Established in 1927, Acosta is owned by private equity firm AEA Investors LLC. Acosta company (which does business as Acosta Sales and Marketing Company) offers sales and marketing services that reach consumers at the shelves of retail food service and grocery businesses. Some 1,000 US consumer products manufacturers (that have included Coca-Cola and Pepsi) call on Acosta to help them position their products in grocery and convenience stores, drug stores, and mass merchandisers in the US and Canada. Acosta specializes in inventory and merchandising services and business consulting for promotions, marketing campaigns, and sales.

Midwest Communications consists of Midwest Communications, Inc. and WRIG, Inc., which collectively own forty-two (47) radio stations. The Company got its start in Wausau, Wisconsin, with WRIG, Inc. and the acquisition by the D.E. Wright family of a 1400 KHz, 250 watt AM facility from the Wisconsin Valley Television Corporation. The call letters WRIG (for Wright) were assigned and on August 1, 1958, top forty-formatted WRIG signed on the air. Power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1961 and WRIG-FM (now WDEZ) signed on in 1964. Midwest built WROE in Appleton/Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1971. In 1975 Midwest purchased WBAY-AM and FM, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Due to FCC rules at that time, WROE was sold. The Green Bay call letters were changed to WGEE-AM (now WTAQ-AM) and WIXX-FM. The 1980s saw the acquisition by Midwest of KIOA/KMGK, Des Moines, Iowa, WKKQ/WTBX, Hibbing, Minnesota and KLMS/KFMQ, Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition WRIG moved to 1390 KHZ and increased power to 5000 watts day and night.

Customer Communications Group (CCG) is helping its clients strengthen their relationships with customers. Customer Communications company offers strategic consulting for customer relationship management (CRM) programs, the production and creative services necessary to implement successful CRM programs, and database management and customer analysis necessary to refine the programs. Customers come from retail, financial services, health care, and telecommunications and have included IBM, Nordstrom, Pier 1 Imports, and Wachovia.

Ten Alps has just about all the bases covered in media -- managing content on TV, radio, online, and in print, as well as offering live event production, advertising, and consulting services. The company, which counts Live Aid creator Bob Geldof among its founders, specializes in producing documentaries, reality TV shows, publications, and Internet video. It publishes some 600 magazine, directory, and other periodical titles, produces about 200 Web sites, and operates a handful of online TV channels. Video productions include the documentaries "Churchill's Forgotten Years" and "Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind" (featuring Bob Geldof's daughter). Ten Alps was founded in 1999.

Founded in 1996, the agency changed its name from LLKFB in 2005. Unit 7 operates as part of advertising giant Omnicom Group's Diversified Agency Services. This outfit is composing new riffs for its clients' brands. Named for a jazz song by Sam Jones, Unit 7 (formerly Lieber, Levett, Koenig, Farese, Babcock, or LLKFB) provides corporate and product branding, relationship advertising, and other marketing services for corporate clients. The firm specializes in providing consulting, research, and creative solutions that incorporate digital technology.

Founded by Hironao Seki in 1895 as an ad agency for educational magazines, Hakuhodo operates from offices in Japan as well as locations in about 20 other countries. Major clients include Japanese beverage maker Suntory, Apple, and automobile manufacturers Nissan, Suzuki and Hitachi. Hakuhodo company is a part of marketing and communications services provider Hakuhodo DY Holdings. Many of those esoteric Japanese commercials are no doubt the work of Hakuhodo, Japan's second-largest advertising agency (behind Dentsu). Hakuhodo company represents clients in broadcast and print media and offers other services, including marketing research, advertising production, sales promotion, and public relations.

G2 Direct & Digital (formerly Grey Direct) is a leading direct marketing agency. The firm helps develop and implement direct mail, response television, and other marketing campaigns. It offers creative and production services, as well as planning, data analytics, and database marketing services to such clients as GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, and Pfizer. In addition, the agency provides services for interactive and e-mail marketing campaigns. G2 Direct & Digital operates through 45 offices in more than 30 countries. It is a subsidiary of Grey Group, which in turn is a unit of UK-based advertising and marketing services conglomerate WPP Group.

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide helps each client put its best foot forward. An arm of advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather (itself part of advertising giant WPP Group), the firm offers a range of services, including consumer marketing, corporate branding, public affairs lobbying, and creative media. The company's B/W/R Relations subsidiary caters to the motion picture, television, and corporate events industries, while its Feinstein Kean Healthcare unit provides strategic communications and consulting services to the biotechnology industry. Ogilvy Government Relations helps corporations and institutions communicate with federal legislators and regulatory bodies.

Founded in 1984 by President James G. Elliott, the independent agency has offices in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. James G. Elliott pitches magazines but not subscriptions. James G. Elliott company provides ad sales and outsourcing services for newspapers, electronic media, and a variety of magazines. Its marketing and advertising services have assisted such media clients as the American Bar Association, Hearst Corporation, and the National Geographic Society.

Chairman Bill Hay and his wife, Denise DuBarry-Hay, founded Thane International, Inc. in 1990. Thane is owned by H.I.G. Capital, LLC, an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital Management. Thane International can help. It sells fitness, health and beauty, and houseware products through direct response television, traditional mass-market retailers, home shopping channels, telemarketing, and the Web. Brands sold include the Ab Revolutionizer, California Beauty Cosmetics, and FlavorWave Oven. Thane also writes promotional scripts, and shoots and edits commercial video footage in-house. The firm has operations in North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.

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