Raycom Media is a leading television station group with more than 45 stations serving markets in about 20 states. It has local stations affiliated with all four major networks, as well as netlets The CW and MyNetworkTV. In addition to its TV stations, Raycom is involved in sports programming and promotion through its Raycom Sports subsidiary, which holds the broadcasting rights to Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college basketball games, as well as syndication rights to ACC football games. Raycom also has post production and advertising sales operations. The employee-owned company was formed in 1996.

The privately-owned DialAmerica Marketing, Inc. was initially formed in 1957 under the name Life Circulation Co. as a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc. The telemarketing company offers inbound and outbound calling, peddling the wares to consumer and business-to-business markets. DialAmerica operates about 25 call centers, placing nearly 200 million calls each year and averaging 100,000 phone hours each week to homes all over the US. Companies in industries that include publishing, financial services, health care, cable and communications, pharmaceutical, and technology take advantage of these services to help market their goods.

Alfred Music Publishing is the world’s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Alfred’s home office is located in Los Angeles with domestic offices in Miami and New York as well as offices around the world, including Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. In addition to its own titles, Alfred distributes products from over 50 companies, including Belwin, Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, Dover Publications, DW Drums, Faber Music, Highland/Etling, Kalmus, National Guitar Workshop, Penguin, TASCAM, Ultimate Support, and WEA.

Big Sky Communications can open the public relations horizons for Silicon Valley companies. Founded in 1994 by Katy Boos (partner) and Colleen Muller Padnos (partner), Big Sky Communications is a boutique public relations and marketing communications agency serving the technology industry. The agency provides companies with public relations, customer success programs, and writing services. Clients include Adobe Systems, Hyperion, and Sun Microsystems.

cruz/kravets:IDEAS has more than a few thoughts on how to influence Hispanic consumers. The agency offers expert brand planning, creative development, media buying, sales promotion, public relations, and direct response services. Clients have included restaurant chains El Pollo Loco and Denny's as well as Diageo and H&R Block. Working out of its headquarters located in California, the independent agency was founded in 1991.

R/GA Media Group is a leading interactive marketing services firm providing creative design services for online advertising and promotional websites. It also offers services for e-mail direct marketing campaigns and database marketing efforts, as well as strategic consulting services to help its clients determine the best ways to use interactive media as a promotional tool. R/GA operates through offices in London, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Singapore, and New York. It is a unit of advertising and marketing services holding company Interpublic Group. This agency helps its clients interact with customers in a whole new way.

Classified Ventures operates a network of Web sites offering classified advertising space primarily for real estate and automobile sales. Its sites, including Apartments.com (rental listings), Cars.com (new and used autos), and HomeGain.com (home sales), also distribute their content to a network of 170 Web sites owned and operated by newspapers and television stations around the country, as well as top portal operators such as Yahoo! and MSN. Classified Ventures is a partnership of five leading media companies: A. H. Belo, Gannett, McClatchy, Washington Post, and Tribune Company.

Buckalew Media is a video production and corporate communications firm based in Austin, Texas. The company provides TV and radio programming, Web content, video news releases and media tours, PR services, and instructional training videos. Its clients have included The University of Texas, Tivoli Software, Random House, and the American Heart Association. Buckalew Media was founded in 1994 by Bob Buckalew.

A steady flow of readers, that's what The River Group aims to deliver. The custom publisher, which does business as River Publishing, produces marketing-centered customer magazines for such firms as WeightWatchers International, Harrods, and Holland & Barrett. (River produces 3 magazines on behalf of Weight Watchers -- Weight Watchers magazine, Your Week, and Irresistible.) The firm also offers promotions and special events planning and organization, as well as ad sales services for clients who want their publications to be self-funding. It also publishes online versions of its customer magazines.

HELLO Ltd. company also operates a companion Web site with celebrity content, including blogs and photos, as well as a digital edition of the print magazine that is available by a paid annual subscription or payment per weekly issue. Its Web site also offers downloadable desktop tools for those who just can't wait for their celebrity news. The company additionally publishes global Web sites for gossip lovers in Canada, Mexico, Greece, Rusia, and Spain. HELLO! was launched in 1988.

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