The Allant Group was founded in 1984 as Executive Marketing Services. In October 2009, it was acquired by members of its own management team and private equity firm MidOcean Partners. The Allant Group specializes in marketing optimization products and services that are based on analytics, data management, database services, and strategy. Its offerings include budget, campaign, and list optimization; customer acquisition, growth, and retention; marketing automation; and telemarketing management. Customers come from such industries as cable, financial services, insurance, retail, and telecommunications.

Alloy, Inc. (Alloy) is a provider of media and marketing programs offering advertisers the ability to reach youth and non-youth targeted consumer segments through a range of assets and marketing programs, including digital, display board, direct mail, content production and educational programming. Collectively its businesses operate under the name Alloy Media + Marketing, but its divisions brand names include, Alloy Education, Alloy Entertainment, Alloy Marketing and Promotions (AMP), Alloy Access and On Campus Marketing (OCM). Alloy operates in three segments: Promotion, Media and Placement. The Promotion segment is comprised of businesses whose products and services are promotional in nature and includes its AMP, OCM and sampling divisions. The Media segment is comprised of Company-owned and represented media assets.

Carl Bertelsmann founded the company in 1835. His descendants, the Mohn family, control the business through the Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation. This company is so big, it takes up space on the bookshelf, the magazine stand, and on television. Bertelsmann is one of the world's leading media conglomerates with operations in publishing and TV. It owns about 90% of RTL Group, Europe's #1 TV broadcaster with more than 40 channels operating in a dozen countries. Bertelsmann also owns Random House, the world's top trade book publisher, as well as 75% of magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr. In addition, its arvato unit is a leading provider of distribution, manufacturing, and other business services to media companies.

Roska Direct Advertising was founded in 1981 by CEO Jon Roska. Roska Direct Marketing is a full-service direct response advertising agency that offers campaign design and implementation services. Doing business as Roska Direct Advertising, it provides strategic planning and creative development for direct marketing campaigns for clients in a variety of industries. It also offers database marketing and interactive media services. Its clients have included Pfizer, Yellow Book USA, and Weight Watchers.

Mike Colling & Company (MC&C) directing direct marketing campaigns. The media company offers a variety of direct marketing and advertising services across a wide range of UK media, including television, mail, telemarketing, Internet, and outdoor. MC&C has partnerships with Crayon Direct Advertising, Agency Republic, among other agencies. The firm's client list has included Host Hotels & Resorts, Time Life, Fleet Street Publications, Learndirect, and Zurich Financial Services. Advertising veteran Mike Colling founded his eponymous firm in 2001.

Chicago Review Press is an independent company founded in 1973. Over the years we have grown into a dynamic midsize company with a list of national interest, publishing about 60 new titles yearly under four imprints: Chicago Review Press, Lawrence Hill Books, A Cappella, Ball Publishing, and Zephyr Press. Chicago Review Press publishes general nonfiction and an award-winning line of children's activity books. Lawrence Hill Books publishes mostly nonfiction on topics of African American interest, progressive politics, and feminism. A Cappella is an arts imprint specializing in music and film. Ball Publishing specializes in professional gardening books, and Zephyr Press publishes professional development titles for teachers interested in multiple intelligences, brain development, and gifted education.

Alpine Pictures concentrates on the domestic and international distribution of low-budget motion pictures, distributing films to theatrical, cable, broadcast, and home video (DVD) markets. Projects have included Dark Honeymoon (staring Daryl Hannah) and Love is the Drug (screenplay by Wesley Strick, whose past works include Arachnaphobia and Cape Fear). Brothers Ryan (CEO) and Roland Carroll (president) co-founded Alpine in 1995, after the completion of their first feature film, Witchboard, which grossed some $30 million.

Upromise doesn't promise to pay for your kid's education -- but it might help. By joining Upromise, customers receive rebates on purchases from thousands of retailers, restaurants, grocery stores, and companies -- ranging from Exxon Mobil (1 cent per gallon) to Bed Bath & Beyond (1% on purchases) -- that are credited to a college savings account. Upromise manages about $19 billion in 529 college savings plans (tax-advantaged investment programs for future higher education expenses). Upromise is owned by education financier SLM Corporation (known as Sallie Mae).

InTouch was founded in 1995; it is a part of MECLABS Group, an owner and operator of several market research and marketing science firms. InTouch provides marketing and lead generation services primarily for companies involved in complex-selling environments, such as channel software sales and consulting services. InTouch's services include telemarketing, lead qualification, and channel sales in addition to its database updating, competitive intelligence, and sales management tools. InTouch, Incorporated also implements and manages e-mail campaigns and marketing events for its clientele.

New England Sports Network operates NESN, a leading regional sports channel that reaches more than 4 million homes in six states through cable and satellite TV providers. The network offers news and information covering national and regional sports, as well as game coverage of the Boston Red Sox baseball team and Boston Bruins hockey team. (The Sox own 80% of NESN, while the Bruins have a 20% stake.) In addition to television, NESN distributes news and video through its popular sports Web site. The network was launched in 1984.

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