Village Voice Media Holdings is a leading publisher of alternative newspapers with a portfolio of about 15 free weekly titles anchored by its flagship New York City paper The Village Voice. Other titles include the City Pages (Minneapolis), the Dallas Observer, and SF Weekly (San Francisco). Village Voice Media also operates websites for its print publications. In addition, the company sells advertising space for other alternative papers and websites through Voice Media Group. Formerly New Times Newspapers, the company was started in 1970 by Arizona State University students opposed to the Vietnam war.

Ascentium Corporation ombines marketing advice with IT consulting know-how to produce interactive campaigns from four offices in the US and one in the UK. Services include interactive marketing, business intelligence, application and product development, and IT infrastructure design and support. Ascentium clients have included Microsoft, Boeing, Nintendo, Mitsubishi, and Nucor. It designed Web portals for Microsoft games, Vista, and design platform PhizzPop. Ascentium was formed in 2001.

Vertis (dba Vertis Communications) provides marketing services from conception through design, production, and distribution for thousands of clients, including grocery stores, retail chains, newspapers, and ad agencies. Vertis' services include market research, media planning, advertising production, digital production, and fulfillment services. It produces newspaper inserts such as color comics, TV magazines, and supplements and provides direct mail, package design, interactive marketing, and media planning services to clients in the US and the UK. Producing more than 30 billion advertising inserts per year, it operates from 100 locations worldwide.

Eagle:XM was founded in 1956. Eagle:XM hopes to ease the marketing process for a variety of clients residing in a wide array of industries. Eagle:XM company offers strategic planning; creative development in print, on the Web, and in broadcast media; marketing materials printing; and campaign analysis. Clients have included Air Ambulance, Hemisphere Financial Services, Prime Communications, and Moneygram Payment Systems.

Founded in 1984, Casanova Pendrill is a subsidiary of worldwide advertising conglomerate Interpublic Group. This Casanova makes commercials it hopes the Hispanic community will love. Casanova Pendrill Publicidad is a leading advertising agency offering marketing services targeting Hispanic consumers. The full-service shop provides creative ad development, campaign management, media planning, and public relations work for such clients as Kohl's, the California Lottery, and Johnson & Johnson. It also offers specialized promotional services, such as event marketing and community relations.

DeLaune and Associates offers the services of advertising, marketing, and public relations to its clients in the financial, health care, retail, and technology industries. Advertising expertise includes media buying and planning, as well as TV, radio, and print ad creation. Other services include collateral materials creation, media relations, crisis management, and media training. DeLaune and Associates founded as a consulting firm in 1980 by president Renee DeLaune, has added expertise in graphic design and marketing services as it has grown. DeLaune and Associates primarily serves clients in the Central Texas region.

SpaFinder, Inc. was founded in 1986. SpaFinder company runs an e-commerce Web site that allows consumers to search for pricing, reservations, and gift certificates at thousands of spas worldwide from day spas to medical spas (which offer specialized services such as acupuncture, cosmetic treatments, and nutrition counseling). It also helps spa owners and operators boost their exposure to consumers through online advertising and marketing programs. SpaFinder offers spa and salon gift cards through partnerships with retailers, including Kroger and Wal-Mart in the US and Loblaw and Sobeys in Canada.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has not shied away from the limelight. Rather, she and her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO), have embraced the spotlight. The company has its fingers in many money-making pies: publishing (magazines and books), broadcasting (TV programs, satellite radio), Internet, and merchandising. The bulk of MSLO's business comes from its publishing activities, which are driven by its flagship magazine, Martha Stewart Living. Stewart controls about 50% of MSLO's stock and about 90% of voting stock.

Eagle-Tribune Publishing publishes four daily newspapers in Massachusetts, including The Salem News, the Gloucester Daily Times, and the Daily News of Newburyport, as well as its flagship The Eagle-Tribune (North Andover). It also publishes several weekly papers serving in the region. The company traces its roots back to its first paper, the Lawrence Daily Eagle, which was formed in 1868. Community Newspaper Holdings (CNHI) acquired Eagle-Tribune Publishing from the Rogers family in 2005.

Blue Star Movies (BSM) is a European independent film production, distribution, finance, and marketing company. It co-produces three to five films a year, shot in England and Italy. Credits include the romance Head in the Clouds, starring Charlize Theron, the comedy musical Bollywood Queen; and a biopic of Mother Theresa. The company has also launched joint venture Blue Spice with UK film company Spice Factory; the company is intended to help non-Italian European companies navigate the rules and regulations governing filmmaking in Italy. A recent Blue Spice offering is a remake of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino.

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