Metal Blade Records company was founded in 1982 by Brian Slagel, who then worked days at the Los Angeles metal emporium Oz Records and spent nights putting together one of the first metal fanzines, The New Heavy Metal Revue. He formed Metal Blade Records to focus on the LA metal scene that was being ignored by major labels. Metal Blade Records company has discovered influential metal acts including Slayer, Metallica, and GWAR. Metal Blade Records is a heavy metal record label that is home to bands such as Black Dahlia Murder, As I Lay Dying, and Six Feet Under.

Established in 1995, International Display Systems, Inc. is owned by chairman and president Dean Edelman and CEO Rick Kranz. International Display Systems (IDS) is a manufacturer of menu boards and other display products used by restaurants, movie theaters, and other businesses. It makes both indoor menu signs and displays for drive-through windows, as well as digital menu signs that can be updated dynamically. IDS also offers integration and installation services for point-of-systems and online ordering systems. Other products include traditional in-store banners and counter displays.

TOEI COMPANY, LTD. is a Japan-based company mainly involved in the movie industry. It has three business segments. The Image-related segment is engaged in the production, distribution, import and export of theater movies, the operation of movie theaters, the sale of video software, the production and distribution of television (TV) movies, the development of movie films, as well as the advertising agency business, among others. The Tourism and Real Estate segment is engaged in the leasing of real estate and the operation of hotels. The Others segment is involved in the construction and interior decoration businesses, in addition to the sale of products. As of March 31, 2010, TOEI had 31 subsidiaries and five associated companies.

Scribd democratizes the written word online. Scribd company runs a social publishing Web site geared towards professional, up-and-coming, and wannabe writers looking to share their original works with the public. Everything from novels and screenplays to recipes and sheet music can be uploaded using Scribd's iPaper document reader, which converts PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files into Web documents. Launched in 2007, Scribd boasts about 60 million readers per month and writings displayed in more than 90 different languages. Authors can also sell their documents through Scribd's copyright-protected online store. Publishing house Simon & Schuster sells roughly 5,000 of its titles through Scribd.com.

Future plc is an international special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests. We hold market-leading positions in games, film, music, technology, cycling, automotive and crafts. Future sells more than 3 million magazines each month; we attract more than 20 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 27 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. In addition, Future exports or syndicates publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.

FOUNDED IN 1949, Rowman & Littlefield is an independent press committed to an editorial mission increasingly sacrificed in a publishing era marked by corporate takeovers and university budget constraints. With the freedom to determine our own financial goals, we devote our resources to cultivating superb scholarship and innovative teaching in the academic disciplines we serve. Our renowned publishing tradition demonstrates that the calibre of authors, bookmaking, distribution, and creative interaction with scholars brings success. And we plan to carry this independent tradition far into the next century.

D. L. Ryan Companies, also known as Ryan Partnership, provides services such as direct, interactive, promotional, and retail marketing, as well as offerings designed to help customers reach the Latino and young adult markets. The agency specializes in serving companies in the consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical industries; clients over the years have included such industry leaders as Campbell's Soup, Frito-Lay, Heineken, and Unilever. Ryan Partnership operates from about half a dozen offices in the US and Canada. It handles business in other regions as a member of The Contact Group, a network of independent agencies.

Founded in 1986 and originally focused on health and nutrition, Aisle7's content now includes recipes, food and wine pairing, shopping lists, and customized in-store promotions. Aisle7 (formerly Healthnotes) offers shoppers access to health and nutrition information through touch screen kiosks in grocery stores and pharmacies. Its customers have included Martin's Super Markets, Raley's, Kroger, Giant Food and Albertsons. Aisle7 considers its product as a marketing tool to increase sales of food and nutritional products. Aisle7's content includes information about vitamins, medications, and diets.

Diamond Marketing Solutions Group, Inc., a direct marketing company, through its subsidiaries, provides direct marketing and distribution solutions for consumer and business-to-business direct marketers. The company also provides strategic planning, database marketing, e-marketing, and list management solutions; and direct mail lettershop, product and literature fulfillment, data-driven personalization, and print-on-demand communications solutions. It offers inserting, laser printing, merge/purge, postal sortation, data management, and direct mail package production services to financial services, insurance, gaming, publishing, and catalog marketing industries in Omaha, Nebraska. The company also offers list brokering, data processing and hygiene, postal qualification, Web based fulfillment, and email services to healthcare, not for profit, pharmaceuticals, retail, entertainment, and educational industries.

Kerner was purchased by businessman Eric Edmeades in 2009. Serving clients in the movie-making, television, and commercial projects industries, Kerner Optical is a special effects company that specializes in miniatures and model set building, pyrotechnics, and creature creation (i.e. life-sized casts and facial make-up and props). It has completed work on such films as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and Indiana Jones 4. Kerner Optical was spun off from George Lucas's special effects company Industrial Light & Magic, where it had handled modeling and effects work on the Star Wars movies and other projects.

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