MANSUETO VENTURES is a publishing company dedicated to serving the business leaders who are shaping the future of today's economy. We publish Inc. and Fast Company, brands with different audiences, but similar challenges and goals. The company was founded in 2005 when Joe Mansueto bought Inc. and Fast Company. The passionate communities that have become engaged with these brands are now the focal point of all of our efforts at MV. Our customers are important and influential folks. And we currently have more than two million of them. Through a full complement of print, online, events, custom publishing and integrated marketing solutions, Mansueto Ventures offers the world's leading advertisers the unique ability to build their brands and move their products within the fast-growing business sector.

Executives Roger Blier and Richard Mueller founded Passport Unlimited Inc. in 1986. Passport Unlimited company offers several levels of individual and company membership in its discount dining, retail, ticket, and services club. It boasts about 800,000 members who receive free entries at about 650 restaurants in the West and Midwest and discounts on travel and other services, furniture and other retail items, and museum and theater tickets. Passport Unlimited also has client-branded gift cards and loyalty programs.

The Film Department is an independent motion picture finance and production company that produces star-driven commercial movies with net budgets between $10 and $45 million. In its first two years of existence, TFD has demonstrated an ability to develop, produce and sell star-driven, moderate-cost, studio-quality films to the marketplace. The Company has assembled a slate of 15 commercial projects worthy of national release including Law Abiding Citizen, starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx (which has earned more than $130 million at the world wide box office to date); The Rebound, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones (recently completed and now targeted for a December 2010 U.S. theatrical release by TFD); and Earthbound, starring Kate Hudson (to be released in the first quarter of 2011).The Company was founded in 2007 by Mark Gill and Neil Sacker, a veteran and widely recognized management team with more than 40 years of combined experience in the film industry. In their previous roles as senior executives, they were responsible for three of the most successful independent films of the past few years—Crash, March of the Penguins and Good Night, and Good Luck—as well as many of the most profitable independent films of all-time including The Talented Mr. Ripley, Frida, In the Bedroom, Under the Tuscan Sun and The Illusionist. Films in which they have had significant involvement as executives and/or producers have earned mor than $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office.

Grasslands Entertainment was a leading producer of television programming for the Canadian and US broadcasting markets. Its programs included food and wine show "The Thirsty Traveler" and The Wine Thief, a spin-off from "The Thirsty Traveler" offering everything you wanted to know about wine. Other shows included equestrian-themed Complete Rider and the documentary Ocean Wanderer. In 2009 Grasslands Entertainment agreed to a reverse takeover by a subsidiary of Foundation Financial Holdings; it plans to become a merchant bank focused on the energy and mining industries.

NPR has many dimensions. We are first and foremost a mission-driven, multimedia news organization and radio program producer. We are a network with a strong base of member stations and supporters nationwide. We are innovators and developers - exploring new ways to serve the public via digital platforms and improved technologies. We are also the leading membership and representation organization for public radio. You can read more about NPR's operations below, or jump to the history of our organization.

Snowball Media got its start in 1980 as a boutique ad agency named Ad Dimension and later ad2. Companies looking to add to the sophistication of their marketing campaigns won't be rolling downhill with this company. Snowball Media, formerly ad2, specializes in interactive and digital marketing. The company offers expertise in Web development, interface design, and interactive programming, as well as the use of CD-ROMs, games, and motion graphics in promotions and marketing strategy. Snowball Media also creates television ads. Clients have included SANYO North America, Bose, Warner Home Video, Zildjian, and Toyota.

12snap is an international marketing firm that develops mobile marketing applications for cell phones and PDAs, among others. The company's application platform includes mobile phone Internet browsers, a phone camera with a predefined character overlay, viral advertising and instant messaging capabilities, and multiplayer 'advergaming' games. 12snap clients have included such notable companies as Disney, McDonald's, Vodafone, Unilever, and adidas. Established in 1999, 12snap AG was owned by media software supplier NeoMedia Technologies until 2007, when it was sold to 12snap's management.

North American Publishing Company (NAPCO) was established in 1958. NAPCO successfully operates magazines, trade shows and online services for the various markets it serves. Currently, North American Publishing Company operates 15 magazines, 20 e-mail newsletters, 2 subscription services and 2 trade shows and employs over 120 people. Corporate Headquarters are located in Philadelphia. Sales personnel are located in New York, Chicago and throughout the country. NAPCO's first publication, Printing Impressions, is today the most influential journal for printing and graphic arts worldwide. When Printing Impressions was initially begun over 50 years ago, North American Publishing company had just four employees. NAPCO's growth and vitality reflects a philosophy that recognizes and values talented people who are seeking to grow with North American Publishing Company. Promotion from within is favored, with the result that many of our staff have moved upward into key positions. North American Publishing Company continues to expand "organically" each year capitalizing on its strong financial footing (NAPCO is debt free), its lack of shareholder pressure (NAPCO is a family business) and its willingness to invest by launching. Over a dozen new publications and services have been launched within the past few years with several more in the planning stage. Many of the company's original publications were purchased from other publishing firms. None were profitable at the time of acquisition, and all required extensive restructuring and investment to move them into the prominent and sound positions they now enjoy. The balance of NAPCO's magazines, as well as its trade shows and on-line services were started by North American Publishing Company.

Founded in 1982, Anne Klein Communications Group is part of Pinnacle Worldwide, an international network of independent PR firms. The firm is owned by founders Anne and Jerry Klein, and principals John Moscatelli, Chris Lukach, and Mike Gross. Anne Klein Communications Group provides public relations, strategic communications, and reputation management services. The agency helps clients with such services as media relations, crisis communications, community relations, employee communications, public affairs, and investor communications. Clients have included Fluor, Sunoco, and Thomson Reuters.

Epic Media Group is the preeminent privately-held global digital marketing solutions company, with deep expertise in managing a full spectrum of advertising services, from brand-building and engagement to performance-based customer acquisition solutions. Epic Media Group company relentlessly focuses on delivering the most comprehensive and cost-effective strategic digital marketing campaigns for advertisers of all sizes, across all industries and around the world. Epic Media Group provides its advertising services by intelligently and cost effectively accessing consumers across multiple traffic distribution channels in integrated campaigns, while simultaneously offering the most sophisticated campaign analytics and integrity assurance capabilities available in the marketplace today.

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