properties, as well as campaign design and management services. Underscore Marketing also provides search engine marketing services and helps companies utilize social media in their advertising and marketing efforts. Its clients have included pharmaceuticals manufacturers Novartis and Wyeth (now part of Pfizer) and actuarial firm Milliman.

West Business Services stands in for a business-to-business (B2B) staff when you don't have one. The contract sales and marketing firm, a subsidiary of telemarketing giant West Corporation, provides direct marketing, sales territory coverage, customer service, product support, and consumer affairs, as well as market research. It can augment or substitute for a company's sales force. Clients are in retail, consumer services, foodservice, and health care (among other industries), and have included such notable names as Bayer, Reckitt Benckiser, Coleman, GlaxoSmithKline, and 3M. The business services firm partners with West Asset Management to offer B2B management of receivables and debt recovery.

Formed in 1990, PHD is a media and communications agency with over 71 offices and over 2500 staff globally. PHD is a media business that has been built on a culture of thought leadership, creativity and innovation. At our core is a strong belief that great media ideas matter. In our hearts is a commitment to lead the industry with thought provoking opinion and pioneering thinking. Pioneering is our guiding principle. Put simply, it's about our people looking to find a better way. People who recognise that the same old paths create the same kind of results. People who instinctively want to go the extra mile to seek out improvements. In today’s highly competitive world, the time is right for a pioneering partner like PHD.

Hull Creative Group has weathered its years in the biz well. With roots as a design studio, the agency's services now include branding, Web site design, logo development, product launches, direct mail, and public relations. The agency specializes in b2b advertising for clients in technology, government, publishing, and professional services industries. Clients include Circadian, Kada Systems, MRO Software, the National Park Service, Genzyme, Danforth Associates, and Prentice Hall.

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