PLA Media is an award-winning public relations and marketing full service/boutique agency in Nashville, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1985 by business marketing guru Pam Lewis. With 20 years plus of PR/Marketing experience, Pam has an extensive background in corporate and entertainment, marketing, publicity, management, major/independent record labels, consulting and publishing. PLA Media offers publicity/marketing, music publishing and radio promotion for a broad base of industries including real estate development, literary and corporate projects, restaurants, special events, and start-ups to IPO’s. We strive at PLA to really hear and interpret a client’s message through cost effective, results oriented personalized campaigns.

According To Our Records (ATO Records) is a record label committed to artists and building their careers. Founded by Dave Matthews, manager Coran Capshaw, and two associates – Michael McDonald and Chris Tetzeli – ATO seeks out talented songwriters, musicians and performers for whom there is genuine passion and belief. ATO strives to build career artists. As a truly independent label ATO is steadfast in our commitment to maintaining that focus. ATO is based in New York and distributes its records through RED. ATO looks for the label to evolve naturally on an artist-by-artist basis. The priority for the label is that there be sufficient time and attention to develop each artist and each release. There is no timeline, but there is a plan to build the label on the quality of the musicians we work with.

From Mozart to McCartney, Debussy to Disney, Hal Leonard Corporation knows music. Hal Leonard Corporation company publishes sheet music, songbooks, and musical method books for instruments and voice. It also offers accompaniment CDs and related items. Hal Leonard's products are sold in more than 65 countries through a network of distributors. Domestically, the company markets its product to more than 7,500 music stores in the US and Canada. Hal Leonard started in 1947 as a music store. Hal Leonard Corporation company was founded by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and their friend Roger Busdicker. In 1985, Hal Leonard was purchased from the original founders by an internal management team led by CEO Keith Mardak.

The Cobalt Group's websites and services come fully loaded. Cobalt provides Web-based marketing services to auto manufacturers and dealers to help them manage their businesses online. Services include website hosting, e-commerce applications, Web-based customer relationship management applications, data management, and best practices training and consulting. The company also provides automotive Internet marketing through its Dealix subsidiary, and its IntegraLink subsidiary collects automotive data from dealerships for manufacturers, direct-marketing firms, and others who work in the automotive industry. In mid-2010, Cobalt was acquired by payroll processing giant ADP for $400 million.

GlobalHue has been the leader in cultural-based marketing for over 20 years.  We help clients navigate cultural shifts and reach new audiences to enhance their market positions and bottom lines. Our growth has been marked by constant innovation – a reflection of the ever-evolving consumer landscape. As new market segments emerged at the beginning of the millennium, we began a transformation from a singular-focus, African-American agency to an industry leader in the Latino, African-American and Asian segments. In the process, we have fine-tuned a proprietary, culture-based research methodology, attracted a world-class group of thinkers and creators, and delivered stellar results to our clients. With culture at our core, we continue to evolve. As consumer segments fragment, we are finding new ways to help our clients identify and reach specific audiences. As a New America emerges, we are at the forefront of developing culture-based communications solutions for the total market. See our practice areas for more.

San Antonio Express-News is one of the leading daily newspapers in Texas and a mainstay source of news for the southern region of the state. The paper boasts a daily circulation of more than 200,000 and operates bureaus in Austin and Laredo, Texas; the Rio Grande Valley; and Washington, DC, as well as in Mexico City. In addition to its print edition, the San Antonio Express-News operates news and information Web portal mySA.com in cooperation with KENS-TV (owned by Dallas-based Belo Corp.). The San Antonio Express-News was founded in 1865 and was acquired by The Hearst Corporation in 1993.

Founded in 1979, Mobium was owned by marketing communications firm Colle McVoy until 2008 when it was purchased by its own employees. Mobium Integrated Branding (formerly Mobium Creative Group) hopes to create a never-ending cycle of change, and a way to capitalize on change, for its clients. Mobium Integrated Branding company combines advertising, design, interactive, and branding to serve clients seeking business-to-business marketing specialists. It offers PR, concept development, media placement, graphic design, event planning, copywriting, and a long list of related services.

VPE Public Relations (formerly Valencia Perez & Echeveste) provides public relations services specializing in consumer strategies, social marketing, and public affairs. Its consumer strategies group offers branding, product launch support, community relations, and media relations services to both the general and Hispanic markets. VPE's social marketing group specializes in raising the profile of social issues through grassroots organizations, policymaker outreach, and public education campaigns. The public affairs group helps clients influence public policy. VPE extends its reach through its membership in the Public Relations Global Network, a group of independent agencies working together to share resources.

Publicis Groupe S.A. provides traditional advertising services, specialized agencies and marketing services, and media services worldwide. Publicis Groupe's traditional advertising services principally involve the creation of advertising for products, services, and brands. These services also include strategic planning involving the analysis of a product, service, or brand compared to its competitors through market research, consumer behavior studies, sociological and psychological studies, and creative insight. Its specialized agencies and marketing services include direct marketing and customer relationship management, sales promotion and point-of-sale marketing, healthcare communications, multicultural and ethnic communications, and corporate and financial communications. Publicis Groupe's media services comprise media planning and consulting services; and media and advertising space purchasing services. It also sells advertising space in the press, the cinema, on bill boards, and on the radio. In addition, the company, through its subsidiaries, offers digital communication and direct marketing services, marketing services in the health sector, and interactive marketing services. Publicis has strategic alliance with Dentsu, Inc.

Since 1917, World Book, Inc., has set the standard for providing accuracy, objectivity, and reliability in research materials for both children and adults. Based in Chicago, Illinois, World Book is an industry leader in the production of award-winning encyclopedias, reference sources, and digital products for the home and schools. For almost 90 years, World Book has been committed to publishing encyclopedias and other reference products that meet the highest standards of editorial excellence while keeping pace with the technological developments that define the computer age. This commitment has culminated in the publication of the number-one selling print encyclopedia in the world, The World Book Encyclopedia, and market leading digital products including the World Book Online Reference Center. World Book publishes nearly 90 reference titles. Recent publications include World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia, Animals of the World, World Book's Science & Nature Guides, Student Discovery Science Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Flags, Solar System & Space Exploration Library, Human Body Works, and Biographical Connections.

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