Penton Media, Inc. company was founded by John Penton in 1892. Today it is owned by London-based private equity firm MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co. Penton Media hopes to regain its foothold as a trade magazine publishing powerhouse. The business-to-business information provider has operations that include more than 110 magazines, nearly 150 websites, and about 150 industry trade shows and conferences. Penton Media company publishes titles such as Air Transport World, Electronic Design, and Broadcast Engineering. All total, Penton covers more than 15 industries, such as Agriculture, Commercial Aviation, Food, and Electronics.

Vibrant Media lays it all out, at least from an advertising perspective. The company delivers contextual keyword advertising through its IntelliTXT, and SmartAd products. Ads are linked to keywords within articles, providing targeted messages to the reader/consumer and made available as the reader mouses over a keyword (underlined in green). Recognizing the concerns raised by placing ads within editorial content, the company has taken steps to retain a clear line between content and advertising, making the process automated and independent of any editorial influence. Vibrant Media helps more than 850 Web publishers turn their online content into advertising opportunities.

Latin Vox's marketing and public relations businesses speak to Hispanic, not Roman, consumers. The firm -- which does business as "the vox collective" -- provides market research; strategic planning; brand development; creative development for print, broadcast, or interactive media; and corporate communications services that include public relation and public affairs services. It has conducted advertising and branding campaigns for clients such as Macy's, Pfizer, Verizon Wireless, and the New York International Latino Film Festival.

Founded in 1978 in Chicago, Starmark has offices in Florida, Washington, DC, and Madrid. In July 2009 the company acquired Miami-based NatCom Marketing to boost its marketing services to government clients. Starmark International provides marketing communications, advertising, public relations, interactive services, branding, direct response marketing, and custom publishing services. Specializing in integrated services, the company blends its service offerings to custom fit the needs of its clients whether it is to generate leads, build a brand, or engender loyalty to a particular product.

MediaWhiz provides online marketing services such as search engine optimization, email marketing, lead generation, display advertising, and affiliate marketing services. Clients have included Nielsen, Home Depot, and Discover. MediaWhiz Holdings company's distribution network includes more than 250 million permission-based email addresses; 6,000 online publisher affiliates; 4,000 ad display network sites; and a text-link ad network of more than 40,000 sites. MediaWhiz operates through numerous subsidiaries, including Text Ad Links (search engine optimization) and Monetizeit (online lead generation).

NRJ GROUP portfolio, anchored by hit music radio station NRJ, includes Cherie FM (easy listening), Nostalgie (oldies), and Rire & Chansons (comedy). The company also has radio stations in more than half a dozen other countries, including Austria, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. In addition to radio broadcasting, NRJ GROUP offers radio content online and it operates television channel NRJ 12, which targets young adult audiences with syndicated series programming, movies, and news.

Fraser/White speaks the languages of advertising and marketing. The agency -- which does business as Fraser Communications -- offers market research, media planning and buying, interactive (Web design), and public relations services. Fraser/White company takes an approach it calls 360 Communications -- surrounding consumers with a client's message. Clients, which tend to come from such industries as automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and health care, have included Cedars-Sinai, Frederick's of Hollywood, and Toyota. President and CEO Renee Fraser founded Fraser Communications in 1992.

Points International Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides ecommerce and technology services to the loyalty program industry. It owns and operates Points.com, an online loyalty program management portal that enables consumers to earn, buy, share, swap, redeem, and exchange miles and points with various loyalty programs and retail partners. Points International's ecommerce solutions include Buy and Gift that enable the members to buy additional miles or points; Transfer, which facilitates transfer of loyalty program currencies among multiple accounts; Corporate that facilitates the sale of loyalty program currencies to corporate customers; and Elite, which enables the online sale of elite-tier status to members of loyalty programs. Its ecommerce services also comprise AirIncentives for the online sale of various airline loyalty program currencies to third parties that offer airline miles as incentives to their customers and suppliers; Systems Design, which are custom applications developed for loyalty program partners; Integrate that functions as a common platform to process transactions among third-party loyalty programs; Auction, which enables programs to offer mileage or point based auctions to their members; and Earn Malls, an online shopping mall platform. It primarily serves loyalty program operators and loyalty program consumers in the United States.

Plum Pictures is a Manhattan-based movie production firm that releases two to three films a year through companies such as New Line and IFC. The company also finances up to two films a year. Projects include movies directed by Steve Buscemi (Lonesome Jim) and Michael Showalter (The Baxter). Plum Pictures was founded in 2003 by principals Galt Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray, and Daniela Taplin Lundberg.

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.

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