Media Breakaway is bringing performance-based direct marketing together with old and new media outlets for the benefit of its clients. Media Breakaway company operates primarily through its three divisions; CPA Empire, DataOverdrive, and TelcoOverdrive. CPA Empire provides affiliate marketing service --generating leads and sales for advertisers through its network of affiliates (online content providers). DataOverdrive provides list management services -- helping clients convert customer information into a profitable marketing tool (prospect lists). TelcoOverdrive provides outsourced call center services including telemarketing and lead conversion.

Granite Broadcasting owns, jointly operates, or provides programming to more than 20 TV stations in about a dozen markets in about half a dozen states. Several of its stations are affiliated with major broadcast networks NBC and CBS, while others are affiliated with smaller networks The CW and MyNetworkTV. Granite Broadcasting also operates a number of independent stations, as well as online news and information portals serving its stations' viewers. Founded by former CEO W. Don Cornwell in 1988, the company is owned by private equity firm Silver Point Capital.

Showcase Entertainment is a US-based foreign distribution firm. The company licenses, distributes, and markets independent feature films. The company has marketed more than 200 feature films, and sells to buyers throughout the world, including countries in Asia, Europe, and South America. Many of Showcases's movies are acquired through the William Morris Agency and ICM. Titles include Anything But Love and The Iris Effect.

ShopLocal knows that most everyday purchases take place closer to home. Retailers use ShopLocal's software and services to tailor their online promotions to a user's locale, so that shoppers in Alaska see ads for snowshoes, while California Web surfers see ads for sandals. ShopLocal helps national retailers such as Best Buy, Home Depot, and Target drive ROBO (research online, buy offline) consumers to their websites. The company also offers a comparison shopping site, ShopLocal.com. ShopLocal is the retail division of digital marketing firmPointRoll; both are part of parent company Gannett's digital division.

Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group releases about 20 pictures each year through its three studios: the big budget Columbia Pictures ("The Karate Kid"), genre division Screen Gems ("Death at a Funeral"), and independent producer Sony Pictures Classics ("Whatever Works"). Its Sony Pictures Releasing International is responsible for the sales, distribution, and marketing of movies in about 140 countries and territories worldwide. Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group is the movie marketing, licensing, and promotions arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Yesmail provides e-mail direct marketing services to hundreds of client companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic, and OfficeMax. In addition to fulfillment, it provides production, scheduling, and performance measurement services, as well as full service campaign management. Yesmail also offers online tools to allow its clients to manage their own e-mail marketing campaigns using its permission-based list of e-mail recipients. Yesmail company operates as part of infoUSA Services Group (formerly The Donnelley Group), the direct marketing information division of information provider infoGROUP (formerly infoUSA).

Revelation Records was founded in 1987 by president Jordan Cooper in New Haven, Connecticut. The label moved to Huntington Beach, California, a few years later. It may be hard to understand but you can get to the core of it if you know that Revelation Records revels in punk. The company has released classic hardcore punk albums by bands such as War Zone, Youth of Today, and Judge. Bands currently on Revelation's roster include The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, Gorilla Biscuits, Down to Nothing, Quicksand, and Since By Man. The independent label has distributed music through companies such as Victory, Alternative Tentacles, and Relapse.

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.

Butler, Shine, Stern, and Partners (BSSP) offers disciplined services that make brands shine. The mid-size agency provides a large range of advertising and marketing services offering clients expertise in marketing and web development, brand identity and design, and strategic brand consulting. Butler, Shine, Stern, and Partners LLC was founded in 1993 and as a member of Worldwide Partners Inc., a global network of independent agencies, can serve the needs of clients from around the world. One of the largest independent agencies on the West Coast, BSSP's list of clients has included Columbia Sportswear, LucasArts, Greyhound, and VeriSign.

The UK-based unit of German publisher Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, is an international publisher of books and journals. It puts out English-language teaching materials through its Macmillan Education unit; its Palgrave Macmillan division focuses on the higher education and professional markets, and its Nature Publishing Group is the scientific publishing arm (and publisher of the respected science journal Nature, founded in 1869). Through its Pan Macmillan unit, Macmillan Publishers company publishes fiction and non-fiction books under such imprints as Pan, Picador, and Sidgwick & Jackson. Macmillan also offers distribution services.

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