Adstar, Inc. provides classified advertising technology services to publishers, primarily in the newspaper industry in the United States. AdStar company offers services using its proprietary software that electronically connects advertisers with newspaper publishing systems, as well as online advertising formats. Its software applications enable professional advertising agencies, businesses, and individuals to electronically send ads to publishers, for insertion in newspapers, Web sites, and other media. AdStar's services are provided on an application service provider (ASP) basis, enabling publishers to expand their relationships with advertising customers using a single integrated platform. Its professional software applications accept transmissions from classified advertising agencies and corporations using desktop software and Web-based communications. AdStar's ASP Web site technology enables visitors to a newspapers Web site, giving the opportunity to buy classified ads, for both the print and/or online editions of the newspaper on a 24/7 basis.

Mariah Media, Inc. company targets readers who have an active lifestyle and enjoy outdoor sports, travel, and adventure. Content includes gear reviews, travel guides, photo galleries, and "ask the experts" columns. Its Web site, Outside Online, features blogs, online videos, and podcasts. The magazine is perhaps best-known for publishing the first-hand account of one of its writers who survived an ill-fated trip up Mount Everest in which several people died. (Writer Jon Krakauer later wrote the best-selling book Into Thin Air detailing the trip.) The company was founded in 1977.

Party Planners West, Inc. was founded in 1981 by President Patricia Ryan. Ain't no party like a West Coast party, or at least one planned by Party Planners West. Serving the Los Angeles area, the privately owned, woman-owned company specializes in producing corporate and special events that turn a good party into a branding opportunity. Part Planners West has produced such events as movie premieres for studios, Super Bowl parties for corporate sponsors, and corporate events for the Olympics.

Pamal Broadcasting is a leading regional radio station operator with more than two dozen stations serving mid-sized markets in New York, Vermont, and Florida. Its stations offer a variety of programming, including rock, country, jazz, pop, and contemporary, as well as sports, news, and talk radio formats. Pamal Broadcasting operates most of its portfolio in clusters of stations serving the same market, which allows the company to cut operating costs by combining some business functions between its stations. CEO James Morrell started the company as Albany Broadcasting in 1986.

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET) is the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions designed to meet the unique needs of hospitality, healthcare and other guest-based businesses.

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.

" Austin Chronicle Corp. publishes a weekly newspaper in Austin, Texas, boasting a circulation of more than 90,000 and featuring comprehensive coverage of the city's lively music and cultural scene. The tabloid-sized Austin Chronicle is also a source political and environmental reporting. In addition to its newspaper, the company serves as a sponsor for such annual events as South by Southwest (operated by SXSW), the Austin Music Awards Show, and The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival. Publisher Nick Barbaro and editor Louis Black led a group that started the paper in 1981.

M Booth & Associates is a public relations agency specializing in B2B, consumer products, retail, health care, technology, and public issues. The independent firm works with clients that want to create strong brand identities within their respective markets. Clients have included J. C. Penney, Pfizer, and Travelzoo. M Booth & Associates also offers interactive services that include social media marketing, Web site design, Internet monitoring and reputation management, and crisis communications using digital media. In mid-2009 the company was acquired by Next Fifteen Communications Group, a UK-based public relations firm serving clients in the technology sector.

Dennis Publishing Limited Founded in 1974, the group consists of a number of operating companies in both the UK and USA. Although the companies have experienced explosive growth over the past five years, success hasn't diminished our frontier spirit.As a privately held group of companies, the Dennis Group is dedicated to delivering what customers and advertisers want, rather than concentrating on the somewhat narrower goals of stockholders and analysts. Dennis Publishing is one of the world's fastest-growing independently owned media companies. Group turnover exceeds £85 million a year, excluding our subsidiary companies. The company publishes over 50 magazines, digital magazines, websites and mobile sites in the UK (including The Week , Monkey, Auto Express, PC Pro, Viz and Maxim) and The Week in the US. Dennis is also a major shareholder in Seymour Distribution and Dovetail Services Ltd. Dennis Publishing is privately owned by Felix Dennis.

Source Marketing was founded in 1989 by Howard Steinberg, who left in 2004 to open LifeMed Media, a marketing firm for diabetes awareness. Source Marketing company provides a variety of integrated marketing services including direct marketing, promotional marketing, merchandising, and event marketing. Source Marketing specializes in reaching consumers at the local level through sampling, demonstrations, and personality endorsements popping up all over local radio. Source Marketing company has promoted SKYY Vodka, BIC lighters, Panasonic's Blu-Ray DVD players, and Boar's Head deli meats.

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