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Altnet distributes digital content such as music, video, games, software, and other digital files to PC users through a subscription-based download service. Brilliant Digital also owns the Kazaa subscription-based digital music service, which it jointly operates through a partnership with Internet marketing firm Atrinsic. Kazaa allows users to download an unlimited amount of music files for one monthly fee. In 2010 Atrinsic announced plans to acquire Brilliant Digital's Kazaa assets. Not sure how brilliant digital entertainment gets to your PC? Brilliant Digital Entertainment operates a peer-to-peer network through its Altnet subsidiary (jointly owned with technology firm Joltid).

GlobalSpec is the leading specialized vertical search, information services and e-publishing company serving the engineering, manufacturing and related scientific and technical market segments. The company provides its buy-side users with domain-expert search engines, a broad range of proprietary and aggregated Web-based content and over 60+ product and industry e-newsletters that help engineers and related professionals perform their key job tasks with the highest levels of accuracy and productivity. GlobalSpec provides its sell-side client base of companies seeking to reach the worldwide engineering audience with highly filtered sales leads, product promotion and brand advertising platforms and a wide range of e-media advertising and marketing services.GlobalSpec has BPA audited Web site traffic, and a global user base of more than 6,100,000 registered users; a user community that continues to grow by more than 80,000 new registrants each month. GlobalSpec is increasingly becoming "the place" where the engineering community gathers and conducts business.

Bebo is a popular social network in the UK, and has versions of the site in about a dozen countries in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The site allows users (who are predominantly ages 16-24) to set up profiles through which they can share photos and interests in movies, music, and sports. Bebo users can find content based on what members of their social network are consuming. Bebo counts about 25 million users. Programmer Michael Birch co-founded Bebo with wife Xochi in 2005. Unable to attract more users in the US, in 2010 former parent company AOL sold Bebo to turnaround specialist Criterion Capital Partners. MySpace. Facebook. Bebo? Call it the triad of free online social networking sites.

Leisure Arts is a subsidiary of Liberty Capital Group. For those who have lost the art of leisure (or need a refresher course on how to sew a cross stitch) look no further than Leisure Arts. Leisure Arts publishes how-to information on creative lifestyle topics such as needlework, crafts, and decorating. Its collection of Web sites includes TheLeisureBotique.com, LeisureArtsLibrary.com, and TwoPeasInABucket. Leisure Arts also produces books and DVDs. In addition to publishing, Leisure Arts conducts manufacturing, distribution, and shipping activities from its 150,000 square foot warehouse facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. It creates its material in house, and works with third-party publishers and manufacturers.

Atrinsic, Inc. operates as a direct to consumer Internet marketing company. The company sells entertainment and lifestyle subscription products direct to consumers through the Internet. It offers Kazaa, a subscription-based digital music service that enables users to download music files and ringtones; GatorArcade, a casual game subscription service that provides access to digital games, arcade games, strategy games, puzzles, and mobile entertainment; and subscription-based lifestyle services and clubs, which offer consumers an access to shopping and entertainment coupons and other services that could be redeemed online. The company also develops and manages search engine marketing campaigns for third party advertising clients, as well as offers online marketing services, including a display media platform, online and business intelligence, and brand protection. In addition, it enables advertisers to use its affiliate network to create partnerships with publishers to drive Website traffic, customer acquisitions, and online sales. Further, the company provides lead generation services. It serves corporate clients, advertisers, and end user consumers. Atrinsic was formerly known as New Motion, Inc. and changed its name to Atrinsic, Inc. in June 2009. Atrinsic, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Founded in 1996, Claranet has evolved from being a pioneering ISP (Internet Service Provider) into an MSP (Managed Services Provider) with annual revenues of around €100 million. We have 520 employees with an international footprint in six countries and although Claranet has grown internationally, the focus has always been on local service, out of local offices, using local data centres. Claranet brings together the best people, process and technology to provide flexible, secure and cost-effective managed services that guarantee network and application performance. We allow customers to focus on their core business, not IT management.

DailyMe, Inc. was founded in 2005 by CEO Eduardo Hauser and is based in Florida. Paperboys everywhere can sleep in late today -- DailyMe.com has already delivered the news electronically. The online news source compiles news from about 500 sources, including local and national newspapers, trade journals, and wire services, and allows registered users to decide how and when they will receive their news. Users can also customize the selection of news (business, technology, world news, etc.), leave comments for other DailyMe users, and share stories via e-mail and social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.

Everyday Health wants to be your virtual apple a day. The online health information provider operates a couple dozen websites that give free and subscription-based advice regarding fitness, nutrition, and treatment options to millions of monthly visitors. Its websites -- including EverydayHealth.com, JillianMichaels.com, and SouthBeachDiet.com -- allow consumers to search health topics (including symptoms) and join online communities. Everyday Health generates its revenues primarily from advertising fees, sponsorships, and subscriptions. Everyday Health, Inc. partners with health websites such as Drugstore.com to provide additional audiences for its advertisers. Everyday Health withdrew plans to go public in 2010.

A.D.A.M., Inc. provides online information and technology solutions for employers, benefits brokers, healthcare organizations, and online media companies primarily in the United States. A.D.A.M. company’s health information solutions provide information on diseases, symptoms, treatments, surgical procedures, specialty medicine and topics, and alternative medicine. It also offers broker and employer solutions, including Benergy, which is a Web-based portal for employees that communicates benefits and other company sponsored information, automates benefits enrollment, and manages healthcare financial, as well as provides health content and decision support tools. In addition, the company offers AgencyWare, an agency management system that enables brokers to manage the employer client lifecycle and improve their communication with their clients. Further, it offers a series of anatomy and physiology software application products for the K-12 and undergraduate educational market. A.D.A.M., Inc. sells its health information products primarily through licensing agreements to hospitals, health plans, system integrators, pharmaceutical companies, health-oriented Internet Web sites, healthcare technology companies, and employers. It markets Benergy and broker management system primarily through annual licensing agreements with group insurance brokers. Additionally, the company offers professional services, which include implementation, requirements specification, testing, and knowledge management services, as well as provides customer technical support. A.D.A.M. Inc. has a strategic alliance with Pervasive Software Inc. A.D.A.M., Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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