Owner and president Tim O'Reilly founded O'Reilly Media as a technical writing firm in 1978. O'Reilly Media aims to be an advocate for computer professionals. O'Reilly Media, Inc. company is known worldwide for its computer books (featuring illustrations of animals on the cover), technical conferences, and Web sites. O'Reilly publishes books and software on UNIX, Linux, Perl, Java, Oracle, Windows, and a slew of other operating systems and Internet programming languages. It also has books devoted to topics in business and culture. In addition, O'Reilly Media, Inc. company operates Web sites such as perl.com, xml.com, and OpenP2P.com.

FD Americas Public Affairs, formerly FD Dittus Communications, has provided public affairs and strategic communications services to clients for more than 15 years. Based in Washington, D.C., with offices throughout the Americas, FD Americas Public Affairs has a long track record of success on some of the most controversial public policy issues facing the business community. Our success is measured not just in airtime or column inches, but in changed perceptions and legislative and regulatory victories.An effective public affairs campaign must educate constituents and other policy influentials — and turn that education into action. Through coalition building, grassroots and national media, political field organizing, online recruitment, new media and hard-hitting issue advertising, FD Americas Public Affairs has successfully spread awareness on issues from network neutrality to financial services reform to renewable energy standards to Medicare reimbursement. The practice has earned accolades from clients for our expertise, analysis and insights.

Lyon Advertising take no liberties with the truth, especially when it involves effective brand-building. The boutique agency offers a variety of branding and creative services with experience in broadcast, print and Web platforms. Founded in 1997 by Doug Lyon, Lyon Advertising has worked with such clients and brands as Data Foundry, Sweet Leaf Tea, Brake Check, the US Olympic Team, and Freebirds World Burrito. Lyon founded the agency after a stint at crosstown agency GSD&M's Idea City. Lyon also owns collegiate sports clothing retailer Douglas Lyon and Paqui handmade tortillas.

Morris Multimedia Inc., parent company of Morris Newspaper Corporation and Morris Network, is among the largest privately held media companies in the United States. Founded in 1970 in Savannah, GA., by Charles H. Morris, the company today owns and operates over 70 publications, network affiliate television stations, and other media related ventures in ten states and the Caribbean. Headquartered in the Historic Oliver Sturges House in Savannah, Morris Multimedia Inc., continues to grow. Click Here to Watch a Video Presentation on Morris Multimedia.

Team One is a leading creative advertising agency that focuses on promoting such luxury brands as Lexus automobiles, Neiman Marcus stores, and Ritz-Carlton hotels. In addition to creative ad development, the firm provides brand development and positioning, campaign planning and management, and event and sponsorship marketing services. The agency, a unit of Saatchi & Saatchi (one of Publicis' agency networks), operates through a half dozen offices in the US. Team One was formed in 1989 specifically to help Toyota develop and launch the Lexus brand; it later added other clients to its roster.

Founded in 1972, Risdall Marketing Group has no problem staying busy by providing all the usual marketing, advertising, and public relations services as well as its growing interactive design and marketing services. Business-to-business advertising accounts for the majority of the agency's work, while clients have included 3M, Magnum Research, and Medtronic. The company also conducts Web site development work for the state of Minnesota. Divisions within the agency include Risdall Marketing Institute, Risdall Online Marketing Group, Risdall Strategic Consultation, and Risdall Advertising Agency Interactive, among others.

During the past five years, the Yari Film Group has firmly anchored itself as one of the premiere homes for independent films. We take pride in collaborating with filmmakers and bringing forth their creative visions. From seasoned veterans -- such as Lasse Hallström, Paul Haggis, and Sidney Lumet -- to first time writers and directors, we continue to seek out innovative stories and storytellers. In addition to our success financing and producing quality films, the Yari Film Group has a dedicated domestic distribution affiliate, Yari Film Group Releasing. Yari Film Group strives to create entertaining films, while never sacrificing quality and the unique visions of our filmmakers. In such a short period, our critical and commercial achievements are proof of our success and staying power... and we look forward to an even brighter future.

Jim Ball and Steve Rockwood founded Alpine Access, Inc. in 1998. Alpine Access provides outsourced in-bound call services to consumer retail clients, but don't call it a call center. Instead of a centralized call center, Alpine Access routs calls and caller information over the Internet to thousands of its customer service agents who work from their homes. Alpine Access company handles sales, customer service, tech support, and help desk calls for its growing list of clients that has included such notable names as Office Depot, J. Crew, and the Internal Revenue Service. Alpine Access' customers include multichannel catalogs, national mass market retailers, financial services providers, and government agencies.

The Phoenix Media/Communications Group is a family of companies that work together to reach people who share a similar lifestyle. Cooperatively, they create a unique atmosphere for our readers. Our company reflects a commitment to new ideas rooted in a solid and broadly cooperative business model. Put simply, we think this is the way new media works.

Fraser/White speaks the languages of advertising and marketing. The agency -- which does business as Fraser Communications -- offers market research, media planning and buying, interactive (Web design), and public relations services. Fraser/White company takes an approach it calls 360 Communications -- surrounding consumers with a client's message. Clients, which tend to come from such industries as automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and health care, have included Cedars-Sinai, Frederick's of Hollywood, and Toyota. President and CEO Renee Fraser founded Fraser Communications in 1992.

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