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COFIDE - Compagnia Finanziaria De Benedetti -- COFIDE for short -- isn't short on activities; the holding company sports businesses as diverse as Italy's regional cuisines. The company, controlled by Italian businessman Carlo De Benedetti, operates subsidiaries active in media (Editoriale L'Espresso group); utlities (Energia); and automotive components (the SOGEFI group). COFIDE additionally includes healthcare (The HSS Group) and financial services (Jupiter Finance and The Oakwood Group) operations. Its main subsidiary is 48%-owned CIR, which is a holding company for most of the above businesses. The De Benedetti family owns more than 45% of COFIDE.

This company helped start America's love affair with records and it is still churning out the hits. Tracing its roots back to the 1880s, Columbia Records Group is one of the leading recording labels in the US. It boasts a roster of popular artists such as Aerosmith, Dixie Chicks, Beyonca, and Bruce Springsteen. It has also produced soundtrack albums for films and TV, including Glee: The Music, Volumes 1 and 2, as well as compilation albums such as We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to The Ramones. In addition to recorded CDs, the label markets DVDs and distributes digital music and videos. Columbia, the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, is a division of music giant Sony Music Entertainment.

Cox Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, is an integrated broadcasting, publishing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. With $1.8 billion in revenues, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, four metro newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Valpak, one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America.

Formed in 2001, CTVglobemedia is 40%-owned by The Woodbridge Company, a holding firm for the Thomson family; other investors include Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (25%) and Torstar (20%). CTVglobemedia might not rule the world but it does own The Globe. The company is a media conglomerate with holdings in publishing and broadcasting. Its operations include The Globe and Mail, one of Canada's top newspapers with a circulation of more than 900,000. The company owns CTV, a leading television broadcaster that operates the CTV network and more than 20 TV stations. (In 2010, however, Canadian communications giant BCE announced it is buying CTV.) CTVglobemedia also owns radio stations (CHUM Radio Network).

Dada Entertainment is music to the ears of anyone who wants music (and other things) on the go. Available on a subscription basis to mobile phone and PC users, the company provides Web-based music content such as ringtones, audio and video clips, and full-length songs (for MP3s), as well as social networking services, wallpapers, and mobile games. The company serves users in the US and Canada, and its services are compatible with most US mobile phone operators, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Alltel, and others. Formed in 2007, the company is a 50/50 joint venture between Dada USA, the US division of Italian-based DADA S.p.A., and Sony Music Entertainment.

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