The Roanoke Times newspaper serving the Southwestern region of Virginia with news, sports coverage, and lifestyle features. In addition to its flagship publication, Times-World produces specialized niche publications including HomesNOW, Inside Out, Job Market, Neighbors, and News River Valley Current. The company also publishes the regional business publication Blue Ridge Business Journal. First published in 1886 as The Roanoke Daily Times by founding publisher M. H. Claytor, The Roanoke Times was the area's first daily paper. Times-World is owned by Landmark Media Enterprises, which also owns North Carolina's News & Record newspaper through Greensboro News & Record.

BVK was founded in 1984 by Don Birdsall (retired) and president Michael Voss. Besides its Milwaukee headquarters, BVK has about a dozen offices throughout the US. Birdsall Voss & Associates, doing business as BVK, (not to be confused with BKV) is a full-service advertising agency that works in four divisions. BVK/G centers on the health care industry, creating ad campaigns for hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. BVK/Meka targets the Hispanic community, and BVK Direct places ads in the yellow pages. BVK even oversees a volunteer-run, pro bono agency called Serve Marketing that creates compelling campaigns for charitable causes and social issues, such as teen pregnancy and drunk driving.

Heinemann-Raintree publishes educational books and other non-fiction titles for the classroom and library markets. The company publishes some 6,000 titles aimed at the pre-k to secondary school market, covering subject areas such as science, social studies, biography, art, math, and health. The company has offices in the US (Chicago) and the UK (Oxford), and is a subsidiary of Capstone Publishers, another publisher of children's books for school and libraries. The US-based Capstone acquired Heinemann-Raintree from international education and media firm Pearson Education in 2008 in order to expand its global presence.

DivX, LLC, a division of Sonic Solutions, enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. We create, distribute and license digital video technologies that span the "three screens" comprising today's consumer media environment — the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 300 million DivX devices have shipped into the market from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. We also offer content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.

Quarto was established in London in 1976, and listed on the London Stock Exchange ten years later. Since then, Quarto has grown substantially, both organically and through selective acquisitions around the world. The Group now has 500 employees in 20 separate business units based in the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. It produces books under a number of Quarto-owned imprints, as well as in co-edition, licensing its product to household-name publishers in every corner of the globe. Each year 600 new books for adults and children emerge from the Quarto ideas factory, to be sold in 35 countries and in 25 languages. Subjects range from Art and Craft 'How to', Graphic Design, and Home Improvement, to Cookbooks, Motoring, and Popular Reference – anything, in fact, that can be better explained with photographs, artwork, or illustrations.Quarto is also involved in related areas of display marketing (franchise retailing of books in Australia and New Zealand) and publishing services (print broking in Hong Kong and Singapore, and large format point-of-sales printing in the UK). The enduring quality of Quarto's publishing ensures that over 60% of the Group's income comes from a backlist of more than 9,000 titles, providing a stable revenue stream year after year after year. Quarto's proven business model has underpinned the Group's success and it remains poised to take advantage of new opportunities as they appear.

The Phelps Group was founded in 1981 by CEO Joe Phelps. The Phelps Group offers advertising, branding, sales promotion, media relations, and customer relationship management (CRM) services. It also offers Internet marketing services, such as website design and online media planning and buying. The Phelps Group serves national and regional clients in a variety of industries, including health care, retail, travel and tourism, technology, and packaged goods. It has counted Panasonic, Roland Corporation, and Innova Electronics among its portfolio of clients.

Massive wants to help the videogame industry make in-game advertising big. Working in conjunction with about 40 game publishing partners, Massive company offers an advertising network that targets males 13-34 years old by placing ads within videogames. The ads are served into the games rather than being hard-coded in, providing a dynamic rather than static advertising experience and allowing Massive company to gather data on user interaction. Massive also conducts research with gamers in order to determine the most optimal locations for ad placement. Games in the Massive network have included Transformers: The Game, Anarchy Online, and The Matrix Online.

SmartPros Ltd. company was formerly known as KeepSmart.com, Inc. and changed its name to SmartPros Ltd. in June 2001. SmartPros Ltd. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, New York. SmartPros Ltd. provides learning and training solutions for accounting/finance, legal, engineering, securities, and insurance markets, as well as for information technology professionals. Its products and services include accounting and finance libraries; SmartPros Advantage, a skills-based learning library; financial management network, a library of update programs dealing with current topics; CPA Report, a library of programs that cover various topics in public accounting for accountants in public practice; and CPA report government and not-for-profit, a library of programs designed for accounting professionals. The company’s engineering library comprises PE Exam Review course for civil engineers, online professional development hours, project management for engineers, fundamentals of engineering exam review, and supply chain and CPIM certification. It also offers continuing legal education and business ethics; and courses, including banking compliance, general banking, general bank management, insurance, lending, retirement and estate planning, securities, ethics, anti-money laundering, financial planning, and industry-related sales and services, as well as provides various courses focusing on IT related briefings to executives, technologists, and consultants. The company’s training solutions comprise training in corporate governance, ethics, finance, and compliance for the general corporate market; and pharmaceutical, professional services, banking, securities, and insurance industries. In addition, SmartPros Ltd. provides video production, duplication, e-marketing, and e-commerce services. It provides its products in various formats, including print, CD-ROM, DVD, videotapes, and via the Internet.

One of the largest independent trade publishers in the country, Running Press Publishers has been providing consumers with an innovative list of quality books and book-related kits since 1972. Running Press creates more than 200 new titles a year under four imprints: Running Press, Running Press Miniature Editions™, Running Press Kids, and Courage Books. Titles cover a broad range of categories, including: general non-fiction, science, history, children's fiction and non-fiction, food and wine, pop culture, lifestyle, photo-essay, and illustrated gift books. Running Press is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, with additional offices in New York City and London. Running Press is a proud member of the Perseus Books Group.

Dix & Eaton Inc. provides public and investor relations services. Dix & Eaton company specializes in building stakeholder relationships through investor and media relations, as well as crisis, marketing, transaction, and employee communications. It offers annual report and Web site design, advertising, and corporate identity services; and editorial, research, and executive training services. Dix & Eaton company’s services also include public disclosures, financial communications, perception studies, and online investor relations. It serves public and private companies, professional service firms, civic organizations, and arts and entertainment organizations.

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