Soft Skull Press is a New York-based alternative book publishing house. The company operates under the mission of publishing works from the next generation of public intellectuals. Titles in the company's catalog cover genres such as history, politics, fiction, biography, and art. Soft Skull Press was founded by Sander Hicks in 1992 as a guerrilla publishing operation run under-the-table at the Kinko's where Hicks was employed. The company's first book was Hicks's first novel, "Foam".

The Hill is known among those who influence policy as a "must read" in print and online. It signals the important issues of the moment. In an environment filled with political agendas, The Hill stands alone in delivering solid, non-partisan and objective reporting on the business of Washington, covering the inner-workings of Congress, as well as the nexus between politics and business. The Hill serves to connect the players, define the issues and influence the way Washington's decision makers view the debate. Founded in 1994, the newspaper features strong investigative reporting and frequently breaks stories that are widely cited in national publications. The newspaper also profiles lawmakers and aides, offers features describing the sociology and politics of the Hill, book and restaurant reviews and a weekly column about the Capitol Hill neighborhoods.The Hill has a print circulation of above 21,000, more than any other Capitol Hill publication. It is aimed at the 100 senators, 435 House members, 40,000 aides and tens of thousands in the influence industry whose work affects the lives of all Americans. The newspaper is a subsidiary of News Communications Inc., a publicly owned company.

From Mozart to McCartney, Debussy to Disney, Hal Leonard Corporation knows music. Hal Leonard Corporation company publishes sheet music, songbooks, and musical method books for instruments and voice. It also offers accompaniment CDs and related items. Hal Leonard's products are sold in more than 65 countries through a network of distributors. Domestically, the company markets its product to more than 7,500 music stores in the US and Canada. Hal Leonard started in 1947 as a music store. Hal Leonard Corporation company was founded by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and their friend Roger Busdicker. In 1985, Hal Leonard was purchased from the original founders by an internal management team led by CEO Keith Mardak.

Nuffer, Smith, Tucker’s history in San Diego public relations began in 1974, bringing together Dave Nuffer’s passion for public relations, Bob Smith’s management style and local connections, and Kerry Tucker’s strategic issues management expertise. Building from these values and skill sets, NST has established a reputation for staying on the edge of change and offers clients a wide range of services and tools to succeed in the evolving communications industry.

iPerceptions company provides analytical and measurement tools that capture the attitudes and perceptions of Web visitors as they navigate corporate sites. iPerceptions attitudinal analytics continuously measure, monitor, and track customer satisfaction, identifying site enhancements that will lead to the greatest return on satisfaction, loyalty, and hopefully sales. iPerceptions company serves clients in such industries as hospitality, automotive, publishing, financial services, and retail. Wells Fargo, EDS, and Reebok have all utilized iPerceptions' proprietary system to understand their clients' Web browsing behavior.

Niche Media was founded in 1992 by CEO Jason Binn. It is a subsidiary of Greenspun Media Group. Niche Media serves a pretty exclusive readership. The company's glossy luxury publications aim to meet the needs of the rich and influential in metropolital locales such as New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, DC, and Aspen, Colorado. Niche Media targets readers who maintain annual household incomes of at least $200,000 and have liquid assets of more than $1 million. Its Gotham magazine covers the New York City scene while its Hamptons magazine details the happenings of the resort community. Its LA Confidential magazine focuses on the jet-setters on the West Coast, and Aspen Peak blankets the ski set.

Founded in 1993, Merkley is part of advertising conglomerate Omnicom Group. Some big advertisers hope a partnership with Merkley will bring customers to their business. Merkley + Partners is a leading ad agency offering creative development and brand marketing to such clients as Arby's, Citigroup, Dave & Buster's, The New York Post, and Mercedes-Benz. In addition to traditional advertising services, the firm provides specialized communications services for health care companies and multimedia services through an interactive marketing division.

Founded in 1997, Extraprise Group has served more than 200 clients, some of which include records management company Iron Mountain, drug maker Pfizer, and various GE financial divisions. The firm's consulting and IT services focus on issues related to customer relationship management (CRM), including lead generation, customer data integration, and market intelligence. It offers its own i2i Platform, a hosted database marketing software, as well as hosted CRM applications from salesforce.com. In addition to its hosted services, Extraprise offers systems integration, training, and outsourced marketing services.

PainePR provides the full range of public relations services for clients in consumer marketing, technology, health care, financial, and business-to-business industries. PainePR also takes advantage of the newest digital PR techniques and offers marketing communications services that target the Hispanic community. PainePR company is part of Cossette Communication Group, Canada's largest marketing communications firm. PainePR has offices in New York City; Los Angeles; and Orange County, California.

Hemmings Motor News was founded by Ernest Hemmings in Quincy, Illinois, in 1954. The first issue consisted of four pages, and 500 copies were sold at 50 cents per copy. Today, Hemmings has over 180,000 subscribers, paying $31.95 per one-year, 12-issue subscription. An additional 45,000 copies are sold each month at newsstands and bookstores throughout the United States for $6.00 per copy. In 1970, Hemmings introduced a "companion" magazine, Special Interest Autos, to meet the growing needs of car-collecting enthusiasts. As the only publication in the car-collecting field which regularly road tested cars from the 1920s to the 1980s and accurately examined all aspects of their history and development, SIA entertained and informed its loyal following of automotive enthusiasts and historians while expanding its content to reach a broader audience.

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