The Curtis Media Group, through its wholly owned and affiliated companies, now operates North Carolina's largest network of stations. Over one million North Carolina citizens listen to one or more of the CMG stations each week. Headed by Donald W. Curtis, the groups of companies include Carolina Media Group, Inc., Carolina Radio Group, Inc., Great American Media, Ltd. 1, Coastal Plains Media, Inc., New Age Communications, Ltd., Curtis Radio Group, Inc., and First State Communications, Inc. The Company is based in Raleigh, North Carolina where the flagship stations of the first 25 years have been through a period of significant growth. The Company has purchased smaller stations, building them up, selling them, and buying into bigger markets.

Finelight Inc. was established in 1984. The marketing communications Finelight offers services such as brand building and development, market research, lead generation, strategic planning, crisis communications, and event management to clients in the financial services, health care, luxury marketing, and insurance sectors. Finelight company has offices in Bloomington, Indiana; Chicago; and Louisville, Kentucky. Its clients include Baxter, Coventry Health Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and WEbMD, among others.

Arrowhead Film & Video is an independent studio with production and post-production capabilities. The company's portfolio includes TV commercials, documentaries, feature films, corporate videos, and stock footage. Arrowhead has worked on projects such as commercials for Austin Energy and the documentary film In the Shadow of the Blade. It has also worked on feature films from majors such as Disney, Universal, and Paramount (including the movies Friday Night Lights, How to Eat Fried Worms, and The Alamo). President Patrick Fries founded Arrowhead in 1994.

Founded in 1991, Access Communications. Access Communications opens the lines of communication between its clients and their selected audiences. The agency serves business customers in such industries as consumer products, e-commerce, health care, and telecommunications. Core offerings include brand building, communication strategy and counsel, media relations, opinion leader activities, spokesperson and speaker support, and design services. Access Communications has worked with such clients as Google, Intuit, Johnson & Johnson, and LeapFrog Enterprises.

D. L. Ryan Companies, also known as Ryan Partnership, provides services such as direct, interactive, promotional, and retail marketing, as well as offerings designed to help customers reach the Latino and young adult markets. The agency specializes in serving companies in the consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical industries; clients over the years have included such industry leaders as Campbell's Soup, Frito-Lay, Heineken, and Unilever. Ryan Partnership operates from about half a dozen offices in the US and Canada. It handles business in other regions as a member of The Contact Group, a network of independent agencies.

Saga Communications is a leading radio broadcaster, with more than 90 stations serving about 25 markets in 15 states offering a variety of formats, including sports, talk, and news, as well as several music formats. Most of the stations serve small and midsized markets; the company typically has clusters of stations in each market, allowing it to combine certain business functions. Saga also operates five regional radio networks. In addition, the company owns a portfolio of five full-power and four low-power TV stations in Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas. Chairman and CEO Edward Christian has about two-thirds control of Saga.

Liggett Stashower is ready to open a line of communications for clients launching new products. The agency provides advertising and public relations services, as well as direct and interactive marketing services for clients in various industries (the firm has particularly deep experience in the building products sector). The employee-owned company was founded over 75 years ago. It extends its reach to about 90 cities around the world through its membership in WORLDCOM Public Relations Group, a consortium of 110 independently owned public relations firms. Clients have included Cleveland State University, Cedar Point amusement park, the Ohio Lottery, and Henkel Consumer Adhesives.

Marketing Innovators International, Inc. was founded in 1978, has worked with such notable clients as Hewlett-Packard, T-Mobile, and Culligan. Marketing Innovators International (MI) bets that rewarding people is a healthy investment. The private, woman-owned firm designs and implements incentive programs for corporate clients looking to motivate and retain employees, partners, and customers. MI's programs help clients improve performance in such areas as sales, safety, recruiting, and customer service. Its incentive and recognition programs utilize such rewards as gift, travel, and debit cards. MI is primarily known for distributing J.C. Penney gift cards.

Sogecable, S.A. company is the nation's #1 pay-TV operator boasting more than 2 million subscribers to its DIGITAL+ satellite TV service. DIGITAL+ offers more 150 channels featuring sports, movies, and general entertainment. Sogecable also operates Canal+, a portfolio of ten premium channels including Canal+ Acci�n, Canal+ Comedia, and Canal+ Deportes. It also produces several themed channels such as CNN+, Golf+, and Sportman�a. Other operations include film production (Sogecine), film and TV distribution (Sogepaq), and sports programming (Audiovisual Sport). Sogecable is a subsidiary of Spanish media conglomerate Grupo Prisa.

Brits who want to "XL" in business should get to know Vitesse Media, publisher of "Business XL" and other UK magazines and Web sites primarily for entrepreneurs and investors. "Business XL" targets CEOs of growing companies. The media firm also publishes such titles as "Growth Company Investor" (focusing on fast-growing public companies), Information Age (a monthly technology magazine), and M&A Magazine (information on mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs). Vitesse Media's Web sites target investors and small and growing businesses. Vitesse Media PLC company also sponsors and produces events, including business awards, seminars, and exhibitions. Each month, Vitesse Media reaches an audience of approximately 450,000 people.

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