Eric Frank and Jeff Shelstad, former employees of textbook publisher Prentice Hall, formed Flat World Knowledge in 2007. College students who don't want to get knocked flat by the cost of textbooks should learn about Flat World Knowledge. The online publisher offers students the ability to read texts online for free at its Web site, which also offers full-color printouts and audio books for about a third of the usual cost. In addition, professors can adopt books as they are, or customize texts by pulling from other sources and their own work. Students can use the site to take and share digital notes, pose questions, and order a variety of study aids.

Founded in 1992, Thomas Rankin Associates is a full service marketing public relations firm specializing in business-to-business, technical/industrial communications. We offer a full range of promotional services, including advertising, public relations, website and literature development, direct and e-marketing programs.Because every company, regardless of size, must work with limited resources, TRA focuses on helping clients establish workable, cost-effective communications programs that reach intended audiences and achieve definable marketing objectives. Our efforts have successfully launched new enterprises, established unknowns as market leaders, and helped others achieve steady, sustainable growth.

Ackermann PR, ranked by PR Week and the Council of PR Firms as one of the top 100 firms in the United States for three consecutive years, is a nationally focused, full-service agency. Since its beginning, the firm has focused on delivering integrated marketing and communications services to assist clients in achieving their business objectives. The firm has won numerous PRSA and Addy awards, has appeared on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in the country, and was named one of the top companies to work for by Working Woman magazine.

LIN TV owns and operates about 30 stations serving nearly 20 markets in about a dozen states. Its portfolio of stations includes affiliates with all the major networks -- mostly CBS and FOX -- as well as stations affiliated with smaller networks The CW Network and MyNetworkTV. Many of the company's stations operate as duopolies with two stations serving a single market. In addition, LIN Media owns 20% of a joint venture with NBC Universal parent General Electric that operates NBC stations in Dallas and San Diego. Dallas-based private equity firm HM Capital Partners controls 35% of the company.

IWCO Direct, Instant Web provides a range of direct-mail marketing services, including printing, assembling, and mailing. Instant Web company also makes promotional plastic and phone cards, envelopes, and printed paper products, and it offers customized products with pull tabs, peel-apart adhesive messages, fragrance patches, and photographic-quality images. Other services include database management, an automated sorting and mailing, and bindery services. IWCO Direct is owned by private equity firm Avista Capital Partners.

Image Entertainment acquires rights to film and video titles and distributes them primarily in DVD format to US retailers, including Amazon.com, Wal-Mart (via Wal-Mart supplier Anderson Merchandisers), Costco, and Target. Its library contains about 3,200 DVD titles. The company also sells broadcast rights to cable and satellite channels and produces some original programming. Its Egami subsidiary acquires and distributes digital content through video on demand, streaming video, and download channels. Its newly-formed theatrical distribution division is designed to bring four to six feature films to movie theaters each year.

Continuum is a leading independent academic publisher, unconstrained by the interests of any global media group or academic institution, and based in London and New York. We enjoy the business of publishing, and thrive on working with authors to devise a successful approach for each title we publish. Our expertise and experience allow us to make quick decisions, and, when needed, to bring important ideas rapidly to a global readership. New technology provides many new paths to market, and Continuum is actively engaged in digital distribution, in a way which maximises dissemination and protects rights holders.

Located in Burbank, California, Walt Disney Animation Studios brings imagination to life through traditional and computer animated films. the crew is filled with diverse talent from all around the globe whose passion is to create beautiful and timeless films through the art of storytelling, the magic of animation and the science of cutting edge technology.

Freud Communications company provides public relations, crisis management, brand development, and event-planning services to such big name clients as PepsiCo International, Paramount, Prada, Time Warner, and Pizza Hut. In addition, its consultancy unit helps businesses to understand regulatory issues, define strategic objectives, and align themselves with the media channel or channels best suited to their needs. Freud Communications is a unit of global media conglomerate Publicis Groupe and has offices in New York, London, and Los Angeles.

HeadQuarters Advertising was founded in 1987 by Horacio Gomes (president and CEO). It has served such clients as AARP, Quixtar, Pacific Gas & Electric, and the San Francisco Giants. HeadQuarters Advertising specializes in making advertising that is relevant and meaningful to the Hispanic market. The agency provides such services as branding, media buying and planning, direct marketing, Web design, and event marketing in addition to its creative services. HeadQuarters Advertising company also promotes social marketing issues pertaining to the Hispanic community.

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