AKQA, an independent Web design and interactive marketing agency, offers online and digital media development for branding, marketing, and e-commerce, as well as consulting services to help its customers use interactive technologies to their advantage. One such project was AKQA's design for the user interface for Microsoft's Xbox 360. AKQA's clients range from small companies to big names such as Nike, Coca-Cola, and McDonald's. The agency has offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Washington, DC and was founded in 1995. Private equity firm General Atlantic owns a majority stake in AKQA.

iUniverse was founded in 1999 by Richard Tam and is a subsidiary of Author Solutions, the country's largest self-publishing firm. The publishing world just got a little bigger. iUniverse is an online publishing company that provides individual writers publish, market, and sell their books. Services include author support, copy-editing, contracts, distribution, and cover design services. iUniverse offers six separate packages, ranging in price from about $600 to more than $4,000, depending on how many services an author wants. Its iUniverse online bookstore has distribution agreements with retailers such as Barnes & Noble (through BarnesandNoble.com) and Amazon.com.

The McCall Pattern Company founded in 1870, is a privately-owned, worldwide company that designs, manufactures, markets, distributes and sells sewing patterns and instructions for women's, men's and children's fashions, accessories, costumes, crafts and home décor, under the brand names of Butterick, McCall's and Vogue Patterns. We also publish and distribute in-store catalogs for the three sewing pattern brands and the consumer magazine Vogue Patterns. The Wallies brand features wallpaper and peel and stick vinyl wall decals, murals, chalkboard and more for home decorating, crafting and home organization. Select any of the brands below and explore the world of The McCall Pattern Company.

Founded in 1997, Extraprise Group has served more than 200 clients, some of which include records management company Iron Mountain, drug maker Pfizer, and various GE financial divisions. The firm's consulting and IT services focus on issues related to customer relationship management (CRM), including lead generation, customer data integration, and market intelligence. It offers its own i2i Platform, a hosted database marketing software, as well as hosted CRM applications from salesforce.com. In addition to its hosted services, Extraprise offers systems integration, training, and outsourced marketing services.

Kreps/DeMaria specializes in serving clients in such industries as hospitality, luxury retail, real estate, and travel. The agency provides such marketing and communications services as media relations, crisis and internal communications, collateral production and design, and direct mail campaign planning and development. The firm primarily serves clients in Southern Florida, working with companies of all sizes. Clients have included Commercebank, Aventura Mall, and InterContinental Hotels Group Latin America.

Johnston Press plc is a major publisher of quality local newspapers and local internet sites, basing its publishing philosophy on local service to local communities.Johnston Press publish local newspapers and internet sites produced by local teams of people who have a dedicated commitment to producing local news and information that both inform and reflect the important issues of the communities they serve, thus encouraging loyal, committed and valuable readers and internet users. There are over 140 markets, from Peterhead in Scotland to Portsmouth in Hampshire, including Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and they are all very different.That's why each Johnston newspaper and Internet site is individual to its market. You will rarely see common branding but locally tailored publications & internet sites each servicing its distinct market place.

Napster's business is downloading music the legitimate way. Formerly Roxio, the firm operates an online music service that allows users to download audio files to PCs and portable music players. Some 700,000 subscribers to Napster, which is compatible with MP3 players and mobile devices such as Apple's iPhone and iPod. Service plans can access the company's music library of some 10 million songs licensed from major record companies and independent labels. Napster also offers audio files for individual download. The service is available in the US, Canada, the UK, and Germany. Napster is a subsidiary of retail giant Best Buy.

Parago is the innovative provider of rewards-based incentive solutions that deploy technology to drive better results from consumers and sales channels. Parago provides a full range reward programs and consumer incentive solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Our offerings deliver robust consumer incentive solutions targeted at driving effective and engaging customer acquisition and retention. Parago has distinguished itself for more than ten years by consistent reinvention of legacy approaches, introducing 27 industry firsts and receiving three patents.

Schurz Communications Inc. company publishes Eleven daily and Eight weekly newspapers in medium and small markets with a combined circulation of nearly 225,000. It also publishes shopping publications in California, has Ten television stations, owns Thirteen radio stations and operates Three others, Two cable companies, a phone directory and a printing company. Geographically, Schurz Communications has a presence in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia. It all began in 1872 when Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett founded the South Bend, Ind. Tribune. The Tribune is still the flag-ship property and family members have held editor and publisher positions at the newspaper for five generations. Schurz Communications newspapers have a long tradition of editorial excellence, technical innovation and a commitment to the highest standards for quality and excellence in journalism.

Edith Roman Holdings is one of the leading list brokerage firms in the US, providing a wide selection of segmented data for direct mail marketers. Doing business as Edith Roman Associates, it offers list management services that allow companies to generate sales from in-house information by renting mailing lists to other businesses. Edith Roman also provides data processing and database marketing services, as well as services for direct e-mail marketing campaigns. The firm is part of infoUSA Services Group, the direct marketing information division of business information provider infoGROUP (formerly infoUSA).

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