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PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2004 The only complete guide to the trends, technologies and companies changing the way the world uses entertainment and information
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PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary: A Short Entertainment & Media Glossary Introduction How to Use This Book Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Entertainment & Media Industry 1) DVDs Clobber VHS Sales and Rentals 2) The Wireless Home Takes Advantage of Macs and Media Center PCs 3) TiVo Threatens Television Advertising 4) IMAX Shows Supersize Growth 5) Casino Mega-Properties Continue Development 6) TV Audience Declines 7) Electronic Games Boom 8) iTunes Succeeds and Draws Competitors 9) Netflix Grows and Inspires Envy 10) Satellite Radio Turns Up the Volume 11) Cable vs. Satellite 12) High-Definition Grows—HDTV and HD-DVD 13) Mega Mergers 14) Huge Success of Movie Series 15) Special Effects and Animation Grow 16) Convergence 17) Entertainment-Based Retailing Chapter 2: Entertainment & Media Industry Statistics Entertainment & Media Industry Overview Top Global Entertainment Companies: 2003 Largest Entertainment & Media Industry Mergers: 1985 to Early 2004 Households with Televisions, U.S.: 1970-2004 Daily Newspaper Circulation, U.S.: Selected Years, 1965-2002 Cable and Pay TV-Revenue and Expenses, U.S.: 2001-2002 Book Publishing Industry Net Sales, U.S.: 2002 Average Time Spent Viewing Television per TV Home per Day, U.S.: Selected Years, 1970-2002 Radio and Television Broadcasting Services-Finances, U.S.: 2000 to 2002 Recording Industry Consumer Profile, U.S.: 1993 to 2002 Top 25 Audit Bureau Circulation Surveyed Magazines, based on Total Circulation Revenues, U.S.: 2002 Top 10 Audit Bureau of Circulation Surveyed Magazines, based on Total Paid Circulation, U.S.: 2001-June 2003 Total U.S. Advertising Volume: 2001-2002 Recording Media-Manufacturers' Shipments and Value, U.S.: 1995-June 2003 Chapter 3: Entertainment & Media Industry Contacts Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites Continued on the following page.
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Chapter 4: THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 : Who They Are and How They Were Chosen Industry Codes Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups (THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400, grouped by industry, and ranked for sales and profits) Alphabetical Index Index of Headquarters Location by State Index of Headquarters Location by Country Index by Regions of the U.S. Where THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 Have Locations Index of Firms with International Operations Individual profiles on each of THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400
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Additional Indexes Index of Firms Noted as "Hot Spots for Advancement for Women & Minorities" Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations
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A Short Entertainment & Media Industry Glossary 802.11a: A faster wireless network standard than 802.11b, 802.11a operates in the 5-GHz band at speeds of 50 Mbps or more. This standard may be affected by weather and is not as suitable for outdoor use. This standard may be of little importance if 802.11g becomes popular. 802.11b: A short-range wireless connection standard created by the IEEE. It operates at 11 Mbps and can be used to connect computer devices to each other. It competes with the Bluetooth standard. Its range is up to 380 feet, but 150 feet or so may be more practical in some installations. 802.11g: A recent addition to the series of 802.11 specifications for wireless networks. 802.11g provides data transfer at speeds of up to 54 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band. It can easily exchange data with 802.11b enabled devices, but at much higher speed. 802.16: See "WiMax." Affiliate: A broadcast radio or television station may become an “affiliate” of a national network, such as NBC or CBS. The affiliate contracts with the national network, which provides programming to the affiliate for all or part of each day. In return, the affiliate provides the network with an agreed-upon number of minutes of advertising time, which the network then resells to advertisers. AM (Amplitude Modulation): Radio broadcasts over 535 khz to 1705 khz. American Research Bureau (ARB): One of several national firms that conduct audience research. ARB is the founder of Arbitron ratings. Analog: A form of transmitting information characterized by continuously variable quantities. Digital transmission, on the other hand, is characterized by discrete bits of information in numerical steps. An analog signal responds to changes in light, sound, heat and pressure. Appliance: See "Internet Appliance" below. Area of Dominant Influence (ADI): Similar to Nielsen's “Designated Market Area,” ADI is a market
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area established by Arbitron that places cities and/or parts of counties into groupings that are reached by the same local radio or television stations. For example, advertising on radio stations in Boston will reach listeners far outside of Boston within the surrounding ADI. ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode): A digital switching and transmission technology based on high speed. ATM allows voice, video and data signals to be sent over a single telephone line at speeds from 25 million to 1 billion bits per second (bps). This digital ATM speed is much faster than traditional analog phone lines, which allow no more than 2 million bps. (See "Broadband" below.) Bandwidth: The data transmission capacity of a network, measured in the amount of data (in bits and bauds) it can transport in one second. A full page of text is about 15,000 to 20,000 bits. Full-motion, fullscreen video requires about 10,000,000 bits per second, depending on compression. Basic Cable: Primary level or levels of cable service offered for subscription. Basic cable offerings may include retransmitted broadcast signals as well as local and access programming. In addition, regional and national cable network programming may be provided. Blog: Short for "weblog," a blog is a personal journal that is posted on the Internet, frequently updated and intended for public viewing by anyone who might be interested in the author's thoughts. Bluetooth: An industry standard for a technology that enables wireless, short-distance infrared connections between devices such as PCs, Palm Pilots or PDAs, laptops, cell phones and Internet appliances. It competes with 802.11b. Branding: A marketing strategy that takes a wellknown brand and utilizes brand capital in order to increase the brand's market share, sales and availability; establish credibility; improve satisfaction; raise the profile of the firm; and increase profits. Broadband: The high-speed transmission range for telecommunications and computer data. Broadband refers to any transmission at 2 million bps (bits per second) or higher (much higher than analog speed). A broadband network can carry voice, video and data
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Call Letters: Letters that identify a station, i.e. KTRU. Call letters are established by the Federal Communications Commission. Each broadcast station has unique letters. The letters may denote whether the station is in the eastern or western U.S. CATV: Cable television. CDF (Channel Definition Format): Used in Internet-based broadcasting. With this format, a channel serves as a web site that also sends an information file about that specific site. Users subscribe to a channel by downloading the file.
B-to-B, or B2B: See "Business-to-Business" below.
Business-to-Business: An organization focused on selling products, services or data to commercial customers rather than individual consumers.
Circulation: The numerical distribution of print media such as magazines or newspapers. “Controlled Circulation” refers to magazines that are generally sent to a defined subscriber base free-of-charge. “Audited Circulation” refers to a subscription base that has been verified as to its size by an independent agency.
Business-to-Consumer: An organization focused on selling products, services or data to individual consumers rather than commercial customers.
Click Through: In advertising on the Internet, click through refers to how often viewers respond to an ad by clicking on it. Also known as click rate.
Cable Modem: An interface between a cable television system and a computer or router. Most cable modems are external devices that connect to the PC through a standard 10Base-T Ethernet card and twisted-pair wiring. External Universal Serial Bus (USB) modems and internal PCI modem cards are also available. The cable modem enables a computer to access the Internet via the TV cable. Cable modem access can be very high-speed and is much faster than traditional "dial-up" access via a standard telephone line. Cable modem speeds vary, depending on the cable modem system and current traffic load. From the Internet to the computer the modem may connect at speeds as high as 1 to 3 Mbps. From the computer to network, speeds typically run between 500 Kbps and 2.5 Mbps. Cable modem access competes with DSL access.
Closed Circuit TV (CCTV): Programs or other material that limit the target audience to a specific group instead of the general public. For example, major retailers use such private TV systems, distributed via satellite, to provide training to employees at remote store locations.
B-to-C, or B2C: See "Business-to-Consumer" below.
Cable TV: A television system comprised of a local television station that is equipped with an antenna or satellite dish. The antenna or dish receives signals from distant, central network stations and retransmits those signals via TV cable to the local subscriber. Caching: Storing data in a temporary location closer to the user so that it can be retrieved quickly when requested.
Codec: Hardware or software that converts analog to digital and digital to analog (in both audio and video formats). Codecs can be found in digital telephones, set-top boxes, computers and videoconferencing equipment. The term is also used to refer to the compression of digital information into a smaller format. Community Antenna Television: A community television system that is served through cable and is connected to a common set of antennae. Compression: A technology in which a communications signal is squeezed so that it uses less bandwidth (or capacity) than it normally would. This saves storage space and shortens transfer time. The original data is decompressed when read back into memory. Controlled Circulation: See “Circulation” above.
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Cookie: A piece of information sent to a web browser from a web server that the browser software saves and then sends back to the server upon request. Cookies are used by web site operators to track the actions of users returning to the site. Cost Per Click: Online advertising that is billed on a response basis. An advertiser sells a banner ad and is paid by the number of users who click on the ad. Cost Per Thousand (CPM): A charge for advertising calculated on a fixed amount multiplied by the number of users who view an ad, computed in thousands. CPC (Cost Per Click): See "Cost Per Click" above. CPM (Cost Per Thousand): See "Cost Per Thousand" above. CRM (Customer Relationship Management): The automation of integrated business processes involving customers, including sales (contact management, product configuration), marketing (campaign management, telemarketing) and customer service (call center, field service). Cyberspace: Refers to the entire realm of information available through computer networks.
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Digital Subscriber Line (DSL): A broadband (highspeed) Internet connection provided via telecommunications systems. Rapidly gaining in popularity, these lines are a cost effective means of providing homes and small businesses with fast Internet access. Common variations also include ADSL and SDSL. Direct Marketing: A form of non-store retailing in which customers are exposed to merchandise through catalogs, direct-mail brochures, telemarketing or television. Direct marketing may be used to generate direct-response purchases, store traffic, sales leads or a combination thereof. Direct Selling: A form of marketing which involves selling merchandise or services through direct mail or through salespeople who contact consumers directly or by telephone at home or place of work (e.g., Mary Kay cosmetics). DMA (Designated Market Area): A television market as delineated by the A.C. Nielsen Company. DOCSIS: Data over Cable Service Interface Specification. Standards for transferring data over cable television.
DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite): A high-powered satellite authorized to broadcast television programming directly to homes. Home subscribers use a dish and a converter to receive and translate the TV signal.
DRM (Digital Rights Management): Enables control and maintenance of publishers’ rights by delivering encrypted information and, instead of providing the key (or using the recipient’s public key for encryption), in effect permitting the recipient to borrow the decryption key in a highly controlled fashion.
Demographics: The breakdown of the population into statistical categories such as age, income, education and sex.
DS-1: A digital transmission format that transmits and receives information at a rate of 1,544,000 bits per second.
Dial-Up Access: The connection of a computer or other device to a network through a modem and a public telephone network. The only difference between dial-up access and a telephone connection is that computers are at each end of the connection rather than people. Dial-up access is slower than DSL, ISDN and other advanced connections.
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line): See "Digital Subscriber Line" above.
Digital: Transmission of a signal reducing all of its information to ones and zeros and then regrouping them at the reception end. Digital transmission vastly improves the carrying capacity of the spectrum while reducing noise and distortion of the transmission.
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Extranet: A computer network that is accessible in part to authorized outside persons, as opposed to an intranet, which uses a firewall to limit accessibility. FCC (Federal Communications Commission): See "Federal Communications Commission" below. Federal Communications Commission (FCC): The government agency that regulates broadcast television and radio, as well as telephony. Fiber Optics: A type of telephone cable, made from glass, that can handle vast amounts of voice, data and video at once by carrying them along on beams of light. FM (Frequency Modulation): Radio broadcasts over 88 mhz to 108 mhz. Frequency: The number of times that an alternating current goes through its complete cycle in one second. One cycle per second is referred to as one hertz; 1,000 cycles per second, one kilohertz; 1 million cycles per second, one megahertz; and 1 billion cycles per second, one gigahertz. Frequency Band: A term for designating a range of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum. Gatekeeper: A person or persons controlling the flow of information. Individuals who allow information to pass through them to be disseminated to the public are referred to as gatekeepers. These include newspaper publishers, editors, reporters, television and radio producers, station owners and executives. General Magazines: Consumer magazines that are not aimed at special-interest audiences. Geostationary: A geosynchronous satellite angle with zero inclination, making a satellite appear to hover over one spot on the earth's equator. GIF (Graphic Interchange Format): See "Graphic Interchange File." Globalization: The increased mobility of goods, services, labor, technology and capital throughout the world. Although globalization is not a new development, its pace has increased with the advent of new technologies, especially in the areas of telecommunications, finance and shipping.
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Graphic Interchange Format (GIF): A widely used format for image files. Gross Rating Points (GRPs): Measures the audience share of a television program’s audience delivery. GRPs are the sum of individual ratings for all programs in a particular time slot. (See “Ratings” below.) Headend: Facility that originates and distributes cable service in a given geographic area. Depending on the size of the area it serves, a cable system may be comprised of more than one headend. Hertz: A measure of frequency equal to one cycle per second. Most radio signals operate in ranges of megahertz or gigahertz. High Defintion Television (HDTV): A type of television broadcasting that increases the resolution of the visual field contained by the image, making for a clearer and more movie-like viewing experience. HDTV requires advanced digital broadcasting and receiving equipment. Hit: A single request from a web browser for something from a web server, e.g., a request for text or graphics. Homes Passed: Households that have the ability to receive cable service and may opt to subscribe. Hyperlink: An element in an electronic document that links to another document or to another place in the same document. Generally, the user clicks on the hyperlink in order to follow it. Impressions: In Internet advertising, the total number of times an ad is displayed on a web page. Impressions are not the same as "hits," which count the number of times each page or element in a page is retrieved. Since a single complicated page on a web site could consist of five or more individual elements, including graphics and text, one viewer calling up that page would register multiple hits but just a single impression. Information Services: This term can describe any of a full range of audio, video and data transmission services that are transmitted over the air or by cable. Interactive TV (ITV): Allows two-way data flow between a viewer and the cable TV system. A user
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can exchange information with the cable system—for example, by ordering a product related to a show he/she is watching, or by voting in an interactive survey. Internet: A global computer network that provides an easily accessible way for hundreds of millions of users to send and receive data electronically when appropriately connected via computers or wireless devices. Access is generally through HTML-enabled sites on the World Wide Web. Also known as "the Net." Internet Appliance: A non-PC device that connects users to the Internet for specific or general purposes. A good example is an electronic game machine with a screen and Internet capabilities. It is anticipated that many types of Internet appliances will be of common use in homes in the near future. Internet Sharing Programs: Internet networks that allow users to share files and programs, in spite of possible copyright restrictions (e.g. Napster). Intranet: A network protected by a firewall for sharing data and e-mail within an organization or company. Usually, intranets are used by organizations for internal communication. IP Number/IP Address: A number or address with four parts that are separated by dots. Each machine on the Internet has its own IP (Internet protocol) number, which serves as an identifier. ISP (Internet Service Provider): A company that sells access to the Internet to individual subscribers. Leading examples are MSN and AOL. ITV: See "Interactive Television." Java: A programming language developed by Sun Microsystems that allows web pages to display interactive graphics. Java can be read by people using any type of computer or operating system. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): A widely used format for image files. LAN (Local Area Network): A computer network that is generally within one office or one building. The LAN can be very inexpensive and efficient to set up when small numbers of computers are involved. It may require a network administrator and a serious
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Media Outlet: A broadcast or publication that brings news and features to the public through a distribution channel. Mega-Theater: A movie theater with as many as 30 screens and more frequent showtimes. Some also offer luxury seating, with amenities such as restaurant-style food, a waitstaff and reservations. Merchandising: Any marketing method utilized to foster sales growth. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN): See "MAN."
Lohas: A marketing term that stands for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. It refers to consumers who choose to purchase and/or live with items that are natural, organic, less polluting, etc. Such consumers may also have a preference for things powered by alternative energy, such as hybrid cars. Market Segmentation: The division of a consumer market into specific groups of buyers based on demographic factors. Marketing: Includes all activities and expenses associated with the promotion of an item, such as selling and advertising costs, market research, public relations, royalties or commissions and souvenirs. Mass Media: Refers to the total of the several mediums that disseminate information throughout the world, including television, radio, film, print, photography and electronic media. Mbps (Megabits per second): One million bits transmitted per second.
Miles of Plant: The number of cable plant miles laid or strung by a cable system; the cable miles in place. Modem: A device that allows a computer to be connected to a phone line, which in turn enables the computer to receive and exchange data with other machines via the Internet. MP3: A subsystem of MPEG (see "MPEG") used to compress sound into computer files. Now the most commonly used format for downloading music. MP3 compresses music 10 to 14 times while still retaining CD quality. MPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3: The Moving Picture Experts Group digital standards for the compression of motion or still video for transmission or storage. MSO (Multiple System Operator): An individual or company owning two or more cable systems.
M-Commerce: Mobile e-commerce over wireless devices.
Multicasting: Sending data, audio or video simultaneously to a number of clients. Also known as "broadcasting."
Media: Used loosely to refer to the entire communications system of reporters, editors, producers, print publications, broadcast programs, magazines and online publications.
Multimedia: A presentation via several different media at once. For example, an encyclopedia in CDROM format is generally multimedia because it features written text, video and sound in one package.
Media Literacy: Refers to an individual’s ability to read, analyze and evaluate media. If one is media literate, that person can recognize the rhetorical arguments and techniques used by the media to persuade audiences.
Multipoint Distribution System (MDS): A common carrier licensed by the FCC to operate a broadcastlike omni-directional microwave transmission facility within a given city. MDS carriers often pick up satellite pay-TV programming and distribute it, via their local MDS transmitter, to specially installed antennas and receivers.
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consists of address books, calendar information and e-mail. These small personal computers are known as PDAs (see "PDA"). Parental Guidelines: A rating systems established by the television industry in 1997, which gives parents information about the content and ageappropriateness of television programming. Pay Cable: A network or service available for an added monthly fee. Also called premium cable. Some services, called mini-pay, are marketed at an average monthly rate below that of full-priced premium. Pay Cable Unit: Each premium service to which a household subscribes is counted as one pay cable unit.
Newspaper Syndicate: A firm selling features, photos, columns, comic strips or other special material for publication in a large number of newspapers. For example, a typical fee charged by a syndicate to a daily newspaper for a popular comic strip is $10 per day. Generally, the syndicate splits the fee with the author.
Pay-Per-View (PPV): A pay service that enables subscribers to order and view events or movies on an individual basis.
Nielsen: The ACNielsen company is engaged in television ratings and other marketing research.
Peer-to-Peer: See "P2P" above.
Nielsen Station Index (NSI): Rates individual television stations. Nielsen Television Index (NTI): Rates national television network programming. Offshoring: The rapidly growing tendency among U.S. and Western European firms to send knowledgebased and manufacturing work overseas. The intent is to take advantage of lower wages and operating costs in such nations as India, Hungary and Russia. Out-of-Home Advertising: Advertising in public places through billboards, signs on buses, etc. Also referred to as “Outdoor Advertising.” P2P (Peer-to-Peer): Form of cooperative processing in which either of the programs involved can initiate communication with the other. In a peer network, every station can function as both a client and a server. Napster is a peer-to-peer system. Palm Pilot: A handheld device in which data is stored and may also be transmitted. Data usually
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant): A handheld or pocket-size device containing address and calendar information. A Palm Pilot is a PDA.
Periodical: A publication that changes on a regular publishing schedule, such as weekly or monthly. (In contrast, a book that does not change on a regular basis is referred to as a “monograph.”) Personal Television (PTV): Television programming that has been manipulated to a viewer's personal taste. For example, the Tivo service allows viewers to eliminate commercials, watch programming stored in memory or watch selected real-time moments in slow motion. Portal: A comprehensive web site that is designed to be the first site seen when a computer logs on to the web. Portal sites are aimed at broad audiences with common interests and often have links to e-mail usage, a search engine and other features. Yahoo! and MSN.com are portals. Positioning (retailing): The design and implementation of a merchandising mix, price structure and style of selling to create an image of the retailer, relative to its competitors, in the customer’s mind.
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Powerline: A method of networking computers, peripherals and appliances together via the electrical wiring that is built in to a home or office. Powerline competes with 802.11b and other wireless networking methods. PTV (Personal Television): See "Personal Television" above. Publication: Printed magazines or newspapers containing information, news or feature stories. Ratings/Rating Points/Ratings Share: The rating of a medium is its audience size expressed as a percent of the measured universe, where one rating point is equivalent to 1% of the base. Ratings are often referred to as “percent coverage.” A television show with a 22% share has 22 points, or 22% of the total TV audience within its market. Reach: The geographic area inhabited by a potential audience. Also the number of readers, listeners or viewers that are able to access a given medium. A prime time television show on a national network such as ABC has nationwide reach. Real Time: A real-time system or software is one specially designed to acquire, process, store and display large amounts of rapidly changing information almost instantaneously, with microsecond responses as changes occur. Return on Investment (ROI): A measure of a company's profitability, expressed in percentage as net profit (after taxes) divided by total dollar investment. SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc): A technology that offers high-resolution digital audio. Satellite Broadcasting: The use of Earth-orbiting satellites to transmit, over a wide area, TV, radio, telephony, video and other data in digitized format. Server: A computer that performs and manages specific duties for a central network. It may include storage devices. Set-Top Box: Typically a cable modem, a set-top box sits on top of a TV set and is an enhancement to cable TV or other television reception. This box may enable interactive enhancements to television viewing. For example, a cable modem is a set-top
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box that enables Internet access via TV cable. See "Cable Modem." Share: The percentage of television households tuned into a particular program or category of programming. Spam: A term used to refer to generally unwanted, solicitous, bulk-sent e-mail. Specialty Publication: A trade or professional publication that is industry- or audience-specific (e.g. Shopping Center World magazine). Spot Revenue: Revenue from advertising placed on a cable system by a local or national advertiser. Streaming Media: One-way audio and/or video that is compressed and transmitted over a data network. The media is viewed or heard almost as soon as data is fed to the receiver; there is usually a buffer period of a few seconds. Subscriber: A term used interchangeably with household. Subsidiary, Wholly-Owned: A company that is wholly controlled by another company through stock ownership. Superstation: A local television station with a signal that is retransmitted via satellite to distant cable systems that cannot be reached by over-the-air signals. Superstore: A large specialty store, usually over 40,000 square feet and realizing at least 10% of its revenue from GM/HBC. Many superstores focus on a particular field of merchandise. For example, BestBuy is a consumer electronics superstore. Supply Chain: The complete set of suppliers of goods and services required for a company to operate its business. For example, a manufacturer's supply chain may include providers of raw materials, components, custom-made parts and packaging materials. Syndicated: A report, story or graphic that is sold to multiple media outlets simultaneously.
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System (Cable): A facility that provides cable service in a given geographic area, comprised of one or more headends.
movies and other content at their will via the Internet. The biggest potential application is for home viewing of movies that are selected and accessed online.
T1: A standard for broadband digital transmission over phone lines. Generally, it can transmit at least 24 voice channels at once over copper wires, at a high speed of 1.5 million bps.
VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal): A small Earth station terminal, generally between 0.6 and 2.4 meters in size, which is often portable and primarily designed to handle data transmission and private-line voice and video communications.
T3: This type of transmission over phone lines supports data rates of 45 Mbps. T3 lines consist of 672 channels, and such lines are generally used by Internet service providers. These lines are also referred to as DS3 lines. (Also see “OC3.”) Telecommunications: Systems of hardware and software used to carry voice, video and/or data between locations. This includes telephone wires, satellite signals, cellular links, coaxial cable and related devices. Telemarketing: See "Non-Store Retailing" above.
WAP (Wireless Access Protocol): A technology that enables the delivery of World Wide Web pages in a smaller format readable by screens on cellular phones. Web Log: See "Blog." Web Page: A document on the World Wide Web that is identified by a URL. Web Site: A specific domain name location on the World Wide Web. Each site, which contains a homepage, usually consists of additional documents.
TiVo: A digital recorder that allows customers to record television shows through a hard disk and computer schedule instead of a videotape or manual recording set-up.
Webcasting: The act of using the Internet (the World Wide Web, usually) to broadcast information or entertainment.
UHF (Ultra High Frequency Band): 300 mhz to 3,000 mhz, which includes TV channels 14 through 83.
Webmaster: Any individual who runs a web site. Webmasters generally perform maintenance and upkeep.
Ultrawideband: A means of low-power, limitedrange wireless data transmission that takes advantage of bandwidth recently set aside by the FCC. Ultrawideband, or UWB, encodes signals in a dramatically different way, sending digital pulses in a relatively secure manner that will not interfere with other wireless systems that may be operating nearby.
Wi-Fi: A popular phrase that means 802.11b and other 802.11 specifications. See "802.11b" above.
UWB: See "Ultrawideband" above. V-Chip: A system built into TV sets that helps parents screen out programs with questionable parental guideline ratings. You can purchase a special set-top box that performs the same function.
Wi-Fi5: A popular phrase that means 802.11a. See "802.11a" above. WiMax (802.16): A wireless standard with exceptional speed and distance capabilities, officially known as the 802.16 standard. Using microwave technologies, it has the potential to broadcast at distances up to 30 miles and speeds of up to 70 megabits.
VHF (Very High Frequencies): 30 mhz to 300 mhz, which include TV channels 2 through 13 and FM radio.
Wire Service: News stories, features and other types of information sent by direct line to subscribing or member newspapers, radio stations and television stations. The Associated Press (AP) is a well-known wire service.
Video-On-Demand: This technology gives viewers access to services such as home shopping, games,
Wireless: Transmission of voice, video or data by a cellular telephone or other wireless device, as
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opposed to landline, telephone line or cable. Includes 80211.b and other local wireless methods. Wireless Cable: A pay television service that delivers multiple programming services to subscribers equipped with special antennas and tuners. It is an alternative to traditional, wired cable TV systems. World Wide Web: A computer system that provides enhanced access to various sites on the Internet through the use of hyperlinks. Clicking on a link displayed in one document takes you to a related document. The World Wide Web is governed by the World Wide Consortium, located at www.w3.org. Also known as "the web." XML (Extensible Markup Language): A programming language that enables designers to add extra functionality to documents that could not otherwise be utilized with standard HTML coding. XML was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It can communicate to various software programs the actual meanings contained in HTML documents. For example, it can enable the gathering and use of information from a large number of databases at once and place that information into one web site window. XML is an important protocol to web services.
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INTRODUCTION
PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC, the fourth edition of our guide to the entertainment and media field, is designed as a general source for researchers of all types. The data and areas of interest covered are intentionally broad, ranging from the most important trends in the entertainment and media industry, to emerging technologies, to an in-depth look at the 400 major firms within the many sectors that make up the entertainment and media business. For the purposes of this book, we include a wide range of sectors related to entertainment and media, such as book, newspaper and magazine publishing; electronic games; gambling and casinos; retailers, such as bookstores, of entertainment and media products; radio; television, including broadcast, satellite and cable; movie production and distribution; movie theaters, publishers of databases and much more, including related services, hardware and software. This reference book is designed to be a general source for researchers. It is especially intended to assist with market research, strategic planning, employment searches, contact or prospect list creation (be sure to see the export capabilities of the accompanying CD-ROM that is available to book and eBook buyers) and financial research, and as a data resource for executives and students of all types.
PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC takes a rounded approach for the general reader. This book presents a complete overview of the entire entertainment and media business (see “How To Use This Book”). For example, business growth trends are provided in exacting detail, along with easy-to-use tables on many facets of entertainment and media in general. THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 (the actual count is 401 firms) is our unique grouping of the biggest, most successful corporations in all segments of the entertainment and media industry. Tens of thousands of pieces of information, gathered from a wide variety of sources, have been researched and are presented in a unique form that can be easily understood. This section includes thorough indexes to THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400, by geography, industry, sales, brand names, subsidiary names and many other topics. (See Chapter 4.) Especially helpful is the way in which PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC enables readers who have no business background to readily compare the financial records and growth plans of entertainment and media companies and major industry groups. You’ll see the mid-term financial record of each firm, along with the impact of earnings, sales and strategic plans on each company’s potential to fuel growth, create new
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conducted within a parent organization that we have been unable to completely list all subsidiaries, affiliations, divisions and activities within a firm’s corporate structure.
technologies and provide investment and employment opportunities. No other source provides this book’s easy-tounderstand comparisons of growth, expenditures, technologies, corporations, research and many other items of great importance. The information within is crucial to people of all types who may be studying this, one of the most rapidly evolving industries in the world today.
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We have used exhaustive efforts to locate and fairly present accurate and complete data. However, when using this book or any other source for business and industry information, the reader should use caution and due diligence by conducting further research where it seems appropriate. We wish you success in your endeavors, and we trust that your experience with this book will be both satisfactory and productive.
By scanning the data groups and the unique indexes, you can find the best information to fit your personal research needs. The best major companies are profiled and then ranked using several different groups of specific criteria. Which firms are the biggest employers? Which companies earn the most profits? These things and much more are easy to find. In addition to individual company profiles, an overview of entertainment and media technology and its trends is provided. This book’s job is to help you sort through easy-to-understand summaries of today’s technologies, statistics and trends in a quick and effective manner. Whatever your purpose for researching the entertainment and media field, you’ll find this book to be a valuable guide. Nonetheless, as is true with all resources, this volume has limitations that the reader should be aware of: •
Financial data and other corporate information can change quickly. A book of this type can be no more current than the data that was available as of the time of editing. Consequently, the financial picture, management and ownership of the firm(s) you are studying may have changed since the date of this book. For example, this almanac includes the most up-to-date sales figures and profits available to the editors as early 2004. That means that we have typically used corporate financial data as of late 2003.
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
The two primary sections of this book are devoted first to an overview of the entertainment and media industry and then to the “Individual Data Listings” for THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400. If time permits, you should begin your research in the front chapters of this book. Also, you will find lengthy indexes in Chapter 4 and in the back of the book.
Chapter 3: Entertainment & Media Industry Contacts – Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites. This chapter covers contacts for important government agencies and industry associations. Included are numerous web sites. THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400
THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY Glossary: A short list of entertainment and media industry terms. Chapter 1: Major Trends in the Entertainment & Media Industry. This chapter presents an encapsulated view of the major trends that are creating rapid changes in the entertainment and media industry today. These trends range from the struggle to conquer the online music market to home entertainment technology to changes in the broadcast, cable and satellite sectors. Chapter 2: Entertainment & Media Industry Statistics. This chapter contains important charts and tables tracking the scope of the industry.
Chapter 4: THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen. The companies compared in this book (the actual count is 401 firms) were carefully selected from the entertainment and media industry, primarily in the United States with 54 major foreign firms also included. For a complete description, see THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 indexes in this chapter. Individual Data Listings: Look at one of the companies in THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400’s Individual Data Listings. You’ll find the following information fields: Company Name: The company profiles are in alphabetical order by company name. If you don’t find the company you are seeking, it may be a subsidiary or division of one
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of the firms covered in this book. Try looking it up in the Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations in the back of the book. Ranks: Industry Group Code: An NAIC code used to group companies within like segments. (See Chapter 4 for a list of codes.) Ranks Within This Company’s Industry Group: Ranks, within this firm’s segment only, for annual sales and annual profits, with 1 being the highest rank. Business Activities: A grid arranged into five major industry categories and several sub-categories. A “Y” indicates that the firm operates within the sub-category. A complete Index by Industry is included in the beginning of Chapter 4. Types of Business: A listing of the primary types of business specialties conducted by the firm. Brands/Divisions/Affiliations: Major brand names, operating divisions or subsidiaries of the firm, as well as major corporate affiliations—such as another firm that owns a significant portion of the company’s stock. A complete Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations is in the back of the book. Contacts: The names and titles up to 27 top officers of the company are listed, including human resources contacts. Address: The firm’s full headquarters address, the headquarters telephone, plus toll-free and fax numbers where available. Also provided is the World Wide Web site address. Financials: Annual Sales (2003 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to four previous years): These are stated in thousands of dollars (add three zeros if you want the full number). This figure represents consolidated worldwide sales from all operations. 2003 figures may be estimates or may be for only part of the year—partial year figures are appropriately footnoted. Annual Profits (2003 or the latest fiscal year available to the editors, plus up to four previous years): These are stated in thousands of dollars (add three zeros if you want the full number). This figure represents consolidated, after-tax net profit from all operations. 2003 figures may be estimates or may be for only part of the year—partial year figures are appropriately footnoted.
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Stock Ticker: When available, the unique stock market symbol used to identify this firm’s common stock for trading and tracking purposes is indicated. Where appropriate, this field may contain “private” or “subsidiary” rather than a ticker symbol. Total Number of Employees: The approximate total number of employees, worldwide, as of the end of 2002 (or the latest data available to the editors). Apparent Salaries/Benefits: A “Y” in appropriate fields indicates “Yes.” Due to wide variations in the manner in which corporations report benefits to the U.S. Government’s regulatory bodies, not all plans will have been uncovered or correctly evaluated during our effort to research this data. Also, the availability to employees of such plans will vary according to the qualifications that employees must meet to become eligible. For example, some benefit plans may be available only to salaried workers—others only to employees who work more than 1,000 hours yearly. Benefits that are available to employees of the main or parent company may not be available to employees of the subsidiaries. In addition, employers frequently alter the nature and terms of plans offered. NOTE: Generally, employees covered by wealthbuilding benefit plans do not fully own (“vest in”) funds contributed on their behalf by the employer until as many as five years of service with that employer have passed. All pension plans are voluntary—that is, employers are not obligated to offer pensions. Pension Plan: The firm offers a pension plan to qualified employees. In this case, in order for a “Y” to appear, the editors believe that the employer offers a defined benefit or cash balance pension plan (see discussions below).The type and generosity of these plans vary widely from firm to firm. Caution: Some employers refer to plans as “pension” or “retirement” plans when they are actually 401(k) savings plans that require a contribution by the employee. • Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Pension plans that do not require a contribution from the employee are infrequently offered. However, a few companies, particularly larger employers in high-profit-margin industries, offer defined benefit pension plans where the employee is guaranteed to receive a set pension benefit upon retirement. The amount of the benefit is determined by the years of service with the company and the employee’s salary during the later years of employment. The longer a person works for the employer, the higher the retirement benefit. These defined benefit plans are funded
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entirely by the employer. The benefits, up to a reasonable limit, are guaranteed by the Federal Government’s Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. These plans are not portable—if you leave the company, you cannot transfer your benefits into a different plan. Instead, upon retirement you will receive the benefits that vested during your service with the company. If your employer offers a pension plan, it must give you a summary plan description within 90 days of the date you join the plan. You can also request a summary annual report of the plan, and once every 12 months you may request an individual benefit statement accounting of your interest in the plan. • Defined Contribution Plans: These are quite different. They do not guarantee a certain amount of pension benefit. Instead, they set out circumstances under which the employer will make a contribution to a plan on your behalf. The most common example is the 401(k) savings plan. Pension benefits are not guaranteed under these plans. • Cash Balance Pension Plans: These plans were recently invented. These are hybrid plans—part defined benefit and part defined contribution. Many employers have converted their older defined benefit plans into cash balance plans. The employer makes deposits (or credits a given amount of money) on the employee’s behalf, usually based on a percentage of pay. Employee accounts grow based on a predetermined interest benchmark, such as the interest rate on Treasury Bonds. There are some advantages to these plans, particularly for younger workers: a) The benefits, up to a reasonable limit, are guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. b) Benefits are portable—they can be moved to another plan when the employee changes companies. c) Younger workers and those who spend a shorter number of years with an employer may receive higher benefits than they would under a traditional Defined Benefit Plan. ESOP Stock Plan (Employees’ Stock Ownership Plan): This type of plan is in wide use. Typically, the plan borrows money from a bank and uses those funds to purchase a large block of the corporation’s stock. The corporation makes contributions to the plan over a period of time, and the stock purchase loan is eventually paid off. The value of the plan grows significantly as long as the market price of the stock holds up. Qualified employees are allocated a share of the plan based on their length of service and
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their level of salary. Under federal regulations, participants in ESOPs are allowed to diversify their account holdings in set percentages that rise as the employee ages and gains years of service with the company. In this manner, not all of the employee’s assets are tied up in the employer’s stock. Savings Plan, 401(k): Under this type of plan, employees make a tax-deferred deposit into an account. In the best plans, the company makes annual matching donations to the employees’ accounts, typically in some proportion to deposits made by the employees themselves. A good plan will match onehalf of employee deposits of up to 6% of wages. For example, an employee earning $30,000 yearly might deposit $1,800 (6%) into the plan. The company will match one-half of the employee’s deposit, or $900. The plan grows on a tax-deferred basis, similar to an IRA. A very generous plan will match 100% of employee deposits. However, some plans do not call for the employer to make a matching deposit at all. Other plans call for a matching contribution to be made at the discretion of the firm’s board of directors. Actual terms of these plans vary widely from firm to firm. Generally, these savings plans allow employees to deposit as much as 15% of salary into the plan on a tax-deferred basis. However, the portion that the company uses to calculate its matching deposit is generally limited to a maximum of 6%. Employees should take care to diversify the holdings in their 401(k) accounts, and most people should seek professional guidance or investment management for their accounts. Stock Purchase Plan: Qualified employees may purchase the company’s common stock at a price below its market value under a specific plan. Typically, the employee is limited to investing a small percentage of wages in this plan. The discount may range from 5 to 15%. Some of these plans allow for deposits to be made through regular monthly payroll deductions. However, new accounting rules for corporations, along with other factors, are leading many companies to curtail these plans—dropping the discount allowed, cutting the maximum yearly stock purchase or otherwise making the plans less generous or appealing. Profit Sharing: Qualified employees are awarded an annual amount equal to some portion of a company’s profits. In a very generous plan, the pool of money awarded to employees would be 15% of profits. Typically, this money is deposited into a long-term retirement account. Caution: Some employers refer to plans as “profit sharing” when
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Chapter 1 MAJOR TRENDS AFFECTING THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY The burning issue affecting all sectors of the entertainment and media industry is control. Gone are the days when television and radio programmers enjoyed captive audiences who happily sat through ad after ad or planned their schedules around a favorite show. Consumers, especially consumers in younger demographics, now demand more and more control over what they watch, read and listen to. Issues related to control include pricing of media usage (including free, illegal downloads vs. authorized, paid downloads or pay-per-view) and portability (including the ability for a consumer to download once, whether legally or illegally, and then use a file on multiple platforms and devices). Today, electronic offerings such as DVDs, personal video recorders, video-on-demand and MP3 players have vastly altered the way consumers enjoy entertainment. People watch and listen according to their own desires and whims. Miss the finale to a favorite television show? Rent or buy it on DVD or record it to watch later. Interested in only one track from a recording artist's new CD? Buy and download just the one song from the Internet. Love a primetime drama on a major network but hate commercials? Skip over them with a personal video recorder. The implications of these changes are staggering. The business models upon which most entertainment companies have traditionally run are becoming
obsolete. Revenue from advertisers is in jeopardy. Programming schedules are losing relevance. Entertainment companies are being forced to radically change to deal with the new technology and the new demands of consumers. Entertainment is undergoing a revolutionary and painful retrenching, and big changes will continue to occur. There are several identifiable trends at work. The most important of these are: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15)
DVDs Clobber VHS Sales and Rentals The Wireless Home Takes Advantage of Macs and Media Center PCs TiVo Threatens Television Advertising IMAX Shows Supersize Growth Casino Mega-Properties Continue Development TV Audience Declines Electronic Games Boom iTunes Succeeds and Draws Competitors Netflix Grows and Inspires Envy Satellite Radio Turns Up the Volume Cable vs. Satellite High-Definition Grows—HDTV and HDDVD Mega Mergers Huge Success of Movie Series Special Effects and Animation Grow
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DVDs Clobber VHS Sales and Rentals The advent of DVDs has done far more than improve video and audio quality over that offered by VHS. It has taken the entertainment industry by storm, currently accounting for approximately half of all U.S. consumer spending in that sector. DVD sales overtook box office ticket revenues in 2003, and have significantly beaten VHS sales and rentals since 2002. These slick, shiny digital videodiscs have outclassed their bulky VHS counterparts from their initial release due to fast, easy features such as chapter selection, subtitle choices in multiple languages and extra content such as movie trailers, directors' commentaries and "making of" documentaries. Another boon to DVD makers and distributors is their low cost. DVDs typically retail for $17 but cost only about $0.50 to manufacture. About 50 million U.S. homes owned DVD players by the end of 2003. Die-hard VHS fans had a leg to stand on initially, due to DVDs’ lack of recording ability. That's history, however, since DVD recorders hit the market in 2001. Prices for recorders recently dropped to as low as $300 from their prohibitive start of around $1,700. According to market research firm IDC, worldwide shipments of DVD recorders are expected to reach 45.8 million units in 2007. Approximately 1 million DVD recorders were sold during 2003. However, VHS tapes and players are not dead. Prices for VHS players/recorders remain competitive, averaging about $75, and approximately 9 million units were sold in 2003. DVDs have also had a surprising impact on television business models. Once funded by advertising or, in the case of cable networks such as HBO, by subscriber fees, television revenues today benefit from the sale of DVD versions of popular programs that are bringing in significant new income and growing in popularity by leaps and bounds from year to year. In the case of HBO, DVD releases of top programs such as The Sopranos, Sex in the City and Band of Brothers have netted the network hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years. For example, HBO earned $130 million in royalties from the sale of DVD versions of The Sopranos during the first six months of 2003. (Also, see “High Definition Grows—HDTV and HD DVD” below.)
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The Wireless Home Takes Advantage of Macs and Media Center PCs Computer software and hardware companies have growing stakes in entertainment. Microsoft is spending billions on the development of its eHome division, designing computers to serve as the electronic hub of the digital home, routing music, movies, TV programming, e-mail and news between the web and PCs, television set-top boxes, gadgets and stereo speakers. Intel is also at the forefront of PC-controlled home entertainment, investing in evermore-powerful chips capable of generating highdefinition video images suitable for many video uses, including cutting-edge projection TVs. Sony, Gateway, Seagate Technology, Apple and Digeo are also leaders in the home entertainment revolution. The home PC will act as an information hub, collecting, storing and organizing data such as movies, television programs and music. Information will be sent to televisions, sound systems, and the like wirelessly using technology such as Wi-Fi, short for Wireless Fidelity and sometimes referred to as WLAN (wireless local area network) or WWAN (wireless wide area network). Wi-Fi offers a wireless connection at speeds up to 54 megabits per second, nearly 1,000 times the speed of a dialup connection. On the fixed end, a home network is tied into an Internet connection that can be very high-speed. WiFi-enabled devices, like computers or PDAs with modems, provide mobile access to the Internet and therefore to a wealth of information, entertainment and e-mail. These devices can easily be moved around within the wireless home, from the den to the bedroom, from the bathtub to the backyard. Another plus is that Wi-Fi networks are easy and inexpensive to set up. Digital formats are opening fields for PC and software companies that heretofore have been the exclusive turf of other manufacturers for entertainment players such as sound systems, televisions and DVD players. There is a rapidly blurring line between the business segments once claimed exclusively by entertainment, publishing, computing and telephony. Inexpensive home computers are not only logical gateways to the Internet; they also deliver entertainment via built-in TV, DVD and CD-ROM players, allowing the recording and display of television programs and movies and the playing of games. In one integrated unit, PCs can also act as very sophisticated telephones, complete with capabilities of voice mail, call screening and other advanced services. Media Center PCs, already on the market from several
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manufacturers, have the capability to play and record television shows, as well as manage music video and personal photo files by remote control. (The fact that entertainment PCs are enabled with the latest in digital photo management, printing and display features fits extremely well with the booming sales trend of digital cameras.) The Media Center PC is powered by an Intel chip and controlled by Microsoft’s Media Center Edition OS software. After the disappointing sales of earlier Microsoft forays into home entertainment (Web TV and UltimateTV), the Media Center PC is a definite step forward. Many computer industry giants such as Gateway, Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard have been quick to join the party with their own versions. Prices start at about $1,400 and run up to about $3,000. At the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft erected a 2,300-square-foot model "home" outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Equipped with flat-panel screens and a host of PCs, the display promoted the wireless home in a realistic three-bedroom, two-car garage setting. At Intel’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, a mock-up of a teenager's room is exhibited near the lobby. A focal point in the room is a PC capable of receiving and displaying television programming, running video games, downloading and playing music from the Internet, playing DVDs and managing photo archives. Microsoft has further made inroads by lobbying film studios and consumer-electronics manufacturers to consider the Windows Media format as the standard for file compression necessary for highdefinition video (i.e., DVDs). The initiative isn't winning Microsoft any friends among other players in the audio-video market. RealNetworks, Inc., the first maker of streaming audio, video and other multimedia download software, filed suit against Microsoft, claiming that the Windows maker is illegally squelching media-software competition because of its powerful position vis-à-vis PC software. Other traditional electronics companies are adopting an “if you can't beat 'em, join 'em” attitude. Sony, Toshiba and Matsushita are all developing hybrid products such as TVs and stereo systems that are controlled with PC-like features such as hard drives and wireless networking equipment.
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Entertainment-Enabled Macs and PCs Consumers now have the ability to manage virtually all of their home entertainment options via personal computer or Apple’s MacIntosh computers. For example, Microsoft’s Media Center Edition OS running on a fully featured entertainment PC from makers such as HP, Sony or Gateway can offer: • Television access, which can be connected to cable, antenna or satellite • Internet access • PVR (personal video recording of TV programs) • Music recording, storage and management in MP3 or WMA format, as well as conversion of music CDs into MP3 files • Recording/playing of CDs and DVDs • Multiple picture frames on one screen • Digital photography management, including editing of still and video • Integration with wireless networking 3)
TiVo Threatens Television Advertising Personal video recorders (PVRs) such as ReplayTV and TiVo allow viewers to download broadcast television, satellite television and broadband programs for later viewing. Viewers are able to store between 35 and 320 hours of programming for playback at their discretion. Live programming can also be viewed and manipulated to skip commercials (or in some cases, fast-forward through them), playback key moments or watch in slow motion. This is accomplished via a hard drive connected to a television set (often in addition to a cable box, satellite receiver box and/or video game equipment). Costs for the boxes run between $250 and $400, depending on recording capacity. Once the device is installed, viewers pay a small monthly fee (around $10 to $13 per month or $250 for a lifetime subscription) for use of the service. PVRs (which are also called digital video recorders or DVRs) have caught on in a big way. As of the beginning of 2004, there were about 3 million homes with these devices in the U.S. Forrester Research estimates that 39 million U.S. homes will have a PVR by the year 2007. The impact of these devices on the advertising industry as well as ancillary businesses such as television networks and cable companies will be very great indeed. Television advertising has long been based on charging the most for ad time in and around the highest-rated shows. NBC's top-rated Friends, for example, commands advertising rates of more
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than $500,000 per 30-second spot. It's not surprising then, that advertisers cry fowl about PVR viewers' ability to skip or fast-forward through their extremely expensive ads. TiVo published some interesting data about television advertising in mid-2003. The PVR company launched an analytical tool that tracks when, where and for how long ads are viewed. The results? The most popular, and therefore most recorded, shows have the greatest incidence of viewers skipping or fast-forwarding through ads. ABC's The Practice, for example, received a high viewer rating of 8.9 (meaning that 8.9% of all TiVo users watched the show live or recorded it for later viewing), but only 30% of those viewers watched the ads. Conversely, the far less popular 60 Minutes on CBS got a 2.2 viewer rating, while 73% of those tuning in watched the ads. Analysts are finding that some television genres are proving better bets for placing ads that will actually be seen. Situation comedies and dramas have the lowest rates of ad watching, while anticipated events such as The Academy Awards, The Grammy Awards, The Super Bowl or final episodes of long-running, top shows tend to keep viewers hooked, including sitting through the ads. Cable companies, satellite services, electronics manufacturers and even entertainment PC manufacturers are building PVRs into their devices. For example, Time Warner began offering a PVR service called Mystro TV to a million of its customers in early 2003. Comcast and Cox Communications likewise offered PVR options. Many users would rather purchase PVR access as part of cable or satellite service to avoid stacking yet another box on or near their TV sets, a preference these companies are attempting to capitalize on. The entrance of cable and satellite companies into the market puts a very different spin on PVR use and the networks' and advertisers' willingness to play along. Unlike TiVo and ReplayTV, Time Warner watchers have limited ability to skip commercials, as well as restrictions as to which programs may be recorded. Both limits are vastly appealing to broadcasters and advertisers desperate to protect their turf. The end result of the adoption of PVRs is that advertisers will radically change the way in which they reach their target audiences. Alternatives to large blocks of prime time advertising in 30- to 60second spots include program sponsorship, product placement and online advertising. The "downtime" inherent in using a PVR to fast-forward or rewind to
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a selected spot offers advertisers a small window of opportunity for companies such as Time Warner who are more ad-friendly. Additional ads or small ads displayed in a corner or along the bottom of the screen can be inserted. Interactive ads are also within the realm of possibility. Viewers who choose to watch an ad for, say, a sport utility vehicle, can further choose to view more shots of the interior or statistics about engine performance. 4)
IMAX Shows Supersize Growth One segment of the film industry that is enjoying rapid growth is the IMAX format. Once found only in museums, IMAX has moved into the mainstream by licensing its projection and sound systems to commercial operators. Movies reformatted for IMAX such as The Matrix Revolutions and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban are meant to attract the moviegoer who is looking for big-time action on a very big screen. In earlier years, IMAX movies tended to cover subjects such as nature, science and technology that were more suited to display at theaters located in museums. As of late 2003, IMAX operated in more than 235 theaters in 30 countries, and the firm has scheduled the opening of another 50 theaters over the next few years. IMAX was big business to begin with. IMAX Corporation, based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, is involved in the design, leasing, marketing, maintenance and operation of IMAX theater systems. The company is also developing, producing and distributing large-format films. Moreover, it designs and manufactures cameras and equipment as well as consistently investing in research and development. In 2002, IMAX debuted its IMAX DMR technology, which makes it possible to remaster 35mm films into super large-screen format at affordable rates. The technology effectively opened the door for IMAX to enter the world of mainstream film entertainment, making it feasible for any Hollywood film, new or old, to be converted to IMAX format. When The Matrix Revolutions was shown in IMAX format in November 2003 at the New England Aquarium, it sold out 16 shows and more than 8,000 advance tickets. Across the rest of the U.S., 48 IMAX theaters grossed $3 million in the movie's first five days. This particular film was the first mainstream Hollywood release to premiere in IMAX format instead of waiting several months after an initial release in traditional theaters. The release was so successful that plans to show the final Matrix installment immediately upon release in IMAX
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theaters are underway, as are plans to debut the third Harry Potter film. IMAX also seems to know no national borders. The company already has a significant presence in Canada, and it recently announced the retrofit of three Cineplex venues in Spain. The new Spanish locations join those in a substantial list of countries including Australia, Belgium, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait and South Africa. 5)
Casino Mega-Properties Continue Development In 2003, the first new casino in 13 years opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Called The Borgata, the $1-billion hotel and gambling complex is a joint venture of Boyd Gaming Corp. and MGM Mirage, and boasts 2,002 guest rooms and suites, 125,000 square feet of gaming space, 11 restaurants, 11 retail boutiques, a 50,000-square-foot spa and 70,000 square feet of event space. In addition to breathing new life into Atlantic City as a gambling and entertainment destination, the advent of this particular hotel is a major step in luring destination travelers looking for a wide variety of 24-hour entertainment. Meanwhile, big developments continue in Las Vegas, with significant entertainment features combined in casino/hotel properties. In addition to acres of slot machines, black jack tables and roulette wheels, Las Vegas is teeming with new versions of famous restaurants, luxe shopping boutiques and world-class entertainment including internationallyknown singers, dancers and comedians and several different permanent shows by the Cirque du Soleil troupe of acrobats, clowns and musicians. Las Vegas hotels and casinos make roughly one-half their net profits from non-gambling activities. After a faulty try at positioning Las Vegas as a destination for the entire family in the 1990s, the desert city has been repositioned as one of the world's most visited, and therefore most lucrative, destinations for adults—that is, for adults who are seeking a cutting-edge experience in gaming, dining, shopping, partying and showroom entertainment in a sexy, sinful atmosphere. Atlantic City is doing well to emulate the entertainment gold mine created by Las Vegas casinos. The Borgata is only the first of five major Atlantic City hotel/casino openings or expansions. The Tropicana is adding 1,600 rooms, eight restaurants and several theater/club spaces in a $225million renovation. A new $80-million nongambling property called the Pier, planned to have
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325,000 square feet of restaurants, retail space and nightclubs, is scheduled to open in the summer of 2005. The Caesars hotel is undergoing a $30-million revamping, which includes beach cabanas offering cocktails and a high-end slot-machine lounge. Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino After a short downturn due to the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, expansion now continues in Las Vegas. Developer Steve Wynn, the man who built the Mirage, Treasure Island and the Bellagio among others, is opening a new 2,700-room hotel/casino in the spring of 2005, complete with the only 18-hole golf course on The Strip. The $2-billion property formerly referred to as LeReve but now named Wynn Las Vegas, will also house a Ferrari and Maserati dealership. Other features will include an 110,000-square-foot casino. The property will employ 8,000 people when completed. Wynn's new project has spurred a flurry of renovation and expansion in existing hotels including the Venetian, Bellagio and Mandalay Bay. Many of the new amenities are geared toward attracting a relatively young, affluent traveler who is less likely to gamble. Plasma television screens grace hotel bedrooms and bathrooms, and lush landscaping, waterfalls, secluded suites with private check-in and luxurious spas are bringing in tourists who never considered Las Vegas as a destination in the past. This investment binge is part of a tidal wave of gambling venues that have opened in the last decade. Gambling is still one of today’s major growth industries, grossing more than $50 billion per year in the U.S., as casino/hotels, riverboat casinos, Native American reservation casinos and bingo halls and slot machine parlors continue to attract visitors in the millions. In 2002, Las Vegas attracted 35 million visitors who spent $31.6 billion. Gaming revenue that year was $6 billion. Atlantic City typically sees 32.4 million people annually. 6)
TV Audience Declines Larger and larger numbers of people are tuning out prime-time television. Particularly among the 18to 34-year-old age group, viewers are turning away from broadcast television toward a host of alternatives including video games, PVRs such as TiVo, DVDs, video-on-demand (VOD) and surfing the Internet. According to Nielsen Media Research, among men in this age group, the amount of time spent viewing prime time TV in the fall of 2003 was
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down 7.7%, compared to a year earlier. Studies further showed that overall network audiences were down nearly 10% over the previous year—the decline is primarily in the six major broadcast networks. Consequently, the network television business model is faced with the need for radical change. Revenue from advertising is in serious jeopardy since fewer and fewer people are viewing traditional television advertising. Scheduling, once an allimportant strategy for attracting and keeping viewers, has lost its power since people can and are recording their favorite shows to watch whenever they want. One way that networks can regain some of their viewers is to provide their own VOD. Fox was the first to attempt this to somewhat limited success in 2002. Working through Cablevision Systems Corp., a cable operator in the New York area, Fox offered subscribers episodes of two of its top shows free of charge and free of commercials. In 2003, Cablevision continued the offer, but charged $1.95 per episode or $19.95 for the entire season. Fox and the cable company are planning to offer the service again in 2004 with additional features such as outtakes and ads. VOD for a limited number of movies is already available in many parts of the U.S. through cable and satellite operators. As many as 10 million homes have the service, which offers hundreds of recently released films for $3 to $4 each. Viewers in about half of those homes have ordered movies, at a rate of eight to 10 per month. A thorny issue plaguing the television, movie, cable, satellite, advertising and electronics industries is deciding who has the rights to programming viewed outside of the traditional network broadcast arena. Just who should receive VOD subscription fees? Naturally the cable or satellite companies offering the service have rights to them, but the companies who produce the shows, the networks who originally ordered and aired them and the stations who air the same programming in syndication argue that they have claims too. The issue is so complicated that NBC, in its first foray into VOD testing, did not include access to its top sitcom Friends because of the difficulties in reaching agreement with all parties concerned. While still in its early stages, VOD is a growing sector within the entertainment industry and is vastly appealing to larger and larger numbers of viewers who prefer to control when they watch their favorite programming. Thirty-somethings and the generations behind them grew up watching videos and surfing the Internet—on their own schedules and
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at their own convenience. They are the least likely audiences to sit through advertising and arrange their schedules to suit network-programming executives. 7)
Electronic Games Boom Electronic games are king. Sales of videogame hardware, software and accessories grew to $10.6 billion in 2003. The number of young men playing electronic games jumped by 22% in the fall of 2003 over the previous year, according to Nielsen. The big news is the release of ever more complex technology that not only combines games with CD and DVD players, but offers full Internet access and interactive TV as well. Game players can find online opponents, check e-mail, shop online and download music and video entertainment with a single system. The future of games lies in one word: online. Sony’s Play Station 2, released in the fall of 2001, was the first unit to play DVDs and audio CDs while offering top-of-the-line high-tech gaming. By the end of 2003, Play Station 2 had sold 51 million units worldwide. Microsoft was hoping to break Sony's dominance in the market with its Xbox, which was released in November 2001 (with a $500-million marketing budget). Xbox is a major step in the company's attempt to revolutionize the home in the same way that PCs revolutionized the office. The unit is a combination of some of the functions of a high-end PC, complete with high-speed Internet port and a top-of-the-line graphics chip; a video game console; and ultimately a head-set that will allow players to talk to other players down the street or in another country via the Internet. Microsoft had sold more than 9.4 million units by the end of 2003, and, with the advent of Xbox Live, the company expects sales to increase dramatically. Microsoft's online gaming subscription service, Xbox Live, was launched in November 2003 and signed 500,000 subscribers in its first seven months. This figure places the software giant in contention for the first time with top-rated Sony, long the numberone video game company in the world. As another case in point, both companies recently released versions of a game called Ghost Recon. Microsoft's version, which plays on its Xbox unit, is onlineenabled and had sold more than 650,000 copies through 2003. Sony's Play Station 2 version is not enabled for online use and has sold more than 550,000 copies. Nintendo, the third key player in video game sets, offers the GameCube console, which works with its Game Boy Advance system. Minimal in size, the cube packs a three-inch-wide, 1.5-Gb game disk in
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addition to offering long-time game favorites including Pokémon, Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. Nintendo has sold 9.6 million GameCubes, and its interest in developing online gaming appears to be limited. Microsoft is betting that online gaming will pull it into the top spot in video games. As part of its Xbox Live service, it also launched the XSN sports network. Players join leagues and save game statistics and records over time as they play. The network is so sophisticated that it includes the ability to page cell phones and palm devices to alert players about new games. Microsoft developers have released 50 different online games compared to Sony's 32. Its marketing budget for this new service is upwards of $500 million. Not surprisingly, because of its lengthy history of dominating certain software segments, Microsoft maintains complete control over the licensing of its Xbox consoles and the games that can be played on it. Conversely, Sony allows almost any game developer to design games that can be run on Play Station 2. The largest game publisher in the world, Electronic Arts (see the spotlight on this page), announced in late 2003 that its popular sports games are playable only on Play Stations. So just how pervasive are video games in American culture? More than 50% of U.S. households have a game box such as Play Station 2, Xbox or GameCube. The annual number of hours spent by the average American in 2003 playing games was 75. Games have surpassed hours spent going to movies, watching home video and reading books. The only form of entertainment that is growing at a faster rate than video games is general use of the Internet. Discount giant Wal-Mart holds the largest market share in video game retail sales, at 22%, followed by Best Buy at 17% and GameStop at 13%.
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Spotlight: Electronic Arts In the world of video games, developer Electronic Arts (EA) is the undisputed megastar. With $2.5 billion in revenues, EA makes most of the top video games on the market, especially in genres such as sports, movies and action heroes. Top titles include Madden NFL 2004, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004, James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing and Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup. Madden NFL 2004 alone has sold more than 4 million copies, producing $200 million in revenue. EA is so dominant in sports games that its only real competitor is Sega's 2K3 line of games. EA partners with leading film studios, sports franchises, publishers and recording artists to design games with cutting-edge style. Movie producers looking to market their new films are quick to license content to EA. Likewise, recording artists are eager to have tracks from not-yet-released CDs included in EA games. The firm maintains an in-house creative team that is largely culled from the film and music industries. Firmly committed to expanding its online gaming, EA launched its own Sports Nation network in October 2003. Betting on its top-rated sports games, the company is offering tournament play, leagues, rankings, stats and laddering systems, as well as sweetening the pot with offers of prizes or cash payments for winners. 8)
iTunes Succeeds and Draws Competitors With the advent of sites such as Napster.com in 1999, millions of Internet surfers have downloaded unlimited free music. Although Napster’s free service was shut down by the court system for aiding copyright violations, the ruling did not curtail the bootleg traffic of music and video files, which continue to proliferate in cyberspace. Internet sharing programs such as StreamCast's Morpheus, KaZaA and Grokster enable users to share files whether legal or not. Major music companies filed several hundred lawsuits in 2003 against people suspected of illegal music sharing, and they continue to file suits in 2004. U.S. recorded music album sales dropped 12.5% by volume in 2003. Total album sales were 687 million units in 2003, continuing a steady decline since 2001. The drop took a heavy toll on the music industry, most critically upon the five major U.S. music companies: Universal, Warner, EMI, Sony and BMG. Layoffs were sweeping—an estimated one in five jobs has been eliminated. Profit margins, once 15% to 20% in the 1980s, have fallen to 5%. The
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music companies are being forced to seek ways to safeguard digital music files against illegal download and distribution. At the same time, music makers are seeking ways in which to profit from music files downloaded by legal, authorized means from the Internet. While illegal downloads of music, totaling an estimated 250 million weekly, certainly carry a large part of the blame for the drop in legitimate sales of albums; some industry observers also cite substandard music and (formerly) high CD prices as additional factors. The picture was beginning to improve for the industry in early 2004. A combination of lower retail prices and the release of new albums by popular artists such as Norah Jones boosted industry sales for the first six weeks of 2003 by 13%. However, this is not necessarily the beginning of a recovery trend. At least the industry is finally taking very positive steps toward a healthier future, including the licensing of music to well-executed legitimate download services, highly publicized lawsuits against pirates and dramatically lower prices. The rescue of the music industry may well come in the form of services like the iTunes Music Store, a digital service founded by Apple Computer, Inc. Launched in April 2003, iTunes offers single-track and album files for download from all five major U.S. music companies as well as more than 200 independent labels. Priced at $0.99 per song, with no subscription fees, Apple achieved 2 million song downloads in the venture's first 16 days alone. The iTunes site offers a catalog of songs in the hundreds of thousands, which is augmented weekly. Unlike download services attempted by music companies such as PressPlay, Rhapsody and MusicNet, which were met with scores of problems and user frustration, Apple's service is simple to use and offers a truly broad selection of music. Users set up the iTunes "jukebox" with a quick download from the Apple site. Once installed, users merely click a button to view song selections. They can listen to thirty-second previews of any song and make a purchase with one click. Once the songs are downloaded, users have virtually unlimited use of the purchased files. The files are permanent and may be burnt onto CDs or downloaded onto MP3 players a total of 10 times, which limits mass reproduction but gives the consumer a reasonable level of flexibility in using the download on multiple devices. iTunes arrive in a new format called AAC. The file format is relatively small (requiring minimal disk space), boasts sound quality superior to that of MP3
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files and may be run on a standard computer or a portable digital music player such as Apple's iPod. (The iTunes service was initially available only to Macintosh users, with a version for Windows-based computers made available shortly after launch.) Apple recently reached an agreement with HewlettPackard (HP), whereby the two companies will partner to deliver an HP-branded digital music player similar to Apple's iPod. The computer manufacturer will also preinstall Apple's iTunes jukebox software on its PCs and notebook computers. iTunes has been so successful that a number of competitors are offering legal pay-per-song downloads (among other music services) as well. Rhapsody, owned by RealNetworks, Inc., offers streaming music for $10 per month and the ability to purchase songs to burn to CD for $0.79 each. Likewise, Musicmatch offers a selection of radio and streaming music services as well as song downloads for $0.99 each. Napster has risen from its infamous ashes with a pay-per-song and streaming music service, offering legitimate song downloads for $0.99 per song. Major companies such as Time Warner have partnered with music download sites like MusicNet to get in on the new download bonanza, and other heavyweights such as Microsoft's MSN are considering instituting similar services. A great concern in the music industry is the possibility and indeed the widespread practice of downloading single songs or tracks instead of buying entire albums. Music producers feared that the ability to pick and choose and effectively create personalized albums (CDs or MP3 collections of hand-picked songs) would doom any new album. Early response to iTunes indicates that this fear is largely groundless. Purchases of full albums have been healthy; keeping handily apace with single-song downloads. Jupiter Research projects that by 2007, nearly one-third of all music sales will occur online. The music companies also stand to benefit significantly, receiving about $0.65 in gross revenue per song. More importantly, the advent of iTunes and its competitors promises to be a watershed for the industry, enabling it for the first time to harness the power of the Internet rather than be victimized by it. Traditional retailers, specifically bricks-andmortar music stores, have been especially hard hit by online music downloads, legal or not. Major chains such as Tower Records, Musicland and Wherehouse have closed significant numbers of stores. Those who remain are slashing prices, aided by the music companies. Vivendi Universal SA, which controls 30% of the market share in North America, began a
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trend of price cuts by dropping the suggested retail price of nearly all of its CDs to $12.98, a reduction of 32%. Some retailers are going even further, charging an average of $9.99. This is possible because wholesale prices have been cut as low as $9.09. Other companies have followed Vivendi’s lead. Retailers are also investing in in-store devices that allow customers to listen to excerpts of thousands of CDs. Virgin Entertainment Group recently re-opened its San Francisco Virgin Megastore equipped with cutting-edge technology to lure music buyers. In kiosks where shoppers can listen to upwards of 2 million music clips, Virgin has updated the systems to accept flash media cards that download 30 pre-selected hit songs at no charge. The store also issues portable, hand-held listening devices, which scan CD bar codes and play selections from the scanned disc. Shoppers can also use these devices to keep a library of favorites and view personalized recommendations and reminders about music heard on previous visits. Other retailers rolling out these devices include Borders, Barnes & Noble and AltiTunes, a retailer with locations in major U.S. airports. 9)
Netflix Grows and Inspires Envy In the last 20 years, trips to the video store became part of the American lifestyle. Browsing the aisles of VHS and later DVD selections, renting them and often neglecting to turn them in on time and racking up late fees is something many consumers have experienced. As with most practices adapted to the Internet, e-commerce has made an impact on the rental experience that is changing the way people borrow videos. Netflix.com, an online DVD rental service, was launched in 2002. Now the largest such service in the world, it offers its members access to approximately 15,000 titles. For a monthly subscription fee of around $20, users may keep up to three DVDs at any given time. They select the titles they wish to view, and the discs are mailed in paper envelopes. For return, subscribers tear off the top flap of the paper mailer revealing a pre-addressed and postage-paid envelope ready for mailing back to Netflix. Users are encouraged to maintain a list, or queue, of desired DVDs. As soon as one is returned, the next selection in the list is shipped out. One of the best selling points is the company's policy of no late fees. Users keep their rentals as long as they like since there are never due dates for returns. Gauging by the number of subscribers, Netflix is catching on in a big way. The firm had about 1.5
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million customers at the beginning of 2004. Longterm goals include reaching 5 million customers and $1 billion in revenues by 2007, expanding into rental of video games and eventual rental of movies downloaded over the Internet. Its success is having a serious impact on rival Blockbuster, which has seen modest growth in revenue while Netflix has seen significant growth (from $152.8 million in 2002 to $191.1 million in 2003). Blockbuster is responding with its own online subscription program called Freedom Pass. For subscription rates of $19.99 to $29.99 per month, the firm offers similar services to Netflix, with the exception of offering VHS tapes as well as DVDs. The company expects to have the service up and running in all 5,500 of its U.S. locations as well as online by early 2004. It projects that 10% to 15% of its active U.S. accounts will use the service, which works out to about 2 to 3 million accounts. Wal-Mart is also offering DVD rental online with delivery by mail. Typically, its monthly subscription rate is lower than the competition at $18.86. Watch for increased competition in online video rental markets as more and more players attempt to grab a piece of this new and expanding e-commerce market. As an alternative, the practice of online movie downloads is still barely past its infancy. Movielink.com, CinemaNow.com and StarzOnDemand.com all offer movies for download at around $4 to $5 each. The current selection on each of these sites is limited at best, and once a movie is selected, users with fast broadband connections need between 500 and 800 megabytes of space available on their computers and anywhere from 20 to 90 minutes for the file to download. Once there, it must be viewed on a PC, which usually provides inferior sound and video quality to a television screen. Big movie muscle is behind these sites. Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, Paramount, MGM and Universal back Movielink, while CinemaNow is a joint venture between Microsoft, Blockbuster and Lions Gate Entertainment. Disney is also gambling $100 million on movie downloads with Moviebeam. This service revolves around a Samsung-branded box, which connects to a TV and contains a 160-gigabyte hard drive capable of storing up to 100 movies. The box receives movies beamed over the airwaves in analog form, the same way that VHF programming is broadcast. The box can read analog signals as well as digital, which are expected to become the common method of transmission in due time. In addition to a small monthly fee, viewers are charged $3.99 for new
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releases or $2.49 for older titles, and billing is conducted via a phone line plugged into the box connected to the TV. Films may be watched during a 24-hour period following selection and function with DVD characteristics such as chapter selection, pause and so on. Moviebeam currently has agreements with all the major movie studios with the exception of Paramount Pictures. 10)
Satellite Radio Turns Up the Volume Satellite broadcast radio provides yet another example of consumers seeking ad-free entertainment. There are two major players in this sector, Sirius and XM Satellite Radio. Both offer more than 100 commercial-free radio channels in clear, CD-quality sound. Sirius, formerly known as CD Radio, transmits its 101 channels of news, information, entertainment and music from three satellites to any vehicle equipped with a Sirius receiver. The company has partnerships with a lengthy list of auto makers including Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Dodge, Volkswagen and BMW, allowing the car companies to equip their vehicles with the receivers. XM Satellite Radio broadcasts 68 music channels and 53 information and entertainment channels through two satellites with a small amount of advertising. GM has offered XM radios in many of its models since late 2002. Satellite radio is also beamed into homes, offices and even offshore with service for everything from the living room to the tractor to the pleasure boat. The special receivers cost around $200 dollars, with additional monthly fees of $9.99 to $12.99. Subscription plans for multiple listener areas such as offices are more, up to $24.99 per month. Receivers can be purchased through most major electronics retailers, including Best Buy, Circuit City and WalMart. This new competition in the radio arena is analogous to the beginning of the cable TV age, when local broadcasters had to learn how to compete with dozens of cable channels. So far, traditional radio stations have had some breathing room while Sirius and XM look for enough subscribers to break even. Sirius is behind due to a late start, reporting more than 260,000 subscribers at the end of 2003, while XM reached its 2003 goal of 1 million. Both firms need between 2 and 3 million subscribers to make it into the black and considerably more to earn a decent return on investment. Once they reach their targets, however, traditional radio stations will have
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Cable vs. Satellite In the race for home media customers, cable companies and satellite firms are battling to offer the most services, the greatest convenience and, more importantly in today's market, more control over what's on television. Boston research firm The Yankee Group estimates that approximately 72 million U.S. households currently subscribe to cable service while about 20 million homes have satellite service. Based on subscribers alone, cable appears to have the lion's share of the market. However, changes in technology, viewer tastes and habits are profoundly changing, creating more and more room in the market for satellite and its many components. Satellite companies have already taken millions of customers away from cable firms and are expected to grab about 6 million more from 2004 through the end of 2006. Cable companies are faced with perhaps the toughest competition they’ve yet seen. Their saving grace may turn out to be their ability to offer superior high-speed Internet connections and Voice over IP telephone service via cable. Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, is also the nation’s largest provider of broadband Internet access. At the beginning of 2005, Comcast had about 5 million broadband subscribers and was adding 30,000 more every week. Meanwhile, many consumers are disenchanted with the growing cost of cable subscriptions. From 1993 through 2003, typical monthly cable subscription fees rose by about 50%. Cable companies such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision already have a presence in a large number of homes. They offer VOD, high-speed Internet service and are beginning to offer digital service fit for HDTV in most markets. With regard to VOD, there are two ways in which digital cable watchers can access programming. The first way is to select a film or television show for a per-unit price (usually about $3.95). It is transmitted from the hundreds of films and television shows stored on hard drives in the cable company's offices, and the viewer can watch it as many times as they wish during a 24-hour period. The second way is to subscribe to unlimited access to a particular set of shows, such as an entire season of a favorite television show or selected programming from a particular network such as HBO. The price for this option is around $6.95 per month.
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High-speed Internet access is another lure, which the cable companies have been quick to utilize. Telephone companies are increasingly losing ground to the cable firms, selling only about one-half as many high-speed Internet access subscriptions as the cable firms have sold. Satellite companies such as DirecTV and EchoStar Communications so far have almost no part of the high-speed Internet access market, but they do have the upper hand with DVRs. These recorders, which are similar to TiVo, are included in satellite converter boxes. This is a plus for viewers who are tired of having an excess of receiver boxes and other electronic equipment stacked around their television sets. Satellite companies are gambling that the record-now, watch-later, skip-over-advertising features inherent in DVRs are more than a match for VOD. (For more on DVRs and their impact on the entertainment industry, see "TiVo Threatens Television Advertising" earlier in this chapter.) Another plus for satellite companies is a decisive lead in HDTV programming. 12)
High-Definition Grows—HDTV and HDDVD The future for DVDs is bright. High-definition, or HD-DVD, debuted in early 2003 in Japan. The new disc holds five times as much data and features high-definition video of up to 1,080 horizontal lines on screen (in comparison to the 480 horizontal lines of standard DVDs). The difference in color and clarity is noticeable. There's a catch to using the new HD-DVDs, however. They only play on highdefinition DVD players (which also play standard DVDs). Industry analysts expect HD-DVDs and their players to hit the U.S. market as soon as the end of 2004. State-of-the-art HD-DVD systems will feature a re-writeable optical disc with both play and record capabilities. There is currently an intense rivalry in the consumer electronics industry as to what the leading standard will be for HD-DVD technology. Sony and a handful of other companies are backing a standard known as Blu-Ray. Toshiba, NEC and others are pushing one called Advanced Optical Disk. An industry steering committee, the DVD Forum, approved a read-only HD-DVD standard in November 2003, and was near agreement to back the Advanced Optical Disk standard in early 2004. High-Definition TV (“HDTV”) is a part of the category of TV sets known as digital television or DTV. As of the end of 2003, 87% of digital television sets sold were HDTV. These sets have a
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minimum of 720 progressive scanning lines; a 16:9 ratio for wide screens and 4:3 ratio for standard screens; and Dolby digital audio or an equivalent sound system. (DTV sets have a minimum of 480 progressive scanning lines.) Prices for these sets are quickly falling, recently as low as $699, making them more attainable by the average consumer. The Consumer Electronics Association reports that 4,102,365 DTV products were sold in 2003. CEA Market Research projects that 5.8 million will be sold in 2004, 8.3 million in 2005, 11.9 million in 2006 and 16.2 million in 2007. 13)
Mega Mergers Large entertainment and media companies have two goals for long-term growth. Companies that control distribution systems want to control more content. This includes such distribution-intense firms as cable TV, satellite TV and Internet access providers. On the other hand, companies that control large amounts of content want to control more distribution. In the long haul, distribution may be more important than content in terms of profiting in the global entertainment and media market. Nonetheless, distribution companies may have good reason to diversify into content. The industry has seen a growing number of massive mergers in recent years, including the joining of Time Warner with America Online, CBS with Viacom and AMFM with Clear Channel Communications. Comcast’s effort to acquire Walt Disney is a continuation of this trend. Clearly, Comcast thinks it would benefit from controlling more content, and it is willing to invest in the neighborhood of $50 billion to prove it. (For a look at the largest media mergers of the past few years, see the table in Chapter 2, “Statistics.” Chapter 2 also contains a table showing the largest entertainment corporations.) 14)
Huge Success of Movie Series While the film studios are earning unprecedented amounts from DVD sales (DVD revenues now surpass box office revenues), box office sales were down by about 5% in 2003, according to Exhibitor Relations Co., to about $9.3 billion. Movies presented in series were the biggest successes in the U.S. in 2003. According to The Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/ , the top-grossing movies for 2003 were The Lord of the Rights: The Return of the King at $351 million (the last installment of a series of three movies), followed by Finding Nemo at $340 million, Pirates of the
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Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl at $305 million and The Matrix Reloaded (part of an extremely popular series) at $281 million. Other series films that ranked high were Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines at $150 million, The Matrix Revolutions at $139 million and Bad Boys II at $138 million. Three of the top four movies in 2002 were series files: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 15)
Special Effects and Animation Grow Meanwhile, watch for continued growth in the importance of special effects in movie production. Today, it’s not uncommon for a film with a $150million budget to spend $30 to $50 million on special effects. It’s easy to see the growing importance of computer-generated special effects and animation by studying the success of recent top-grossing films such as Finding Nemo and the Harry Potter films. Likewise, this trend is apparent in studying the success of animation and special effects providers, such as Pixar, a leading animation house that recently announced it would end long-term relationships with Disney in order to become more of an independent source. 16)
Convergence A mass-market “tipping point” of consumer broadband access to the Internet occurred at the beginning of 2004, when about 22 million U.S. homes had broadband connections of one type or another. These are the affluent homes that advertisers and providers of entertainment and information will be anxious to reach. Approximately 8 million homes now have DSL access, while another 14 million have cable modem access. Fueling this growth has been intense price competition between cable and DSL providers, with monthly service now starting as low as $29.95 in many markets. A growing number of dial-up users will continue to convert to broadband at these low prices. Jupiter Research forecasts that about 46 million households will have either DSL or cable modem access by 2008. What will widespread use of fast Internet access mean to entertainment consumers? Here’s a great example: In 2003 Sony launched a perfect convergence entertainment product, http://www.soapcity.com/. This Internet site offers commercial-free downloads of episodes from the most popular soap operas. By early 2004, the site had already made 250,000 sales, ranging from $2 for
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a single show to $10 for a monthly subscription. If you don’t want to miss the latest episode of All My Children and you have a fast Internet connection, this is the way to benefit from the convergence of TV, the Internet and your PC. Apple’s booming iTunes site is another great example of convergence—between recorded music, the Internet, personal computers and personal electronic devices. Opportunities are endless, and the amount of entertainment, news and reference content repurposed to take advantage of broadband will grow rapidly. Likewise, more and more content will be reformatted to be viewed over state-of-the-art cell phones. The new Wi-Fi standard known as Wi-Max will add fuel to the convergence fire. Wi-Max has the capability to deliver extremely fast Internet connections to wireless devices, such as laptops, with each Wi-Max antenna having a 30-mile broadcast range. Watch for rapid deployment of Wi-Max networks and many new efforts at selling entertainment, information and communications via this system. In a Verizon-funded study in July 2001, titled “The $500 Billion Opportunity: The Potential Economic Benefit of Widespread Diffusion of Broadband Internet Access,” economists Robert W. Crandall and Charles L. Jackson concluded that consumers would benefit by as much as $400 billion yearly and providers of online services, content and equipment would benefit by as much as $100 billion, if access to fast Internet connections was as widespread as the home telephone is today. The study assumes that all the promises of the Age of Convergence would then be fulfilled. In other words, people could save time and money with always-on access to such opportunities as video-on-demand, telecommuting, telemedicine and online shopping through intelligent agents that find the best products and prices. Faster adoption of broadband over the mid term will be fueled by several factors: wider availability thanks to evolving technologies; reduced connection prices due to increased competition; and greatly improved content and web-based consumer services that will grow in direct relationship to the number of people who have broadband. By 2012 to 2015, Plunkett Research estimates that as many as 80 to 100 million U.S. homes will have broadband access. Broadband in the home will be essential for everyday activities ranging from children’s homework to distance education for adults, from shopping to managing financial accounts, from renewing a driver’s license to filing an insurance
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claim, as well as for all types of information and entertainment. Connections will be much faster. Online entertainment and information options will be vast. Some online services will seem indispensable, and always-on will become the accepted standard. The Age of Convergence will truly be realized. Streaming video and audio will be of exceptional quality, and Internet telephony, including a real-time video that lets you see the party on the other end, will be widespread. Compression and caching techniques will have evolved, and distribution and storage costs will have plummeted. Consumers will accept payper-view or pay-per-use service offerings because of their convenience and moderate cost. A significant portion of today’s radio, television and movie entertainment will migrate to the web. As proven by the immense investment in new fiber-optic networks in recent years, it’s a great deal easier to add capacity to the long-haul telecommunications backbone than it is to deliver new broadband connections, individually, to each and every home and office in America. The major regional U.S. phone companies (the Baby Bells) such as Qwest and SBC own about 88% of the local telephone lines in the U.S. The balance is owned by a handful of independent firms. While the Baby Bells make continuous investments in new infrastructure, they tend to stay behind the curve of technology. This is partly so they can run financially stable businesses. Also, historically, major portions of their profits have been paid out in the form of dividends to shareholders rather than reinvested in the business. SBC and Verizon are perhaps the most aggressive in terms of growth and adoption of new business ideas. As owners of the “local loop,” the Baby Bells have a deep investment in the status quo of telephone access. Together with the cable TV companies, they own the existing “last mile.” In other words, they control the connection from the long-haul backbone to the local loop and to the final connection—the home or office of the consumer. Unfortunately the Baby Bells’ answer to providing a broadband Internet connection has been the DSL line. DSL generally delivers speeds of 500k to 1 megabit for about $30 monthly. Speeds of up to 6 megabits are available in a few markets at $199. (In contrast, cable modem typically delivers speeds of 1 to 2 megabits for about $45 monthly. Neither system is fast enough for high throughput entertainment uses, such as downloading full length movies quickly or viewing high quality streaming video.)
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While DSL has the advantage of working via existing telephone lines (which the Baby Bells have already installed and paid for), it also has numerous disadvantages. Among the problems with DSL is the fact that it can only be utilized within a certain distance of a telephone switch facility. This means that outlying customers can’t receive DSL. It has also generally been a nightmare to get installed, set up and maintained. A great deal of DSL service is also relatively slow—slower than a cable modem in many cases, and slower than you would want if you planned to download streaming video, such as movies or real-time conference calls, from the Internet. In terms of bringing the Age of Convergence to fruition, DSL service must be upgraded dramatically. Ideally, the telephone companies would lay fiber-optic lines directly to the home, while installing infrastructure within the switching and routing systems to take advantage of the ultra-high-speed bandwidth that fiber can offer. This will take an investment of billions of dollars. Some telephone firms, most notably Verizon, are starting to plan their investment budgets to fulfill this need. Verizon is making plans to deliver fiber to the home (FTTH) for its millions of customers, beginning with 1 million homes in 2004 and a gradual extension throughout its 29-state territory over 15 years. Verizon’s FTTH will deliver speeds of 10 to 20 megabits, suitable for the most advanced entertainment uses. Meanwhile, a few projects around the nation are pioneering true fiber to the home, or fiber to the premises (FTTP). For additional information, see the FTTH Council, http://www.ftthcouncil.org/. An alternate technology is satellite broadband transmission. While several firms offer this type of access, it has been purchased by a relatively small number of subscribers. A great deal can be learned about the future of broadband access and convergence by studying countries such as Japan and South Korea, where extremely high speed Internet connections are modestly priced and widely used. In South Korea, for example, 73% of all households subscribe to broadband speed access. In South Korea, such service is a bargain: for about $27 monthly, consumers receive up to 3 megabits speed, and for $52 monthly they can have 20 megabits speed. Online entertainment options are vast and the choices enjoyed by consumers increase monthly.
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17) Entertainment-Based Retailing Since the earliest days of the marketplace, merchants have realized that entertainment draws crowds of people who linger and shop. Even during the Dark Ages, jugglers, storytellers and other entertainers were an integral part of the public markets, helping to draw throngs of people who might purchase goods. For the foreseeable future, entertainment's value as a drawing card for retail customers will be of paramount importance, especially for the retailing of goods beyond everyday staple items. In fact, the explosive growth of retailing over the Internet means that retailers must offer more than the mere availability of merchandise in order to lure shoppers out of their homes, away from their computer screens and web browsers and into the retail store. Yet consumers still want the convenience found in neighborhood centers. Consequently, many new shopping center developments will include the most desirable elements of both power centers (large, open-air shopping centers with the majority of space leased to several well-known anchor retail tenants) and lifestyle centers (open-air, highly landscaped configurations of approximately 50 smaller stores), including dominant anchor tenants in large formats, dotted with smaller specialty retailers and a plethora of entertainment and dining facilities, all set in a pleasant outdoor environment with sidewalks, trees, lawns and ponds. Several of these new centers, sometimes called power towns, have already been built, including Desert Ridge in Scottsdale, Arizona; the Burbank Empire Center in Burbank, California; and Avon Common in Avon, Ohio. These places sprawl over 80 to 100 acres and contain 600,000 to 1,000,000 square feet of retail space. Builders spent 25% to 30% more on these areas than on a comparable power center, sparing no expense to make the stores and surrounding areas as pleasant and attractive as possible. Though the costs of power towns might be intimidating, they have impressive drawing power for customers. Desert Ridge, for example, brings in shoppers from a 15-mile radius, with many people driving past other shopping centers just to go to Desert Ridge. Beyond these initial constructions, however, lies the potential for even more ambitious projects. Developers are planning on making centers that not only provide entertainment but also are designed to be communities, with space for offices and even residential areas. These projects may even include areas for post offices, day care centers and
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community centers for performance theaters and galleries. An early form of this idea is found in the Easton Town Center, in Columbus, Ohio. Built for pedestrians instead of cars, the 1.5-million-squarefoot center contains anchors such as Nordstrom, Barnes & Noble, a Virgin Megastore and an AMC theater, mixed in with a spa and fitness center, a comedy club and a mammography center. Another example is the Xanadu center being built by the Mills Corporation in New Jersey. Beyond retail tenants, there will be a House of Blues, an UnderWater World aquarium, a sports complex and a PBS Kids Pavilion. It will also include an extravagant Snow Dome, which will be America's first indoor ski slope. Four 14-story office buildings and a 520-room hotel are also in the development plans.
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Chapter 2 ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY STATISTICS Entertainment & Media Industry Overview Top Global Entertainment Companies: 2003 Largest Entertainment & Media Industry Mergers: 1985 to Early 2004 Households with Televisions, U.S.: 1970-2004 Daily Newspaper Circulation, U.S.: Selected Years, 1965-2002 Cable and Pay TV-Revenue and Expenses, U.S.: 2001-2002 Book Publishing Industry Net Sales, U.S.: 2002 Average Time Spent Viewing Television per TV Home per Day, U.S.: Selected Years, 1970-2002 Radio and Television Broadcasting Services-Finances, U.S.: 2000 to 2002 Recording Industry Consumer Profile, U.S.: 1993 to 2002 Top 25 Audit Bureau Circulation Surveyed Magazines, based on Total Circulation Revenues, U.S.: 2002 Top 10 Audit Bureau of Circulation Surveyed Magazines, based on Total Paid Circulation, U.S.: 2001June 2003 Total U.S. Advertising Volume: 2001-2002 Recording Media-Manufacturers' Shipments and Value, U.S.: 1995-June 2003
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Entertainment & Media Industry Overview Segment
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Consumer Spending-All Media Per Capita
Date
US
Amount
2002 $763.20
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RADIO Radio Stations, U.S. FM
Feb. 2004 9,370
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Feb. 2004 5,024
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Radio Industry Revenues, U.S.
2002 $14.87 bil.
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TV Station (broadcast segment) Revenues
US
Feb. 2004 1,765 2002 $37.0 bil.
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TV-Cable and Pay TV Revenues
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Cable TV Subscribers
US
Mid 2003 72 mil.
2002 $80,536 bil. Plunkett Research Yankee Group
Satellite TV Subscribers
US
Mid 2003 20 mil.
Yankee Group
Interactive TV Access
US
2003 7.6 mil.
HDTV Sets (87%) and DTV Sets (13%) Sold
US
2003 4.1 mil.
Consumer Electronics Assoc.
Households with Televisions, US
US
2003 108.6 mil.
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Households with DVD Players
US
2003 50 mil.
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US
2003 3 mil.
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DVD Recorders Sold
US
2003 2 mil.
Consumer Electronics Assoc.
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MUSIC Recorded Music Revenues, est.
US
2003 $9.1 bil
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Recorded Music Unit Sales, Albums
US
2003 675 mil.
Nielsen SoundScan
Global Recorded Music Sales
Global
2003 $28 bil.
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Concert Revenues, North America
NA
2003 $2.5 bil.
Pollstar magazine
PUBLISHING AND ADVERTISING Advertising Market, total, est
US
2004 266.1
Universal McCann
Book Publishing
US
2002 $26.9 bil
Assoc of American Publishers
Daily Newspaper Circulation, 2003,est.
US
2003 54.9 mil.
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Film Industry Revenues Box Office
US
2003 $9.3 bil.
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DVD/VHS Rentals and Sales at Retail
US
2003 $23.8 bil.
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Pay Per View- Gross Revenues
US
2003 $2.2 bil.
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Premium TV Channel Royalties
US
2003 $10.4 bil.
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Number of DVD Titles Available
US
2002 20,000
Motion Picture Association of America
Movie Screens Indoor
US
2002 35,170
National Assoc. of Theater Owners
Drive-In
US
2002 634
National Assoc. of Theater Owners
Movie Theaters Indoor
US
2002 5,712
National Assoc. of Theater Owners
Drive-In
US
2002 400
National Assoc. of Theater Owners National Assoc. of Theater Owners
Tickets Sold
US
2002 1.63 bil.
Av. Ticket Price
US
2002 $5.80
National Assoc. of Theater Owners
Av. Number of movie tickets purchased per capita
US
2002 5.7
Motion Picture Association of America
Number of Theatrical Films Produced
US
2002 543
Motion Picture Association of America
US
2002 467
Motion Picture Association of America
Production
US
2002 $30.6 mil.
Motion Picture Association of America
Marketing
US
2002 $58.8 mil.
Motion Picture Association of America
Number Released Average Cost Per Movie
THE INTERNET/ ELECTRONIC GAMES Global Videogame market- software
Global
2003 $11.4 bil.
NPD Funworld
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Entertainment & Media Industry Overview (cont.) Segment Total Internet Site Unique Visitors
Region U.S.
Date
Amount
Nov. 2003 151.1 mil.
Source Nielsen//NetRatings
Visits to the Electronic Arts Online Games website
U.S.
Nov. 2003 17.3 mil.
Nielsen//NetRatings
Visits to Amazon websites
U.S.
Nov. 2003 40.7 mil.
Nielsen//NetRatings
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Top Global Entertainment Companies: 2003 Company
Revenues in Billions Employees
Business
Time Warner
$39.56
Viacom*
$26.58
Broadcasting, publishing, TV programming, Film, Theme 120,630 Parks
Walt Disney
$27.06
Theme Parks, Film, Broadcasting, Publishing, Resorts, 112,000 Cruises, Retailing, TV Programming
Comcast
$18.35
Cable Service, Broadband Service, Telecommunications, 82,000 TV Programming
News Corp.**** Bertelsmann AG**
$17.47
Publishing, Broadcasting, Satellite and Cable TV Service, 33,800 TV Programming
$19.19
82,000 Broadcasting, Publishing, TV programming, Music
$61.07
TV Programming, Music, Video Games, Theme Parks, Film Production, Water Distribution, Transportation, 61,815 Telecommunications
Vivendi Universal SA*** Sony**
$63.26
91,250 Cable and Internet Services, Publishing, TV Programming
168,000 Consumer Electronics, Music, TV Programming, Film,
Recent Mergers and Changes:
NBC Universal***
This company is the result of a 2004 merger of the NBC division of General Electric with the film, theme park and television units of Vivendi Universal.
Sony BMG**
This company will be the result of the merger of the music units of Sony and Bertlesmann AG.
Blockbuster*
After failing to find a buyer for its video rental stores unit, Viacom will spin-off Blockbuster as a free-standing company.
News Corp./DirecTV/Hughes****
In late 2003, the Fox Entertainment Group, 82% owned by News Corp., acquired a 34% stake in Hughes Electronics, thereby adding effective control of the 12 million subscribers of Hughes' DirecTV unit to the News Corp. empire. Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd. http://www.plunkettresearch.com/ Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved
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Largest Entertainment & Media Industry Mergers: 1985 to Early 2004
Year 1985 1985 1986 1986 1989 1993 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1998 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2003
Buyer General Electric Capital Cities General Electric CBS Time Inc. Viacom Westinghouse Walt Disney Time Warner News Corp., Ltd. Westinghouse/CBS AT&T Clear Channel AT&T Viacom America Online Vivendi Universal SA Comcast News Corp., Ltd.
2003 General Electric/NBC 2004 Sony
Acquired Company RCA ABC NBC Loews Warner Communications Paramount CBS Capital Cities/ABC Turner Broadcasting New World Communications Infinity Broadcasting TCI AMFM MediaOne Group CBS Time Warner Seagram Entertainment AT&T Broadband 34% stake in Hughes Electronics Merges NBC with Vivendi's Film, TV and Theme Park Assets, Creating NBC Unviversal Plans to Merge with BMG, the Music Unit of Bertelsmann AG, creating Sony BMG
Estimated Value of Deal (in billions) $3.5
$18.0 $8.2 $5.4 $19.0 $6.7 $10.8 $4.9 $31.8 $17.0 $58.0 $37.7 $165.0 $34.0 $44.5 $6.6
$14.0
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Households with Televisions, U.S.: 1970-2004
1970 1972 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992* 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1
Total U.S. Households
Households with TV
Percent with TV (%)
61,410 62,910 64,850 67,210 68,310 70,520 71,460 73,100 74,700 76,240 77,900 81,840 83,120 84,940 85,430 86,530 87,590 89,130 90,270 92,030 93,760 94,800 93,680 94,710 95,860 97,060 97,540 98,610 99,680 101,240 102,680 104,080 107,400 108,620 110,420
58,500 60,100 62,100 64,800 66,200 68,500 69,600 71,200 72,900 74,500 76,300 79,900 81,500 83,300 83,800 84,900 85,900 87,400 88,600 90,400 92,100 93,100 92,100 93,100 94,200 95,400 95,900 97,000 98,000 99,400 100,800 102,200 105,500 106,700 108,400
95.3 95.5 95.8 96.4 96.9 97.1 97.4 97.4 97.6 97.7 97.9 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.3 98.3 98.3 98.3 98.4 98.3 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2 98.2
*Reflects adjustments to conform to the 1990 census. 1
Forecast. Source: Nielsen Media Research.
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Daily Newspaper Circulation, U.S.: Selected Years, 1965-2002
p
Year
Total Daily Newspaper Circulation (000)
1965
60,358
1970
62,108
1975
60,655
1980
62,202
1985
62,766
1990
62,328
1995
58,193
2000
55,773
2001
55,578
2002p
55,186
Preliminary data. Sources: E & P; Newpaper Association of America Market and Business Analysis Department.
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Cable and Pay TV-Revenue and Expenses, U.S.: 2001-2002 (in millions of US$) (Estimates are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2002 Service Annual Survey and administrative data. Estimates have not been adjusted using results of the 1997 Economic Census.)
Millions of US$
2001
2002
Total Operating Revenue Advertising Specialty programming service Basic programming package Premium cable programming packages Pay-per-view services Program distribution installation services Program distribution equipment sales and rentals Other program distribution related services Internet access services Basic fixed local telephony Basic fixed long-distance Other communication services Other operating revenue
$74,420 12,225 12,466 32,148 5,215 1,927 512 1,779 2,350 2,127 1,031 128 399 2,113
$80,536 13,825 13,097 34,340 5,253 2,133 504 1,725 2,203 3,400 1,112 163 340 2,441
Total Operating Expenses1 Annual payroll
$70,821 10,640
$74,885 10,705
Contributions to Social Security/other benefits Program and production costs Depreciation Lease and rental payments Purchased repairs Purchased communications & utilities Purchased advertising Other operating expenses
2,019 22,177 16,869 1,058 865 N/A 2,319 14,062
1,993 24,430 17,935 974 688 1,069 2,703 11,284
Note: Estimates cover taxable and tax-exempt firms and are not adjusted for price changes. 1
Due to the addition of detailed expense data to the 2002 Service Annual Survey, the 2002 expenses may not be comparable to 2001. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Annual Survey of Communication Services.
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Book Publishing Industry Net Sales, U.S.: 2002 (in millions of US$) Total Sales
$26,874.1
Trade Books
$6,929.8
Religious
$1,262.2
Professional
$5,140.1
Note: Preliminary data for 2002. Source: Association of American Publishers, http://www.publishers.org/
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Average Time Spent Viewing Television per TV Home per Day, U.S.: Selected Years, 1970-2002 Based on Total and Per Person; In Hours:Minutes
Year
Average Daily Time Spent Viewing TV, Total
Average Daily Time Spent Viewing TV, Men
Average Daily Time Spent Viewing TV, Women
Average Daily Time Spent Viewing TV, Children
In Hours:Minutes
1970
5:56
N/A
N/A
N/A
1975
6:07
N/A
N/A
N/A
1980
6:36
N/A
N/A
N/A
1985
7:10
N/A
N/A
N/A
1990
6:53
3:51
4:28
3:18
1995
7:17
4:02
4:38
3:07
2000
7:35
4:11
4:46
3:07
2002
7:44
4:22
4:58
3:10
Source: Nielsen Media Research.
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Radio and Television Broadcasting Services-Finances, U.S.: 2000 to 2002 (in millions of US$) (Estimates are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 and 2002 Service Annual Survey and administrative data. Estimates have been adjusted using the results of the 1997 Economic Census.) ITEM
TOTAL 2000
2001
RADIO 2002
2000
2001
TV 2002
2000
2001
2002
Operating Revenue
$52,667 $47,840 $51,918 $14,811 $13,740 $14,870 $37,858 $34,100 $37,048
Station time sales Network compensation National/regional advertising
33,126
28,820
31,335
12,726
11,489
12,258
20,400
17,331
19,077
606
514
487
109
91
97
498
424
390
11,762
9,502
10,738
3,013
2,538
2,816
8,749
6,964
7,922
Local advertising
20,757
18,803
20,110
9,604
8,861
9,345
11,153
9,943
10,766
Network time sales
15,732
14,322
15,655
1,195
935
1,122
14,537
13,387
14,534
Other
3,811
2,715
2,968
890
619
697
2,921
2,095
2,271
Operating Expenses1 40,366
39,714
41,432
11,406
11,242
12,000
28,960
28,472
29,432
Annual payroll
11,280
11,242
11,943
4,458
4,476
4,683
6,821
6,766
7,261
Social Security & other benefits
1,535
1,541
1,475
590
566
582
945
975
893
Broadcast rights & Music license fees
12,754
11,898
12,750
713
728
657
12,041
11,170
12,092
Depreciation
3,648
4,048
3,045
1,638
1,572
1,095
2,010
2,475
1,951
Lease and rental
655
787
871
294
386
354
362
401
517
Purchased repairs Purchased communications & utilities
276
266
327
91
94
104
185
172
223
634
NA
730
273
NA
313
361
NA
396
1,534
1,445
1,559
455
523
624
1,079
923
934
8,052
7,852
7,175
2,896
2,623
2,780
5,157
5,229
4,395
Purchased advertising Other (including network compensation fees)
Note: Estimates cover taxable and tax-exempt firms and are not adjusted for price changes. 1 Due to the addition of detailed expense data to the 2002 Service Annual Survey, the 2002 expenses may not be comparable to 2001. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of Communication Services.
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Recording Industry Consumer Profile, U.S.: 1993 to 2002 (in percent)
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Method/Place of Purchase 56.2
53.3
52.0
49.9
51.8
50.8
44.5
42.4
42.5
36.8
Other Store
26.1
26.7
28.2
31.5
31.9
34.4
38.3
40.8
42.4
50.7
Tape/Record Club
12.9
15.1
14.3
14.3
11.6
9.0
7.9
7.6
6.1
4.0
Internet
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
0.3
1.1
2.4
3.2
2.9
3.4
3.8
3.4
4.0
2.9
2.7
2.9
2.5
2.4
3.0
2.0
Record Store
TV, Newspaper, Magazine Ad or 800 Number
Source: Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, D.C.; http://www.riaa.com/.
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Top 25 Audit Bureau Circulation Surveyed Magazines, based on Total Circulation Revenues, U.S.: 2002
Rank
Publication Name
Total Circulation Revenues, 2002
1
TV Guide
$556,025,564
2
People
$468,528,243
3
Reader's Digest
$343,251,636
4
Time - The Weekly NewsMagazine
$320,192,166
5
Sports Illustrated
$298,871,499
6
National Geographic Magazine
$237,063,465
7
National Enquirer
$182,508,645
8
Newsweek
$155,858,812
9
Better Homes and Gardens
$149,928,605
10
Star Magazine
$145,018,499
11
Endless Vacation
$130,197,522
12
Woman's World
$127,712,211
13
Cosmopolitan
$120,147,256
14
Family Circle
$112,987,722
15
Good Housekeeping
$111,247,964
16
Entertainment Weekly
$110,417,401
17
Playboy
$107,466,802
18
U.S. Weekly
$100,417,303
19
Southern Living
$97,553,219
20
U.S. News & World Report
$97,438,803
21
Woman's Day
$95,103,879
22
Soap Opera Digest
$89,270,396
23
Money
$80,077,034
24
Martha Stewart Living
$76,741,946
25
Ladies' Home Journal
$74,179,739
Total Top 25
$4,388,206,331
Note: Revenues calculated by the Magazine Publishers of America from Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first and second six months of each year. Source: Magazine Publishers of America, http://www.magazine.org/.
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Top 10 Audit Bureau of Circulation Surveyed Magazines, based on Total Paid Circulation, U.S.: 2001-June 2003 Rank based on 2002 Figures
Rank
1
Publication Name
Average Total Average Total Paid Paid 1 Circulation , Circulation1, 2001 2002
Total Paid Circulation, Jan-Jun 2003
1
NRTA/AARP Bulletin
21,465,126
21,703,580
21,576,428
2
AARP Modern Maturity
18,363,840
17,360,979
20,018,227
3
Reader's Digest
12,558,435
12,078,469
11,090,349
4
TV Guide
9,259,455
9,067,124
9,026,852
5
Better Homes and Gardens
7,603,006
7,605,204
7,611,005
6
National Geographic Magazine
7,738,611
6,774,138
6,685,684
7
Good Housekeeping
4,531,082
4,699,736
4,603,989
8
Family Circle
4,857,727
4,634,069
4,578,589
9
Woman's Day
4,150,415
4,205,049
4,065,406
10
Time
4,128,626
4,111,927
4,095,935
94,656,321
92,240,273
93,352,464
Total Top 10
Averages calculated by the MPA from Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first and second six months of each year. Totals may not add exactly, due to rounding of averaged numbers. Data excludes annuals, international editions and comics. Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first six months of 2003; Magazine Publishers of America.
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Total U.S. Advertising Volume: 2001-2002 (in millions of US$)
Media
2001 (US$ Mil.)
Percent of Total
2002 Preliminary (US$ Mil.)
Percent of Total
Percent Change
Newspapers
44,305
19.2%
44,102
18.6%
-0.5%
National
7,004
3.0%
7,210
3.0%
2.9%
Retail
20,679
8.9%
20,994
8.9%
1.5%
Classified
16,622
7.2%
15,898
6.7%
-4.4%
Magazines
11,095
4.8%
10,995
4.6%
-0.9%
Broadcast TV
38,881
16.8%
42,068
17.8%
8.2%
Cable TV
15,736
6.8%
16,297
6.9%
3.6%
Radio
17,861
7.7%
18,877
8.0%
5.7%
Direct Mail
44,725
19.3%
46,067
19.4%
3.0%
Yellow Pages
13,592
5.9%
13,776
5.8%
1.4%
Miscellaneous*
29,895
12.9%
30,730
13.0%
2.8%
Business Papers
4,468
1.9%
3,976
1.7%
-11.0%
Out of Home
5,134
2.2%
5,175
2.2%
0.8%
Internet
5,645
2.4%
4,883
2.1%
-13.5%
Total-National
142,186
61.5%
145,833
61.5%
2.6%
Total-Local
89,163
38.5%
91,113
38.5%
2.2%
Total All Media
231,349
100.0%
236,946
100.0%
2.4%
Note: Estimates include all costs: time, talent, space and production. * Includes weeklies, shoppers, pennysavers and cinema advertising Sources: NAA (newspapers), Universal McCann (all other media).
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Recording Media-Manufacturers' Shipments and Value, U.S.: 1995-June 2003 (in millions of US$ net after returns) MEDIUM
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Jan-Jun 2003
Units Shipped (in Mil.) Total
1,112.7
1,137.2
1,063.4
1,123.9
1,160.6
1,079.2
968.5
859.7
335.6
x
x
x
x
x
x
0.3
0.4
0.1
Vinyl singles
10.2
10.1
7.5
5.4
5.3
4.8
5.5
4.4
1.9
Albums-LPs and EPs
2.2
2.9
2.7
3.4
2.9
2.2
2.3
1.7
0.7
CDs
722.9
778.9
753.1
847.0
938.9
942.5
881.9
803.3
312.6
CD singles
21.5
43.2
66.7
56.0
55.9
34.2
17.3
4.5
5.8
Music video
12.6
16.9
18.6
27.2
19.8
18.2
17.7
14.7
0.7
Cassettes
272.6
225.3
172.6
158.5
123.6
76.0
45.0
31.1
8.1
Cassette singles
70.7
59.9
42.2
26.4
14.2
1.3
-1.5
-0.5
x
DVD Audio
Dollar Value (in US$ Mil.) Total DVD Audio
12,320.3 12,533.8 12,236.8 13,723.5 14,584.7 14,323.7 13,740.9 12,614.2
4,863.7
x
x
x
x
x
x
6.0
8.5
2.3
Vinyl singles
46.7
47.5
35.6
25.7
27.9
26.3
31.4
24.9
10.8
Albums-LPs and EPs
25.1
36.8
33.3
34.0
31.8
27.7
27.4
20.5
9.8
9,377.4
9,934.7
9,915.1
CD singles
110.9
184.1
272.7
213.2
222.4
142.7
79.4
19.6
24.2
Music video
220.3
236.1
323.9
508.0
376.7
281.9
329.2
288.4
8.6
2,303.6
1,905.3
1,522.7
1,418.9
1,061.6
626.0
363.4
209.8
51.2
236.3
189.3
133.5
94.4
48.0
4.6
-5.3
-1.6
x
CDs
Cassettes Cassette singles
11,416.0 12,816.3 13,214.5 12,909.4 12,044.1
4,623.1
X Not applicable. Source: Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC.;http://www.riaa.com/.
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Chapter 3 IMPORTANT ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY CONTACTS Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites CONTENTS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII.
Advertising/Marketing Associations Booksellers, Printers, Writers & Publishers Associations Broadcasting Associations Corporate Information E-Commerce and Internet Industry Associations Economic Data and Research Engineering Associations Entertainment & Amusement Associations Film & Media Schools Film & Television Associations Film & Television Resources Film Links First-Time Jobs/New Grads Industry Associations-Automotive Industry Associations-Retail Industry Research/Market Research Internet Business/Technology Job Listings, General Job Reference Tools Libraries Media Associations Media Information Publications Radio Recording Associations Screen Actors Guild U.S. Government Agencies
I.
Advertising/Marketing Associations
Advertising Club of New York Web Address: www.theadvertisingclub.org The Advertising Club of New York strives to elevate the understanding of marketing and advertising communications by providing a forum for members of the industry to address common interests. Advertising Research Foundation 641 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10022 US Phone: 212-751-5656 Web Address: www.arfsite.org The ARF, a nonprofit corporate-membership association, is the preeminent professional organization in the field of advertising, marketing and media research. Advertising Women of New York 25 W. 45th St., Ste. 1001 New York, NY 10036 US Phone: 212-221-7969 Fax: 212-221-8296 Web Address: www.awny.org AWNY provides a forum for personal and professional growth, serves as a catalyst for the advancement of women in the communications field and promotes and supports philanthropic endeavors through the AWNY Foundation.
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American Advertising Federation, Inc. 1101 Vermont Ave. NW, Ste. 500 Washington, DC 20005-6306 US Phone: 202-898-0089 Fax: 202-898-0159 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.aaf.org The AAF protects and promotes the well-being of advertising through a nationally coordinated network of advertisers, agencies, media companies, local advertising clubs and college chapters. American Association of Advertising Agencies 405 Lexington Ave., 18th Fl. New York, NY 10174-1801 US Phone: 212-682-2500 Fax: 212-682-8391 Web Address: www.aaaa.org The AAAA is the national trade association representing the advertising agency industry in the United States. American Institute of Graphic Arts 164 5th Ave. New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 212-807-1990 Fax: 212-807-1799 Web Address: www.aiga.org The purpose of AIGA is to further excellence in communication design, both as a strategic tool for business and as a cultural force. American Marketing Association 311 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 5800 Chicago, IL 60606 US Phone: 312-542-9000 Fax: 312-542-9001 Toll Free: 800-262-1150 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.marketingpower.com The AMA provides direct benefits to marketing professionals in both business and education and serves all levels of marketing practitioners, educators and students. American Marketing Association (New York) 60 E. 42nd St., Ste. 1765 New York, NY 10165 US Phone: 212-687-3280 Fax: 212-557-9242 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nyama.org
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The New York AMA exists to advance the practice and understanding of effective marketing through international directories, awards, publications, conferences, web sites and career development resources. APMA Worldwide 750 Summer St. Stamford, CT 06901 US Phone: 203-978-1590 Fax: 203-969-1499 Web Address: www.apmaw.org APMA exists to help clients select, manage and evaluate promotion marketing agencies and to provide its members with professional support, management development, research and an open forum for the exchange of ideas that will build their businesses profitably. Art Directors Club, Inc. 106 W. 29th St. New York, NY 10001 US Phone: 212-643-1440 Fax: 212-643-4266 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.adcglobal.org The ADC is an international not-for-profit organization of creative leaders in advertising, graphic design, interactive media, broadcast design, typography, packaging, environmental design, photography, illustration and related disciplines. Association of Canadian Advertisers, Inc. 175 Bloor St. E., S. Tower, Ste. 307 Toronto, ON M4W 3R8 Canada Phone: 416-964-3805 Fax: 416-964-0771 Toll Free: 800-565-0109 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.aca-online.com The ACA is the only organization expressly dedicated to representing the interests of companies that market and advertise their products in Canada. Association of Directory Marketing 1187 Thorn Run Rd., Ste. 630 Moon Township, PA 15108-3198 US Phone: 412-269-0663 Fax: 412-269-0655 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.admworks.com
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The ADM exists to increase advertiser's businesses and, in turn, industry revenues by maximizing the value of directory advertising. Association of Independent Commercial Producers 3 W. 18th St., 5th Fl. New York, NY 10011 US Phone: 212-292-3000 Fax: 212-929-3359 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.aicp.com The AICP represents the interests of U.S. companies that specialize in producing commercials on various media for advertisers and agencies. Association of Independent Creative Editors 300 E. 40th St., Ste. 16T New York, NY 10016 US Phone: 212-972-3556 Fax: 212-681-9481 Web Address: www.aice.org The AICE is a national association serving the needs and interests of independent creative editorial companies. Association of National Advertisers, Inc. 708 3rd Ave. New York, NY 10017-4270 US Phone: 212-697-5950 Fax: 212-661-8057 Web Address: www.ana.net The ANA is the advertising industry's premier trade association dedicated exclusively to marketing and brand building. Audit Bureau of Circulations 900 N. Meacham Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173-4968 US Phone: 847-605-0909 Fax: 847-605-0483 Web Address: www.accessabc.com The ABC is the leading third-party auditing trade organization in the U.S. and strives to conduct audits that set the industry standard for integrity, objectivity and accuracy. Audit Bureau of Circulations (Canadian Office) 151 Bloor St. W., Ste. 850 Toronto, ON M5S 1S4 Canada Phone: 416-962-5840 Fax: 416-962-5844 Web Address: www.accessabc.com
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The ABC is a leading North American third-party auditing organization that strives to conduct audits that set the industry standard for objectivity and accuracy. BPA International 2 Corporate Dr., Ste. 900 Shelton, CT 06484 US Phone: 203-447-2800 Fax: 203-447-2900 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.bpai.com BPA International is a global provider of audited data to the marketing, media and information industries. Business Marketing Association 400 N. Michigan Ave., 15th Fl. Chicago, IL 60611 US Phone: 312-822-0005 Fax: 312-822-0054 Toll Free: 800-664-4262 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.marketing.org The BMA serves the professional, educational and career development needs of business-to-business marketers and their partner suppliers. Cable Television Advertising Bureau 830 3rd Ave. New York, NY 10022 US Phone: 212-508-1200 Fax: 212-832-3268 Web Address: www.cabletvadbureau.com The CAB provides information and resources to the advertising community to support marketing and media planning; assists its industry members in maximizing advertising revenues; and promotes the use of cable as an advertising medium locally, regionally and nationally. Direct Marketing Association 1120 Ave. of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6700 US Phone: 212-768-7277 Fax: 202-955-5030 Web Address: www.the-dma.org The DMA is the oldest and largest trade association for users and suppliers in the direct, database and interactive marketing fields.
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Intermarket Association of Advertising Agencies 5307 S. 92nd St. Hales Corners, WI 53130 US Phone: 414-425-8800 Fax: 414-425-0021 Web Address: www.intermarketnetwork.com The IAAA is a network of independent, full-service advertising agencies. International Advertising Association 521 5th Ave., Ste. 1807 New York, NY 10175 US Phone: 212-557-1133 Fax: 212-983-0455 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.iaaglobal.org The IAA is a strategic partnership that champions the common interests of disciplines across the full spectrum of the marketing communications industry. International Association of Business Communicators One Hallidie Plaza, Ste. 600 San Francisco, CA 94102 US Phone: 415-544-4700 Fax: 415-544-4747 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.iabc.com The IABC is the leading resource for effective business communication practices. International Public Relations Association Cheltonian House, Portsmouth Rd. Esher, Surrey KT10 9AA UK Phone: 44-1372-461-188 Fax: 44-1372-461-159 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ipra.org The IPRA is an international grouping of public relations practitioners that promotes the exchange of information and co-operation in the profession and creates development opportunities aimed at enhancing the role of public relations in management and international affairs. Mailing Fulfillment Service Association 1421 Prince St., Ste. 410 Alexandria, VA 22314-2806 US Phone: 703-836-9200 Fax: 703-548-8204 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.masa.org
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MFSA, the national trade association for the mailing and fulfillment services industry, works to improve the business environment for mailing and fulfillment companies and to provide opportunities for the learning and professional development of the managers of these companies. Media Credit Association Phone: 212- 872-3710 Fax: 212-872-3711 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.magazine.org/mca The MCA is the credit information gathering service of the Magazine Publishers of America. It assists credit professionals in the assessment of risk associated with selling ad pages to advertising agencies and direct accounts. National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. 70 W. 36th St., 13th Fl. New York, NY 10018 US Phone: 212-705-0114 Web Address: www.nadreview.org The NAD provides the advertising community with a system of self-regulation, minimizes government intervention and fosters public confidence in the credibility of advertising. National Agri-Marketing Association 11020 King St., Ste. 205 Overland Park, KS 66210 US Phone: 913-491-6500 Fax: 913-491-6502 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nama.org The NAMA unites persons involved in marketing communications, public relations, products management and sales in the agribusiness industry. Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc. 1850 M St. NW, Ste. 1040 Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-833-5566 Fax: 202-833-1522 Web Address: www.oaaa.org The OAAA is the leading trade association representing the outdoor advertising industry. Point-of-Purchase Advertising Institute 1660 L St. NW, 10th Fl. Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-530-3000
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[email protected] Web Address: www.popai.com POPAI is an international nonprofit trade association dedicated to serving the interests of advertisers, retailers, producers and suppliers of point-ofpurchase products and services. Promotion Marketing Association of America, Inc. 257 Park Ave. S., Ste. 1102 New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 212-420-1100 Fax: 212-533-7622 Web Address: www.pmalink.org The PMA is the leading nonprofit trade association that represents the promotion marketing profession. Public Relations Society of America, Inc. 33 Irving Pl. New York, NY 10003-2376 US Phone: 212-995-2230 Fax: 212-995-0757 Web Address: www.prsa.org The PRSA exists to unify, strengthen and advance the profession of public relations. Television Bureau of Advertising 3 E. 54th St. New York, NY 10022 US Phone: 212-486-1111 Fax: 212-935-5631 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.tvb.org The TVB is the not-for-profit trade association of America's broadcast television industry, providing resources that enable advertisers to make the best use of local television. USA Today ADTRACK Web Address: www.usatoday.com/money/index/ad001.htm This site delivers the results of a weekly poll conducted by USA TODAY and Harris Interactive to determine the effectiveness of major advertising campaigns. Women Executives in Public Relations, Inc. P.O. Box 7657 New York, NY 10150-7657 US Phone: 212-750-7373 Fax: 212-750-7375 Web Address: www.wepr.org
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WEPR is the premier public relations organization for senior women in the field. It works to support career advancement of female practitioners and to foster the use of public relations to benefit the goals of business and society. Women In Communications 780 Ritchie Hwy., Ste. 28-S Severna Park, MD 21146 US Phone: 410-544-7442 Fax: 410-544-4640 Web Address: www.womcom.org Women In Communications is a professional organization that champions the advancement of women across all communications disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its members at the forefront of the communications industry. Women in Direct Marketing International (New York Chapter) Phone: 516-746-6700 Web Address: www.wdmi.org WDMI is a network of direct marketers dedicated to connecting women in the field and promoting excellence in direct marketing. II.
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Acqweb's Internet Directory of Specialty Publishers and Vendors E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqweb/pubr.ht ml This portion of AcqWeb provides an international directory of publishers and vendors used by libraries. American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors c/o Penny Bender Fuchs, College of Journalism 1117 Journalism Bldg., University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-7111 US Phone: 301-314-2631 Web Address: www.aasfe.org The AASFE is an international organization and network of creative editors dedicated to the quality of features in newspapers and to the craft of feature writing.
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American Book Producers Association 160 5th Ave. New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 212-645-2368 Fax: 212-242-6799 Toll Free: 800-209-4575 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.abpaonline.org The ABPA is the trade association for independent book producers in the U.S. and Canada. American Booksellers Association, Inc. 828 S. Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 US Phone: 914-591-2665 Fax: 914-591-2720 Toll Free: 800-637-0037 Web Address: www.bookweb.org The ABA is a nonprofit association representing independent bookstores in the United States. American Business Media 675 3rd Ave. New York City, NY 10017 US Phone: 212-661-6360 Fax: 212-370-0736 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.americanbusinessmedia.com ABM is the industry association for business-tobusiness information providers, including producers of magazines, CD-ROMS, web sites, trade shows and other ancillary products that build upon the printed product. American Medical Writers Association 40 W. Gude Dr. Rockville, MD 20850 US Phone: 301-294-5303 Fax: 301-294-9006 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.amwa.org AMWA's mission is to promote excellence in writing, editing and producing printed and electronic biomedical communications. American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc. 1501 Broadway, Ste. 302 New York, NY 10036 US Phone: 212-997-0947 Fax: 212-768-7414 E-mail Address:
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[email protected] Web Address: www.magazine.org/editorial/asme The ASME is a professional organization for editors of print and online magazines. American Society of Media Photographers 150 N. 2nd St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 US Phone: 215-451-2767 Fax: 215-451-0880 Web Address: www.asmp.org The ASMP is a trade organization that promotes photographers' rights, educates photographers in better business practices and produces business publications for photographers. American Society of Newspaper Editors 11690B Sunrise Valley Dr. Reston, VA 20191-1409 US Phone: 703-453-1122 Fax: 703-453-1133 Web Address: www.asne.org The ASNE is an association that brings together editors of daily newspapers and people directly involved with developing content for daily newspapers. Associated Collegiate Press 2221 University Ave. SE, Ste. 121 Minneapolis, MN 55414 US Phone: 612-625-8335 Fax: 612-626-0720 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.studentpress.org/acp The ACP is an organization of college media outlets, offering a forum for discussion, networking and awards for publications through different categories. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies 1020 16th St. NW, 4th Fl. Washington, DC 20036-5702 US Phone: 202-822-1955 Fax: 202-822-0929 Web Address: www.aan.org
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[email protected]. Web Address: www.publishers.org The AAP is the principal trade association of the book publishing industry. Association of American University Presses, Inc. 71 W. 23rd St. New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 212-989-1010 Fax: 212-989-0275 Web Address: http://aaupnet.org/ The AAUP is a nonprofit group of scholarly publishers. Association of Canadian University Presses 35 Spadina Rd. Toronto, ON M5R 2S9 Canada Phone: 416-978-2239, ext. 237 Fax: 416-975-1839 ACUP is a trade organization for publishers associated with Canadian colleges. Association of Education Publishers 510 Heron Dr., Ste. 309 Logan Township, NJ 08085 US Phone: 856-241-7772 Fax: 856-241-0709 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.edpress.org The AEP supports the growth of educational publishing and its positive impact on learning and teaching. It tracks education and industry information and trends, provides professional development and promotes quality supplemental materials as essential learning resources. Association of Free Community Papers 1634 Miner St., Box 1989 Idaho Springs, CO 80452 US Fax: 781-459-7770 Toll Free: 877-203-2327 Web Address: www.afcp.org The AFCP represents publishers of more than 2,000 free-circulation community papers, reaching nearly 40 million homes weekly.
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Association of Writers & Writing Programs George Mason University, Mailstop 1E3 Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 US Phone: 703-993-4301 Fax: 703-993-4302 Web Address: www.awpwriter.org The AWP exists to foster literary talent and achievement, to advance the art of writing as essential to a good education and to serve the makers, teachers, students and readers of contemporary writing. Authors Guild 31 E. 28th St., 10th Fl. New York, NY 10016 US Phone: 212-563-5904 Fax: 212-564-5363 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.authorsguild.org The Authors Guild is a society of published authors and a leading advocate for fair compensation, free speech and copyright protection. Authors Registry, Inc. 31 E. 28th St., 10th Fl. New York, NY 10016 US Phone: 212-563-6920 Fax: 212-564-5363 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.authorsregistry.org The Authors Registry is a nonprofit organization formed to help expedite the flow of royalty payments and small re-use fees to authors, particularly for new-media uses. Book & Periodical Council 192 Spadina Ave., Ste. 107 Toronto, ON M5T 2C2 Canada Phone: 416-975-9366 Fax: 416-975-1839 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.freedomtoread.ca/bpc The BPC is the umbrella organization for associations involved in the writing, editing, publishing, manufacturing, distribution, selling and lending of books and periodicals in Canada. Book Industry Study Group, Inc. 19 W. 21st St., Ste. 905 New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 732-583-0066 Fax: 732-583-3652 E-mail Address:
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[email protected] Web Address: www.bmibook.com The BMI is the leading nationally recognized trade association of the book manufacturing industry. BookWire Web Address: www.bookwire.com BookWire provides information on thousands of titles, authors and publishers, as well as offering news and bestseller lists. Center for Book Arts, Inc. 28 W. 27th St. New York, NY 10001 US Phone: 212-481-0295 Fax: 212-481-9853 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.centerforbookarts.org The Center for Book Arts is dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of book-making, as well as exploring and encouraging contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object. Center for the Book in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington, DC 20540-4920 US Phone: 202-707-5221 Fax: 202-707-0269 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://lcweb.loc.gov/loc/cfbook The Center for the Book exists to stimulate public interest in books, reading and libraries and to encourage the study of books and print culture. Christian Booksellers Association P.O. Box 62000 Colorado Springs, CO 80962 US Phone: 719-265-9895 Fax: 719-272-3510 Toll Free: 800-252-1950 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.cbaonline.org
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The CBA is the international trade association of Christian book suppliers and retailers. City & Regional Magazine Association 4929 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 428 Los Angeles, CA 90010 US Phone: 323-937-5514 Fax: 323-937-0959 Web Address: www.citymag.org The CRMA is dedicated exclusively to the interests and concerns of city and regional magazines. Council of Literary Magazines & Presses 154 Christopher St., Ste. 3C New York, NY 10014 US Phone: 212-741-9110 Fax: 212-741-9112 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.clmp.org The CLMP serves the independent publishers of fiction, poetry and prose. Cover Pages Web Address: www.oasis-open.org Cover Pages is a public resource for open-standards publication on the Internet. Editorial Freelancers Association 71 W. 23rd St., Ste. 1910 New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 212-929-5400 Fax: 212-929-5439 Toll Free: 866-929-5400 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.the-efa.org The EFA is a national, nonprofit, professional organization of self-employed workers in the publishing and communications industries. Education Writers Association 2122 P St. NW, Ste. 201 Washington, DC 20037 US Phone: 202-452-9830 Fax: 202-452-9837 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ewa.org The EWA is the national professional organization of education reporters, offering seminars, fellowships, publications and contests.
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Evangelical Christian Publishers Association 4816 S. Ash Ave. Tempe, AZ 85282 US Phone: 480-966-3998 Fax: 480-966-1944 Toll Free: 800-600-4592 Web Address: www.ecpa.org The ECPA is an international, not-for-profit trade organization serving the Christian publishing industry by promoting excellence and professionalism, sharing relevant data, raising the effectiveness of member houses and equipping them to meet the needs of the changing marketplace. Evangelical Press Association P.O. Box 28129 Crystal, MN 55428 US Phone: 763-535-4793 Fax: 763-535-4794 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.gospelcom.net/epa The EPA is a religious and educational nonprofit corporation that seeks to promote the cause of evangelical Christianity and enhance the influence of Christian journalism. Freedom of Information Center 127 Neff Annex Columbia, MO 65211 US Phone: 573-882-4856 Fax: 573-884-2604 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.missouri.edu/~foiwww The FOI is a reference and research library that serves the general public and the media on questions regarding access to government documents and information. Friends of Libraries, USA 1420 Walnut St., Ste. 450 Philadelphia, PA 19102 US Phone: 215-790-1674 Fax: 215-545-3821 Toll Free: 800-936-5872 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.folusa.com The FOLUSA is a membership organization of more than 2,000 local Library Friends groups seeking to motivate and support groups across the country in their efforts to preserve and strengthen libraries.
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Garden Writers Association of America 10210 Leatherleaf Court Manassas, VA 20111 US Phone: 703-257-1032 Fax: 703-257-0213 Web Address: www.gwaa.org The GWAA is an organization of over 1,800 professional communicators in the lawn and garden industry. Graphic Artists Guild 90 John St., Ste. 403 New York, NY 10038-3202 US Phone: 212-791-3400 Fax: 212-791-0333 Toll Free: 800-500-2672 Web Address: www.gag.org The GAG is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creative artists pursuing common goals, raising industry standards and improving the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers. Graphic Arts Technical Foundation 200 Deer Run Rd. Sewickley, PA 15143 US Phone: 412-741-6860 Fax: 412-741-2311 Toll Free: 800-910-4283 Web Address: www.gain.org GATF seeks to reposition print media as an integral part of the information technology sector. Horror Writers Association P.O. Box 50577 Palo Alto, CA 94303 US E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.horror.org The HWA is a worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of writers of horror and dark fantasy. International Digital Enterprise Alliance 100 Daingerfield Rd., 4th Fl. Alexandria, VA 22314 US Phone: 703-837-1070 Fax: 703-837-1072 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.idealliance.org The IDEAlliance is a not-for-profit membership organization striving to advance user-driven, crossindustry solutions for all publishing and content-
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[email protected] Web Address: www.ifwtwa.org The IFWTWA is a professional organization of food and wine travel writers, photographers, radio and TV broadcasters and hospitality professionals. International Journalists' Network International Center for Journalists 1616 H St. NW, 3rd Fl. Washington, DC 20006 US Phone: 202-737-3700 Fax: 202-737-0530 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ijnet.org IJNet is an online source for media assistance news, journalism training opportunities, reports on the state of media around the world and media directories. International Newspaper Financial Executives 21525 Ridgetop Cir., Ste. 200 Sterling, VA 20166 US Phone: 703-421-4060 Fax: 703-421-4068 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.infesecure.org INFE is a professional association serving the newspaper financial management community. International Newspaper Marketing Association 10300 N. Central Expy., Ste. 467 Dallas, TX 75231 US Phone: 214-373-9111 Fax: 214-373-9112 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.inma.org The INMA is dedicated to strengthening the marketing of newspaper companies' products and approaching all activities with a global perspective. International Prepress Association 7200 France Ave. S., Ste. 223 Edina, MN 55435 US Phone: 952-896-1908 Fax: 952-896-0181
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Toll Free: 800-255-8141 Web Address: www.ipa.org The IPA is a trade association consisting of the world's leading graphic communications and graphic arts supplier companies. International Publishers Association Av. Sarriá 130-132 Barcelona 08017 Spain Phone: 34-93-252-3701 Fax: 34-93-252-3710 Web Address: www.ipa-uie.org The IPA represents the publishing industry worldwide through 78 national, regional and specialized publishers associations in 65 countries. International Publishing Management Association 1205 W. College Ave. Liberty, MO 64068 US Phone: 816-781-1111 Fax: 816-781-2790 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ipma.org The IPMA is an exclusive not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting in-house corporate publishing and distribution professionals. International Regional Magazine Association, Inc. Web Address: www.regionalmagazines.org The IRMA exists to provide free and open communication among the publishers of North American regional publications. International Standard Book Numbering (ISBN) U.S. Agency 630 Central Ave. New Providence, NJ 07974 US Phone: 888-269-5372 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.bowker.com Bowker is a leading source for book, serial and publishing data, serving library, publishing and bookselling professionals and their patrons worldwide. International Women’s Writing Guild Box 810, Gracie Station New York, NY 10028-0082 US Phone: 212-737-7536 Fax: 212-737-9469 Web Address: www.iwwg.com
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[email protected] Web Address: www.mysterywriters.org MWA is the premier organization for mystery writers and other professionals in the mystery field.
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National Association of Agricultural Journalists 2604 Cumberland Ct. College Station, TX 77845 US Phone: 979-845-2872 Fax: 979-845-2414 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://naaj.tamu.edu/ The NAAJ is an international professional group of agricultural editors and writers with a membership spanning the United States and Canada. National Association of Black Journalists 8701 A Adelphi Rd. Adelphi, MD 20783-1716 US Phone: 301-445-7100 Fax: 301-445-7101 Web Address: www.nabj.org The NABJ is an organization of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services to and advocates on behalf of black journalists worldwide. National Association of College Stores 500 E. Lorain St. Oberlin, OH 44074 US Fax: 440-775-4769 Toll Free: 800-622-7498 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nacs.org The NACS is the professional trade association representing collegiate retailers and associate members who supply books and other products to college stores. National Association of Independent Publishers P.O. Box 430 Highland City, FL 33846-0430 US Phone: 863-648-4420 Fax: 863-648-4420 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.publishersreport.com The NAIP is an informal, for-profit organization of book publishers, authors and publishing vendors. National Association of Independent Publishers Representatives 111 E. 14th St., PMB 157 Zeckendorf Towers New York, NY 10003 US Fax: 800-416-2586 Toll Free: 888-624-7779 E-mail Address:
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The NAIPR is a trade association of book publishers' commission representatives, book publishers and other associate members. National Association of Printers & Lithographers 75 W. Century Rd. Paramus, NJ 07652-1408 US Phone: 201-634-9600 Fax: 201-986-2976 Toll Free: 800-642-6275 Web Address: www.napl.org The NAPL focuses on helping graphic arts professionals increase their expertise. National Association of Science Writers, Inc. P.O. Box 890 Hedgesville, WV 25427 US Phone: 631-757-5664 Fax: 631-757-0069 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nasw.org The NASW exists to foster the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media devoted to informing the public. National Conference of Editorial Writers 3899 N. Front St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 US Phone: 301-984-3015 Fax: 301-231-0026 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ncew.org The NCEW strives to stimulate the conscience and quality of editorial writing. National Federation of Abstracting & Information Services 1518 Walnut St., Ste. 307 Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403 US Phone: 215-893-1561 Fax: 215-893-1564 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nfais.org The NFAIS serves groups that aggregate, organize and facilitate access to information and provides a forum for its members to address common interests through education and advocacy. National Federation of Press Women P.O. Box 5556 Arlington, VA 22205 US Fax: 703-534-5751 Toll Free: 800-780-2715
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[email protected] Web Address: www.nfpw.org The NFPW is an organization of professional journalists and communicators. National League of American Pen Women Pen Arts Bldg., 1300 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-785-1997 Fax: 202-785-1997 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://members.aol.com/penwomen/pen.htm The NLAPW promotes the development of the creative talents of professional women in the arts. National Newspaper Association P.O. Box 7540 Columbia, MO 65205-7540 US Phone: 703-907-7900 Fax: 703-907-7901 Toll Free: 800-829-4662 Web Address: www.nna.org The NNA represents the owners, publishers and editors of America's community newspapers. National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Fl. Washington, DC 20045 US Phone: 202-662-7500 Fax: 202-662-7569 Web Address: http://npc.press.org/ The NPC provides people who gather and disseminate news with a center for the advancement of their professional standards and skills, the promotion of free expression, mutual support and social fellowship. National Press Club of Canada 150 Wellington St. Ottawa, ON KIP 5A4 Canada Phone: 613-233-5641 Fax: 613-233-3511 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.pressclub.on.ca The NPC of Canada provides a location for growth and discussion and a social home for reporters, editors and others involved in the news industry. National Press Foundation 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 310 Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-721-9100
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Fax: 202-530-2855 Web Address: www.nationalpress.org The NPF is an organization offering issue-oriented professional development programs and awards for journalists.
Toll Free: 800-367-1907 Web Address: www.napra.com NAPRA is the oldest and largest trade organization that promotes communications among publishers, retailers and others in the publishing industry.
National Press Photographers Association, Inc. 3200 Croasdaile Dr., Ste. 306 Durham, NC 27705 US Phone: 919-383-7246 Fax: 919-383-7261 Web Address: www.nppa.org The NPPA is dedicated to the advancement, creation, editing and distribution of photojournalism in all news media.
Newspaper Association of America 1921 Gallows Rd., Ste. 600 Vienna, VA 22182-3900 US Phone: 703-902-1600 Fax: 703-917-0636 Web Address: www.naa.org The NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the newspaper industry.
National Scholastic Press Association 2221 University Ave. SE, Ste. 121 Minneapolis, MN 55414 US Phone: 612-625-8335 Fax: 612-626-0720 Web Address: http://studentpress.journ.umn.edu/nspa/ The NSPA is an organization of student media outlets, offering a forum for discussion, networking and awards for publications through different categories. National Society of Newspaper Columnists 1410 Steiner St., Ste. 709 San Francisco, CA 94115 US Phone: 415-541-5636 Web Address: www.columnists.com The NSNC provides a forum for newspaper columnists to discuss the industry and common interests. National Writers Union 113 University Pl., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10003 US Phone: 212-254-0279 Fax: 212-254-0673 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nwu.org The NWU is the only labor union that represents freelance writers in all genres, formats and media. New Alternatives for Publishers, Retailers & Artists P.O. Box 9 Eastsound, WA 98245-0009 US Phone: 360-376-2702 Fax: 360-376-2704
Newspaper Guild (The) 501 3rd St. NW, Ste. 250 Washington, DC 20001 US Phone: 202-434-7177 Fax: 202-434-1472 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.newsguild.org The Newspaper Guild exists to advance the economic interests and improve the working conditions of its members, raise the standards of journalism and ethics in the industry and promote industrial unity. North American Bookdealers Exchange P.O. Box 606 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 US Phone: 541-942-7455 Fax: 561-258-2625 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.bookmarketingprofits.com The NABE is an international book marketing organization that helps independent publishers promote and market their books. NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing & Publishing Technologies 1899 Preston White Dr. Reston, VA 20191-4367 US Phone: 703-264-7200 Fax: 703-620-0994 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.npes.org NPES is a trade association for companies that manufacture and distribute equipment, systems, software and supplies used in printing, publishing and converting.
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Outdoor Writers Association of America 121 Hickory St., Ste. 1 Missoula, MT 59801 US Phone: 406-728-7434 Fax: 406-728-7445 Web Address: www.owaa.org The OWAA exists to improve the professional skills of its members, set the highest ethical and communications standards, encourage public enjoyment and conservation of natural resources and be mentors for the next generation of professional outdoor communicators. Overseas Press Club of America 40 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036 US Phone: 212-626-9220 Fax: 212-626-9210 Web Address: www.opcofamerica.org The OPCA is an international association of journalists working in the United States and abroad. Periodical & Book Association of America, Inc. 481 8th Ave., Ste. 826 New York, NY 10001 US Phone: 212-563-6502 Fax: 212-563-4098 Web Address: www.pbaa.net The PBAA is an organization that represents newsstand publications to the retail community. Poetry Society of America 15 Gramercy Park New York, NY 10003 US Phone: 212-254-9628 Web Address: www.poetrysociety.org The Poetry Society of America provides a local meeting place for poets and information regarding readings, seminars, competitions and other resources. Protestant Church-Owned Publishers Association 748 Crab Thicket Ln. St. Louis, MO 63131-2119 US Phone: 636-441-0880 Fax: 636-724-3443 Toll Free: 866-608-0598 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.pcpanews.org The PCPA is an association of publishers directly connected to their respective church denominations and is devoted to the welfare of official churchowned publishing houses.
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Publishers Marketing Association 627 Aviation Way Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 US Phone: 310-372-2732 Fax: 310-374-3342 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.pma-online.org The PMA is a trade association of independent publishers. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1815 N. Ft. Myer Dr., Ste. 900 Arlington, VA 22209 US Phone: 703-807-2100 Fax: 703-807-2109 Toll Free: 800-336-4243 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.rcfp.org The RCFP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal help to journalists and news organizations. Romance Writers of America 16000 Stuebner Airline Rd., Ste. 140 Spring, TX 77379 US Phone: 832-717-5200 Fax: 832-717-5201 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.rwanational.com Romance Writers of America is the professional association for published and aspiring romance writers. Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. P.O. Box 877 Chestertown, MD 21620 US E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.sfwa.org The SFWA is an organization for writers in the science fiction and fantasy genres, promoting dialogue and furthering the rights of its members. Small Press Center 20 W. 44th St. New York, NY 10036 US Phone: 212-764-7021 Fax: 212-354-5365 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.smallpress.org The SPC provides information and draws public awareness to the offerings of smaller, independent publishers.
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Society for Scholarly Publishing 10200 W. 44th Ave., Ste. 304 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-2840 US Phone: 303-422-3914 Fax: 303-422-8894 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.sspnet.org The SSP's mission is to facilitate learning, communication and the advancement of appropriate technologies among all those involved with scholarly communication. Society for Technical Communication 901 N. Stuart St., Ste. 904 Arlington, VA 22203-1822 US Phone: 703-522-4114 Fax: 703-522-2075 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.stc.org STC is a membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. Society of American Business Editors & Writers Missouri School of Journalism 134 Neff Annex Columbia, MO 65211 US Phone: 573-882-7862 Fax: 573-884-1372 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.sabew.org The SABEW is a not-for-profit organization of business journalists in North America that promotes business journalism through education. Society of American Travel Writers 1500 Sunday Dr., Ste. 102 Raleigh, NC 27607 US Phone: 919-787-5181 Fax: 919-787-4916 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.satw.org The SATW promotes responsible journalism, provides professional support and development for members and encourages the conservation and preservation of travel resources worldwide. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators 8271 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048 US Phone: 323-782-1010 Fax: 323-782-1892
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[email protected] Web Address: www.scbwi.org The SCBWI serves people who write, illustrate or share a vital interest in children’s literature. Society of Environmental Journalists P.O. Box 2492 Jenkintown, PA 19046 US Phone: 215-884-8174 Fax: 215-884-8175 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.sej.org The SEJ seeks to advance public understanding of environmental issues by improving the quality, accuracy and visibility of environmental reporting. Society of Illustrators 128 E. 63rd St. New York, NY 10021-7303 US Phone: 212-838-2560 Fax: 212-838-2561 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.societyillustrators.org The Society of Illustrators espouses concern and support for the members and well-being of the illustration industry. Society of Professional Journalists 3909 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46208 US Phone: 317-927-8000 Fax: 317-920-4789 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.spj.org The SPJ is dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press. Southern Newspaper Publishers Association P.O. Box 28875 Atlanta, GA 30358 US Phone: 404-256-0444 Fax: 404-252-9135 Web Address: www.snpa.org The SNPA is a regional trade association representing daily newspaper owners and publishers. Upper Midwest Booksellers Association 3407 W. 44th St. Minneapolis, MN 55410 US Phone: 612-926-5868 Fax: 612-926-6657 Toll Free: 800-784-7522 E-mail Address:
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Web Address: www.abookaday.com The UMBA is an organization representing independent booksellers in the upper Midwest.
The Writers Guild of America West is the west-coast branch of the WGA, a labor union that protects and defends the rights of television and film writers.
Western Writers of America, Inc. 1012 Fair St. Franklin, TN 37064 US Phone: 615-791-1444 Web Address: www.westernwriters.org The WWA exists to promote the literature of the American West.
Yellow Pages Publishers Association 2 Connell Dr., 1st Fl. Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2747 US Phone: 908-286-2380 Fax: 908-286-0620 Web Address: www.yppa.com The YPPA leads, serves and helps to foster the global print and electronic media industry.
Women’s National Book Association, Inc. 160 5th Ave. New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 212-675-7805 Fax: 212-989-7542 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.wnba-books.org The WNBA is the oldest organization open to women and men in all occupations allied to the publishing industry. World Association of Newspapers 7 Rue Geoffroy St. Hilaire Paris 75005 France Phone: 33-1-47-42-85-00 Fax: 33-1-47-42-49-48 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.wan-press.org The WAN groups 72 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 100 nations, 13 national and international news agencies, a media foundation and seven affiliated regional and worldwide press organizations. Writers Guild of America East, Inc. 555 W. 57th St., Ste. 1230 New York, NY 10019 US Phone: 212-767-7800 Fax: 212-582-1909 Web Address: www.wgaeast.org The Writers Guild of America East is the east-coast branch of the WGA, a labor union that protects and defends the rights of television and film writers. Writers Guild of America West, Inc. 7000 W. 3rd Los Angeles, CA 90048 US Phone: 323-951-4000 Fax: 323- 782-4800 Toll Free: 800-548-4532 Web Address: www.wga.org
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Broadcasting Associations
American Sportscasters Association 225 Broadway, Ste. 2030 New York, NY 10007 US Phone: 212-227-8080 Fax: 212-571-0556 Web Address: www.americansportscasters.com ASA is a professional organization for the promotion and support of sports broadcasters. American Women in Radio and Television, Inc. 8405 Greensboro Dr., Ste. 800 McLean, VA 22102 US Phone: 703-506-3290 Fax: 703-506-3266 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.awrt.org AWRT is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the role of women in electronic media and related fields. Associated Press 50 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10020 US Phone: 212-621-1500 Web Address: www.ap.org The Associated Press is the leading provider of news services. Association for International Broadcasting P.O. Box 990 London SE3 9XL UK Phone: 44-0-20-8297-3993 Fax: 44-0-20-8297-0343 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.aib.org.uk The AIB aims to increase the scope and effectiveness of international broadcasting, working on a global, cooperative basis.
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Broadcast Cable Credit Association, Inc. 932 Lee St., Ste. 204 Des Plaines, IL 60016 US Phone: 847-827-9330 Fax: 847-827-1653 Web Address: www.bccacredit.com The BCCA exists to provide tools and services that allow its members to perform their functions to the best of their abilities and achieve a profitable bottom line. Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association 932 Lee St., Ste. 204 Des Plaines, IL 60016 US Phone: 847-296-0200 Fax: 847-296-7510 Web Address: www.bcfm.com The BCFM exists to provide and maintain open, intellectual exchange and create opportunities to help its members grow professionally and personally. Broadcast Designers’ Association, Inc. BDA International 2029 Century Park E., Ste. 555 Los Angeles, CA 90067-2906 US Phone: 310-712-0040 Fax: 310-712-0039 Web Address: www.bda.tv The BDA is the world's foremost organization working on behalf of those involved in the promotion, marketing and design of all electronic media. Broadcast Pioneers Library of American Broadcasting Hornbake Library College Park, MD 20742 US Phone: 301-405-9160 Fax: 301-314-2634 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.lib.umd.edu/lab The Broadcast Pioneers Library holds a wideranging collection of audio and video recordings, books, pamphlets, periodicals, personal collections, oral histories, photographs, scripts and vertical files devoted exclusively to the history of broadcasting. Broadcasters’ Foundation, Inc. 7 Lincoln Ave. Greenwich, CT 06830 US Phone: 203-862-8577
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Fax: 203-629-5739 Web Address: www.broadcastersfoundation.org The Broadcasters’ Foundation is the only organization in radio and television that provides anonymous financial assistance to fellow broadcasters in acute need. Canadian Association of Broadcasters P.O. Box 627, Station B Ottawa, ON K1P 5S2 Canada Phone: 613-233-4035 Fax: 613-233-6961 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.cab-acr.ca The CAB is the collective voice of the majority of Canada's private radio and television stations, networks and specialty services. Community Broadcasters Association Web Address: www.communitybroadcasters.com The CBA is a national organization dedicated to enhancing and representing the diversity, vitality, localism, community service and economic survival of Class A and low-power television stations in the U.S. Hollywood Radio & Television Society 13701 Riverside Dr., Ste. 205 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 US Phone: 818-789-1182 Web Address: www.hrts-iba.org The HRTS is an organization of west-coast executives from networks, stations, studios, production companies, advertisers, ad agencies, cable companies, media companies, legal firms, publicity agencies, talent and management agencies, performers, services, suppliers and allied fields. Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, Inc. 367 Windsor Hwy. New Windsor, NY 12553-7900 US Phone: 845-565-0003 Fax: 845-565-7446 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ibsradio.org IBS serves the interests of college and educational radio. National Association of Broadcasters 1771 N St. NW Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-429-5300 Fax: 202-429-4199
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Web Address: www.nab.org The NAB represents broadcasters for radio and television. National Broadcasting Society Fax: 636-916-3770 Toll Free: 866-272-3746 Web Address: www.onu.edu/org/nbs The NBS, also known as Alpha Epsilon Rho, exists to enhance the development of college and university students involved in broadcasting, cable, telecommunications and other electronic media. National Religious Broadcasters 9510 Technology Dr. Manassas, VA 20110 US Phone: 703-330-7000 Fax: 703-330-7100 Web Address: www.nrb.org The NRB is an association representing evangelical Christian radio and television stations, program producers, multimedia developers and related organizations around the world. National Telemedia Council, Inc. 1922 University Ave. Madison, WI 53726 US Phone: 608-218-1182 Fax: 608-218-1183 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nationaltelemediacouncil.org The NTC is the oldest professional media literacy organization in the U.S. Radio Television News Directors Association 1600 K St. NW, Ste. 700 Washington, DC 20036-2838 US Phone: 202-659-6510 Fax: 202-223-4007 Web Address: www.rtnda.org The RTNDA is the world's largest professional organization exclusively committed to professionals in electronic journalism. Radio Television News Directors Association (Canada) 2175 Sheppard Ave. E., Ste. 310 Toronto, ON M2J 1W8 Canada Phone: 416-756-2213 Fax: 416-491-1670 Toll Free: 877-257-8632 E-mail Address:
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[email protected] Web Address: www.sbca.com The SBCA is the national trade organization representing all segments of the satellite consumer services industry. IV.
Corporate Information
bizjournals.com 120 W. Morehead St., Ste. 200 Charlotte, NC 28202 US Phone: 704-973-1000 Fax: 704-973-1001 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.bizjournals.com Operated by the American Business Journals firm, the publisher of dozens of leading city business journals nationwide, this site provides access to research into the latest news regarding companies small and large. Business Wire Web Address: www.businesswire.com Business Wire strives to deliver news in an innovative manner. Smart News releases, industryspecific and company-specific news, today's headlines, conference calls, IPO's on the Internet, media services, Tradeshownews.com and BW Connect On-line are all accessible through this informative and continuously updated site. CNNfn Home Page Web Address: http://money.cnn.com/ Provides the same in-depth financial information online that CNN's cable television financial news unit provides to television viewers. Edgar Online 50 Washington St., 9th Fl. Norwalk, CT 06854 US Phone: 203-852-5666 Fax: 203-852-5667 Toll Free: 800-416-6651 Web Address: www.edgar-online.com
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A gateway and search tool for viewing corporate documents, such as annual reports on form 10K, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Hoover’s Online 5800 Airport Blvd. Austin, TX 78752 US Phone: 512-374-4500 Fax: 512-374-4505 Toll Free: 800-486-8666 Web Address: www.hoovers.com Hoover's provides thousands of corporate profiles online. This comprehensive site also features links to news, lists, stock quotes and other corporate and business data. PRNewswire 810 7th Ave., 35th Fl. New York, NY 10019 US Phone: 212-596-1500 Toll Free: 800-832-5522 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.prnewswire.com PR Newswire provides comprehensive communications services for public relations and investor relations professionals ranging from information distribution and market intelligence to the creation of online multimedia content and investor relations web sites. Users can also view recent corporate press releases.
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strengthen their skills, expand their networks and learn from each other. New York New Media Association Web Address: www.nynma.org NYNMA is a nonprofit industry association founded to support and promote the new media industry in New York. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MIT Laboratory for Computer Science 200 Technology Sq. Cambridge, MA 02139 US Phone: 617-253-5884 Fax: 617-258-5999 Web Address: www.w3.org This organization, housed at the Laboratory for Computer Science on the MIT campus, develops technologies and standards to enhance the performance and utility of the World Wide Web. VI.
Economic Data & Research
Silicon Investor Web Address: www.siliconinvestor.com Silicon Investor is focused on technology companies. The site serves as a financial discussion forum and offers quotes, profiles and charts.
STAT-USA HCHB Rm. 4885 U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DC 20230 US Phone: 202-482-1986 Fax: 202-482-2164 Toll Free: 800-782-8872 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.stat-usa.gov STAT-USA is an agency in the Economics and Statistics Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The site offers daily economic news, statistical releases, export and trade databases and information and domestic economic databases.
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E-Commerce & Internet Industry Associations
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences Web Address: www.iadas.net IADAS is dedicated to the progress of new media worldwide. New Media Association of New Jersey Web Address: www.nmanj.com The New Media Association of New Jersey is a regional organization made for and of users of the new media industry, through which members can
Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers Box 19333, 20th St. Station Washington, DC 20036-0333 US Phone: 703-591-0110 Fax: 202-898-0895 Web Address: www.afcce.org The AFCCE is a professional organization of individuals who regularly assist clients on technical issues before the Federal Communications Commission.
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Audio Engineering Society, Inc. 60 E. 42nd St., Rm. 2520 New York, NY 10165-2520 US Phone: 212-661-8528 Fax: 212-682-0477 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.aes.org AES provides information on educational and career opportunities in audio engineering. Broadcast Technological Society of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. Phone: 732-562-3846 Fax: 732-981-1769 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ieee.org/organizations/society/bt/online_exhibi t.html The BTS is the arm of the IEEE devoted to devices, equipment, techniques and systems related to broadcast technology. Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc. 9247 N. Meridian St., Ste. 305 Indianapolis, IN 46260 US Phone: 317-846-9000 Fax: 317-846-9120 Web Address: www.sbe.org The SBE exists to increase knowledge of broadcast engineering and promote its interests, as well as to continue the education of persons engaged in the professions surrounding the industry. Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers 140 Philips Rd. Exton, PA 19341-1318 US Phone: 610-363-6888 Fax: 610-363-5898 Toll Free: 800-542-5040 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.scte.org The SCTE is a nonprofit professional association dedicated to advancing the careers and serving the industry of telecommunications professionals by providing technical training, certification and standards. Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers 595 W. Harsdale Ave. White Plains, NY 10607 US Phone: 914-761-1100 Fax: 914-761-3115
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[email protected] Web Address: www.smpte.org The SMPTE is the leading technical society for the motion imaging industry. VIII. Entertainment & Amusement Associations American Amusement Machine Association 450 E. Higgins, Ste. 201 Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 US Phone: 847-290-9088 Fax: 847-290-9121 Web Address: www.coin-op.org The AAMA is an international nonprofit trade organization representing the manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of the coin-operated amusement industry. Amusement and Music Operators Association 1145 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Ste. 300 Itasca, IL 60143 US Phone: 630-250-1430 Fax: 630-250-3533 Toll Free: 800-937-2662 Web Address: www.amoa.com The AMOA serves the global amusement, music, entertainment and vending industries. Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers International 1250 SE Port St. Lucie Blvd., Ste. C Port St. Lucie, FL 34952 US Phone: 561-398-6701 Fax: 561-398-6702 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://aimsintl.org/ AIMS is a nonprofit organization that represents amusement industry manufacturers and suppliers worldwide. Entertainment Technology Center 734 W. Adams Blvd., 3rd Fl. Los Angeles, CA 90089-7725 US Phone: 213-743-1600 Fax: 213-743-1803 Web Address: www.etcenter.org The ETC exists to discover, research, develop and accelerate entertainment technology. Game Manufacturers Association Phone: 480-675-0205 Fax: 480-994-1170 E-mail Address:
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Web Address: www.gama.org GAMA is an international nonprofit trade association serving the adventure games industry. International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions 1448 Duke St. Alexandria, VA 22314 US Phone: 703-836-4800 Fax: 703-836-9678 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.iaapa.org The IAAPA is dedicated to the preservation and prosperity of the amusement industry. International Federation of Festival Organizations 4230 Stansbury Ave., Ste. 105 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 US Phone: 818-789-7596 Fax: 818-784-9141 Web Address: www.morenofidof.org FIDOF coordinates information about festivals and cultural events. International Laser Display Association 3721 SE Henry St. Portland, OR 97202 US Phone: 503-407-0289 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ilda.wa.org The ILDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the use of laser displays in art, entertainment and education. International Special Events Society 401 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 US Phone: 312-321-6853 Fax: 312-673-6953 Toll Free: 800-688-4737 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ises.com The ISES is a society of special events professionals representing the industry's diverse disciplines. International Ticketing Association 330 W. 38th St., Ste. 605 New York, NY 10018 US Phone: 212-581-0600 Fax: 212-581-0885 E-mail Address:
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The ITA advances the success of the admission service industry and its members. National Association of Theatre Owners 750 1st St., Ste. 1130 Washington, DC 20002 US Phone: 818-506-1778 Fax: 818-506-0269 Web Address: www.natoonline.org The NATO represents 26,000 movie screens in all 50 U.S. states and 20 countries. World Waterpark Association 8826 Santa Fe Dr., Ste. 310 Overland Park, KS 66212 US Phone: 913-599-0300 Fax: 913-599-0520 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.waterparks.org The WWA is an international not-for-profit partnership of private and public water leisure facility owners, managers, suppliers and developers. IX.
Film & Media Schools
American Film Institute 2021 N. Western Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027 US Phone: 323-856-7600 Fax: 323-467-4578 Web Address: www.afi.com AFI is devoted to promoting and preserving film and television images. Australian Film Television and Radio School P.O. Box 126 North Ryde, NSW 1670 Australia Phone: 61-2-9805-6611 Fax: 61-2-9805-1275 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.aftrs.edu.au AFTRS is a government-sponsored school for students interested in film, television and radio careers. Brown University – Department of Modern Culture and Media 155 George St., Box 1957 Providence, RI 02912 US Phone: 401-863-1000 Web Address: www.brown.edu/departments/mcm Brown is a prestigious university offering a graduate degree in Modern Culture and Media.
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California Institute of the Arts – School of Film/Video 24700 McLean Pkwy. Valencia, CA 91355-2397 US Phone: 661-225-1050 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://film.calarts.edu/ CalArts offers masters and bachelors degrees and certification for art, dance, film/video, music and theater.
San Francisco State University– Cinema Department 1600 Holloway Ave. Fine Arts Bldg., Rm. 245 San Francisco, CA 94132-4157 US Phone: 415-338-1629 Fax: 415-338-0906 Web Address: www.cinema.sfsu.edu SFSU’s Cinema Department offers bachelors and masters classes in cinema studies.
London International Film School 24 Shelton St. London WC2H 9UB UK Phone: 44-0-20-7836-9642 Fax: 44-0-20-7497-3718 Web Address: www.lifs.org.uk LIFS is a British film school offering a masters degree in all aspects of 35mm film making.
University of Copenhagen – Department of Film and Media Njalsgade 80 Copenhagen, Denmark Phone: 45-35-32-81-00 Fax: 45-35-32-81-10 Web Address: www.media.ku.dk/engelsk/index.html The University of Copenhagen is a Danish school offering degrees in film and media.
New York University – Film & TV Studies 721 Broadway, 6th Fl. New York, NY 10003 US Phone: 212-998-1600 Fax: 212-995-4061 Web Address: http://filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home Tisch Art School, a department of NYU, offers undergraduate and graduate classes in film and television studies. Northwestern University – Department of Radio/TV/Film 633 Clark St. Evanston, IL 60208 US Phone: 847-491-3741 Web Address: www.communication.northwestern.edu/rtf Northwestern’s Department of Radio/Television/Film offers undergraduate and graduate education in the history, theory and production of media. Queen’s University – Department of Film Studies Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada Phone: 613-533-2178 Fax: 613-533-2063 Web Address: www.film.queensu.ca The Department of Film Studies at Queen's University offers an undergraduate program in film and video production.
University of Iowa –Communications Studies 105 Becker Communication Studies Bldg. Iowa City, IA 52242 US Phone: 319-335-0575 Fax: 319-335-2930 Web Address: www.uiowa.edu/~commstud The University of Iowa offers undergraduate and graduate classes in media studies. University of Toronto – Cinema Studies 2 Sussex Ave., Rm. 121 Toronto, ON M5S 1J5 Canada Phone: 416-978-5809 Fax: 416-978-5503 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.utoronto.ca/cinema The University of Toronto offers a bachelors program in cinema studies. Vancouver Film School 198 W. Hastings St. Vancouver, BC V68 1H2 Canada Phone: 604-685-5808 Fax: 604-585-5830 Toll Free: 800-661-4101 Web Address: www.multimedia.edu Vancouver Film School offers programs in film, television, media, animation and computer game design.
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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 9343 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 US Phone: 310-883-3190 Fax: 310-883-3196 Web Address: www.interactive.org The AIAS is a non-for-profit membership organization serving the interactive entertainment development community. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 US Phone: 310-247-3000 Fax: 310-859-9351 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.oscars.org The Academy is a professional honorary organization founded to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 5220 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601-3109 US Phone: 818-754-2800 Fax: 818-761-2827 Web Address: www.emmys.org A nonprofit corporation devoted to the advancement of telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry. Advanced Television Systems Committee 1750 K St. NW, Ste. 1200 Washington, DC 20006 US Phone: 202-872-9160 Fax: 202-872-9161 Web Address: www.atsc.org The ATSC is an international nonprofit membership organization that develops voluntary standards for the entire spectrum of advanced television systems. Alliance for Community Media 666 11th St. NW, Ste. 740 Washington, DC 20001-4542 US Phone: 202-393-2650 Fax: 202-393-2653 Web Address: www.alliancecm.org The ACM is a group committed to assuring universal access to electronic media.
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Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers 15503 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91436 US Phone: 818-995-3600 Fax: 818-382-1793 Web Address: www.amptp.org The AMPTP is the primary trade association with respect to labor issues in the motion picture and television industry. American Cinema Editors 100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 2282, Rm. 234 Universal City, CA 91608 US Phone: 818-777-2900 Fax: 818-733-5023 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ace-filmeditors.org ACE is an honorary society of motion picture editors that seeks to advance the art and science of the editing profession. American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 260 Madison Ave., 7th. Fl. New York, NY 10016-2401 US Phone: 212-532-0800 Fax: 212-532-2242 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.aftra.org AFTRA represents actors and other professional performers and broadcasters in television, radio, sound recordings, non-broadcast/industrial programming and new technologies such as interactive programming and CD-ROMs. American Film Marketing Association 10850 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Fl. Los Angeles, CA 90024-4321 US Phone: 310-446-1000 Fax: 310-446-1600 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.afma.com The AFMA is a nonprofit association whose mission is to provide the independent film and television industry with high-quality, market-oriented services and worldwide representation. American Society of Cinematographers P.O. Box 2230 Hollywood, CA 90078 US Phone: 323-969-4333 Fax: 323-882-6391
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Toll Free: 800-448-0145 Web Address: www.theasc.com The ASC is a trade association for cinematographers in the motion picture industry. Art Directors Guild 11969 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 200 Studio City, CA 91604 US Phone: 818-762-9995 Fax: 818-762-9997 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.artdirectors.org The ADG represents the creative talents that conceive and manage the background and settings for most films and television projects. Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. 4100 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016 US Phone: 202-966-1956 Fax: 202-966-9617 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.mstv.org AMSTV is a national association of local television stations dedicated to preserving and improving the technical quality of free, universal, communitybased television service to the American public. Association of America's Public Television Stations 666 11th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 US Phone: 202-654-4200 Fax: 202-654-4236 Web Address: www.apts.org The APTS is a nonprofit membership organization that supports the growth and development of a strong and financially sound noncommercial television service for the American public. Association of Cinema and Video Laboratories Web Address: www.acvl.org The ACVL is an international organization whose members are pledged to the highest possible standards of service to the film and video industries. Association of Film Commissioners International 314 N. Main St. Helena, MT 59601 Phone: 406-495-8040 Fax: 406-495-8039 Web Address: www.afci.org
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The AFCI is an association of government film contacts worldwide. Broadcast Education Association 1771 N. St. NW Washington, DC 20036-2891 US Phone: 202-429-3935 Toll Free: 888-380-7222 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.beaweb.org The BEA is the professional association for professors, industry professionals and graduate students interested in teaching and research related to electronic media and multimedia enterprises. Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing 201 N. Union St., Ste. 440 Alexandria, VA 22314 US Phone: 703-549-4200 Fax: 703-684-1167 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.ctam.com CTAM is dedicated to the discipline and development of consumer marketing excellence in cable television, new media and telecommunications services. Cable in the Classroom 1724 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-775-1040 Fax: 202-775-1047 Web Address: www.ciconline.com The Cable in the Classroom program provides schools across the U.S. with free cable service and over 540 hours per month of commercial-free educational programming. Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs) 400 Centennial Pkwy. Louisville, CO 80027 US Phone: 303-661-9100 Fax: 303-661-9199 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.cablelabs.com CableLabs is a nonprofit research and development consortium dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those technical advancements into their business objectives.
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Cable TV Public Affairs Association Web Address: www.ctpaa.org The CTPAA is the only national professional organization specifically addressing the issues, needs and interests of the cable industry's public affairs professionals.
DirectorsNet.com Phone: 818-782-3304 Web Address: www.directorsnet.com DirectorsNet is the home of creative professionals focused on motion picture, television, music video, corporate video and commercial production.
Canadian Film and Television Production Association 160 John St., 5th Fl. Toronto, ON M5V 2E5 Canada Phone: 416-304-0280 Fax: 416-304-0499 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.cftpa.ca The CFTPA's mission is to create the most favorable national and international environment for the film industry and culture to prosper.
Film Arts Foundation 145 9th St., Ste. 101 San Francisco, CA 94103 US Phone: 415-552-8760 Fax: 415-552-0882 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.filmarts.org The FAF is a nonprofit leader in the media arts field, providing comprehensive training, equipment, information, consultations and exhibition opportunities to independent filmmakers.
Casting Society of America 606 N. Larchmont Blvd., Ste. 4-B Los Angeles, CA 90004 US Phone: 323-463-1925 Fax: 323-463-5753 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.castingsociety.com Casting Society of America is an association of casting professionals in film, television and theater.
Hollywood Post Alliance Phone: 626-799-1733 Fax: 626-799-1247 Web Address: www.hpaonline.com The HPA is an organization dedicated to serving the entertainment technology industry by bringing together the post-production community.
Directors Guild of America, Inc. (Los Angeles) 7920 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046 US Phone: 310-289-2000 Fax: 310-289-2029 Toll Free: 800-421-4173 Web Address: www.dga.org The Directors Guild seeks to protect directorial teams' legal and artistic rights, contend for their creative freedom and strengthen their ability to develop meaningful and credible careers. Directors Guild of America, Inc. (New York) 110 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10019 US Phone: 212-581-0370 Fax: 212-581-1441 Toll Free: 800-356-3754 Web Address: www.dga.org The Directors Guild seeks to protect directorial teams' legal and artistic rights, contend for their creative freedom and strengthen their ability to develop meaningful and credible careers.
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees 1430 Broadway, 20th Fl. New York, NY 10018 US Phone: 212-730-1770 Fax: 212-730-7809 Web Address: www.iatse-intl.org The IATSE is the labor union representing technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theater, film and television production and trade shows. International Animated Film Society (Hollywood) 721 S. Victory Blvd. Burbank, CA 91502 US Phone: 818-842-8330 Fax: 818-842-5645 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.asifa-hollywood.org/index.html The IAFS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the art of animation. International Documentary Association 1201 W. 5th St., Ste. M320 Los Angeles, CA 90017-1461 US Phone: 213-534-3600
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[email protected] Web Address: www.fiatifta.org IFTA is an association of broadcast and national audiovisual archives and libraries involved in the collection and preservation of film and television images. International Quorum of Film and Video Producers Web Address: www.iqfilm.org The International Quorum of Film and Video Producers is a select group of filmmakers and video producers representing 36 countries on six continents. Media Communications Association International 401 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 US Phone: 312-321-5171 Fax: 312-673-6716 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.itva.org The MCAI is the leading global community for media communications professionals seeking to drive the convergence of communications and technology for the growth of the profession. Motion Picture Association of America 15503 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91436 US Phone: 818-995-6600 Web Address: www.mpaa.org The MPAA serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries. Motion Picture Editors Guild 7715 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 200 Hollywood, CA 90046 US Phone: 323-876-4770 Fax: 323-876-0861 Web Address: www.editorsguild.com This web site provides an online directory of editors, a discussion forum and links to related magazines
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and other organizations that serve the motion picture industry. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 111 W. 57th St., Ste. 600 New York, NY 10019 US Phone: 212-586-8424 Fax: 212-246-8129 Web Address: www.emmyonline.org The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. National Academy of Television Journalists Fax: 410-543-0658 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.angelfire.com/md/natj The NATJ was established to assist journalism graduates as they enter the world of television news. National Association of Television Program Executives 2425 Olympic Blvd., Ste. 600 E. Santa Monica, CA 90404 US Phone: 310-453-4440 Fax: 310-453-5258 Web Address: www.natpe.org NATPE is the leading association for content professionals in the global television industry. National Cable and Telecommunications Association 1724 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-775-3550 Web Address: www.ncta.com The NCTA is the principal trade association of the cable television industry in the United States. National Cable Television Center and Museum 2000 Buchtel Blvd. Denver, CO 80210 US Phone: 303-871-4885 Fax: 303-971-4514 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.cablecenter.org The NCTC supports communication in the business, technology and programming of cable telecommunications and provides education, training and research for all aspects of the industry.
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National Cable Television Institute 8022 Southpark Cir., Ste. 100 Littleton, CO 80120 US Phone: 303-797-9393 Fax: 303-797-0829 Web Address: www.ncti.com The NCTI is the largest independent provider of broadband communications training in the world. National Council for Families & Television 20 Nassau St., Ste. 200 Princeton, NJ 08542 US Phone: 310-443-2000 Fax: 310-208-5984 E-mail Address:
[email protected] The NCFT promotes women's issues on television. National Film Board of Canada 360 Albert St., Ste. 1560 Ottawa, ON K1A 0M9 Canada Phone: 613-992-3615 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nfb.ca The NFB is a public agency that produces and distributes films and other audiovisual works that reflect Canada to Canadians and the rest of the world. National Film Preservation Board 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington, DC 20540 US Phone: 202-707-5912 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://lcweb.loc.gov/film The federally charted NFPB seeks to preserve national film treasures. National Film Preservation Foundation 870 Market St., Ste. 1113 San Francisco, CA 94102 US Phone: 415-392-7291 Fax: 415-392-7293 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.filmpreservation.org The NFPF is the nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to save America's film heritage. Producers Guild of America 8530 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 450 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 US Phone: 310-358-9020 Fax: 310-358-9520 E-mail Address:
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Web Address: www.producersguild.org The PGA is a nonprofit organization for career professionals who initiate, create, coordinate, supervise and control all aspects of the motion picture and/or television production process. Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures 10660 Riverside Dr., 2nd Fl., Ste. E Toluca Lake, CA 91602 US Phone: 818-766-4334 Fax: 818-766-5943 Web Address: www.stuntmen.com The SAMP is a nonprofit organization of top stuntmen in the motion picture and television industries. Sundance Institute P.O. Box 3630 Salt Lake City, UT 84110 US Phone: 801-328-3456 Fax: 801-575-5175 Web Address: www.institute.sundance.org The Sundance Institute is dedicated to the development of artists involved in independent film and the exhibition of their work. Syndication Network Television Association 630 5th Ave., Ste. 2320 New York, NY 10111 US Phone: 212-259-3740 Fax: 212-259-3770 Web Address: www.snta.com The SNTA is an organization of national and independent television stations that syndicate television shows. Television Bureau of Canada 160 Bloor St., Ste. 1005 Toronto, ON M4W 1B9 Canada Phone: 416-923-8813 Fax: 416-923-8739 Web Address: www.tvb.ca The Television Bureau of Canada is a resource center for television stations, networks and their sales representatives. Television Critics Association Toll Free: 818-754-4757 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.tvcritics.org The TCA is an organization of reporters and columnists in the print media industry in the U.S. and Canada.
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Women In Film Phone: 310-657-5144 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.wif.org WIF's purpose is to empower, promote and mentor women in the entertainment, communication and media industries through a network of contacts, educational programs and events. XI.
Film & Television Resources
Baseline, Inc. 520 Broadway St., Ste. 230 Santa Monica, CA 90401 US Phone: 310-393-9999 Fax: 310-393-7799 Toll Free: 800-858-3669 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.baseline.hollywood.com Baseline.Hollywood.com is a B2B informational tool serving and supporting those in the film, television, media and financial sectors of the entertainment industry. Directors World 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 600 Los Angeles, CA 90036 US Phone: 323-634-3400 Fax: 323-634-3500 Web Address: www.directorsworld.com DirectorsWorld.com is an Internet community for film and video professionals providing daily information on the art, technology and business of directing. IFILM 1024 N. Orange Dr. Hollywood, CA 90038 US Phone: 323-308-3400 Web Address: www.ifilm.com IFILM is a leading broadband entertainment content network for consumers and marketers. Independent Feature Project 104 W. 29th St., 12th Fl. New York, NY 10001-5310 US Phone: 212-465-8200 Fax: 212-465-8525 Web Address: www.ifp.org The IFP exists to facilitate the professional development and exhibition of new work from a diverse community of American filmmakers.
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Movieweb Web Address: www.movieweb.com Movieweb features links to studio web sites and tracks box office results. Museum of Broadcast Communications 9 W. Kinzie St. Chicago, IL 60610 US Phone: 312-629-6000 Fax: 312-629-6009 Web Address: www.mbcnet.org The MBC is one of only two broadcast museums in America and offers visitors interactive exhibits on the history of radio and television. Museum of Television and Radio 25 W. 52nd St. New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-621-6800 Web Address: www.mtr.org The Museum of Television and Radio, with locations in both New York and Los Angeles, provides a historical look at the broadcasting industry. Samuel French Theater and Film Bookshops 45 W. 25th St., Dept. W New York, NY 10010 US Phone: 212-206-8990 Fax: 212-206-1429 Web Address: www.samuelfrench.com Samuel French seeks out the world's best plays and makes them available to a wide range of producing groups. SCREENSite Web Address: www.tcf.ua.edu/ss A resource center for film and TV scholarship with an archive of course syllabi, e-mail listings of media scholars, conference information, school listings and the SCS job list. Screenwriters Online Web Address: www.screenwriter.com Screenwriters Online is a web site offering information on screenwriting, scriptwriting and creative writing software, books, supplies and contests.
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XII. Film Links Media-Link Web Address: www.kidon.com/media-link Media-Link provides newspaper, film, television, radio and other related media links divided by section and country. XIII. First-Time Jobs/New Grads Black Collegian Home Page Web Address: www.black-collegian.com Features listings for job and internship opportunities. Includes a list of the top 100 minority corporate employers and an assessment of job opportunities. California School-to-Career Information System Phone: 916-654-6138 Web Address: www.stc.cahwnet.gov A joint project of California’s public school systems and local business partners aimed at helping students move easily from school into employment. CollegeGrad.com 1629 Summit Dr., Ste. 200 Cedarburg, WI 53012-9399 US Phone: 262-376-1000 Fax: 262-376-1030 Web Address: www.collegegrad.com Offers in-depth resources for new grads seeking entry-level jobs. Job Web 62 Highland Ave. Bethlehem, PA 18017-9085 US Phone: 610-868-1421 Fax: 610-868-0208 Toll Free: 800-544-5272 Web Address: www.jobweb.com Provided by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, this site includes job openings and employer descriptions. Also offers a database of career fairs, searchable by state or keyword, with contact information. MonsterTrak 5 Clock Tower Pl., Ste. 500 Maynard, MA 01754 US Fax: 310-474-2537 Toll Free: 800-999-8725 Web Address: www.monstertrak.com Links to hundreds of university and college career centers across the U.S. with entry-level job listings
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categorized by industry. Major companies also utilize MonsterTrak. National Association of Colleges and Employers 62 Highland Ave. Bethlehem, PA 18017-9085 US Phone: 610-868-1421 Fax: 610-868-0208 Toll Free: 800-544-5272 Web Address: www.naceweb.org The premier U.S. organization representing college placement offices and corporate recruiters who focus on hiring new grads. The site offers in-depth resources. XIV. Industry Associations-Automotive Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration 280 Enterprise Ct. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-0312 US Phone: 248-322-5900 Fax: 248-322-5976 Web Address: www.ami-c.org AMIC is a worldwide organization of motor vehicle manufacturers created to facilitate the development and standardization of automotive information and entertainment interfaces to motor vehicle communication networks. XV. Industry Associations-Retail Video Software Dealer Association 16530 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 400 Encino, CA 91436 US Fax: 818-385-0567 Toll Free: 800-955-8732 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.vsda.org The VSDA is the trade organization that represents the home video entertainment industry. XVI. Industry Research/Market Research ACNielsen 770 Broadway New York, NY 10003 US Phone: 646-654-5000 Fax: 646-654-5002 Web Address: http://acnielsen.com/ ACNielsen provides market research, information and analysis for a number of industries.
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ACNielsen EDI 6255 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028 US Phone: 323-860-4600 Fax: 323-860-4610 Web Address: www.entdata.com ACNielsen EDI provides the film industry with instantaneous and comprehensive box office results. Adams Media Research 27865 Berwick Dr. Carmel, CA 93923 US Phone: 831-624-0303 Fax: 813-624-2190 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.adamsmediaresearch.com Adams Media Research is a media industry source of market data and financial analysis in the filmed entertainment and interactive media markets. Debbie Flanagan’s Industry Information E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/industry.ht ml This site provides a wealth of information about where and how to learn about specific industries. The links are useful for job seekers and researchers of all types. Forrester Research 400 Technology Sq. Cambridge, MA 02139 US Phone: 617-613-6000 Fax: 617-613-5000 Web Address: www.forrester.com Forrester Research identifies and analyzes emerging trends in technology and their impact on business. Among the firm's specialties are the financial services, retail, health care, entertainment, automotive and information technology industries. Marketresearch.com 11810 Parklawn Dr. Rockville, MD 20852 US Phone: 301-468-3650 Fax: 301-468-3651 Web Address: www.marketresearch.com This firm is a leading broker for market research and industry analysis written by professionals. Users can search the company's database of market research publications.
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Mindbranch 160 Water St. Williamstown, MA 01267 US Phone: 413-458-7600 Fax: 413-458-1706 Toll Free: 800-774-4410 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.mindbranch.com Mindbranch is a broker for industry research prepared by market research professionals. Users can browse the user-friendly site organized by a broad range of industries and business topics. Customers can also receive superb telephone support and suggestions about research reports. Plunkett Research, Ltd. P.O. Drawer 541737 Houston, TX 77254-1737 US Phone: 713-932-0000 Fax: 713-932-7080 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.plunkettresearch.com Plunkett Research, Ltd. is a leading provider of market research, industry trends analysis and business statistics. Since 1985, it has served clients worldwide, including corporations, universities, libraries, consultants and government agencies. At the firm's web site, visitors can view product information and pricing, and visitors can access a great deal of basic market information on industries such as financial services, InfoTech, e-commerce, health care and biotech. Reuters Investor 100 William St. New York, NY 10038 US Web Address: www.investor.reuters.com Reuters Investor (formerly Multex) is an excellent source for industry and company reports written by professional stock and business analysts. It also offers news and advice on stocks, funds and personal finance, and it has a superb tool that allows users to screen a database of major corporations and view pertinent financial and business data on the selected firms. Simba Information P.O. Box 4234 11 River Bend Dr. Stamford, CT 06907-0234 US Phone: 203-358-4100 Fax: 203-358-5824 Toll Free: 800-307-2529
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Internet Business/Technology
Association for Interactive Media 1430 Broadway, 8th Fl. New York, NY 10018 US Fax: 212-391-9233 Toll Free: 888-337-0008 Web Address: www.imarketing.org This nonprofit association is geared toward persons using the Internet for business purposes. World Teleport Association 55 Broad St., 14th Fl. New York, NY 10004 US Phone: 212-825-0218 Fax: 212-825-0075 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.worldteleport.org The WTA is a nonprofit trade association representing the key commercial players in broadband. XVIII.
Job Listings, General
America's Job Bank Toll Free: 877-872-5627 Web Address: www.jobsearch.org Developed by the U.S. Department of Labor as part of an array of web-based job tools, America's Job Bank offers an extensive list of searchable employment vacancies as well as other job resources. Career Exposure, Inc. 805 SW Broadway, Ste. 2250 Portland, OR 97205 US Phone: 503-221-7779 Fax: 503-221-7780 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.careerexposure.com An online career center and job placement service, with features for employers, recruiters and job seekers. CareerBuilder 333 Research Ct., Ste. 200 Norcross, GA 30092 US
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Phone: 866-438-1485 Toll Free: 800-891-8880 Web Address: www.careerbuilder.com CareerBuilder focuses on the needs of companies but also provides a database of job openings. Resumes are sent directly to the company, and applicants can set up a special e-mail account for job-seeking purposes. Careers.wsj.com from the Publishers of the Wall Street Journal Fax: 609-520-4731 Toll Free: 800-369-2834 Web Address: www.careers.wsj.com The Wall Street Journal's interactive job search and career-management site posts job opportunities with employers worldwide. Provides a weekly career column and a range of articles about topics including promotion, career crisis and negotiation for higher wages. DirectEmployers E-Recruiting Association, Inc. 4040 Vincennes Cir., 4th Fl. Indianapolis, IN 46268 US Phone: 317-874-9000 Fax: 317-874-9100 Toll Free: 866-268-6206 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.directemployers.com Operated by the nonprofit E-Recruiting Association, this site links users directly to job opportunities posted on the sites of participating employers, thus bypassing the usual job search sites. Since employers must pay Monster.com and other listing sites for each job opportunity they want to list, it can become too expensive for a growing employer to list all available jobs on third-party sites. Consequently, using DirectEmployers.com saves the employer money and gives job seekers an opportunity to see many more jobs. FlipDog.com 3210 N. Canyon Rd., Ste. 300 Provo, UT 84604 US Fax: 801-818-0879 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.flipdog.com This unique job search engine, free to both job seekers and employers, scours the Internet to find jobs available at over 45,000 corporate sites.
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HotJobs 406 W. 31st St. New York, NY 10001 US Web Address: www.hotjobs.yahoo.com Designed for experienced professionals, this Yahoobased site provides company profiles, a resume posting service and a resume workshop. The site allows posters to block resumes from being viewed by certain companies and provides a notification service of new jobs. HRS Federal Job Search Web Address: www.hrsjobs.com This site features a database of federal jobs available across the U.S. The job seeker creates a profile with desired job type, salary and location to receive applicable postings by e-mail. Mediabistro.com 494 Broadway, 4th Fl. New York, NY 10012 US Phone: 212-929-2588 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://mediabistro.com/ Media Bistro offers an array of employment resources, including job listings in the media industry. Monster Board (The) Toll Free: 800-666-7837 Web Address: www.monster.com The Monster Board is an electronic career center that hosts more than 8,000 employers and serves more than 1 million job seekers each month. Job seekers can build and store a resume online and find job listings that match their profiles. Monster e-mails the results once per week. Recruiters Online Network 947 Essex Ln. Medina, OH 44256 US Fax: 888-237-8686 Toll Free: 888-364-4667 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.recruitersonline.com Recruiters Online provides job postings from more than 7,000 recruiters, Careers Online Magazine and a resume database, as well as other resources. TrueCareers, Inc. 11600 Sallie Mae Dr. Reston, VA 20193 US Toll Free: 800-441-4062
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[email protected] Web Address: www.newspaperlinks.com This useful web site, a service of the Newspaper Association of America, links individuals to local, national and international newspapers. Job seekers can search through thousands of classified sections. . Society of Human Resource Management 1800 Duke St. Alexandria, VA 22314 US Phone: 703-548-3440 Fax: 703-535-6490 Toll Free: 800-283-7476 Web Address: www.shrm.org SHRM provides frequently updated information for hiring managers. This site also has an online library of articles by key word and provides the latest news in employment and labor law. Vault.com 150 W. 22nd St. New York, NY 10011 US Phone: 212-366-4212 Web Address: www.vault.com Vault.com is a comprehensive career web site for employers and employees, with job postings and valuable information on the employment industry. The site focuses on helping the user understand what it's really like to work at a particular firm. Many of the features are focused on MBAs, and the site offers a wide variety of industry guides for sale. XX. Libraries Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington, DC 20540 US Phone: 202-707-5000 Web Address: www.loc.gov The Library of Congress is the national repository of published materials in the U.S. and the largest library in the world.
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XXI. Media Associations Association of America’s Public Television Stations 666 11th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 US Phone: 202-654-4200 Fax: 202-654-4236 Web Address: www.apts.org The APTS is a nonprofit membership organization formed to support the continued growth and development of strong and financially sound noncommercial television service for the American public. Center for Communication, Inc. 561 Broadway, Ste. 12-B New York, NY 10012 US Phone: 212-686-5005 Fax: 212-504-2632 Web Address: www.cencom.org The Center for Communication is a nonprofit organization that encourages university students to meet professionals in communications industries. Country Music Association, Inc. One Music Cir. S. Nashville, TN 37203 US Phone: 615-244-2840 Fax: 615-726-0314 Web Address: www.cmaworld.com The CMA is a trade association dedicated to promoting and guiding the development of country music throughout the world. Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. 819 18th Ave. S. Nashville, TN 37203 US Phone: 615-327-4487 Fax: 615-329-4492 Web Address: www.crb.org CRB brings country radio broadcasters from around the world together with the country music industry for the purpose of assuring the continued vitality of the country radio format. International Association of Audio Information Services P.O. Box 847 Lawrence, KS 66044 US Toll Free: 800-280-5325 Web Address: www.iaais.org
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[email protected] Web Address: www.recordingmedia.org The IRMA is a worldwide trade association encompassing organizations involved in every facet of recording media. National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Inc. 1155 Connecticut Ave., Ste. 600 Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-463-8970 Fax: 202-429-0657 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nabob.org The NABOB seeks to improve and increase the opportunities for success for black and minority owners in the broadcast industry. National Association of Hispanic Journalists 1000 National Press Bldg. Washington, DC 20045-2001 US Phone: 202-662-7145 Fax: 202-662-7144 Toll Free: 800-346-6245 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.nahj.org The NAHJ is dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. National Captioning Institute 1900 Gallows Rd., Ste. 3000 Vienna, VA 22182 US Phone: 703-917-7600 Fax: 703-917-9853 Web Address: www.ncicap.org The NCI is a nonprofit corporation that promotes and provides closed captioning technology and services to make television programming accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29202 US Phone: 803-777-4104 Fax: 803-777-4103 Web Address: www.jour.sc.edu The University of South Carolina offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism and mass communications. Women in Cable & Telecommunications 14555 Avion Pkwy., Ste. 250 Chantilly, VA 20151 US Phone: 703-234-9810 Fax: 703-817-1595 Web Address: www.wict.org WICT exists to advance the position and influence of women in media through leadership programs and services at both the national and local level. XXII.
Media Information
BIA Financial Network, Inc. 15120 Enterprise Ct., Ste. 100 Chantilly, VA 20151 US Phone: 703-818-2425 Fax: 703-803-3299 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.bia.com BIA offers merchant banking and financial and strategic advisory services for media, telecommunications and related industries. SRDS Media Solutions 1700 Higgins Rd. Des Plaines, IL 60018-5605 US Phone: 847-375-5000 Fax: 847-375-5001 Toll Free: 800-851-7737 Web Address: www.srds.com SRDS creates publications and directories that unite the buyers and sellers of media coverage throughout the nation. Veronis Suhler Stevenson 350 Park Ave. New York, NY 10022 US Phone: 212-935-4990 Fax: 212-381-8168 Web Address: www.veronissuhler.com Veronis Suhler Stevenson is a leading independent merchant bank solely dedicated to the media,
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Publications
Advertising Age Group 711 3rd Ave. New York, NY 10017 US Phone: 212-210-0100 Web Address: www.adage.com Advertising Age Group offers marketing and advertising news and information through five leading publications. Adweek.com Toll Free: 800-562-2706 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.adweek.com Adweek provides information to the retail advertising, marketing and media professions. Billboard Billboard Publications One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036 US E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.billboard.com Billboard provides news and reviews of the music and recording industries. Editor & Publisher 770 Broadway New York, NY 10003-9595 US Toll Free: 800-722-6658 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.editorandpublisher.com Editor & Publisher is the authoritative weekly magazine covering the newspaper industry in North America. Publishers Weekly P.O. Box 16178 North Hollywood, CA 91615-6178 US Phone: 212-463-6758 Fax: 212-463-6631 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.publishersweekly.com Publishers Weekly is the international news magazine of the book industry, reaching every major publisher worldwide.
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Variety, Inc. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 120 Los Angeles, CA 90036 US Phone: 323-857-6600 Fax: 323-857-0494 Web Address: www.variety.com Variety is a popular source for entertainment news, offering subscription-based content on its web site. XXIV.
Radio
New York State Broadcasters Association 1800 Western Ave. Albany, NY 12203 US Phone: 518-456-8888 Fax: 518-456-8943 Web Address: www.nysbroadcastersassn.org NYSBA serves as the primary advocate and active representative for New York State's broadcast industry in state and national issues. Public Radio News Directors, Inc. Web Address: www.prndi.org PRNDI is a nonprofit national service organization that encourages the professional development and training of public radio journalists. Radio Advertising Bureau 1320 Greenway Dr., Ste. 500 Irving, TX 75038 US Toll Free: 800-232-3131 Web Address: www.rab.com The RAB's mission is to increase the awareness, credibility and salability of radio by designing, developing and implementing appropriate programs, research, tools and activities for member stations. Radio Marketing Bureau 175 Bloor St. E. Toronto, ON M4W 3R8 Canada Phone: 416-922-5757 Fax: 416-922-6542 Toll Free: 800-667-2346 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.rmb.ca The RMB is a marketing source for radio advertising in Canada, representing stations generating over 80% of all Canadian radio revenue.
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XXV. Recording Associations American Composers Alliance 73 Spring St., Ste. 505 New York, NY 10012 US Phone: 212-362-8900 Fax: 212-925-6798 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.composers.com The ACA is a membership organization serving professional composers of concert music in America. American Federation of Musicians 1501 Broadway, Ste. 600 New York, NY 10036 US Phone: 212-869-1330 Fax: 212-764-6134 Web Address: www.afm.org The AFM is the largest union in the world for music professionals. American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers One Lincoln Plaza New York, NY 10023 US Phone: 212-621-6000 Fax: 212-724-9064 Web Address: www.ascap.com ASCAP is a membership association of U.S. composers, songwriters and publishers of every kind of music with hundreds of thousands of members worldwide. Association for Independent Music P.O. Box 16754 Rocky River, OH 44116 US Phone: 440-333-2208 Fax: 440-333-2280 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.afim.org The AFIM exists to bring the independent music community together through shared information and education. Broadcast Music, Inc. 320 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10019-3790 US Phone: 212-586-2000 Web Address: www.bmi.com BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music.
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Music Publisher’s Association of the United States PMB 246, 1562 1st Ave. New York, NY 10028 US Phone: 212-327-4044 Fax: 212-327-4044 Web Address: www.mpa.org The MPA serves as a forum for publishers to deal with the music industry’s vital issues and is actively involved in supporting and advancing compliance with copyright law, combating copyright infringement and exploring the need for further reform. National Association of Recording Merchandisers 9 Eves Dr., Ste. 120 Marlton, NJ 08053 US Phone: 856-596-2221 Fax: 856-596-3268 Web Address: www.narm.com The NARM is a not-for-profit trade association whose member companies represent the retailers, wholesalers and distributors of prerecorded music in the U.S. National Music Publisher’s Association 475 Park Ave. S., 29th Fl. New York, NY 10016 US Phone: 646-742-1651 Fax: 646-742-1779 Web Address: www.nmpa.org The NMPA works to interpret copyright law, educate the public about licensing and safeguard the interests of its members. Recording Academy (The) 3402 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 US Phone: 310-392-3777 Web Address: www.grammy.com The Recording Academy is the premier outlet for honoring achievements in the recording arts and supporting the music community. Recording Industry Association of America 1330 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 300 Washington, DC 20036 US Phone: 202-775-0101 Fax: 202-775-7253 Web Address: www.riaa.com The RIAA is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry.
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Society of Professional Audio Recording Services P.O. Box 770845 Memphis, TN 38177 US Phone: 901-821-9111 Fax: 901-682-9177 Toll Free: 800-771-7727 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.spars.com SPARS is an organization for members of the recording industry to share practical business information about audio and multimedia facility ownership, management and operations. Songwriters Guild of America 1500 Harbor Blvd. Weehawken, NJ 07086 US Phone: 201-867-7603 Fax: 201-867-7535 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.songwriters.org The SGA is the nation's largest and oldest songwriters' organization, serving its members with information and programs to further their careers and understanding of the music industry. XXVI.
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Screen Actors Guild (New York) 360 Madison Ave., 12th Fl. New York, NY 10036 US Phone: 212-944-1030 Fax: 212-944-6774 Web Address: www.sag.org SAG New York represents guild members in New York and serves as the east-coast headquarters. Screen Actors Guild (National Headquarters) 5757 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036-3600 US Phone: 323-954-1600 Fax: 323-549-6603 Web Address: www.sag.org The SAG represents its members through negotiation and enforcement of collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits and working conditions for performers.
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U.S. Government Agencies
Bureau of Economic Analysis 1441 L St. Washington, DC 20230 US Phone: 202-606-9900 Web Address: www.bea.doc.gov The BEA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the nation's economic accountant, preparing estimates that illuminate key national, international and regional aspects of the United States economy. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE Washington, DC 20212-0001 US Phone: 202-691-5200 Fax: 202-691-6325 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: http://stats.bls.gov/ The BLS is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the field of labor economics and statistics. It is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes and disseminates statistical data to the American public, U.S. Congress, other federal agencies, state and local governments, business and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor. FCC-Common Carrier Bureau 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC 20554 US Phone: 202-418-1500 Fax: 202-418-2825 Web Address: www.fcc.gov/wcb The CCB is responsible for administering the FCC's policies concerning companies that provide wireline telecommunications.
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Washington, DC 20554 US Fax: 202-418-0232 Toll Free: 888-225-5322 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.fcc.gov/mb The Mass Media Bureau regulates broadcast television and radio stations in the United States. FCC-Office of Engineering & Technology 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC 20554 US Fax: 202-418-0232 Toll Free: 888-225-5322 Web Address: www.fcc.gov/oet The Office of Engineering and Technology evaluates technologies and equipment. FCC-Wireless Bureau 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC 20554 US Fax: 202-418-0232 Toll Free: 888-225-5322 Web Address: http://wireless.fcc.gov/ The Wireless Bureau handles nearly all FCC domestic wireless telecommunications programs and policies. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC 20554 US Fax: 202-418-0232 Toll Free: 888-225-5322 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.fcc.gov The FCC is an independent U.S. Government agency established by the Communications Act of 1934 and charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
FCC-International Bureau 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC 20554 US Fax: 202-418-0232 Toll Free: 888-225-5322 Web Address: www.fcc.gov/ib The International Bureau exists to administer the FCC's international telecommunications policies and obligations.
Government Printing Office 732 N. Capitol St. NW Washington, DC 20401 US Phone: 202-512-0000 Fax: 202-512-1262 Toll Free: 888-293-6498 E-mail Address:
[email protected] Web Address: www.gpo.gov The GPO is the online source for many government books and documents.
FCC-Mass Media Bureau 445 12th St. SW
International Trade Association Toll Free: 800-872-8723
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[email protected] Web Address: www.trade.gov This U.S. Government agency provides a wealth of information regarding imports and exports. In addition, it publishes in-depth analyses and statistics on various industry sectors and provides assistance to U.S. firms that wish to increase their exports. U.S. Business Advisor Web Address: www.business.gov U.S. Business Advisor offers a searchable directory of business-specific government information. Topics include taxes, regulations, international trade, financial assistance and business development. U.S. Business Advisor was created by the Small Business Administration and an interagency task force. U.S. Census Bureau 4700 Silver Hill Rd. Washington, DC 20233 US Web Address: www.census.gov The U.S. Census Bureau is the official collector of data about the people and economy of the U.S. It provides official social, demographic and economic information. U.S. Copyright Office Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 US Phone: 202-707-3000 Fax: 202-707-2600 Web Address: www.copyright.gov The U.S. Copyright Office promotes the progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors. U.S. Department of Labor Francis Perkins Bldg. 200 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20210 US Toll Free: 866-487-2365 Web Address: www.dol.gov The Department of Labor is the Federal Government agency responsible for labor regulations. This site provides tools to help citizens find out whether companies are complying with family and medicalleave requirements. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 450 5th St. NW Washington, DC 20549 US Phone: 202-942-8088 Toll Free: 800-732-0330
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Chapter 4 THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 Who They Are and How They Were Chosen The companies listed in PLUNKETT’S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC comprise a unique list. THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 (the actual count is 401 companies) were chosen specifically for their dominance in the many facets of entertainment and media in which they operate. Complete information about each firm can be found in the Individual Profiles at the end of this chapter. These profiles are in alphabetical order by company name. THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 includes companies from all parts of the United States, Europe, Asia/Pacific and beyond and from all entertainment and media-related industry segments, including radio and television broadcasting, cable TV, satellite broadcasting, equipment and services, book publishing, multimedia, magazine publishing, newspapers, media retailing, gambling, video distribution and rental, movie production, movie theaters and more. Simply stated, the list contains 400 of the largest, most successful, fastest growing firms in entertainment and media and related industries. To be included in our list, the companies had to meet the following criteria: 1) Generally, these are U.S.-based, private sector corporations. (In addition, 54 foreign-based firms are included. These are companies that have significant operations in the U.S. or are operating
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in fields that we believe to be of great interest to our readers.) Stock issued by the firm is sold to the public (except for a number of firms that are privatelyheld, which we have added in order to round-out certain niche sets of companies—these include organizations that were previously publicly-held but are now private or that have become subsidiaries of acquiring firms). The companies have prominence or a significant presence in entertainment and media or supporting fields. (See the following Industry Codes section for a complete list of types of businesses that are covered.) The companies in THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 do not have to operate exclusively in the entertainment and media field. Financial data and vital statistics must have been available to the editors of this book either directly from the company being written about or from outside sources deemed reliable and accurate by the editors. A small number of companies that we would have liked to include in THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 are not listed because of a lack of sufficient, objective data.
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INDEXES TO THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400, AS FOUND IN THIS CHAPTER AND IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK: Industry Codes 76 Index of Rankings within Industry Groups 78 Alphabetical Index 89 Geographic Indexes Index of Headquarters Location by State 93 Index of Headquarters Location by Country 97 Index by Regions of the U.S. where THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 have Locations 98 Index by Firms with International Locations 109 Index of Firms Noted as “Hot Spots for Advancement” for Women/Minorities 512 Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 514
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INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES This book refers to the following list of unique industry codes, based on the 1997 NAIC code system (NAIC is used by many analysts as a replacement for older SIC codes because NAIC is more specific to today’s industry sectors). Companies profiled in this book are given a primary NAIC code, reflecting the main line of business of each firm. Entertainment & Hospitality Book & Magazine Distribution Books or Magazines Distribution Games/Software and Recorded Music Distribution Publishing 511130 Books, Publishing 511140 Databases and Directories, Publishing 511191 Greeting Cards, Publishing 511120 Magazines Publishing 511110 Newspapers, Publishing Film, Video & Music Recording 512131 Movie Theaters 512110 Movie and Television Production 512230 Music, Publishing 512191 Film and Video Post-Production 532230 Video Rental Broadcasting 513120 Television Broadcasting 513210 Cable TV Networks 513220 Cable and Satellite TV & Data Carriers 513111 Radio Broadcasting 513111A Radio Broadcasting via Satellite or Online Hotels & Accommodations 721110 Hotels/Resorts/Motels 721120 Casinos with Hotels 721211 RV Parks and Campgrounds Food Service 722110 Restaurants Gambling & Recreation 713950 Bowling Facilities 713210 Casinos/Horse Racing, Gambling 713940 Fitness Centers/Health Clubs 713290 Gambling Equipment 713990 Games/Auto Racing/Misc. Recreation 713910 Golf Courses and Country Clubs 713920 Snow Skiing Facilities 713110 Theme Parks/Rides/Game Centers Entertainment Events & Sports 711310 Entertainment Events 711211 Stadiums/Sports Teams 422920 422921
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Financial Data Financial Data Publishing- Print and Online Banking, Credit & Finance Banking/Savings Associations Insurance Insurance-Life Insurance-Direct Property and Casualty Carriers Credit Bureau Credit Bureau
InfoTech 334111 334310 513340 514191 541512
Computers & Electronics Manufacturing Computer Hardware, Manufacturing Audio and Video Equipment, Manufacturing Satellites, Manufacturing Satellite Equipment, Manufacturing Information & Data Processing Services Online Service, Online Publishing and Niche Portals Information Services-Professional Consulting--Computer and Internet
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Other Retailers, Misc. Retailers Nonstore Retailers 454110A Direct Selling, Including Mail Order and Misc. Online 454110B TV Shopping
Services 541613 541810 541810A 541870 541910 551110
Telecommunications Telecommunications 513300A Telephone Service--Local 513390A Internet Access Provider, Broadband Connections 513390D Specialty and Internet Telecommunications Services
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Food Products Manufacturing Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing Beverage & Tobacco Manufacturing Beverages--Breweries Printing Services Printing Electrical Equipment, Appliances, Tools Electrical Equipment/Appliances/Tools, Manufacturing Toys, Sporting Goods & Miscellaneous Manufacturing Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Retailing Automobiles & Parts Stores Auto Dealers, Retail Computers & Electronics Stores 443110 Electronics, Audio and Appliance Stores 443110E Electronics, Audio and Appliance StoresOnline Sporting Goods, Hobbies, Books & Music Stores 451120 Toys/Hobbies/Games Stores 451211 Book Stores 451211E Book Stores-Online 451220 Music Stores 451220E Music Stores-Online Miscellaneous Retailers 453220 Gift/Sundry Stores 441110
Consulting & Professional Services Consulting--Marketing Advertising Services Advertising/Marketing--Online Advertising Material Distribution Services Market Research Management Management of Companies and Enterprises
Transportation 483112
Ships Cruise Lines
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INDEX OF RANKINGS WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS 2002 Industry Sales Sales Code (thousands) Rank Advertising Material Distribution Services DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC 541870 66,300 1 Advertising Services BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK 541810 690 7 BULL RUN CORP 541810 113,100 5 INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC 541810 94,600 6 INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS 541810 6,204,000 2 LAMAR ADVERTISING CO 541810 775,700 3 OMNICOM GROUP INC 541810 7,536,000 1 TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV 541810 464,000 4 Advertising/Marketing--Online 24/7 REAL MEDIA 541810A 42,558 6 BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES 541810A 2,300 8 DOUBLECLICK INC 541810A 300,200 4 ENGAGE INC 541810A 21,400 7 GOOGLE INC 541810A MONSTER WORLDWIDE 541810A 1,114,622 1 NETCREATIONS INC 541810A OVERTURE SERVICES INC 541810A 667,700 3 TRAFFIX INC 541810A 44,000 5 YAHOO! INC 541810A 953,100 2 Audio and Video Equipment, Manufacturing DIGEO INC 334310 DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS 334310 41,100 3 DOLBY LABORATORIES INC 334310 120,000 2 SONY CORPORATION 334310 57,117,000 1 SRS LABS INC 334310 19,000 5 TIVO INC 334310 19,400 4 Auto Dealers, Retail LARRY H MILLER GROUP 441110 1,630,500 1 Beverages--Breweries ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC 312120 13,566,000 1 Book Stores BARNES & NOBLE INC 451211 4,870,400 1 BOOKS A MILLION INC 451211 442,900 3 BORDERS GROUP INC 451211 3,387,900 2 Book Stores--Online AMAZON.COM INC 451211E 3,932,900 1 BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC 451211E 422,800 2 Books or Magazines Distribution ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC 422920 756,100 2 EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC 422920 1,400,000 1
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2002 2002 Industry Sales Sales Profits Profits Code (thousands) Rank (thousands) Rank Books, Publishing 1-800-ATTORNEY INC 511130 EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 511130 20,600 9 1,500 6 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO 511130 1,211,000 5 INTERVISUAL BOOKS INC 511130 JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 511130 734,400 6 57,300 3 MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC 511130 299,000 7 31,000 4 MCGRAW HILL COS INC 511130 4,787,700 2 576,800 1 MEDIA SOURCE INC 511130 7,400 11 2,400 5 MILLBROOK PRESS INC 511130 18,600 10 -700 7 PEARSON PLC 511130 6,962,000 1 -179,000 9 RANDOM HOUSE INC 511130 2,096,200 3 SCHOLASTIC CORP 511130 1,917,000 4 93,500 2 THOMAS NELSON INC 511130 215,600 8 -49,500 8 Bowling Facilities AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE 713950 341,900 1 -34,600 2 BOWL AMERICA INC 713950 29,800 2 3,800 1 Cable and Satellite TV & Data Carriers ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS 513220 BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING 513220 4,251,000 7 -2,117,100 20 CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP 513220 4,003,407 8 90,112 1 CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS 513220 1,512,000 11 -244,500 14 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS 513220 4,566,000 6 -2,514,000 21 CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS 513220 COMCAST CORP 513220 12,460,000 2 -274,000 15 COX COMMUNICATIONS INC 513220 5,039,000 4 -274,000 16 CTN MEDIA GROUP INC 513220 ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS 513220 4,820,800 5 -881,700 18 HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP 513220 8,934,900 3 -891,100 19 I-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 513220 277,100 17 15,100 4 INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC 513220 807,900 16 -48,000 9 KNOLOGY INC 513220 141,869 22 31,995 3 LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT 513220 235,000 19 -29,100 7 MDU COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC 513220 3,016 23 -2,988 5 MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS 513220 923,000 13 -161,700 11 ON COMMAND CORP 513220 238,397 18 -42,607 8 PANAMSAT CORP 513220 812,300 15 85,000 2 PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS 513220 901,800 14 -185,100 13 PRIMACOM AG 513220 190,800 20 -145,000 10 SHAW COMMUNICATIONS 513220 1,211,500 12 -184,900 12 SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED 513220 167,700 21 -14,700 6 TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS 513220 2,065,000 9 -4,468,000 22 UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC 513220 1,515,000 10 -504,400 17 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA 513220 61,075,000 1 -24,473,000 23 Cable TV Networks CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC 513210 161,000 5 -311,700 4
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2002 2002 Industry Sales Sales Profits Profits Code (thousands) Rank (thousands) Rank DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 513210 1,710,000 4 INTERACTIVECORP 513210 4,621,200 3 1,953,100 1 MATAV-CABLE SYSTEMS MEDIA LTD 513210 106,600 6 7,300 3 NASPERS LIMITED 513210 RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP 513210 TIME WARNER INC 513210 41,065,000 1 -98,686,000 5 VIACOM INC 513210 24,606,000 2 726,000 2 Casinos with Hotels AMERISTAR CASINOS INC 721120 698,000 9 40,500 5 AZTAR CORP 721120 834,300 7 58,900 3 BOARDWALK CASINO INC 721120 BOYD GAMING CORP 721120 1,228,900 6 40,000 6 DIAMONDHEAD CASINO CORP 721120 300 14 -800 10 HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT 721120 4,136,400 2 235,000 2 KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 721120 573,700 10 39,603 7 MANDALAY RESORT GROUP 721120 2,461,800 4 53,000 4 MGM MIRAGE 721120 4,031,300 3 292,500 1 PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT 721120 4,652,000 1 -824,000 14 RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORP 721120 188,300 11 -24,700 12 SANDS REGENT 721120 34,100 12 -200 9 STATION CASINOS INC 721120 792,900 8 17,900 8 TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC 721120 1,229,000 5 -12,000 11 WYNN RESORTS LIMITED 721120 1,200 13 -31,700 13 Casinos/Horse Racing, Gambling ARGOSY GAMING CO 713210 936,800 3 71,500 2 CANTERBURY PARK HOLDING 713210 41,700 12 2,300 9 CENTURY CASINOS INC 713210 29,300 13 3,100 8 CHURCHILL DOWNS INC 713210 439,200 7 21,000 5 COLONIAL HOLDINGS INC 713210 DOVER DOWNS GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INC 713210 219,806 9 21,442 4 EQUUS GAMING CO 713210 FLORIDA GAMING CORP 713210 10,500 16 -500 12 FULL HOUSE RESORTS INC 713210 4,800 18 1,000 10 GLOBAL CASINOS INC 713210 2,700 19 -1,800 13 ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC 713210 1,085,300 2 LOTTERY AND WAGERING SOLUTIONS INC 713210 7,100 17 600 11 MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT 713210 549,200 5 -14,400 16 MONARCH CASINO & RESORT 713210 111,000 11 8,600 7 MTR GAMING GROUP INC 713210 266,300 8 17,900 6 PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC 713210 657,500 4 30,800 3 PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT 713210 496,500 6 -69,600 18 PRESIDENT CASINOS INC 713210 129,200 10 -20,700 17 RANK GROUP PLC (THE) 713210 2,360,200 1 1,990,500 1 SCIOTO DOWNS INC 713210 STAR CITY HOLDINGS LTD 713210 TRANS WORLD CORP 713210 14,200 15 -3,300 14
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2002 Industry Sales Sales Code (thousands) Rank YOUBET.COM INC 713210 25,900 14 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing HERSHEY FOODS CORP 311330 4,120,300 1 Computer Hardware, Manufacturing APPLE COMPUTER INC 334111 5,742,000 1 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 334111 4,183,300 2 Computer Software ACTIVISION INC 511200 786,400 4 ALIAS SYSTEMS INC 511200 BIOWARE CORP 511200 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 511200 1,724,700 2 INSTRUCTIVISION INC 511200 760 14 INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC 511200 4,300 13 INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR 511200 18,200 11 SYSTEMS INTERVIDEO INC 511200 45,500 9 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC 511200 MACROVISION CORP 511200 102,300 7 MICROSOFT CORP 511200 28,365,000 1 PLATO LEARNING INC 511200 74,400 8 REALNETWORKS INC 511200 182,700 6 SKILLSOFT CORP 511200 44,271 10 THQ INC 511200 480,500 5 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES 511200 800,000 3 WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC 511200 13,900 12 Consulting--Computer and Internet NETRATINGS INC 541512 29,700 1 Consulting--Marketing MDI ENTERTAINMENT INC 541613 Credit Bureau DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) 561450 1,275,600 1 Credit Card Issuing AMERICAN EXPRESS CO 522210 23,807,000 1 Cruise Lines CARNIVAL CORPORATION 483112 4,368,300 1 DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO 483112 ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES 483112 3,434,300 2 ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES 483112 STAR CRUISES LIMITED 483112 1,573,600 3 Databases and Directories, Publishing DAG MEDIA INC 511140 6,500 4 PROQUEST COMPANY 511140 428,300 2 THOMSON CORPORATION 511140 7,756,000 1 TRANSWESTERN PUBLISHING 511140 335,400 3 Direct Selling, Including Mail Order and Misc. Online HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP 454110A 58,200 2
Company
2002 Profits
Profits (thousands) Rank -9,000 15 403,600
1
65,000 802,500
2 1
52,200
3
101,500 -9 2,000
2 9 7
1,300 7,700
8 6
12,100 7,829,000 -1,100 -38,400 -9,640 13,000
5 1 10 13 11 4
-19,200
12
-38,900
1
143,400
1
2,671,000
1
1,015,900
1
351,300
2
50,900
3
-1,100 22,800 615,000 26,200
4 3 1 2
-81,600
1
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2002 2002 Industry Sales Sales Profits Profits Code (thousands) Rank (thousands) Rank TICKETMASTER 454110A 811,200 1 TICKETS.COM INC 454110A Electrical Equipment/Appliances/Tools, Manufacturing GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) 335000 130,685,000 1 14,118,000 1 Electronics, Audio and Appliance Stores BEST BUY CO INC 443110 19,597,000 1 570,000 1 CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC 443110 12,792,000 2 219,000 3 GOOD GUYS INC (THE) 443110 819,700 4 -40,000 8 HARVEY ELECTRONICS INC 443110 41,500 9 200 7 INTERTAN INC 443110 393,800 8 13,600 5 RADIOSHACK CORPORATION 443110 4,577,200 3 263,400 2 REX STORES CORP 443110 464,500 7 22,400 4 TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC 443110 796,100 5 -165,100 9 ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS INC 443110 580,200 6 12,000 6 Electronics, Audio and Appliance Stores--Online BUY.COM INC 443110E Entertainment Events RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP 711310 12,000 1 -500 1 Film and Video Post-Production ASCENT MEDIA GROUP 512191 539,300 1 -135,200 4 BROADVIEW MEDIA INC 512191 7,800 4 -300 3 LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP 512191 31,800 3 1,200 2 POINT.360 512191 68,400 2 2,800 1 Financial Data Publishing- Print and Online BLOOMBERG LP 514100 3,000,000 2 HYPERFEED TECHNOLOGIES 514100 19,800 5 -4,400 3 INTERACTIVE DATA CORP 514100 375,000 3 60,700 1 REUTERS GROUP PLC 514100 5,761,000 1 -651,000 4 VALUE LINE INC 514100 87,400 4 20,300 2 Fitness Centers/Health Clubs 24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE 713940 BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORP 713940 968,100 1 3,500 1 CURVES INTERNATIONAL INC 713940 750,000 2 GOLD'S GYM INTERNATIONAL 713940 Gambling Equipment ACRES GAMING INC 713290 26,400 12 3,900 9 ALLIANCE GAMING CORP 713290 594,100 3 63,800 3 AMERICAN WAGERING INC 713290 12,000 14 900 12 ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD 713290 499,200 4 45,200 5 ELOT INC 713290 GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL 713290 48,900 11 2,700 11 GTECH HOLDINGS CORP 713290 1,009,700 2 83,600 2 INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES 713290 52,000 10 3,100 10 INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY 713290 1,847,568 1 271,165 1 LITTLEFIELD CORP 713290 11,400 15 -2,700 14 MIKOHN GAMING CORP 713290 102,600 8 -37,900 15
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2002 Industry Sales Sales Code (thousands) Rank MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC 713290 291,000 6 PAUL-SON GAMING CORP 713290 21,900 13 SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORP 713290 455,300 5 SHUFFLE MASTER INC 713290 56,100 9 WMS INDUSTRIES INC 713290 174,700 7 Games/Auto Racing/Misc. Recreation AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC 713990 144,400 3 CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM 713990 57,200 6 CHELL GROUP CORPORATION 713990 DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC 713990 93,700 5 INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY 713990 543,300 1 SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS 713990 376,000 2 SPORTS CLUB CO INC 713990 122,500 4 Games/Software and Recorded Music Distribution BMG (SONY BMG) 422921 2,700,000 2 INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC 422921 WARNER MUSIC GROUP 422921 4,205,000 1 Gift/Sundry Stores DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES 453220 1,300,000 1 Golf Courses and Country Clubs AMERICAN GOLF 713910 CLUBCORP 713910 947,000 1 GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC 713910 Greeting Cards, Publishing AMERICAN GREETINGS 511191 2,355,700 2 CSS INDUSTRIES INC 511191 424,300 3 HALLMARK CARDS INC 511191 4,200,000 1 Hotels/Resorts/Motels BOCA RESORTS INC 721110 273,000 2 STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC 721110 4,659,000 1 Insurance-Direct Property and Casualty Carriers BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 524126 42,670,000 1 Insurance-Life JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION 524113 3,480,000 1 Internet Access Provider, Broadband Connections NUCENTRIX BROADBAND NETWORKS INC 513390A 35,200 2 UNITED ONLINE INC 513390A 167,515 1 Magazines Publishing ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC 511120 5,565,000 1 DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD 511120 EMAP PLC 511120 1,466,900 4 HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS 511120 JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC 511120 MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC 511120 295,000 7 MEREDITH CORP 511120 987,800 6 PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC 511120 15,000 10
Company
2002 Profits
Profits (thousands) Rank 25,300 6 -2,200 13 52,100 4 14,000 7 9,900 8 -2,800 -14,600
2 3
-22,700 -410,900 56,200 -16,800
5 5 1 4
-61,600
1
122,300 21,500
1 2
34,400 355,000
2 1
4,286,000
1
475,000
1
-31,400 -47,810
1 2
156,800
1
7,300 91,400
4 2
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2002 2002 Industry Sales Sales Profits Profits Code (thousands) Rank (thousands) Rank PENTON MEDIA INC 511120 235,100 9 -286,300 6 PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC 511120 277,600 8 -17,100 5 PRIMEDIA INC 511120 1,587,600 3 -599,400 8 READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC 511120 2,368,600 2 91,200 3 RODALE INC 511120 UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC 511120 1,278,600 5 -385,100 7 US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT LP 511120 WENNER MEDIA LLC 511120 ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC 511120 Management of Companies and Enterprises CALL NOW INC 551110 5,700 1 LAKES GAMING INC 551110 1,500 2 -11,500 1 VULCAN VENTURES 551110 Market Research VNU NV 541910 4,481,100 1 177,800 1 Miscellaneous Manufacturing AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC 339000 Movie and Television Production ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM 512110 602,400 5 29,700 4 AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP 512110 1,500 21 -600 8 CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA 512110 92,602 12 13,409 5 CINAR CORPORATION 512110 90,100 13 -4,200 13 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC 512110 DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT 512110 3,800 19 -800 9 DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS 512110 DREAMWORKS SKG 512110 FILM ROMAN INC 512110 43,300 14 -2,100 11 FIRST LOOK MEDIA 512110 26,700 15 -9,400 15 HARPO INC 512110 IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT INC 512110 94,800 11 -200 7 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP 512110 2,084,000 2 -5,330,000 18 LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT 512110 267,700 8 -46,200 16 LUCASFILM LTD 512110 1,350,000 4 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC 512110 1,654,100 3 -142,200 17 MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES 512110 2,200 20 -800 10 NOSTALGIA NETWORK 512110 NTN COMMUNICATIONS INC 512110 25,600 16 -2,200 12 ON STAGE ENTERTAINMENT 512110 22,000 17 PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC 512110 4,200 18 -4,500 14 PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS 512110 201,700 9 90,000 2 RENTRAK CORPORATION 512110 102,600 10 9,000 6 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT 512110 35,115,132 1 WESTWOOD ONE INC 512110 550,800 6 109,100 1 WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC 512110 425,000 7 42,200 3 Movie Theaters AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC 512131 1,341,500 2 -11,500 3
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Industry Code CARMIKE CINEMAS INC 512131 CINEMASTAR LUXURY THEATERS INC 512131 IMAX CORPORATION 512131 IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC 512131 LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT 512131 READING ENTERTAINMENT 512131 REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 512131 Music Stores CD WAREHOUSE INC 451220 MTS INC 451220 TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP 451220 WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC 451220 Music Stores--Online AUDIBLE INC 451220E LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA 451220E MP3.COM INC 451220E NAPSTER LLC 451220E Music, Publishing INTEGRITY INC 512230 Newspapers, Publishing BELO CORP 511110 COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER HOLDINGS INC 511110 COX ENTERPRISES INC 511110 DAILY JOURNAL CORP 511110 DOW JONES & COMPANY INC 511110 E W SCRIPPS CO 511110 FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS 511110 GANNETT CO INC 511110 HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC 511110 HEARST CORPORATION 511110 HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL 511110 JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS 511110 JOURNAL REGISTER CO 511110 KNIGHT RIDDER INC 511110 LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS 511110 LEE ENTERPRISES INC 511110 MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) 511110 MEDIA GENERAL INC 511110 MEDIANEWS GROUP INC 511110 METRO INTERNATIONAL SA 511110 MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS 511110 NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) 511110 NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC 511110 PULITZER INC 511110 TRIBUNE CO 511110 WASHINGTON POST CO 511110
2002 Sales
Sales (thousands) Rank 507,200 4 24,000 7 130,700 5
2002 Profits
Profits (thousands) Rank -39,800 4 12,000
2
856,200 35,000 2,140,200
3 6 1
-187,900
5
120,200
1
982,800 1,388,000 604,300
2 1 3
-57,200 16,800 -53,700
3 1 2
12,400
1
-17,200
1
66,300
1
2,200
1
1,427,800
11
131,100
9
9,900,000 34,000 1,559,200 1,535,700
2 21 9 10
1,200 201,500 188,300
16 6 7
6,422,000 908,800 3,565,000 1,006,200 801,400 407,800 2,841,600
3 14 5 13 16 20 7
1,160,000 90,700
1 10
-238,900 57,900 49,200 257,400
19 12 13 4
523,656 1,081,900 836,800 711,130
18 12 15 17
79,830 131,200 -72,900 12,365
11 8 18 15
3,079,000 11,200 416,000 5,384,000 2,584,200
6 22 19 4 8
299,700 -700 34,700 443,000 204,300
3 17 14 2 5
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2002 2002 Industry Sales Sales Profits Profits Code (thousands) Rank (thousands) Rank Online Service, Online Publishing and Niche Portals CNET NETWORKS INC 514191 237,000 3 -360,600 12 GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC 514191 1,001,391 2 -6,423,175 13 HOOVER'S INC 514191 31,600 11 -11,600 7 INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC 514191 141,800 4 -13,700 8 IVILLAGE INC 514191 59,400 6 -34,000 10 JUPITERMEDIA CORP 514191 40,700 9 -500 3 MARKETWATCH.COM INC 514191 44,500 8 -9,700 6 NATIONAL LAMPOON INC 514191 940 14 NEWSEDGE CORPORATION 514191 ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC 514191 57,800 7 4,400 2 PINNACOR INC 514191 34,600 10 -5,300 4 REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC 514191 8,051,600 1 290,300 1 RSTAR CORPORATION 514191 25,800 12 -25,900 9 SALON MEDIA GROUP INC 514191 3,600 13 -8,000 5 SPORTSLINE.COM INC 514191 62,100 5 -48,200 11 Other Retailers, Misc. Retailers GETTY IMAGES INC 453990 463,000 1 21,500 1 Printing COURIER CORP 323000 202,200 2 16,200 2 BANTA CORPORATION 323000 303,489 1 43,799 1 Radio Broadcasting BEASLEY BROADCASTING GROUP 513111 114,700 12 -3,700 5 CITADEL BROADCASTING 513111 348,900 7 -89,200 10 CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC 513111 8,421,000 1 -16,054,000 14 CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC 513111 418,800 5 -106,500 13 COX RADIO INC 513111 420,600 4 46,000 1 CUMULUS MEDIA INC 513111 252,600 9 -92,800 12 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS 513111 533,800 3 -61,900 8 ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS 513111 391,300 6 -83,100 9 GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV 513111 68,100 14 200 4 INFINITY BROADCASTING 513111 3,754,600 2 RADIO ONE 513111 295,900 8 7,100 3 RADIO UNICA COMMUNICATIONS CORP 513111 45,700 15 -24,600 7 REGENT COMMUNICATIONS 513111 70,400 13 -6,400 6 SALEM COMMUNICATIONS 513111 164,300 10 14,000 2 SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC 513111 140,200 11 -89,900 11 Radio Broadcasting via Satellite or Online SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO 513111A 800 2 -422,500 1 XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC 513111A 20,200 1 -495,000 2 Restaurants LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC 722110 894,800 1 41,500 1 RV Parks and Campgrounds THOUSAND TRAILS INC 721211 82,600 1 8,300 1 Snow Skiing Facilities AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY 713920 272,100 2 173,900 1
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2002 Industry Sales Sales Code (thousands) Rank BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS 713920 120,500 3 BOYNE USA RESORTS 713920 VAIL RESORTS INC 713920 615,300 1 Specialty and Internet Telecommunications Services AMERICAN TOWER CORP 513390D 788,400 2 CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP 513390D 901,500 1 Stadiums/Sports Teams ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 711211 Telephone Service--Local NTL INCORPORATED 513300A 3,265,100 1 RCN CORP 513300A 457,400 2 Television Broadcasting ACME COMMUNICATIONS INC 513120 36,000 26 BERTELSMANN AG 513120 19,193,000 1 BRITISH BROADCASTING CORP 513120 4,822,700 6 CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS 513120 1,458,000 9 CBS TELEVISION 513120 7,490,000 4 ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP 513120 238,469 18 FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC 513120 154,088 22 FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 513120 9,725,000 3 GRANITE BROADCASTING 513120 135,300 23 GRAY TELEVISION INC 513120 198,600 21 GRUPO TELEVISA SA 513120 2,075,400 8 HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION 513120 721,300 12 LIBERTY CORPORATION 513120 206,400 20 LIN TV CORP 513120 349,600 16 MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB 513120 694,500 13 NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY INC (NBC UNIVERSAL) 513120 7,149,000 5 NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED 513120 16,344,000 2 NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP INC 513120 133,839 24 PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS 513120 276,900 17 RTL GROUP SA 513120 4,571,800 7 SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC 513120 114,800 25 SBS BROADCASTING SA 513120 536,600 15 SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP 513120 731,400 11 TV AZTECA SA DE CV 513120 644,000 14 UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS 513120 1,091,300 10 YOUNG BROADCASTING INC 513120 225,100 19 Theme Parks/Rides/Game Centers ALL-AMERICAN SPORTPARK 713110 2,300 6 CEDAR FAIR LP 713110 502,900 3 CINEMA RIDE INC 713110 2,200 7 GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT 713110 414,400 4 PALACE ENTERTAINMENT 713110 SIX FLAGS INC 713110 1,037,900 2 SKYLINE MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INC 713110 7,300 5
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2002 Profits
Profits (thousands) Rank -1,900 3 7,600
2
-1,141,900 -272,500
2 1
-2,375,800 -1,408,200
2 1
-56,000 973,000 -22,700 8,400
18 1 13 8
-10,645 -1,991 581,000 -79,700 -27,900 71,100 108,000 -14,400 -47,300 -7,700
11 9 2 21 14 6 3 12 17 10
-6,738,000 -46,796 -303,900 -58,700 14,000 -37,500 -564,400 95,000 86,500 -65,600
24 16 22 19 7 15 23 4 5 20
-200 71,400 -1,900 95,200
4 3 6 2
-105,700 -600
7 5
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2002 2002 Industry Sales Sales Profits Profits Code (thousands) Rank (thousands) Rank WALT DISNEY COMPANY 713110 25,329,000 1 1,236,000 1 Toys/Hobbies/Games Stores ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC 451120 406,900 3 44,900 1 ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP 451120 1,015,100 2 17,700 2 GAMESTOP INC 451120 1,121,100 1 7,000 3 TV Shopping SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION 454110B 195,800 2 -22,600 2 VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL 454110B 462,300 1 -9,500 1 Video Rental Stores BLOCKBUSTER INC 532230 5,566,000 1 -1,628,000 5 HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT 532230 471,800 4 4,000 3 HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT 532230 1,490,100 2 241,900 1 MOVIE GALLERY INC 532230 529,000 3 20,900 2 NETFLIX 532230 152,800 5 -21,900 4
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GEOGRAPHICAL INDEXES 1) Company headquarters locations by state 2) Foreign company headquarters locations by country 3) Offices and subsidiaries by regions of the U.S. 4) Firms with international operations The headquarters location of each company is listed in the following indexes to help you locate members of THE ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA 400. However, companies are constantly opening and closing various locations. You should consider contacting companies that particularly interest you, to see whether they have locations in your area.
INDEX OF HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE To help you locate members of THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 geographically, the city and state of the headquarters of each company are indexed. ALABAMA BOOKS A MILLION INC; Birmingham COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER HOLDINGS INC; Birmingham EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC; Birmingham INTEGRITY INC; Mobile MOVIE GALLERY INC; Dothan
ARIZONA ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC; Phoenix AZTAR CORP; Phoenix
CALIFORNIA 24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE; San Ramon ACME COMMUNICATIONS INC; Santa Ana ACTIVISION INC; Santa Monica ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC; San Diego AMERICAN GOLF; Santa Monica APPLE COMPUTER INC; Cupertino ASCENT MEDIA GROUP; Santa Monica AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP INC; Los Angeles BUY.COM INC; Aliso Viejo CINEMA RIDE INC; Studio City CINEMASTAR LUXURY THEATERS INC; Oceanside CNET NETWORKS INC; San Francisco DAILY JOURNAL CORP; Los Angeles DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT; Walnut DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC; Burbank DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS INC; Agoura Hills DOLBY LABORATORIES INC; San Francisco
www.plunkettresearch.com DREAMWORKS SKG; Glendale ELECTRONIC ARTS INC; Redwood City ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION; Santa Monica FILM ROMAN INC; North Hollywood FIRST LOOK MEDIA; Los Angeles FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC; Irvine GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC; Pasadena GOLD'S GYM INTERNATIONAL; Venice GOOD GUYS INC (THE); Alameda GOOGLE INC; Mountain View HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP; El Segundo IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT INC; Chatsworth INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS; Carlsbad INTERVIDEO INC; Fremont INTERVISUAL BOOKS INC; Los Angeles IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC; Burbank KNIGHT RIDDER INC; San Jose LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP; Hollywood LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA; Redwood City LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC; San Rafael LUCASFILM LTD; San Rafael MACROVISION CORP; Santa Clara MARKETWATCH.COM INC; San Francisco MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE); Sacramento METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC (MGM); Santa Monica MP3.COM INC; San Diego MTS INC; West Sacramento NAPSTER LLC; West Hollywood NATIONAL LAMPOON INC; Los Angeles NETFLIX; Los Gatos NETRATINGS INC; Milpitas NTN COMMUNICATIONS INC; Carlsbad OVERTURE SERVICES INC; Pasadena PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC; Agoura Hills PALACE ENTERTAINMENT; Irvine PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS; Emeryville POINT.360; Hollywood READING ENTERTAINMENT; Los Angeles SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP; Camarillo SALON MEDIA GROUP INC; San Francisco SPORTS CLUB CO INC (THE); Los Angeles SRS LABS INC; Santa Ana THQ INC; Calabasas Hills TICKETMASTER; West Hollywood TICKETS.COM INC; Costa Mesa TIVO INC; Alviso TRANSWESTERN PUBLISHING; San Diego UNITED ONLINE INC; Westlake Villiage UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC; Los Angeles VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT; Universal City VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES; Los Angeles WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE); Burbank
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COLORADO AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC; Louisville AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC; Fort Collins ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP; Denver BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC; Vail CENTURY CASINOS INC; Cripple Creek CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC; Englewood ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP; Littleton GLOBAL CASINOS INC; Boulder LIBERTY MEDIA CORP; Englewood MEDIANEWS GROUP INC; Denver ON COMMAND CORP; Denver RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP; Louisville ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS INC; Thornton UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC; Denver VAIL RESORTS INC; Avon
CONNECTICUT ELOT INC; Norwalk GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE); Fairfield INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC; Stamford JUPITERMEDIA CORP; Darien MILLBROOK PRESS INC; Brookfield PANAMSAT CORP; Wilton WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC; Stamford
DELAWARE DOVER DOWNS GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INC; Dover DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC; Dover
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE); Washington US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT LP; Washington WASHINGTON POST CO; Washington XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC; Washington
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GEORGIA BULL RUN CORP; Atlanta CARMIKE CINEMAS INC; Columbus COX COMMUNICATIONS INC; Atlanta COX ENTERPRISES INC; Atlanta COX RADIO INC; Atlanta CTN MEDIA GROUP INC; Atlanta CUMULUS MEDIA INC; Atlanta GRAY TELEVISION INC; Atlanta KNOLOGY INC; West Point MDI ENTERTAINMENT INC; Alpharetta MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION; Augusta
ILLINOIS ARGOSY GAMING CO; Alton BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION; Chicago HARPO INC; Chicago HYPERFEED TECHNOLOGIES; Chicago JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC; Chicago PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC; Chicago TRIBUNE CO; Chicago WMS INDUSTRIES INC; Waukegan
INDIANA CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM; Indianapolis EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP; Indianapolis
IOWA LEE ENTERPRISES INC; Davenport MEREDITH CORP; Des Moines
FLORIDA
KENTUCKY
1-800-ATTORNEY INC; Lake Helen BEASLEY BROADCASTING GROUP; Naples BOCA RESORTS INC; Boca Raton CARNIVAL CORPORATION; Miami DIAMONDHEAD CASINO CORPORATION; Madeira Beach FLORIDA GAMING CORP; Miami GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC; North Palm Beach HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP; Boca Raton INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP; Daytona Beach LOTTERY AND WAGERING SOLUTIONS INC; Ft. Lauderdale
CHURCHILL DOWNS INC; Louisville REGENT COMMUNICATIONS; Covington
LOUISIANA DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE); New Orleans LAMAR ADVERTISING CO; Baton Rouge
MARYLAND DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC; Silver Springs RADIO ONE; Lanham SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC; Hunt Valley
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MASSACHUSETTS AMERICAN TOWER CORP; Boston COURIER CORP; North Chelmsford ENGAGE INC; Andover HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO; Boston INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION; Bedford NEWSEDGE CORPORATION; Burlington ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC; Concord TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC; Canton
MICHIGAN BORDERS GROUP INC; Ann Arbor BOYNE USA RESORTS; Boyne Falls PROQUEST COMPANY; Ann Arbor SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC; Grosse Pointe Farms
MINNESOTA BEST BUY CO INC; Richfield BROADVIEW MEDIA INC; Minneapolis CANTERBURY PARK HOLDING CORP; Shakopee LAKES GAMING INC; Minnetonka PLATO LEARNING INC; Bloomington VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC; Eden Prairie
MISSISSIPPI BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES; Ocean Springs ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC; Biloxi
MISSOURI AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC; Kansas City ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC; St. Louis CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS; St. Louis CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS INC; St. Louis HALLMARK CARDS INC; Kansas City PRESIDENT CASINOS INC; St. Louis PULITZER INC; St. Louis
NEBRASKA BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC; Omaha
NEW HAMPSHIRE SKILLSOFT CORP; Nashua
NEW JERSEY AUDIBLE INC; Wayne DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B); Short Hills HARVEY ELECTRONICS INC; Lyndhurst INSTRUCTIVISION INC; Pine Brook INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC; West Patterson JOHN WILEY & SONS INC; Hoboken JOURNAL REGISTER CO; Trenton MDU COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC; Totowa RCN CORP; Princeton
www.plunkettresearch.com TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC; Atlantic City
NEVADA ACRES GAMING INC; Las Vegas ALL-AMERICAN SPORTPARK; Las Vegas ALLIANCE GAMING CORP; Las Vegas AMERICAN WAGERING INC; Las Vegas AMERISTAR CASINOS INC; Las Vegas BOARDWALK CASINO INC; Las Vegas BOYD GAMING CORP; Las Vegas CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP; Las Vegas FULL HOUSE RESORTS INC; Las Vegas GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL INC; Reno HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC; Las Vegas INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY; Reno MANDALAY RESORT GROUP; Las Vegas MGM MIRAGE; Las Vegas MIKOHN GAMING CORP; Las Vegas MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC; Reno ON STAGE ENTERTAINMENT; Las Vegas PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT; Las Vegas PAUL-SON GAMING CORP; Las Vegas PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC; Las Vegas RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORP; Las Vegas SANDS REGENT; Reno SHUFFLE MASTER INC; Las Vegas STATION CASINOS INC; Las Vegas WYNN RESORTS LIMITED; Las Vegas
NEW YORK 24/7 REAL MEDIA; New York ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC; Staten Island AMERICAN EXPRESS CO; New York BARNES & NOBLE INC; New York BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC; New York BLOOMBERG LP; New York BMG (SONY BMG); New York CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP; Bethpage CBS TELEVISION; New York DAG MEDIA INC; Kew Gardens DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES; Buffalo DOUBLECLICK INC; New York DOW JONES & COMPANY INC; New York FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC; New York GRANITE BROADCASTING CORP; New York HEARST CORPORATION (THE); New York HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC; New York HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC; New York INFINITY BROADCASTING; New York INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC; New York INTERACTIVECORP; New York INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC; New York INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC; New York IVILLAGE INC; New York LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT; New York
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NORTH CAROLINA JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION; Greensboro SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC; Concord
OHIO AMERICAN GREETINGS; Cleveland CEDAR FAIR LP; Sandusky E W SCRIPPS CO; Cincinnati INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES; Mason MEDIA SOURCE INC; Dublin PENTON MEDIA INC; Cleveland REX STORES CORP; Dayton SCIOTO DOWNS INC; Columbus
OKLAHOMA CD WAREHOUSE INC; Oklahoma City EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP; Tulsa SIX FLAGS INC; Oklahoma City
OREGON HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORP; Wilsonville
www.plunkettresearch.com RENTRAK CORPORATION; Portland
PENNSYLVANIA ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP; Coudersport COMCAST CORP; Philadelphia CSS INDUSTRIES INC; Philadelphia ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP; West Chester ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORP; Bala Cynwyd HERSHEY FOODS CORP; Hershey PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP; Bala Cynwyd PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC; Wyomissing RODALE INC; Emmaus WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC; Trevose
RHODE ISLAND GTECH HOLDINGS CORP; West Greenwich LIN TV CORP; Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE); Greenville
SOUTH DAKOTA LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORP; Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO; Nashville INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC; La Vergne REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP; Knoxville THOMAS NELSON INC; Nashville
TEXAS BELO CORP; Dallas BLOCKBUSTER INC; Dallas CALL NOW INC; Selma CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC; San Antonio CLUBCORP; Dallas CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP; Houston CURVES INTERNATIONAL INC; Waco DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC; Irving GAMESTOP INC; Grapevine HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC; San Antonio HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT INC; Amarillo HOOVER'S INC; Austin LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC; Houston LITTLEFIELD CORP; Austin MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC; Austin NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP INC; Irving NUCENTRIX BROADBAND NETWORKS INC; Carollton RADIOSHACK CORPORATION; Fort Worth THOUSAND TRAILS INC; Dallas
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VIRGINIA
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INDEX OF HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY To help you locate companies that have non-U.S. headquarters, the city and country of the headquarters of such companies are included in the following index.
AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC; Richmond BOWL AMERICA INC; Alexandria CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC; Richmond COLONIAL HOLDINGS INC; New Kent GANNETT CO INC; McLean LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC; Norfolk MEDIA GENERAL INC; Richmond
ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD; Lane Cove STAR CITY HOLDINGS LTD; Pyrmont
WASHINGTON
BAHAMAS
AMAZON.COM INC; Seattle DIGEO INC; Kirkland FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC; Seattle GETTY IMAGES INC; Seattle MICROSOFT CORP; Redmond REALNETWORKS INC; Seattle VULCAN VENTURES; Seattle
BERMUDA
WEST VIRGINIA MTR GAMING GROUP INC; Chester
WISCONSIN BANTA CORPORATION; Menasha JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC; Milwaukee
AUSTRALIA
KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; Paradise Island
CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA; Hamilton
CANADA ALIAS SYSTEMS INC; Toronto ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM; Toronto BIOWARE CORP; Edmonton BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC; Kelowna CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS; Winnepeg CHELL GROUP CORPORATION; Toronto CINAR CORPORATION; Montreal CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC; Montreal CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC; Toronto IMAX CORPORATION; Mississauga INTERTAN INC; Barrie LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT; Vancouver MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP; Aurora PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC; Vancouver SHAW COMMUNICATIONS; Calgary THOMSON CORPORATION (THE); Toronto
CHINA I-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS; Tsuen Wan STAR CRUISES LIMITED; Kowloon
FRANCE HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS; Levallois-Perret VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA; Paris
GERMANY BERTELSMANN AG; Gütersloh PRIMACOM AG; Mainz
GREECE ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC; Piraeus
ISRAEL MATAV-CABLE SYSTEMS MEDIA LTD; Netanya
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LUXEMBOURG RTL GROUP SA; Luxembourg SBS BROADCASTING SA; Luxembourg
MEXICO GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV; Mexico City GRUPO TELEVISA SA; Mexico City TV AZTECA SA DE CV; Mexico City
NEW ZEALAND SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED; Auckland
PUERTO RICO EQUUS GAMING CO; Canovanas
SOUTH AFRICA NASPERS LIMITED; Cape Town
SWEDEN MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB; Stockholm
THE NETHERLANDS TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV; Amsterdam VNU NV; Haarlem
UNITED KINGDOM BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; London BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING; Isleworth CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS; London DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD; London EMAP PLC; Peterbough METRO INTERNATIONAL SA; London NTL INCORPORATED; Hook PEARSON PLC; London RANK GROUP PLC (THE); London REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC; London REUTERS GROUP PLC; London TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS; Woking UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC; London
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INDEX OF REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA 400 FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS WEST 24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE 24/7 REAL MEDIA ACME COMMUNICATIONS INC ACRES GAMING INC ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC ACTIVISION INC ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC ALIAS SYSTEMS INC ALL-AMERICAN SPORTPARK ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM ALLIANCE GAMING CORP AMAZON.COM INC AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC AMERICAN EXPRESS CO AMERICAN GOLF AMERICAN GREETINGS AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY AMERICAN TOWER CORP AMERICAN WAGERING INC AMERISTAR CASINOS INC AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP APPLE COMPUTER INC ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD ASCENT MEDIA GROUP AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP INC AZTAR CORP BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION BANTA CORPORATION BARNES & NOBLE INC BELO CORP BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC BERTELSMANN AG BEST BUY CO INC BLOCKBUSTER INC BLOOMBERG LP BOARDWALK CASINO INC BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC BORDERS GROUP INC BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES BOYD GAMING CORP BOYNE USA RESORTS BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC BUY.COM INC CALL NOW INC CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CARMIKE CINEMAS INC
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1-800-ATTORNEY INC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.attorneys.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Directory Publishing Internet Marketing
1-800-ATTORNEY is a leading publisher of legal directories for bar and medical associations throughout the continental U.S. Its goal is to be the nation's leading attorney marketing network. The majority of its revenues come from sales of advertising within the directories in which a wide range of small, medium and large firms advertise their practices. Its directories include member names, addresses, telephone numbers and other pertinent information. The company provides the directories free of charge to individuals or to associations for a fee and allows the associations the opportunity to sell them and keep the profit. Subsidiary PCNA Communications Corp. conducts 1-800-ATTORNEY’s print directory operations and its Internet-based online vendor directory business. The company formed an alliance with Photobooks, Inc. to produce its portal and vendor directory, allowing 1-800ATTORNEY to enter the online publishing arena with minimal overhead or risk. One of the first sites created was Lawmiles.com, which featured an online shopping mall called America’s Legal Superstore. This site has since been discontinued. Another of the early operations is LawLinks.com, a site with a variety of legal information useful to lawyers as well as members of the general public. Subsidiary TheLegalSource.com features the online vendor directory. The firm is currently exploring numerous marketing strategies for its Internet presence at www.attorneys.com. Recently, the firm expanded its business plan to include a group marketing program for attorneys known as the 1-800-ATTORNEY Marketing Network.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: College Directory Publishing, Inc. Attorneys Online TheLegalSource.com LawLinks.com Attorneys.com PCNA Communications Corp. Publishing Company of North America 1-800-ATTORNEY Marketing Network
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Dan Rubin, CEO J. William Wrigley, Pres. J. William Wrigley, COO Sharon A. Enzweiler, VP-IT Dan Rubin, Chmn.
Phone: 386-228-1000 Fax: 386-228-0290 Toll-Free: 800-644-3458 Address: 186 Industrial Center Dr., Lake Helen, FL 32744 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: ATTY 2001 Sales: $6,900 2001 Profits: $-1,800 Employees: 71 2000 Sales: $5,000 2000 Profits: $3,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,500 1999 Profits: $- 200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $152,279 Second Exec. Salary: $134,083 Unique business of printing bar association directories.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE Industry Group Code: 713940 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.24hourfitness.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fitness Centers Online Nutrition Information Day Spa
24 Hour Fitness USA, originally 24 Hour Nautilus Fitness, is the world’s largest privately owned and operated fitness center chain. It was acquired by McCown DeLeeuw & Co. and has since grown to more than 2.6 million members and over 300 clubs in 16 states. The company operates several types of clubs, including the 24 Hour Fitness Active club, which is generally up to 25,000 square feet and may include free weights, cardio equipment, group exercise, personal training, locker rooms, sauna, steam room and kids’ club; the Sports club, which generally ranges from 35,000 to 50,000 square feet and includes all of the Active clubs' amenities as well as a basketball court and/or pool; the Super-Sport clubs, which are generally over 50,000 square feet and can also include tanning beds and massage; and finally the Ultra-Sport club, which is generally over 100,000 square feet and may also include a volleyball court, racquetball, squash, rock climbing, an indoor running track, executive locker rooms and massage. The firm has fitness centers outside of the U.S. in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain and Germany. Re:fresh is the company’s free standing day spa located in San Francisco. Fit:perks, a 24 Hour Fitness program whose partners include eBags, 1-800-flowers.com, Hewlett Packard, LetsTalk.com, Sunglass Hut, Shoes.com and Hertz, offers discounts and benefits to all 24 Hour Fitness members. The firm sponsors several charitable events and organizations including the American Cancer Society and the Magic Johnson Foundation. In recent news, the company became the exclusive official fitness center of the U.S. Olympic Team through the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. It will grant gym memberships to eligible U.S. athletes training for the Olympic Games and Olympic Winter Games as well as upgrade the U.S. Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs; Lake Placid, New York; and Chula Vista, California.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: McCown DeLeeuw & Co. 24 Hour Nautilus Fitness 24 Hour Fitness Active 24 Hour Fitness Sport 24 Hour Fitness Super-Sport 24 Hour Fintess Ultra-Sport Re:fresh Fit:perks
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark S. Mastrov, CEO Colin Heggie, Exec. VP/CFO Craig Pepin-Donat, Exec. VP-Sales and Mktg. Mark S. Mastrov, Chmn.
Phone: 925-543-3100 Fax: 925-543-3229 Toll-Free: Address: 12647 Alcosta Blvd., 5th Fl., San Ramon, CA 94583 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,029,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 27,000 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ The world's largest private fitness club
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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24/7 REAL MEDIA Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.247media.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Internet Advertising
24/7 Real Media is a leading global provider of end-to-end, interactive technology and marketing solutions for web publishers, online advertisers, advertising agencies and emarketers. The firm's solutions include advertising and direct marketing sales, ad serving, promotions, e-mail list management, e-mail list brokerage, e-mail delivery, data analysis, loyalty marketing and convergence solutions. Real Media, one of the largest marketing solutions providers in the U.S. and U.K., provides worldwide Internet advertising sales and representation. The company reaches over half of all online users in the U.S. and maintains several databases, including one with demographic information on roughly 100 million U.S. households. Real Media organizes its business into two principal operating divisions: technology solutions and integrated media solutions. The company’s technology solutions group, through its Open AdSystem platform, is comprised of comprehensive service and software solutions designed specifically for the needs of three targeted customer segments: advertisers and agencies, web publishers and e-commerce merchants. With the acquisition of Insight First, Inc. in January 2003, Real Media began offering solutions for audience management strategies using analytical tools. The integrated media solutions division consists of 24/7 Web Alliance, an alliance of web sites through which client advertisers can place targeted ad campaigns; 24/7 Web Results, a subsidiary that provides performance-based marketing services for the Internet; and other media services, including 24/7 Messenger, an interactive desktop information and managing tool. The company recently announced Business.com and Office.com would begin using Real Media’s Open AdSystem to deliver advertising and sponsorship campaigns targeted specifically for business users. In addition, iNetworkBrokers (iNB), a leading provider of multimedia financial information, recently signed with Real Media, allowing iNB to use the Open AdSystem to serve streaming ads on its network.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Open AdSystem Insight First, Inc. 24/7 Web Alliance 24/7 Web Results 24/7 Messenger
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David J. Moore, CEO Norman Blashka, Exec. VP/CFO Thomas Capato, VP-Tech. Sales Tony Schmitz, Chief Tech. Officer Mark E. Moran, General Counsel Stuart Shaw, VP-Finance and Admin. Jonathan Hsu, VP-Corp. Dev. Jay Aber, Pres., 24/7 Canada Douglas Wagner, Pres., 24/7 Web Results John Barbera, Media Consultant David J. Moore, Chmn. Christopher Wagner, CEO-Europe
Phone: 212-231-7100 Fax: 212-760-1774 Toll-Free: Address: 1250 Broadway, New York, NY 10001-3701 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $23,974 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $-4,781 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $42,558 2002 Profits: $-17,499 Stock Ticker: TFSM 2001 Sales: $52,400 2001 Profits: $-199,600 Employees: 256 2000 Sales: $185,200 2000 Profits: $-779,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $90,000 1999 Profits: $-39,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: ADVANTAGE: Growth into foreign markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $225,000 Second Exec. Salary: $200,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$282,704 $155,382
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ACME COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.acmecommunications.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 26
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 18
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Broadcast Television
ACME Communications, Inc. is a holding company for subsidiaries ACME Intermediate Holdings, LLC and ACME Televisions, LLC. The company owns and operates nine broadcast television stations in medium-sized markets across the United States. Eight of the nine stations are affiliates of the WB Network. The other station is a UPN affiliate. ACME’s television stations broadcast in markets that cover approximately 3.7% of all U.S. television households. The company plans to build four other stations, three of which will be WB affiliates, while the fourth will operate independently. The company believes that medium-sized markets provide advantages that large markets do not, such as fewer competitors and lower operating costs. The firm targets its programming towards younger audiences, particularly young adults, teens and children.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ACME Televisions, LLC ACME Intermediate Holdings
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jamie Kellner, CEO Doug Gealy, Pres. Doug Gealy, COO Tom Allen, CFO Sharon Weiler, VP-Sales Ed Danduran, Controller Brent Stephenson, VP-Eng. Rick Ervin, VP-Distribution and FCC Compliance Jamie McDowell, VP-Promotion Mike Mingroni, VP-Graphics Bob Shaw, VP-Programming Jamie Kellner, Chmn.
Phone: 714-245-9499 Fax: 714-245-9494 Toll-Free: Address: 2101 E. 4th St., Ste. 202A, Santa Ana, CA 92705 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $32,303 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $80,728 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $36,000 2002 Profits: $-56,000 Stock Ticker: ACME 2001 Sales: $70,100 2001 Profits: $-27,800 Employees: 253 2000 Sales: $73,400 2000 Profits: $-22,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $60,000 1999 Profits: $-63,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $387,750 Second Exec. Salary: $258,500
Bonus: Bonus:
$20,000 $
Focus on mid-size markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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ACRES GAMING INC Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.acresgaming.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Bonusing Systems
Acres Gaming, Inc. manufactures and markets electronic equipment and software for the casino gaming industry. Much of its product line uses Acres Bonusing Technology gaming software that improves the efficiency of bonus and incentive programs offered by casinos and makes possible some bonus and incentive programs that have not been offered. Acres also offers slot accounting, player tracking, table game management and visual analysis modules that may be purchased and installed individually or as components of an integrated system marketed as the Acres Advantage. The company sells its products primarily in the United States, Australia and South Africa. Acres has a licensing agreement with Mikohn Gaming Corporation in which Mikohn licenses Acres’ bonusing patents for use in its MoneyTime System. The company also teamed with Bally Gaming and Systems through an agreement that allows Acres to provide game design and engineering for a new line of bonus games that Bally Gaming will manufacture and distribute. During 2003, International Game Technology acquired Acres for $130 million. Acres offers its employees stock options, partial tuition reimbursement and relocation assistance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Acres Bonusing Technology Acres Advantage International Game Technology
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Floyd Glisson, CEO Richard Schneider, Pres. Richard Schneider, COO Patrick W. Cavanaugh, CFO Patrick W. Cavanaugh, Treas. Floyd Glisson, Chmn.
Phone: 702-263-7588 Fax: 702-263-7595 Toll-Free: 888-254-7568 Address: 7115 Amigo, Ste. 150, Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $47,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $17,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $26,400 2002 Profits: $3,900 Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $44,100 2001 Profits: $4,200 Employees: 122 2000 Sales: $17,000 2000 Profits: $-4,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $14,000 1999 Profits: $-7,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $275,000 Bonus: $250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $178,000 Bonus: $54,688 Acres Gaming is the world's leading designer, engineer and manufacturer of innovative and exciting bonusing technology.
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ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC performance.com Industry Group Code: 451120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.action-
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Toys/Hobbies/Games, Retail Autoracing Collectibles and Memorabilia
Action Performance Companies Inc. (APC) is a leading designer of licensed NASCAR, NHRA, Formula One, IRL, and World of Outlaws die-cast scaled replicas of vehicles, apparel and memorabilia. The firm’s business plan is focused on harboring long-term licensing agreements with motor sports drivers and team owners, providing the company with the exclusive rights to design and develop products bearing the team and driver’s name, likeness and image. These contracts typically range from six to ten years. APC distributes its line collectibles and memorabilia through a broad range of wholesale distributors, mass-market retailers, mobile trackside stores, QVC and the company’s own members-only club catalog. The company’s main sales outlet are U.S. massmarket retailers, to which it derives 60% of revenue and includes the Action Racing Collectables, AP, Revell and Brookfield Collector’s Guild brands. The Winner’s Circle brand die-cast products and Racing Collectables Club of America brands are managed by QVC. Additionally, the collectible company has agreements with wholesale distributors throughout Germany, where APC markets its Minichamps collectibles die-cast brand. The company also sells its products under the Chase Authentics brand apparel and memorabilia at most major motor sports races across the U.S. Trackside sales from its mobile track stores currently represent 15% of total revenue. In addition to motor sports products, APC is involved in cross marketing its products through a partnership with the Jim Henson Company. APC has designed Muppet themed racecars for 15 drivers on the NASCAR, NHRA, and World of Outlaws series that were raced. An added bonus of working at the Action Performance Company is the opportunity to interact and work with some of motorsports' biggest names.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Action Racing Collectibles AP Revell Brookfield Collector's Guild Winner's Circle Racing Collectables Club of America Chase Authentic Minichamps Collectibles
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Fred W. Wagenhals, CEO Fred W. Wagenhals, Pres. R. David Martin Jr., CFO Melodee L. Volosin, Exec. VP-Sales Terry Temple, Human Resources Mgr. R. David Martin Jr., Corp. Sec. R. David Martin Jr., Treas. John S. Bickford, Exec. VP-Strategic Alliances Fred W. Wagenhals, Chmn.
Phone: 602-337-3700 Fax: 602-337-3750 Toll-Free: Address: 4707 E. Baseline Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85042 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $370,643 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $24,227 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $406,900 2002 Profits: $44,900 Stock Ticker: ACTN 2001 Sales: $323,400 2001 Profits: $31,900 Employees: 550 2000 Sales: $254,700 2000 Profits: $-58,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $342,000 1999 Profits: $28,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $750,000 Second Exec. Salary: $350,000 Lucrative contracts with NASCAR and QVC.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,117,500 $521,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
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ACTIVISION INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.activision.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Video Games Logistical Services
Activision, Inc. is a leading international publisher of interactive entertainment software products. Its products cover the action, adventure, action-sports, racing, roleplaying, simulation and strategy game categories. Its recent titles include Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, SpiderMan: The Movie, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven and Street Hoops. The firm focuses development and publishing activities principally on products that are, or have the potential to become, franchise properties with sustainable consumer appeal and brand recognition. These products then serve as the basis for sequels, prequels and related new products that are released over an extended period of time. Activision has entered into a series of strategic relationships with the owners of intellectual property pursuant to which it has acquired the rights to publish products based on franchises such as Marvel Comics’ properties including Spider-Man, X-MEN, Iron Man and Fantastic Four, as well as various Disney properties. The company has additionally entered into exclusive licensing agreements to develop and publish video games based on the best-selling children’s book series, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is being developed into a feature film, as well as for DreamWorks SKG’s Shrek 2 and three other computer-animated films, Sharkslayer, Madagascar and Over the Hedge, and their sequels. The company produces products in versions that operate on the Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Game Boy and PC. Its publishing business involves the development, marketing and sale of products, either directly, by license or through its affiliate label program, with third-party publishers. In addition to publishing, it maintains distribution operations in Europe that provide logistical and sales services to third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software, its own publishing operations and manufacturers of interactive entertainment hardware. Activision offers its employees medical, dental, prescription drug, vision, life, AD&D and long-term disability coverage.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Street Hoops Spider Man: The Movie Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Street Hoops
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert A. Kotick, CEO Ronald Doornink, Pres. Ronald Doornink, COO William Chardavoyne, Exec. VP/CFO Michael Rowe, Exec. VP-Human Resources George Rose, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. George Rose, General Counsel Ronald Doornink, CEO/Pres.-Publishing Lawrence Goldberg, Exec. VP-Worldwide Studios Richard A. Steele, Pres.-Distribution Kathy Vrabeck, Exec. VP-Global Publishing and Brand Mgmt. Robert A. Kotick, Chmn.
Phone: 310-255-2000 Fax: 310-255-2100 Toll-Free: Address: 3100 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $864,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $66,200 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $786,400 2002 Profits: $52,200 Stock Ticker: ATVI 2001 Sales: $620,200 2001 Profits: $20,500 Employees: 1,034 2000 Sales: $572,205 2000 Profits: $-34,088 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $436,526 1999 Profits: $14,891
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $425,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $408,375 ADVANTAGE: Long-time leader in interactive entertainment.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$192,694 $199,400
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.adelphia.net
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Internet Service Provider Local and Long-Distance Services Paging Services Security Services Media Services
Adelphia Communications Corporation is a leader in the telecommunications industry, with cable television and local telephone operations, as well as the sixth-largest cable television company in the U.S., providing cable TV service to over 5.3 million subscribers in 32 states and in Puerto Rico. Founded in 1952, Adelphia’s operations consist of cable entertainment, the company’s core video service; Adelphia Digital Cable, with expanded and enhanced viewer options; Adelphia Power Link, providing high-speed Internet access for residential, institutional and business applications; Adelphia Long Distance, offering a competitive rate structure with an emphasis on customer service; Adelphia Security, providing advanced panic, burglary and fire alarms, as well as home automation and entertainment systems; and Adelphia Media Services, the company’s core business of advertising sales. The acquisitions of FrontierVision, Century Communications and Harron Communications have helped Adelphia reach its current number of subscribers. In June 2002, Adelphia and approximately 200 subsidiary units filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to debt problems. Since the bankruptcy filing, Adelphia has successfully restructured its operations and received approval for debtor-inpossession financing, allowing it to continue providing cable and long-distance services. In recent news, Adelphia announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Denver, Colorado to attract and assemble a high-caliber management team with strong cable experience. The company offers employees full medical benefits including disability and travel accident insurance in addition to discounted cable and Internet services.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Adelphia Business Solutions Hyperion Telecommunications Adelphia Media Services FrontierVision Century Communications Harron Communications Adelphia Digital Cable Adelphia Power Link
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William T. Schleyer, CEO Ronald Cooper, Pres. Ronald Cooper, COO Vanessa Wittman, CFO Marwan Fawaz, Chief Tech. Officer Joe Bagan, Chief Admin. Officer Scott Macdonald, Sr. VP/Chief Acc. Officer Ellen Filipiak, Sr. VP-Customer Care Judith Meyka, Sr. VP-Programming William T. Schleyer, Chmn.
Phone: 814-274-9830 Fax: 814-274-8631 Toll-Free: 800-892-7300 Address: One N. Main St., Coudersport, PA 16915-1141 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: ADELQ 2001 Sales: $3,580,100 2001 Profits: $-1,711,800 Employees: 15,735 2000 Sales: $2,909,400 2000 Profits: $-547,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,287,968 1999 Profits: $-240,530
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,407,763 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $236,883 Bonus: One of the nation's largest cable television systems/Operating under bankruptcy.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.advance.net
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Portal Magazines Newspapers
Advance Publications, Inc. is primarily engaged in publishing a variety of magazines, newspapers and business weeklies. Publishing subisidiaries of the company include Conde Nast Publications, Parade Publications, Fairchild Publications, American City Business Journals and Golf Digest Companies. Conde Nast conducts the magazine publishing business of the company, with such well-known publications as Glamour, Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Wired and Vanity Fair. Additionally, Advance owns newspapers in over 20 local markets, such as Alabama, Cleveland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, New Orleans, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Staten Island. Advance has established a media unit called Advance.net to build an Internet presence through subsidiaries CondeNet and Advance Internet. CondeNet, working with the magazines of Conde Nast, has created national brands including Concierge.com, Epicurious.com and Style.com. Advance Internet has developed local brands including NJ.com, Cleveland.com and OregonLive.com. The subsidiary also maintains various special-interest web sites dealing with careers, online car buying and selling and weather information. Advance partnered with Donrey Media Group, E.W. Scripps, Hearst Corporation and MediaNews Group to purchase AdOne Classified Network. AdOne merged with PowerAdz, which allowed the new entity, called PowerOne Media, Inc., to reach 95 out of the top 100 markets, approximately 85% of the market total. The company is also a partner in Time Warner's Road Runner high-speed Internet access service.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Conde Nast Publications American City Business Journals Fairchild Publications PowerOne Media, Inc. CondeNet Advance.net Advance Internet Parade Publications
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., CEO Donald E. Newhouse, Pres. Arthur Silverstein, VP-Finance Arthur Silverstein, VP-Human Resources Peter Weinberger, Pres., Advance Internet Jeff Jarvis, Pres., Advance.net Steven Florio, CEO-Conde Nast Publications Inc. Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 212-286-2860 Fax: 718-981-1456 Toll-Free: Address: 950 Fingerboard Rd., Staten Island, NY 10305 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $5,565,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $4,000,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 27,585 2000 Sales: $4,542,000 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Advance's affluent and highly educated magazine subscriber base contains exactly the type of people most likely to utilize business-to-consumer services and products.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC Industry Group Code: 422920 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.admsweb.com Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Distribution Product Development and Handling Services CD-ROM and Video Distribution Merchandising Services
Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. (AMS) is a leading distributor of general-interest books, bestsellers, reference books, paperbacks, CD-ROMS, computer and business books and books on tape to the membership warehouse club industry and other specialty retailers. The company also sells CD-ROM titles and videocassettes and provides selection advice, specialized merchandising services, product development services and distribution and handling services to more than 800 membership warehouse clubs. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and certain Pacific Rim countries. AMS distributes its products from distribution centers in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Sam’s Club and Costco are the company’s largest clients and represent about threequarters of sales. AMS provides weekly recommendations of new books tailored to each customer’s marketing priorities and also develops specially packaged books and book-related products for its customers. The company’s subsidiary, Advantage Publishers Group, publishes books under the Silver Dolphin, Thunder Bay, Portable Press and Laurel Glen names. AMS also supplies an assortment of primarily business and computer titles to certain companies in the office product superstore industry, as well as other markets such as drugstores, children’s education and book specialty retailers and chain bookstores. AMS also acquired Publishers Group West, North America’s largest distributor of independent publishers. The company created Advanced Global Distribution, the first global book distribution network targeting small and medium-sized publishers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Thunder Bay Laurel Glen Silver Dolphin Advantage Publishers Group Portable Press Publishers Group West Advanced Global Distribution
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael M. Nicita, CEO Michael M. Nicita, Pres. Edward J. Leonard, CFO Tara M. Catogge, VP-Sales Colleen M. Hartwell, VP-Human Resources William G. Berryman, CIO Edward J. Leonard, Corp. Sec. Gary Lloyd, General Counsel Michael J. Focht, VP-Oper. Sydney J. Stanley, VP-Product Dev. Steven T. Boyle, Treas. Loren C. Paulsen, VP-Facility Dev. and Special Projects Kevan M. Lyon, VP-Distribution and Publisher Services Adam R. Zoldan, VP-Wholesale/Retailer Services Richard C. Freese, Pres., Publishers Group West Charles C. Tillinghast, III, Chmn. Michael W.W. Kidd, VP-Int'l
Phone: 858-457-2500 Fax: 858-452-2167 Toll-Free: Address: 5880 Oberlin Dr., Ste. 400, San Diego, CA 92121 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $911,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $11,200 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $756,100 2002 Profits: $23,100 Stock Ticker: MKT 2001 Sales: $713,600 2001 Profits: $20,800 Employees: 850 2000 Sales: $628,000 2000 Profits: $17,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $501,100 1999 Profits: $12,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $444,468 Second Exec. Salary: $284,923 Heavy distribution to wholesale clubs, such as Sam's.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$163,500 $62,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.alias.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software/Games Custom Software Integration/Engineering
Alias Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Silicon Graphics, is a premier designer of software used in 3D graphics production. Formed in 1995 from the merger of Alias Research and Wavefront Technologies, two companies on the cutting edge of animation and rendering software, the new company went on to create Maya, which is now the industry-standard software for 3D animation, from video games to animated features. Maya software has a prestigious list of entertainment clients that includes Disney, Nintendo, Pixar and Sony Pictures Imageworks. Alias also designs software for other related fields, such as computer-assisted drafting (CAD), computer assisted manufacturing (CAM) with its StudioTools software, as well as illustration and presentation software for the consumer market such as Alias SketchBook Pro. Companies that use StudioTools include AT&T, BMW, Boeing, Ford and General Motors. Beyond software design, Alias offers extensive customer support for its products and works with other companies in order to integrate its software into existing systems and customize it to clients' needs. Alias has won numerous awards for its software, including an Oscar and a Technical Achievement Award. One of the company's most notable involvements was in the Lord of the Rings movies, which used Maya as the central software to create visual effects and computer-generated characters such as Gollum. Alias provides its employees with extended health and dental insurance, educational assistance and a referral program. The company was named one of Canada's top 100 employers by Maclean's Magazine.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Alias Research Wavefront Technologies Alias/Wavefront Maya StudioTools PortfolioWall Alias SketchBook Pro
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Doug Walker, Pres. Joanne Rusnell, CFO Dave Warry, VP-Global Sales and Mktg. David Wexler, VP-Global Human Resources Joanne Rusnell, General Counsel James Christopher, VP-Global Customer Services Peter Mehlstaeubler, VP-Product Dev.
Phone: 416-362-9181 Fax: 416-369-6140 Toll-Free: 800-447-2542 Address: 210 King St. E., Toronto, Ontario M5A 1J7 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Producer of Maya software.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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ALL-AMERICAN SPORTPARK Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Sports-Themed Amusement Park Golf Centers
All-American SportPark runs the Callaway Golf Center (CGC) in Las Vegas, which includes a 110-tee, two-tiered driving range. The driving range is designed to have the appearance of an actual golf course with 10 impact greens and a 1.5-acre lake with cascading waterfalls and an island green. The company uses pro-line equipment and popular brand-name golf balls. In addition, the CGC includes a lighted nine-hole, par-three golf course named the Divine Nine. The golf course has been designed to be challenging and has several water features, including lakes, creeks, water rapids and waterfalls, golf cart paths and designated practice putting and chipping areas. At the entrance to the CGC is a 20,000-square-foot clubhouse which includes an advanced state-of-the-art golf swing analyzing system, the St. Andrews Golf Shop featuring the latest in Callaway Golf equipment and accessories, a restaurant, bar and an outdoor patio overlooking the golf course and driving range with the world-famous Las Vegas Strip in the background. The firm turned over its 65-acre, family-oriented sports-themed amusement park, also called All-American SportPark, to its landlord, Urban Land of Nevada, Inc. (ULV). In return for the park, ULV took on all outstanding debt related to the park and released the company from its lease.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: St. Andrews Golf Shop Callaway Golf Center Divine Nine
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ronald S. Boreta, CEO Ronald S. Boreta, Pres. Kirk Hartle, CFO Ronald S. Boreta, Corp. Sec. Ronald S. Boreta, Treas. Vaso Bereta, Chmn.
Phone: 702-798-7777 Fax: 702-739-9509 Toll-Free: Address: 6730 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $1,278 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $ 321 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $2,300 2002 Profits: $- 200 Stock Ticker: AASP 2001 Sales: $2,400 2001 Profits: $-1,000 Employees: 27 2000 Sales: $2,500 2000 Profits: $-11,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $7,000 1999 Profits: $-3,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $120,000 Second Exec. Salary: $ Located to serve the booming Las Vegas market.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
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ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.allianceatlantis.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Production Motion Picture Distribution Cable Television Networks
Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc. is a Toronto, Canada-based broadcaster, creator and international distributor of filmed entertainment content with significant ownership interests in Canadian specialty broadcast industry. Alliance also has auxiliary offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, Vancouver, London, Sydney and Shannon. The company conducts business through three operating groups: the broadcast group, the motion picture distribution group and the entertainment group. The broadcast group has controlling ownership of five established Canadian specialty television channels, including Showcase, Life Network, History Television, HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada, in addition to seven newly launched Canadian digital channels. Channel content falls into one of the company’s three core genres: lifestyle, drama and factual programming. Alliance Atlantis also has a 50% interest in two established Canadian French-language specialty channels and a minority interest in four other channels, one analog and three digital. The motion picture distribution group is the largest distributor of motion pictures in Canada. The group also releases acquired motion pictures to broadcast customers in the U.K. under subsidiary Momentum Pictures. These motion pictures are released theatrically, distributed through video and DVD sales and licensed to television broadcasters. The entertainment group is comprised of television and in-house motion picture production and worldwide distribution activities through subsidiaries Alliance Atlantis Motion Pictures and Odeon Films. It is Canada’s leading producer and worldwide distributor of television programs and motion pictures. Notably, the group produces and distributes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the most watched series on U.S. television, and CSI: Miami, the most watched new drama series on U.S. television. The company also manages Alliance Atlantis Cinemas, an upscale Canadian theater circuit. In order to offer a wide variety of channels, the company has entered into partnerships with a number of international partners, including National Geographic Voyager, BBC Canada (with BBC Worldwide) and D.I.Y. (Do-It-Yourself).
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Showcase Life Network History Television HGTV Canada Momentum Pictures Alliance Atlantis Cinemas Odeon Films Alliance Atlantis Motion Pictures
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael I.M. MacMillan, CEO W. Judson Martin, Sr. Exec. VP/CFO Heather Conway, Exec. VP-Corp. and Public Affairs Phyllis N. Yaffe, CEO-Broadcast Group Mark Rubinstein, COO/Pres.-Broadcast Group Victor J. Loewy, CEO-Motion Picture Distribution Group Peter A. Sussman, CEO-Entertainment Group Michael I.M. MacMillan, Chmn.
Phone: 416-967-1174 Fax: 416-960-0971 Toll-Free: Address: 121 Bloor St. E., Ste. 1500, Toronto, Ontario M4W 3M5 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $605,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-12,800 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $602,400 2002 Profits: $29,700 Stock Ticker: AACB 2001 Sales: $504,100 2001 Profits: $21,900 Employees: 850 2000 Sales: $482,500 2000 Profits: $24,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $396,100 1999 Profits: $-17,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $604,477 Second Exec. Salary: $506,981
Bonus: Bonus:
$269,090 $380,236
Steady growth/Diversified interests.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ally.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Slot Machines, Video Gaming and Amusement Machines Manufacturing Casino Operator
Alliance Gaming Corporation is a diversified gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas. The company, primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of advanced gaming devices and systems worldwide, is the nation's largest gaming machine route operator and operates two regional casinos in Reno, Nevada and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The strategic objective of Alliance Gaming is to build a pre-eminent gaming company to capitalize on what management believes to be gaming’s continuing growth within the entertainment industry. The company operates under the Bally Gaming International, Inc. brand name. Bally Gaming is currently the second-largest manufacturer of casino-style electronic gaming machines in North America and has made significant gains toward recapturing its once-dominant market share of the late 1970s. Bally Gaming manufactures gaming products and software and operates games linked by gaming networks. Subsidiary Bally Wulff supplies wall-mounted gaming machines and amusement games in Germany. The company recently announced that Bally Gaming will acquire Advanced Casino Systems Corp., a full-service technology company providing integrated solutions for software, hardware and other services for the gaming and hospitality industries. Alliance also purchased Casino Marketplace Development Corp., a supplier of player marketing, bonusing and promotions software. In November 2003, the firm announced plans to acquire Sierra Design Group, a maker of slot machines. The company offers medical, dental, vision and life insurance to its employees, as well as a fitness room and educational reimbursement.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bally Gaming International, Inc. Bally Wulff Automaten Rail City Casino Rainbow Hotel Casino Sierra Design Group Advanced Casino Systems Corp. Casino Marketplace Development Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert L. Miodunski, CEO Robert L. Miodunski, Pres. Robert L. Saxton, CFO Mick D. Roerner, VP-Sales Mark Lerner, Corp. Sec. Mark Lerner, General Counsel Robert L. Saxon, Treas. Steve Des Champs, Chief Acc. Officer Rick Kraintz, VP-Internal Audit Rob Woodson, VP-Regulatory Compliance
Phone: 702-270-7600 Fax: 702-263-5636 Toll-Free: Address: 6601 S. Bermuda Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $407,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $19,500 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $594,100 2002 Profits: $63,800 Stock Ticker: ALLY 2001 Sales: $528,100 2001 Profits: $14,400 Employees: 2,245 2000 Sales: $478,100 2000 Profits: $-15,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $458,200 1999 Profits: $-8,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $333,000 Largest gaming machine operator in Nevada/Acquisition of Bally Gaming.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$522,000 $350,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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AMAZON.COM INC Industry Group Code: 451211E Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.amazon.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Books, Online Retail Online Retail-Music Online Retail-Videos/DVDs Online Retail-Electronics Online Auctions Online Retail Support and Hosting Online Retail - Household Goods
Amazon.com, Inc. is the leading Internet consumershopping site. Amazon claims to have the Earth’s biggest selection of books, CDs, videos, electronics, housewares, toys and games. The company operates several international web sites including Amazon.co.uk, which lists British books and serves the United Kingdom market. Amazon.com also maintains web sites focusing on the Canadian, German, Japanese and French markets. The company operates the Internet Movie Database, a comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than 250,000 movies and entertainment programs and 1 million cast and crewmembers dating from 1891. The company’s Amazon Anywhere is a mobile ecommerce platform providing access to Amazon.com web sites on personal digital assistants and other wireless Internet devices. The firm has partnered with AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS and VoiceStream Wireless to simplify the way people shop for wireless phones. The company’s new wireless phone store provides detailed product information and side-by-side comparisons of phones and service plans. Amazon has also launched an electronic bookstore featuring exclusive electronic book titles in Adobe and Microsoft Reader formats and downloadable digital audio titles from Audible, Inc. Audible provides Amazon.com’s customers with more than 15,000 digital audio titles ready for download or streaming, ranging from best-selling e-audiobooks to an array of comedy, daily audio newspapers and magazines, business information and public radio programs. A large part of the firm's revenue comes from enabling ecommerce for others. For example, Amazon manages online sales for Toys R Us, Circuit City and Target, and it creates Marketplaceservices thousands of small and midsize businesses. Amazon's distribution is handled through a series of six giant, highly-efficient warehouses throughout the U.S., each one-quarter of a mile long. Amazon.com offers its employees medical and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, relocation assistance and several discount programs. One of the firm's highest awards to employees is the Just Do It award for taking initiative without the boss's permission.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Amazon Anywhere Internet Movie Database Amazon.co.uk Audible, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey P. Bezos, CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos, Pres. Thomas J. Szkutak, CFO Diego Piacentini, VP-Worldwide Retail and Mktg. Michelle Wilson, VP-Human Resources Rick Dalzell, Sr. VP/CIO Mark S. Peek, VP/Chief Acc. Officer Michelle Wilson, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Michelle Wilson, General Counsel Jeff Wilke, Sr. VP-Oper. Jeffrey P. Bezos, Chmn.
Phone: 206-266-1000 Fax: 206-266-4206 Toll-Free: Address: 1200 12th Ave. S, Ste. 1200, Seattle, WA 98144 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $5,263,699 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $35,282 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $3,932,900 2002 Profits: $-149,100 Stock Ticker: AMZN 2001 Sales: $3,122,400 2001 Profits: $-567,300 Employees: 7,800 2000 Sales: $2,762,000 2000 Profits: $-1,411,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,639,800 1999 Profits: $-719,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $211,502 Bonus: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $150,000 Bonus: $600,000 Got an early lead in online retailing/Highly interactive site/Expansion into additional lines of retailing.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 512131 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.amctheatres.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters Online Movie Ticket Sales
AMC Entertainment, Inc. is one of the leading theatrical exhibition companies in North America. The company currently operates 239 movie theaters with 3,524 screens located in 29 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The majority of the company's screens are located in Florida, California, Texas, Arizona and Missouri. The firm is an industry leader in the development and operation of megaplex and multiplex theaters, primarily in large metropolitan markets. AMC's megaplexes have consistently ranked among its top grossing facilities on a per screen basis and are among the top grossing theaters in North America. New AMC theatres may include any of the following amenities: Dynamic Digital Sound, AMC LoveSeat-style seating, TORUS Compound Curved Screens, High Impact Theatre Systems, restaurants and refreshment and merchandise kiosks. The web site Movietickets.com, run in conjunction with Hollywood.com, Inc., National Amusements, Inc., Famous Players, Marcus Theatres and CBS Corporation, is dedicated to the sale of movie tickets and additional content that assists users with their movie-going plans. The megaplex theater format, which averages 14 to 30 screens, has rendered many competitors’ theatres obsolete, setting the stage for consolidation within the industry. As a result, the company has acquired GC Companies, Inc. and Gulf States Theatres, which substantially increased its number of screens and complexes. The acquisition of Gulf States included five megaplex theaters with 68 screens in the New Orleans area. AMC is discussing a possible merger with fellow theater company, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, a subsidiary of Canadian company, Onex. This merger would push the number of theaters of the company over five hundred, and the combined company would rival the present number one theater exhibitor, Regal Entertainment. AMC offers its employees management training programs as well as various incentive programs, educational assistance and complimentary movie passes.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: American Multi-Cinema, Inc. GC Companies, Inc. Gulf States Theatres AMC Film Marketing National Cinema Network, Inc. AMC Realty, Inc. Planet Movies MovieTickets.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Peter C. Brown, CEO Peter C. Brown, Pres. Philip M. Singleton, Exec. VP/COO Craig R. Ramsey, CFO Keith P. Wiedenkeller, VP-Human Resources Kevin M. Connor, Corp. Sec. Kevin M. Connor, General Counsel John D. McDonald, Exec. VP-North American Oper. Richard J. King, VP-Corp. Comm. James V. Beynon, Sr. VP/Treas. Richard M. Fay, Pres., AMC Film Marketing Chris A. Cox, VP/Chief Acc. Officer Richard T. Walsh, Exec. VP-AMC Film Group Craig R. Meegan, VP-Finance Peter C. Brown, Chmn.
Phone: 816-221-4000 Fax: 816-480-4617 Toll-Free: Address: 920 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64105 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,791,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-20,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,341,500 2002 Profits: $-11,500 Stock Ticker: AEN 2001 Sales: $1,214,800 2001 Profits: $-105,900 Employees: 30,000 2000 Sales: $1,123,000 2000 Profits: $-55,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $1,026,700 1999 Profits: $-16,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $700,000 Bonus: $614,250 Second Exec. Salary: $450,000 Bonus: $390,488 Approximately 75% of the company's screens are located in the top 20 U.S. markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC Industry Group Code: 713990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Skill-Crane Game Machines Simulators, Video Games and Rides
American Coin Merchandising , Inc. (ACM) and its franchises own and manage more than 13,000 coinoperated skill-crane machines that dispense stuffed animals, plush toys, watches, jewelry and other items. The company's machines are placed in supermarkets, mass merchandisers, bowling centers, bingo halls, bars, restaurants, warehouse clubs and similar locations. ACM also operates the SugarLoaf brand of game machines, marketed under SugarLoaf Creations. The company recently signed an agreement with Wal-Mart, allowing it to place nearly 7,500 amusement machines in the chain's stores. Wal-Mart accounts for approximately 37% of ACM’s total revenue. The company also signed an agreement with Safeway that placed nearly 750 machines in stores across the nation. The other major account is Denny’s, in which it has positioned almost 720 machines nationwide. In addition, ACM is active in the simulator, video game and kiddie ride markets.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Chicago Toy Company Georgia Toy Company SugarLoaf Creations Wellspring Capital Management Knightsbridge Holdings
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Randall J. Fagundo, Pres. Randall J. Fagundo, COO W. John Cash, CFO W. John Cash, Corp. Sec. W. John Cash, Treas. William F. Dawson, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 303-444-2559 Fax: 303-247-0400 Toll-Free: Address: 397 S. Taylor Ave., Louisville, CO 80027 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $87,459 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $-1,510 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $144,400 2002 Profits: $-2,800 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $141,927 2001 Profits: $1,614 Employees: 751 2000 Sales: $129,800 2000 Profits: $ 800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $120,500 1999 Profits: $-4,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $230,733 Second Exec. Salary: $145,222 Leader in skill-crane games/Contract with Wal-Mart.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$21,039 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC Industry Group Code: 339000 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.amep.com
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Manufacturing-Hands-On Educational Materials Map Production
American Educational Products, Inc. (AEP), a subsidiary of Aristotle, develops, manufactures and distributes educational products to parents, teachers, principals, public and private schools and school districts throughout the United States and in some international locations. Generally, the company’s products are supplemental instructional aids, products that present educational content in a format different than traditional textbooks. Supplemental institutional materials are utilized by educators who believe that elementary and middle-school children learn best by the active use of material they can manipulate physically. Summit Learning, Inc., one of AEP’s subsidiaries, is a distributor of manipulative-based science and math materials such as flash cards, timetelling games, 3-D maps, fish tanks, data-collecting games and models of human body parts. Another subsidiary, Scott Resources, Inc., produces math videos, manipulative products, teachers’ guides and math curriculum programs. The company is also widely recognized for its line of earth science products (rock and mineral collections) and videos manufactured through Hubbard Scientific. The Hubbard subsidiary is also the largest U.S. producer of high-quality raised relief maps, with approximately 300 different maps. Subsidiary National Teaching Aids produces science products such as the NTA Microslide system, a piece of equipment that functions similarly to a microscope. AEP also manages the To-Sew subsidiary, providing the sewing kits used in home economics or family and consumer science classes.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Scott Resources, Inc. Summit Learning, Inc. Hubbard Scientific, Inc. National Teaching Aids NTA Microslide To-Sew Nasco International Aristotle
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Anderson, Pres. Dean Johnson, CFO
Phone: 970-484-7445 Fax: 970-484-1198 Toll-Free: 800-446-8767 Address: 401 W. Hickory St., Fort Collins, CO 80524 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 95 2000 Sales: $16,200 2000 Profits: $- 500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $15,000 1999 Profits: $1,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on niche products.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Industry Group Code: 522210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.americanexpress.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Credit Card Issuing Stock Brokerage Magazine Publishing Financial Advisory Services International Banking Services Travel-Related Services Direct Marketing Online Banking
American Express Co. is a global travel, financial and network services firm, founded in 1850, that provides customers with charge and credit cards, traveler’s checks, travel planning, financial planning, brokerage services, mutual funds, accounting, tax preparation, insurance and other investment products. Additionally, the firm provides checking and savings accounts to its credit card customers through its Membership B@nking division. Through advertising targeted at its magazine and credit card customer base, it is one of the world's largest direct marketers. The company's relationship services segment sells products and services that address the information, access, household, leisure, security, financial and telecommunications needs of its customers, offering merchandise directly to cardholders. American Express also markets its products through ExpressNet, its consumer cards group, and through subsidiary TRS International's catalogs and magazines. Recently, the firm acquired Threadneedle Asset Management, one of the largest asset management companies in the U.K. Notably, 31% of the firm's senior managers are women, and 36% of new hires are minorities. The company is also a member of a group of companies that pays for minorities to obtain MBAs. American Express created Diversity Learning Labs to teach employees about the financial planning needs of minorities. It is one of the largest American corporations to have an African-American CEO. Employees receive 40 hours of training per year. Workers also receive assistance with adoption, education, travel and financial planning. The firm has been recognized for advancement of female employees who comprise about 18% of corporate officers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ExpressNet Membership B@nking BSB Bank and Trust TRS International Threadneedle Asset Management Blue Credit Card (The) Travel & Leisure Magazine Departures Magazine
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kenneth I. Chenault, CEO Kenneth I. Chenault, Pres. Gary L. Crittenden, Exec. VP/CFO John D. Hayes, Exec. VP-Global Advertising and Brand Mgmt. Ursula F. Fairbairn, Exec. VP-Human Resources and Quality Glen Salow, Exec. VP/CIO Stephen P. Norman, Corp. Sec. Louise M. Parent, Exec. VP/General Counsel Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., Group Pres.-U.S. Consumer and Small Bus. Services Thomas Schick, Exec. VP-Corp. Affairs and Comm. D. R. Hubers, Pres., American Express Financial Corp. Anne M. Busquet, Pres.-American Express Relationship Services James M. Cracchiolo, Group Pres.-Global Financial Services Edward P. Gilligan, Group Pres.-Global Corp. Services Kenneth I. Chenault, Chmn.
Phone: 212-640-2000 Fax: 201-209-4261 Toll-Free: 800-535-4438 Address: 200 Vesey St., 50th Fl., New York, NY 10285 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $25,866,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $2,987,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $23,807,000 2002 Profits: $2,671,000 Stock Ticker: AXP 2001 Sales: $22,582,000 2001 Profits: $1,311,000 Employees: 75,500 2000 Sales: $23,675,000 2000 Profits: $2,810,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $21,278,000 1999 Profits: $2,475,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $950,000 Bonus: $2,800,000 Second Exec. Salary: $451,250 Bonus: $910,000 One of the world's largest direct-marketers/One of the best-known brands in the financial and travel industries.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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AMERICAN GOLF Industry Group Code: 713910 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.americangolf.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Golf Courses Real Estate
American Golf is a premier manager of golf courses and resorts. The company manages over 250 golf courses in the U.S. and U.K. American Golf also sells real estate connected with its golf resorts and communities. In addition, the company established the American Golf Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting golf, and has formed an alliance with the Tiger Woods Foundation to increase golf exposure to disadvantaged youth. In recent news, the company has agreed to be acquired by National Golf Properties, a sister company also owned by CEO Roland Smith.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: American Golf Foundation National Golf Properties
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Roland Smith, CEO Neil Miller, CFO Tom Norton, VP-Human Resources Mark Friedman, General Counsel Stuart Hayden, Sr. VP-Oper. Support Paul Major, Exec. VP Keith Brown, COO-West Mark Burnett, Sr. VP-Eastern Region
Phone: 310-664-4000 Fax: 310-664-6160 Toll-Free: Address: 2951 28th St., Santa Monica, CA 90405 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Manages over 250 golf courses.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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AMERICAN GREETINGS www.corporate.americangreetings.com Industry Group Code: 511191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Greeting Cards Gift Wrap Party Supplies Candles Stationery Calendars Online Greetings Educational Products
American Greetings Corp. is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of everyday and seasonal greeting cards and other social expression products. These products, including gift wrap, party goods, candles, balloons, stationery and giftware, are manufactured and sold in the United States by American Greetings Company, Gibson Greetings, Inc., Plus Mark, Inc., Carlton Cards Retail and CPS Company of Delaware. In addition, the firm's products are sold in other countries around the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and China, under a variety of names. The company also owns 92% of AmericanGreetings.com, which markets email greetings, personalized printable greeting cards and other products through its web sites, including www.bluemountain.com, www.egreetings.com, www.beatgreets.com and www.passitaround.com. This subsidiary also offers design and verse content services for use in CD-ROM software products. Other subsidiaries include Magnivision, Inc., which produces and sells nonprescription reading glasses and eyewear accessories, and Learning Horizons, which distributes supplemental education products. American Greetings' largest customers include mass merchandisers and major drug stores.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Carlton Cards BlueMountain.com CPS Company of Delaware Gibson Greetings Plus Mark, Inc. Learning Horizons Magnivision, Inc. AmericanGreetings.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Zev Weiss, CEO Jeffery M. Weiss, Pres. Jeffery M. Weiss, COO Robert P. Ryder, CFO Pamela L. Linton, VP-Human Resources Joseph B. Cipollone, Controller George A. Wenz, VP-Mass Merch. Channel Catherine M. Kilbane, Corp. Sec. Catherine M. Kilbane, General Counsel Stephen J. Smith, VP-Investor Rel. Stephen J. Smith, Treas. Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis, Sr. VP-Bus. Innovation David R. Beittel, Sr. VP-Creative Erwin Weiss, Sr. VP-Seasonal Specialty Patricia A. Papesh, Pres., Carlton Cards Retail Morriy Weiss, Chmn. John S.N. Charlton, VP-Int'l Oper.
Phone: 216-252-7300 Fax: 216-252-6777 Toll-Free: Address: One American Rd., Cleveland, OH 44144-3298 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,995,900 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $121,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $2,355,700 2002 Profits: $122,300 Stock Ticker: AM 2001 Sales: $2,518,800 2001 Profits: $-113,800 Employees: 32,600 2000 Sales: $2,175,200 2000 Profits: $90,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $2,205,700 1999 Profits: $180,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $618,600 Second Exec. Salary: $500,000 The world's number-two greeting card firm.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,052,388 $92,949
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Industry Group Code: 713920 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.peaks.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ski Resorts Real Estate Development Alpine Villages
American Skiing Company (ASC), formerly known as ASC Holdings, Inc., owns and operates major ski resorts, including The Canyons (Utah), Steamboat (Colorado) and Attitash Bear Peak (New Hampshire). Its two Vermont resorts are Killington and Mount Snow/Haystack, and its two Maine resorts are Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River. The company has suffered significant losses in recent years and has focused on restructuring and debt reduction. As a result, it sold its Sugarbush, Vermont resort. In addition, it sold its Heavenly resort at Lake Tahoe to Vail Resorts for $100 million. As well as operating alpine resorts, the company develops mountainside real estate that complements its expansion of non-mountain operations, though these operations have recently been scaled back in the company’s restructuring efforts. ASC is developing alpine villages at prime locations within the three largest resorts, The Canyons, Killington and Sunday River, and to a lesser extent within the other resorts. The company’s Grand Summit Resort Hotel at The Canyons near Park City, Utah is a 360-room, 530,000-square-foot quartershare condominium hotel located steps away from the Flight of The Canyons Gondola. The Grand Summit features restaurants, lounges, a health club, an outdoor pool and spa, more than 15,000 square feet of meeting space and banquet services. The luxury hotel features four-diamond amenities, including whirlpool tubs and granite countertops. The Canyons in Utah are located next to the Utah Winter Sports Park, which hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and the Grand Summit Hotel, which hosted the NBC Today show during the games. American Skiing Company is a company run by skiers and snowboarders for skiers and snowboarders, rather than a real estate company that runs ski areas.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sunday River Sugarloaf Grand Summit Hotel Canyons (The) Steamboat ASC Holdings, Inc. Attitash Bear Peak Killington
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William J. Fair, CEO William J. Fair, Pres. Hernan R. Martinez, COO Betsy Wallace, CFO Chip Carey, VP-Mktg. and Sales Foster A. Stewart, Jr., Corp. Sec. Foster A. Stewart, Jr., General Counsel Blaise Carrig, Managing Dir.-The Canyons Allen Wilson, Managing Dir.-Killington Resort Christopher D. Livak, VP-Acc. Peter A. Tomai, Exec. VP-American Skiing Company Resort Properties
Phone: 435-615-0340 Fax: 435-615-4780 Toll-Free: Address: 136 Heber Ave., Ste. 303, Park City, UT 84060 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $264,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-44,374 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $272,100 2002 Profits: $173,900 Stock Ticker: AESK 2001 Sales: $425,600 2001 Profits: $-123,200 Employees: 8,000 2000 Sales: $424,100 2000 Profits: $-31,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 7/31 1999 Sales: $317,000 1999 Profits: $-28,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $400,000 Second Exec. Salary: $256,731 Largest ski resort operator in the nation.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$435,000 $450,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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AMERICAN TOWER CORP Industry Group Code: 513390D Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.americantower.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Broadcast and Communications Tower Management Cellular Telephone Tower Operation Internet, Voice and Data Services for Cruise Ships Satellite Teleports Network Development and Consulting Compressed Digital Video Services Fiber Network Access Services Radio and TV Broadcast Towers
American Tower Corporation (ATC) is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of wireless communications and broadcast antenna towers in the United States. ATC's primary business is the leasing of antennae sites on multi-tenant towers to a diverse range of wireless communications industries, including personal communications services, paging, cellular, enhanced specialized mobile radio, specialized mobile radio and fixed microwave, as well as radio and television broadcasters. Since its inception, ATC has grown tremendously and now operates 15,000 towers. The firm’s U.S. network spans 48 states and the District of Columbia, with tower clusters in 43 of the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas. ATC’s developing Mexican network includes sites in highly populated areas such as Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Acapulco. The firm’s Canadian operation includes sites in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Edmonton and Hamilton. The acquisition of Verestar made ATC a leading provider of integrated satellite and fiber network access services. These services are offered to telecommunications companies, Internet service providers, broadcasters and maritime customers, both domestic and international. ATC’s American Tower do Brasil, Ltda. subsidiary owns the rights to 156 communications towers and will continue build up to an additional 400 towers in Brazil. The company provides ample international opportunities, with offices in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Employees receive medical, dental and life insurance plans, as well a dependent care reimbursement plan.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ATC Teleports, Inc. American Tower Systems Canadian Tower, LP Verestar American Tower do Brasil, Ltda.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James Taiclet, CEO James Taiclet, Pres. Brad Singer, CFO Aileen Torrance, VP-Human Resources Robert Mawrey, CIO Justin Beningasa, Controller Hal Hess, General Counsel Justin Benincasa, VP-U.S. Finance and Oper. Admin. Brad Singer, Treas. Steven B. Dodge, Chmn. Michael Gearon, Jr., Pres.-Int'l
Phone: 617-375-7500 Fax: 617-375-7575 Toll-Free: Address: 116 Huntington Ave., 11th Fl., Boston, MA 02116 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $523,623 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $19,063 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $788,400 2002 Profits: $-1,141,900 Stock Ticker: AMT 2001 Sales: $1,134,200 2001 Profits: $-450,100 Employees: 1,900 2000 Sales: $735,300 2000 Profits: $-194,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $258,100 1999 Profits: $-50,726
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $475,000 Bonus: ADVANTAGE: Very rapid growth/Relationships with most of the major cellular phone companies.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
$150,000 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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AMERICAN WAGERING INC Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.americanwagering.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Wagering Systems Sports Books (Wagering Facilities) Hardware and Software for Bookmaking Systems Hotel/Restaurant
American Wagering, Inc. owns and operates several gaming subsidiaries and related companies. Subsidiary Leroy’s operates the largest number of book locations within the state of Nevada. Leroy’s also offers a sports wagering operation that allows casinos to provide their customers with a wagering service while eliminating the risk of losing money or the operating overhead costs. Another subsidiary, AWI Keno, develops, sells and services stand-alone and linked progressive keno games. Secured Telephone Operating Platform, Inc. designs, installs and operates a telephone identification system to insure that any wagers placed over the phone originate in Nevada. American Wagering sold its Mega$ports Australia subsidiary, which had been its international wagering hub licensed to accept both fixed odds and parimutuel interactive wagers on the Internet from patrons around the world. The company also owns Leroy’s Hotel Corporation, which owns and operates a 150-room Howard Johnson’s hotel and, through its wholly-owned subsidiary B-P Food Corporation, an adjacent International House of Pancakes restaurant.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Leroy's Horse and Sports Place Leroy's Hotel Corporation B-P Food Corporation Computerized Bookmaking Systems, Inc. Secured Telephone Operating Platform, Inc. American Wagering Management Company, Inc. AWI Keno
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Victor J. Salerno, CEO Victor J. Salerno, Pres. Victor J. Salerno, COO Timothy Lockinger, CFO Timothy Lockinger, Corp. Sec. Timothy Lockinger, Treas.
Phone: 702-735-0101 Fax: 702-735-0142 Toll-Free: Address: 675 Grier Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $11,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ 400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $12,000 2002 Profits: $ 900 Stock Ticker: BETM 2001 Sales: $12,000 2001 Profits: $ 500 Employees: 208 2000 Sales: $13,400 2000 Profits: $- 700 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $9,900 1999 Profits: $-1,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $240,000 Second Exec. Salary: $120,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$45,498 $18,383
Proprietary betting software.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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AMERISTAR CASINOS INC Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ameristarcasinos.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Resorts Casino Management
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. is a multi-jurisdictional gaming company that owns and operates casino entertainment facilities located in Nevada, Missouri, Mississippi and Iowa. The company's subsidiaries include Cactus Pete’s Resort Casino, The Horseshu Hotel & Casino, Ameristar Casino Hotel Vicksburg, Ameristar Casino Hotel Council Bluffs, Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City and Ameristar Casino St. Charles. Cactus Pete’s Resort Casino and The Horseshu Hotel & Casino are both located in Jackpot, Nevada. Ameristar Casino Hotel Vicksburg is a permanently docked riverboat casino located on the Mississippi River. Ameristar Casino Hotel Council Bluffs, the firm's most recently opened riverboat casino and related land-based hotel, is located on the bank of the Missouri River. The company’s gaming revenues are derived, and are expected to continue to be derived, from a broad base of customers, and it does not depend upon high-stakes players. The firm emphasizes slot machine play at its properties and invests on an ongoing basis in new slot equipment and technology to promote customer satisfaction and loyalty. Ameristar is an industry leader in the implementation of cashless slot technology and newgeneration multi-coin (nickel and penny denomination) slot machines. All of its properties also offer table games such as blackjack, craps and roulette. In addition, Ameristar St. Charles, Ameristar Kansas City and Cactus Pete’s offer poker, keno and sports book wagering. The company generally emphasizes competitive minimum and maximum betting limits based on each market. Ameristar offers its employees health and insurance coverage and tuition reimbursement.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cactus Pete's Resort Casino Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City Ameristar Casino St. Charles Ameristar Casino Hotel Council Bluffs Ameristar Casino Hotel Vicksburg Horseshu Hotel & Casino (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Craig H. Neilsen, CEO Craig H. Neilsen, Pres. Thomas M. Steinbauer, Sr. VP-Finance Tom Malone, VP/Controller Thomas M. Steinbauer, Corp. Sec. Peter C. Walsh, Sr. VP/General Counsel Thomas M. Steinbauer, Treas. Gordon R. Kanofsky, Exec. VP
Phone: 702-567-7000 Fax: 702-369-8860 Toll-Free: Address: 3773 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Ste. 490 S., Las Vegas, NV 89109 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $516,344 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $35,487 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $698,000 2002 Profits: $40,500 Stock Ticker: ASCA 2001 Sales: $626,800 2001 Profits: $33,200 Employees: 7,000 2000 Sales: $342,000 2000 Profits: $-40,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $300,300 1999 Profits: $ 200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $739,904 Second Exec. Salary: $357,692 A business plan that has succeeded in creating rapid growth.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$562,500 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast:
International:
Y
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AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC Industry Group Code: 713950 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.amf.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Bowling Equipment Bowling Centers Billiards Tables Golf Ranges
AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc. is the largest owner and operator of commercial bowling centers in the United States and worldwide, with 517 centers around the globe. In addition, the company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of bowling center equipment, accounting for approximately 41% of the world’s current installed base of such equipment. The company also manufactures and sells the PlayMaster, Highland and Renaissance brands of billiards tables through AMF Billiards. AMF owns and operates Michael Jordan Golf, which operates practice ranges, as well as AMF Bowling Products, which sells products such as shoes, shirts and ball bags, as well as equipment to bowling centers. The former strategy of fastpaced expansion through acquisition has brought the company to a weakened financial state. In response, the company filed a voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy petition in 2001 in order to facilitate an orderly financial restructuring. In December 2003, the firm announced that it will be acquired by private equity firm Kingpin Holdings for $249 million plus assumption of debt. Kingpin Holdings is a unit of Code Hennessy & Simmons. The company offers employees life, medical and dental insurance, employee discounts, tuition assistance and an employee assistance program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AMF Bowling Centers Holdings, Inc. Kingpin Holdings AMF Worldwide Bowling Centers Holdings, Inc. Michael Jordan Golf AMF Billiards PlayMaster Highland Renaissance
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. George W. Vieth, Jr., Interim CEO George W. Vieth, Jr., Interim Pres. Christopher F. Caesar, CFO Tim Scott, Sr. VP-Mktg. Alfonso N. Cornish, VP-Human Resources John Fottrell, VP-IS Daniel M. McCormack, General Counsel Frederick Kraegel, Chief Admin. Officer Mark S. Hatcher, VP-Dev. Merrell C. Wreden, VP-Corp. Comm. Merrell C. Wreden, VP-Investor Rel. Christopher F. Caesar, Treas. Mark S. Hatcher, VP-Real Estate John Suddarth, COO-AMF Bowling Products Renée Antolik, VP-Financial Reporting J. Simon Shearer, VP-Bowling Center Services Phillip L. Maslowe, Chmn.
Phone: 804-730-4000 Fax: 804-559-6276 Toll-Free: 800-342-5263 Address: 8100 AMF Dr., Richmond, VA 23111 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $667,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $3,400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $341,900 2002 Profits: $-34,600 Stock Ticker: ABWIE 2001 Sales: $694,900 2001 Profits: $-217,000 Employees: 14,500 2000 Sales: $715,000 2000 Profits: $-200,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $732,700 1999 Profits: $-162,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $459,499 Second Exec. Salary: $288,555 Filed for bankruptcy in mid-2001, with plans to reorganize.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$630,001 $28,800
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Industry Group Code: 312120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.anheuser-busch.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Breweries Theme Parks Packaging Real Estate Shipping Agriculture Recycling Transportation
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (ABC) is the holding company of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (ABI), the world's largest brewer of beer. ABC is also the parent company of a number of subsidiaries operating in business segments including packaging, entertainment and real estate. The company's principal product is beer, marketed under many brand names, including Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob, Michelob Amber Bock, Busch, Busch Ice, Natural Light, Natural Ice, Red Wolf Lager, ZiegenBock Amber, Hurricane Ice, Doc's Hard Lemon and Tequiza. ABI also distributes non-alcoholic beverages including O'Doul's and Busch NA. The firm recently introduced Killarney's Pub Draught and Red Label. In addition, ABI brews Kirin Lager, Kirin Light and Kirin-Ichiban through a joint venture with Kirin Brewing Company in Japan. The subsidiary also owns 26% of Seattle-based Redhook Ale Brewery and 36% of Portland's Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. The company has developed a system of 12 breweries, strategically located to serve its distribution system. ABC's Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc. operates ricemilling facilities, grain elevators, barley processing plants and research facilities. The company's packaging operations are handled through Metal Container Corp., Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corp. and Eagle Packaging. Additionally, ABC owns and operates nine theme parks through Busch Entertainment Corp., including Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. Other subsidiaries include Busch Properties, Inc. and Busch Creative Services Corp. In recent news, ABI introduced new sloped-shoulder bottles and secondary packaging for its Michelob and Michelob Light premium beers. ABC's employees enjoy benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement and an employee assistance program. The company also sponsors a diversity program aimed at aggressively hiring and retaining minorities.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Budweiser Michelob O'Doul's Busch Media Group, Inc. Busch Properties, Inc. Busch Entertainment Corp. Metal Container Corp. Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Patrick T. Stokes, CEO Patrick T. Stokes, Pres. W. Randolph Baker, VP/CFO Mark T. Bobak, VP-Human Resources Douglas J. Muhleman, VP-Brewing Oper. and Tech. William E. Hickman, VP/CIO John F. Kelly, VP/Controller Stephen K. Lambright, Group VP/General Counsel Stephen J. Burrows, VP-Int'l Oper. Thomas W. Santel, VP-Corp. Dev. John E. Jacob, Exec. VP-Global Comm. Jesus Rangel, VP-Corp. Rel. Joseph P. Sellinger, VP/Group Exec. Francine I. Katz, VP-Corp. Comm. Victor G. Abbey, Pres., Busch Entertainment August A. Busch, III, Chmn.
Phone: 314-577-2000 Fax: 314-577-2900 Toll-Free: 800-342-5283 Address: One Busch Pl., St. Louis, MO 63118-1852 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $14,147,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $2,076,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $13,566,000 2002 Profits: $1,934,000 Stock Ticker: BUD 2001 Sales: $12,911,500 2001 Profits: $1,704,500 Employees: 23,176 2000 Sales: $12,261,800 2000 Profits: $1,551,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $11,703,700 1999 Profits: $1,402,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,325,000 Second Exec. Salary: $900,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$3,100,000 $2,700,000
World's largest beer maker.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP www.anschutzinvestments.com Industry Group Code: 711211 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Stadiums and Sports Teams Sports Team Franchises Movie Theaters Entertainment Complexes Entertainment Investments Live Entertainment Events
Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. (AEG), a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation, is a leading sports and entertainment investment, development and management company. The firm owns the STAPLES Center, which houses the L.A. Kings, L.A. Lakers, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Sparks and L.A. Avengers, as well as the Home Depot Center, which houses the San Diego Chargers and the L.A. Galaxy. The company also controls a number of domestic sports franchises, including the Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Galaxy, Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes, New Jersey Metrostars, D.C. United and the Manchester Monarchs. The firm is overseeing the development of the L.A. Sports and Entertainment District, a proposed 4-million-square-foot development bordering the STAPLES Center that features a 7,000-seat state-ofthe-art live theatre. Furthermore, the company is cooperating with Home Depot in the creation of a $100million, 84-acre National Training Center in Carson, California that will include major training facilities for soccer, tennis, track and field, cycling and basketball. AEG is a major shareholder in the Regal Entertainment Group, the nation's largest theater circuit. Regal Entertainment Group owns Regal Cinemas, Edwards Theatres and United Artists Theatre Company, totaling approximately 530 theaters and 5,700 screens. Also, AEG is rapidly becoming one of the major concert and entertainment events producers. This effort includes investments in Concerts West, Golden Voice, Creative Battery, One Night Only Events and Spring Communications Other interests include large stakes in Crusader Entertainment and Walden Media, both film and television production companies. Parent firm Anschutz Corporation is an investment company established by billionaire entrepreneur Philip Anschutz, who founded Qwest and owns a majority share as well as large shares in Forest Oil and Union Pacific Railroad.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Regal Entertainment Group STAPLES Center Anschutz Corporation Los Angeles Kings L.A. Sports and Entertainment District United Artists Theatre Co. Home Depot Center Edwards Theatres
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Philip F. Anschutz, CEO, Anschutz Corp. Douglas L. Polson, CFO, Anschutz Corp. Mariette Van Engelen, Human Resources, Anschutz Corp. Robert Swysgood, VP/General Counsel Robert Wardrop, Managing Dir.-Anschutz Investment Co., Europe James Christian, Managing Dir.-Anschutz Investment Co., Europe Craig Slater, Pres., Anschutz Investment Co.
Phone: 303-298-1000 Fax: 303-299-1333 Toll-Free: Address: 555 17th St., Ste. 2400, Denver, CO 80202 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Investment expertise of founder Philip Anschutz/Owns a major stake in the nation's largest movie theater group.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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APPLE COMPUTER INC Industry Group Code: 334111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.apple.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Hardware-PCs Software Multimedia Software Computer Accessories Retail Stores Online Recorded Music Online Movie Trailers Home Entertainment Software and Systems
Apple Computer, Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of microprocessor-based personal computers, hardware and software. As one of the originators of graphical user interface (GUI) technology, the company has made a major impact in the world of computing, operating throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Apple products include basic iMac PCs, Power Mac G4 Cube processors, powerful Power Mac G4 PCs, sleek iBook notebook computers and PowerBook notebook PCs that feature G4 processors. The G5 Power Mac is a breakthrough product featuring 64-bit ultra high speed processing. In addition, Apple offers the QuickTime 6 suite of multimedia applications, the Mac OS X operating system and a host of software and accessories all designed to run on Apple hardware. The QuickTime TV network now features more than 50 premium channels of video, music and news from leading international content providers such as ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com and HBO. The common thread among all Apple products is eyecatching designs and colors coupled with ease of use. The Macintosh-type computer has a devoted following that believes the Mac has significant advantages over the PC, especially for graphics and artistic endeavors. In recent news, Apple introduced a new 20-inch iMac, as well as its new line of G5 Power Macs, which have outperformed similar models from other hardware companies by as much as 90% for graphics, animation and other media handling. In early 2003, Apple launched an innovative new online music sales service called iTunes Music Store at www.applemusic.com, enabling customers to download and permanently store over 200,000 songs for only 99 cents each. Apple Computer offers extensive employee benefits, including insurance coverage, fitness plans, health education and preventive care.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Power Mac QuickTime Mac OS iTunes iBook iMac FileMaker QuickTime TV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steve P. Jobs, CEO Fred D. Anderson, CFO Timothy D. Cook, Exec. VP-Worldwide Sales Avadis Tevanian, Jr., Chief Software Tech. Officer Peter Oppenheimer, Sr. VP-Finance/Controller Jonathan Rubinstein, Sr. VP-Hardware Eng. Nancy R. Heinen, Corp. Sec. Nancy R. Heinen, General Counsel Timothy D. Cook, Exec. VP-Worldwide Oper. Katie Cotton, VP-Worldwide Corp. Comm. Ronald B. Johnson, Sr. VP-Retail Phil Schiller, VP-Worldwide Product Mktg. Sina Tamaddon, Sr. VP-Applications Bertrand Serlet, Sr. VP-Software Eng. Bill Campbell, Chmn.
Phone: 408-996-1010 Fax: 408-974-2113 Toll-Free: 800-692-7753 Address: One Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $6,207,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $69,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $5,742,000 2002 Profits: $65,000 Stock Ticker: AAPL 2001 Sales: $5,363,000 2001 Profits: $-25,000 Employees: 10,211 2000 Sales: $7,983,000 2000 Profits: $786,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $6,134,000 1999 Profits: $601,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $2,268,698 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $656,631 ADVANTAGE: Customer loyalty/Innovative advertising.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ARGOSY GAMING CO Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.argosycasinos.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Riverboat Casinos Off-Track Betting
Argosy Gaming Company is a leading multi-jurisdictional developer, owner and operator of riverboat casinos and related entertainment facilities in the midwestern and southern United States. Argosy owns six riverboat casinos and pioneered riverboat gaming in St. Louis, Kansas City, Baton Rouge, Cincinnati, Chicago and Sioux City. The riverboat casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana is one of the largest revenue-producing riverboats in the U.S. gaming industry. The company also owns 100% of all its casinos. The firm provides additions to its casinos that set them apart from other area operations in their markets. The Alton Belle in St. Louis is the only gaming operator in its market that offers its customers off-track betting facilities. The Belle of Baton Rouge is complemented by the company’s adjacent, land-based entertainment development known as Catfish Town, a complex with a 50,000-square-foot glass-enclosed atrium, an entertainment/sports lounge, buffet/coffee shop, conference facilities and retail space. Argosy's Empress Casino and Hotel in Joliet, Illinois was purchased from Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. in a transaction valued at $465 million. The company recently renovated the Empress Casino in Chicago, Illinois. The project replaced its existing two boats with a two-level barge facility consisting of five levels of gaming space. The renovation also added 15,000 feet of space for a party room and player’s lounge to the 50,000-foot gaming area. Argosy offers a training school and orientation program for new employees.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Alton Belle Casino Argosy Casino at Riverside Belle of Baton Rouge Casino Belle of Sioux City Casino Argosy Casino Lawrenceburg Catfish Town Empress Casino and Hotel
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard J. Glasier, CEO Richard J. Glasier, Pres. Dale R. Black, Sr. VP/CFO Virginia M. McDowell, VP-Sales and Mktg. R. Ronald Burgess, Sr. VP-Human Resources Donald J. Malloy, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Donald J. Malloy, General Counsel James A. Gulbrandsen, Sr. VP-Oper. G. Dan Marshall, Dir.-Investor Rel. Erin Williams, Treas. Roger L. Archibald, VP-Gov't Rel. Craig Robinson, VP-Internal Audit Paul B. Keller, VP-Design and Construction William F. Cellini, Chmn.
Phone: 618-474-7500 Fax: 618-474-7636 Toll-Free: Address: 219 Piasa St., Alton, IL 62002-6232 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $959,504 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $51,733 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $936,800 2002 Profits: $71,500 Stock Ticker: AGY 2001 Sales: $784,800 2001 Profits: $66,100 Employees: 6,900 2000 Sales: $694,800 2000 Profits: $45,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $594,600 1999 Profits: $11,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $600,002 Second Exec. Salary: $247,596 Riverboat casino licenses in prime locations.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$622,121 $450,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.aristocrat.com.au
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Gaming Machines Manufacturing Gaming Consulting Gaming Services Gaming Accessories
Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. is a major manufacturer of gaming machines. The industry pioneer of video technology, Aristocrat continues to lead the way in gaming innovation. The company plans to derive half its revenue from its systems and services lines. Aristocrat offers modular casino management systems that allow customers to choose which pieces of the system they need. Modules include player tracking, cash desk, credit control, casino security, system administration, membership control, marketing analysis and table management. The firm's Dacom Smartplay system provides smart card functionality to the casino floor. This system achieves added security and ease of credit transfer between machines. Computa Game is Aristocrat’s fully integrated gaming and promotional system designed to increase player loyalty, with tremendous player appeal through cost-effective promotions. Aristocrat also provides gaming services, including technical support, training and documentation, sales support and gaming analysis. In addition, Aristocrat offers consulting services that include venue analysis, commercialized project management and specialized gaming training. Finally, Aristocrat offers gaming accessories such as stools and signage. Aristocrat has an agreement with Harrah’s to feature its Hyperlink jackpot systems in Harrah’s casinos. Harrah’s has installed the company’s Cash Express systems in various casinos. Aristocrat also owns Las Vegas-based Casino Data Systems, which provides the company with access to the U.S. casino market.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. Dacom Smartplay Computa Game Cash Express Hyperlink Casino Data Systems
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Paul Oneile, CEO David Johnson, Mgr.-Tech. Services John P. Ducker, Chmn.
Phone: 61-2-9413-6300 Fax: 61-2-9420-1354 Toll-Free: Address: 71 Longueville Rd., Lane Cove, New South Wales 2066 Australia
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $499,200 2002 Profits: $45,200 Stock Ticker: ALL 2001 Sales: $357,000 2001 Profits: $44,100 Employees: 2,408 2000 Sales: $298,300 2000 Profits: $36,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $343,500 1999 Profits: $38,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Highly successful line of video gaming machines/Continued international expansion.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Industry Group Code: 512191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ascentmedia.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motion Picture Postproduction and Distribution Network Services Creative Services
Ascent Media Group, formerly Liberty Livewire Corporation, provides creative and technical services to the media and entertainment industries. The company is organized into three business segments: creative services, management services and network services. The creative services group is utilized in the development of content for films, television series, miniseries, commercials, music videos, advertising campaigns and corporate communications programming. The management services group optimizes, archives, manages and repurposes media assets for global distribution. The network services group enables entertainment companies to assemble and distribute programming for cable and broadcast networks via fiber, satellite and Internet to audiences around the world. The company’s clients include major motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels and advertising agencies. Ascent's work has been featured in movies such as Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Pulp Fiction, The Exorcist and ET and have garnered numerous Academy and Emmy Awards. Recent projects the company has worked on include Chicago (Oscar for Best Sound) and The X-Files (Emmy for Best Visual Effects).
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Todd-AO Corp. Liberty Media Corp. Four Media Company SounDelux Entertainment Group Triumph Communications Group Soho Group, Ltd. Visiontext, Ltd. Liberty Livewire Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kenneth S. Williams, CEO Kenneth S. Williams, Pres. George C. Platisa, Exec. VP/CFO Stephen McKenna, VP-Mktg. and Sales Gavin W. Schutz, Exec. VP/Chief Tech. Officer William E. Niles, Corp. Sec. William E. Niles, General Counsel Richard C. Fickle, VP-Strategic Dev. Scott Davis, Pres.-Network Services Robert Solomon, Exec.-Creative Services Bill Humphrey, Pres.-Mgmt. Services William R. Fitzgerald, Chmn.
Phone: 310-434-7000 Fax: 310-434-7001 Toll-Free: Address: 520 Broadway, 5th Fl., Santa Monica, CA 90401 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 3 months. 2003 Sales: $121,439 ( 3 months) 2003 Profits: $-9,399 ( 3 months) 2002 Sales: $539,300 2002 Profits: $-135,200 Stock Ticker: AMGIA 2001 Sales: $592,700 2001 Profits: $-436,300 Employees: 3,825 2000 Sales: $306,300 2000 Profits: $-11,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $118,500 1999 Profits: $1,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $753,846 Second Exec. Salary: $451,620 Focus on advanced postproduction services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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AUDIBLE INC Industry Group Code: 451220E Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.audible.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Retail-Online Audio Book Store Audio Programming Software Time-Shifted Radio Programming Digital Audio Players
Audible, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet-delivered premium spoken audio content for playback on personal computers and mobile devices. The company offers a variety of software systems and audio programming software designed to download, store and play between two and 28 hours of content from its online store, Audible.com. Audible sells a wide array of audio content, including educational materials, humor, periodicals, fiction, non-fiction and time-shifted radio programming. The company also offers customers the opportunity to subscribe to AudibleListener, a monthly audio service for a fixed monthly fee. AudibleListener customers may download their choice of programs from the company’s web site. The company also has partnerships with leading audiobook, magazine and newspaper publishers, broadcasters, business information providers, educational and cultural institutions. Audible.com features daily selected audio content from The Wall Street Journal and daily digests of The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, all available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day. Other publications offered include The Economist, The Industry Standard, Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Scientific American. In addition, the site offers a powerful collection of audiobook bestsellers and classics by authors such as Stephen King, James Patterson, William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, as well as speeches, lectures and ondemand radio programs. The firm has over 225,000 customers in 120 different countries. In recent news, Audible announced that Gateway, Inc. will be the first retailer to sell the company’s digital audio player, Otis, through its retail stores. Otis holds up to 17 hours of spoken word files and plays MP3s.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AudibleListener AudibleManagement AudibleReady Initiative AudibleReady Devices Otis
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Donald R. Katz, CEO Robert O. Kramer, Pres. Andrew Kaplan, CFO/ VP-Finance Chet Van Wert, Exec. VP-Mktg. Guy Story, Jr., Chief Scientist Brian M. Fielding, VP-Bus. and Legal Affairs Andrew Kaplan, VP-Admin. Guy Story, Jr., Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. Foy C. Sperring, Jr., VP/General Mgr.-Audible.com Daniel C. Scheffey, VP-Comm. Matthew Fine, VP-Enterprise Sales Beth Anderson, VP/Publisher Brian M. Fielding, Exec. VP-Content and Legal Affairs Donald R. Katz, Chmn.
Phone: 973-837-2700 Fax: 973-890-2442 Toll-Free: 888-283-5051 Address: 65 Willowbrook Blvd., Wayne, NJ 07470-7056 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $13,498 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-3,583 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $12,400 2002 Profits: $-17,200 Stock Ticker: ADBL 2001 Sales: $9,100 2001 Profits: $-26,700 Employees: 65 2000 Sales: $4,500 2000 Profits: $-32,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,742 1999 Profits: $-13,476
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $225,000 Special digital audio technology and a wide range of content.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$112,500 $99,295
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
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AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP INC Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.avepix.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 21
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie and TV Production
Avenue Entertainment Group, Inc. (Avenue) is an independent entertainment company that produces feature films, television films, series for television, made-fortelevision/cable movies and Hollywood biography videos. Avenue produces its programs and films through three different production groups. Avenue Pictures makes feature films for theatrical release and has released films such as Drugstore Cowboy, Short Cuts, Restoration and The Player. Wombat Productions produces one-hour profiles of Hollywood celebrities and currently has about 30 biographies that can be seen on networks such as Lifetime, PBS and A&E. Avenue Pictures Television develops television series and creates TV and cable movies, such as Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight, for such networks as HBO, TNT and TBS.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Avenue Pictures Television Wombat Productions Avenue Pictures Intermedia Films
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Cary Brokaw, CEO Cary Brokaw, Pres. Sheri L. Halfon, CFO Michael Feldman, Exec. VP Gene Feldman, Pres., Wombat Productions
Phone: 310-996-6800 Fax: 310-473-4376 Toll-Free: Address: 1111 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 525, Los Angeles, CA 90025 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $ 375 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 628 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,500 2002 Profits: $- 600 Stock Ticker: PIXG 2001 Sales: $ 900 2001 Profits: $-1,700 Employees: 6 2000 Sales: $1,000 2000 Profits: $-1,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $4,700 1999 Profits: $-1,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Focus on unique productions and quality networks.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
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AZTAR CORP Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.aztar.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel Riverboat Casinos
Aztar Corporation operates casino hotels in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada and riverboat casinos in Caruthersville, Missouri and Evansville, Indiana. Each of the company’s land-based casinos is designed and themed for the unique demographics of its particular market. The riverboat casinos share a common theme and brand, Casino Aztar. Casino Aztar Evansville is the larger of the company’s two riverboat casinos and operates on the Ohio River, while Casino Azatar Caruthersville, the company’s first riverboat casino, operates on a 37-acre site on the Mississippi River. The Tropicana Atlantic City’s new expansions make it the largest hotel with a single integrated property, the third-largest casino and the only indoor dining/entertainment/retail complex in Atlantic City. It encompasses approximately 14 acres and has oceanfront property along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. The new complex is called The Quarter and will offer a Las Vegasstyle indoor streetscape evoking images of Old Havana. Tropicana Las Vegas has a tropical island theme and boasts a large indoor/outdoor swimming pool, as well as a five-acre water park and tropical garden. It houses the Casino Legends Hall of Fame, the largest and most distinctive collection of casino memorabilia, as well as the Folies Bergere, the longest-running production show in Las Vegas. The Ramada Express Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada is located on the Colorado River and features a Victorian-era railroad theme, which includes a train that carries guests between parking areas and the casino hotel. It also features the popular American Heroes Museum of Memories, which houses an extensive collection of memorabilia from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tropicana Casino and Resort Atlantic City Tropicana Resort and Casino Las Vegas Ramada Express Hotel and Casino Casino Aztar Evansville Casino Aztar Caruthersville Casino Legends Hall of Fame American Heroes Museum of Memories
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Paul E. Rubeli, CEO Robert M. Haddock, Pres. Robert M. Haddock, CFO Meredith P. Sipek, Controller Nelson W. Armstrong, Jr., Corp. Sec. Nelson W. Armstrong, Jr., VP-Admin. Joe C. Cole, VP-Corp. Comm. Neil A. Ciarfalia, Treas. Paul E. Rubeli, Chmn.
Phone: 602-381-4100 Fax: 602-381-4108 Toll-Free: Address: 2390 E. Camelback Rd., Ste. 400, Phoenix, AZ 850163452 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $627,802 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $49,238 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $834,300 2002 Profits: $58,900 Stock Ticker: AZR 2001 Sales: $849,500 2001 Profits: $58,000 Employees: 9,700 2000 Sales: $848,100 2000 Profits: $53,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $800,300 1999 Profits: $6,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $785,708 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $538,362 ADVANTAGE: Owns the well-known Tropicana Hotel name.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$699,577 $476,965
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION www.ballyfitness.com Industry Group Code: 713940 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Health Club Operator Nutritional Supplements Portable Fitness Equipment Personal Training Services
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. is the largest commercial operator of fitness centers in North America. The firm currently operates more than 400 fitness centers with approximately 4 million members. These centers are concentrated in major metropolitan areas in 29 states and Canada, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Atlanta and Miami. The majority of the centers use the service mark Bally Total Fitness or Bally Sports Clubs, but other facilities are operated under brands such as Crunch Fitness, The Sports Clubs of Canada, Pinnacle Fitness and Gorilla Sports. Bally provides access to state-of-theart facilities with affordable membership programs, featuring a broad selection of cardiovascular, conditioning and strength equipment, with extensive aerobic and group fitness training programs. Many of the company's centers also include pools, racquet courts and other athletic facilities. Bally's primary target for new club members is the 18- to 34-year-old, middle-income segment of the population. The firm targets this consumer segment through a variety of membership options and payment plans, ranging from single-club memberships to premium plans, which provide additional amenities including access to all centers nationwide. Other products and services include personal training services and private-label nutritional products, such as meal replacement shakes and drinks, energy and snack bars and multi-vitamins. The firm is currently in the process of upgrading and expanding a number of its existing centers, as well as pursuing acquisitions of new fitness center operations. In recent news, Bally expanded its global reach with the opening of a fitness center in Mexico.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Crunch Fitness Sports Clubs of Canada (The) Bally Sports Club Pinnacle Fitness Ballystore.com Gorilla Sports
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Paul A. Toback, CEO Paul A. Toback, Pres. John H. Wildman, COO John W. Dwyer, Exec. VP/CFO John H. Wildman, Sr. VP-Sales and Mktg. Harold Morgan, Sr. VP-Human Resources Geoffrey M. Scheitlin, VP/Controller Cary A. Gaan, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Cary A. Gaan, General Counsel David D. Southern, VP-Investor Rel. John W. Dwyer, Treas. Michael A. Karoff, VP-New Product Mktg. Julie Adams, VP-Membership Services William G. Fanelli, Sr. VP-Finance Jason M. Conviser, VP-Clinical Services
Phone: 773-380-3000 Fax: 773-693-2982 Toll-Free: Address: 8700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, IL 60631 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $747,024 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $6,610 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $968,100 2002 Profits: $3,500 Stock Ticker: BFT 2001 Sales: $852,000 2001 Profits: $80,700 Employees: 23,000 2000 Sales: $1,007,100 2000 Profits: $78,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $861,100 1999 Profits: $42,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $372,885 Second Exec. Salary: $298,308 One of the best-known names in the fitness industry.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $300,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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BANTA CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 323000 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.banta.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Printing Services Supply Chain Management Digital Imaging Solutions Software Products
Banta Corporation is a market leader in its two primary business segments, print and supply chain management. The company provides a complete range of printing and digital imaging solutions to leading publishers and direct marketers including catalogs, publications, product brochures, literature management, educational materials and e-businesses. Banta’s services include component procurement, product assembly and packaging, inventory control and management and global distribution. In addition to its primary businesses, Banta provides premedia and software solutions that include assisting clients in the creation, development, management, publishing and distribution of information to customers. Moreover, Banta’s health care group is a leading manufacturer of medical, dental and food service products. The firm typically signs one- to three-year production agreements with the exception of Compaq Computer Corporation, with which it signed a five-year agreement in 1999 to test and distribute Compaq’s hard drives. Banta recently introduced the Sync Interactive Marketing Suite, a comprehensive collection of interactive marketing tools that will allow clients to control brand integrity and continuity while allowing for personalized marketing capabilities.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Banta Book Group Banta Catalog Group Banta Digital Group Banta Direct Marketing Group Banta Global Turnkey Group Banta Healthcare Products Banta Publications Group
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephanie A. Streeter, CEO Stephanie A. Streeter, Pres. Geoffrey J. Hibner, COO Geoffrey J. Hibner, CFO Dennis J. Meyer, VP-Mktg. Frank W. Rudolph, VP-Human Resources Ronald D. Kneezel, Corp. Sec. Ronald D. Kneezel, General Counsel Donald D. Belcher, Chmn.
Phone: 920-751-7777 Fax: 920-751-7790 Toll-Free: Address: 225 Main St., Menasha, WI 54952 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,024,776 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $34,457 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $303,489 2002 Profits: $43,799 Stock Ticker: BN 2001 Sales: $298,113 2001 Profits: $49,997 Employees: 8,300 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $700,000 Second Exec. Salary: $534,231 Leader in direct market catalog publishing
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$524,731 $310,487
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BARNES & NOBLE INC Industry Group Code: 451211 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Y Dist./Printing:
www.barnesandnobleinc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Stores Music and Software Sales In-Store Cafes Online Sales Book Publishing
Barnes and Noble, Inc., the world’s largest bookseller, operates book superstores and mall-based book stores in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The company’s superstore business operates under the Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Bookstop and Bookstar trade names. Barnes and Noble stores are designed to be reminiscent of oldworld libraries, with wood fixtures, antique-style chairs and tables, ample public space, a cafe and public restrooms. An in-store music department provides over 50,000 titles in classical music, opera, jazz, blues and pop rock, marketed to the company's core customers between 35 and 45 years of age. The stores principally sell trade books, mass-market paperbacks, children’s books, offprice bargain books and magazines. Barnes and Noble’s mall-based business operates under the B. Dalton Bookseller, Doubleday Book Shops and Scribner’s Bookstore trade names. The company previously owned GameStop, the largest operator of video game and entertainment software stores in the U.S., with over 1,000 stores. GameStop had a highly successful public stock offering in 2002, and Barnes and Noble owns approximately 63% of the company's stock. The company also owns 36% of the stock in www.barnesandnoble.com, an online bookselling company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: B. Dalton Bookseller Babbage's Etc. Bookstop Bookstar Doubleday Book Shops GameStop BarnesandNoble.com Scribner’s Bookstore
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephen Riggio, CEO Mitchell S. Klipper, COO Joseph Lombardi, CFO Michelle Smith, VP-Human Resources Gary King, CIO Larry Zilavy, Exec. VP-Strategic Planning Mary Ellen Keating, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. and Public Affairs David Deason, VP-Dev. Mark Bottini, VP-Stores
Phone: 212-633-3300 Fax: 212-675-0413 Toll-Free: 800-843-2665 Address: 122 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $5,269,300 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $99,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $4,870,400 2002 Profits: $64,000 Stock Ticker: BKS 2001 Sales: $4,375,800 2001 Profits: $-52,000 Employees: 39,000 2000 Sales: $3,486,000 2000 Profits: $124,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $3,005,600 1999 Profits: $92,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $627,885 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $598,077 Bonus: Leading operator of book superstores in the U.S./About 1,000 stores nationwide.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$162,500 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC Industry Group Code: 451211E Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Y Dist./Printing:
www.bn.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Books, Online Retail Online Publishing Distance Learning Music Sales
Barnesandnoble.com is an online retailer of books, magazines, software, videos, music and other items as well as online courses through Barnes and Noble University to customers in 230 countries. The company was originally a joint venture between Barnes and Noble, Inc., the world’s largest bookseller, and Bertelsmann, based in Europe and one of the world’s largest media companies. In mid-2003, Barnes and Noble agreed to buy Bertlesmann out. Barnesandnoble.com is approximately the ninth-most-trafficked shopping site and is among the 50 largest sites overall on the Internet. Barnesandnoble.com also has co-marketing agreements with AOL, Yahoo! and MSN and is linked with more than 17,000 web sites. Its database offers the latest bestsellers, diverse titles from small presses and university publishers and access to approximately 30 million listings for out-of-print, used and rare books. Barnesandnoble.com also boasts over 1 million titles that are ready for delivery. The web site also contains many extra features such as book descriptions, reviews, excerpts and recommendations from other readers. Other products offered include CDs, DVDs, gifts, calendars and magazine subscriptions. The site’s online classes, some of them free, cover a variety of subjects from technology and computer skills to literature, writing, foreign languages, history, business and life improvement. In cooperation with Barnes and Noble, the firm created a book buyers’ membership loyalty program, READERS ADVANTAGE, which offers 10% discounts at Barnes and Noble stores and 5% additional discounts at Banresandnoble.com. In recent news, the company added a new web site feature, the Sale Annex, which offers thousands of books, DVD and VHS titles and music with savings up to 88% off list prices. The firm’s web site also launched a Book Clubs center, which features recommended titles for reading groups, suggestions from popular authors and free printable reading group discussion guides for thousands of books.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Barnes and Noble, Inc. Yahoo! READERS ADVANTAGE America Online Barnes and Noble Digital Fatbrain.com Sales Annex Barnes and Noble University
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Marie J. Toulantis, CEO Kevin Frain, CFO David Gitow, VP/Chief Mktg. Officer David C. Willen, Chief Tech. Officer Michael N. Rosen, Corp. Sec. Kevin Frain, VP-Oper. Maria Florez, Dir.-Finance and Investor Rel. Daniel A. Blackman, VP/General Mgr.-Books, Music and Video Leonard S. Riggio, Chmn.
Phone: 212-414-6000 Fax: 212-414-6140 Toll-Free: 877-275-2626 Address: 76 9th Ave., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10011 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $291,433 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-9,941 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $422,800 2002 Profits: $-73,700 Stock Ticker: BNBN 2001 Sales: $404,600 2001 Profits: $-67,400 Employees: 990 2000 Sales: $320,115 2000 Profits: $-65,403 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $193,730 1999 Profits: $-48,151
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $485,577 Second Exec. Salary: $261,538 Major boost from relationship with the retail stores of Barnes and Noble.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$325,000 $94,875
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
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BEASLEY BROADCASTING GROUPwww.beasleybroadcasting.com Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Station Owner/Operator Online Advertising
Beasley Broadcasting Group is the 17th-largest radio broadcasting company in the United States based on revenues. Beasley owns and operates 41 stations, 26 FM and 15 AM, located in 11 large and mid-sized markets in the eastern United States. Of these stations, 19 are located in seven of the top 50 U.S. radio markets: Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Las Vegas, New Orleans and West Palm Beach. The company seeks to maximize revenues and broadcast cash flow by operating and acquiring clusters of stations in high-growth large and mid-sized markets located primarily in the eastern United States. The radio stations program a variety of formats, including rock, country, contemporary hit radio and talk, which target the demographic groups in each market that it considers the most attractive to advertisers. In recent news, the company updated five radio stations to the high-definition standard.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. George G. Beasley, CEO Bruce G. Beasley, Co-COO Caroline Beasley, CFO Patricia Trautman Russell, Human Resources Dir. Robert L. Demuth, Chief Tech. Officer Brian E. Beasley, VP-Oper. Denyse S. Mesnik, Dir.-Corp. Comm. Allen B. Shaw, Co-COO Marie Tedesco, VP-Finance Shaun P. Greening, VP-Financial Reporting
Phone: 941-263-5000 Fax: 941-263-8191 Toll-Free: Address: 3033 Riviera Dr., Ste. 200, Naples, FL 34103 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $53,000 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $6,200 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $114,700 2002 Profits: $-3,700 Stock Ticker: BBGI 2001 Sales: $115,200 2001 Profits: $-21,800 Employees: 647 2000 Sales: $106,200 2000 Profits: $-29,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $93,600 1999 Profits: $-3,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $547,604 Second Exec. Salary: $355,706 Continued growth through acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$100,000 $50,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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BELO CORP Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.belo.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Broadcast Television Cable News Internet Products and Services
Belo Corporation is one of the largest media companies in the U.S., with a diversified group of television broadcasting, newspaper publishing and cable news operations. The company’s group of 19 television stations currently reaches 13.7% of U.S. television households. The firm also manages one television station through local marketing agreements. Six of Belo’s television stations are located in the top 16 television markets. Of its television stations, four are ABC affiliates, five are with CBS, four are with NBC, two are with WB, one is a FOX affiliate, one is with UPN and two are independent stations. Belo's newspaper group comprises four daily newspapers with a combined daily circulation of approximately 900,000 copies and a combined Sunday circulation of more than 1.2 million copies. The firm’s publishing division is headed by The Dallas Morning News, which has the country’s ninth-largest daily circulation. Belo also publishes The Providence Journal, the leading newspaper in terms of both advertising and circulation in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, and The Press-Enterprise, a daily newspaper serving Riverside, California. The company also publishes the Denton Record-Chronicle in Denton, Texas. Belo owns Belo Interactive, Inc., an Internet subsidiary with 35 web sites, several interactive alliances and a broad range of Internet-based products and services. Subsidiaries Northwest Cable News and Texas Cable News provide regional news coverage in a comprehensive 24-hour a day format. Belo offers its employees medical, dental and life insurance plus adoption assistance, tuition assistance and subsidized public transportation.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dallas Morning News (The) Providence Journal-Bulletin Press-Enterprise (The) Denton Record-Chronicle Belo Interactive Northwest Cable News Texas Cable News A. H. Belo Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert W. Decherd, CEO Robert W. Decherd, Pres. Dunia A. Shive, CFO Marian Spitzberg, VP-Human Resources Guy Kerr, Sr. VP-Law Colleen Brown, VP-Corp. Dev. Jack Sander, Exec. VP-Media Oper. Dennis Williamson, Corp. VP
Phone: 214-977-6606 Fax: 214-977-6603 Toll-Free: Address: 400 S. Record St., Dallas, TX 75202 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,048,163 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $86,094 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,427,800 2002 Profits: $131,100 Stock Ticker: BLC 2001 Sales: $1,364,600 2001 Profits: $-2,700 Employees: 7,800 2000 Sales: $1,588,800 2000 Profits: $150,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,434,000 1999 Profits: $178,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $855,000 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $532,000 Bonus: Dominant combination of newspapers and TV stations in many major markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$1,282,500 $585,200
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International:
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Industry Group Code: 524126 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.berkshirehathaway.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Insurance Company-Casualty and Property Reinsurance Technology Training Engineering Products and Services Retail Operations Foodservice Operations
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is a holding company that owns subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities, the most important of which are insurance and reinsurance. The property and casualty insurance business is conducted on both a direct and reinsurance basis through the Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group. General Re Corp. provides customers worldwide with life, accident and health reinsurers, as well as internationally based property and casualty reinsurers. GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Co.) mainly provides auto insurance and is the sixth-largest auto insurer in the U.S. Berkshire provides high-technology training to operators of aircraft and ships through FlightSafety International, Inc. and sells private and fractionally owned jets through NetJets. It also owns Acme Building Brands, a manufacturer of bricks; Benjamin Moore and Co., a leading paint manufacturer and retailer of architectural coatings; Johns Manville, a manufacturer of insulation products; and MiTek, Inc., a supplier of connector products, engineering software and services. The company also operates in the retail business through home furnishing stores Nebraska Furniture Mart, R.C. Willey Home Furnishings, Star Furniture Company and Jordan’s Furniture, Inc. and a jewelry store named Borsheim’s Jewelry Company, which manages the Helzberg Diamond Shops. Berkshire produces boxed chocolates and other confectionery products through See’s Candies; owns several shoe businesses including Dexter Shoe Company and Justin Brands; and owns International Dairy Queen, which services over 6,000 snack and drink food stores under the names Dairy Queen, Orange Julius and Karmelkorn. McLane Co., one of the company’s newest acquisitions, is one of the nation’s largest wholesale distributors of groceries and nonfood items to retailers. Clayton Homes, Inc., a manufactured housing company, was also recently acquired. Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, Warren Buffett, is worldfamous for his business and investment expertise.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group GEICO Direct Auto Insurance General Re Corp. Benjamin Moore and Co. FlightSafety Internaional, Inc. Dexter Shoe Company Borsheim's Jewelry Corp. Acme Building Brands, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Warren E. Buffet, CEO Marc D. Hamburg, CFO Daniel J. Jaksich, Controller Forrest N. Krutter, Corp. Sec. Marc D. Hamburg, VP/Treas. Rebecca K. Amick, Dir.-Internal Auditing Mark D. Millard, Dir.-Financial Assets Warren E. Buffet, Chmn.
Phone: 402-346-1400 Fax: 402-346-3375 Toll-Free: Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, NE 68131 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $4,210,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $5,765,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $42,670,000 2002 Profits: $4,286,000 Stock Ticker: BRK 2001 Sales: $37,668,000 2001 Profits: $795,000 Employees: 147,000 2000 Sales: $33,976,000 2000 Profits: $3,328,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $24,028,000 1999 Profits: $1,557,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $462,500 Bonus: $ Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $100,000 Bonus: $ ADVANTAGE: One of the world's most successful investment companies/Leadership of respected CEO, Warren Buffet.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BERTELSMANN AG Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.bertelsmann.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting Magazine and Newspaper Publishing Book Publishing e-Commerce Music Publishing
Bertelsmann AG, based in Germany, is the world’s largest private media company. With operations in 55 countries, the company’s global reach encompasses television and radio; magazines and newspapers; music labels; book publishers; professional information; print and media services; book and music clubs; and e-commerce media. Each of the company’s primary subsidiaries handles a different aspect of media. Major subsidiaries include the RTL Group, the largest broadcaster in Europe; Random House, the world's largest book-publishing group; Gruner + Jahr, a magazine and newspaper publisher; and BMG, a leading company in the global markets for music and trade information. Bertelsmann Arvato, another subsidiary, provides various media services, while DirectGroup Bertelsmann is a leader in media distribution through an assortment of book clubs and the Internet. Bertelsmann plans to reorganize and then profitably re-launch the service. In recent news, Bertelsmann and Sony have made plans to form a joint music company, Sony BMG, 50% -owned by each of the two media giants. In other news, Bertelsmann signed a definitive agreement to sell BertelsmannSpringer, one of its publishing subsidiaries, to Cinven and Candover, two of Europe's largest investment companies. BertelsmannSpringer is comprised of over 70 companies that specialize in the publishing of scientific, academic and economic literature. The firm’s rapid growth over the past few years has resulted in an increasing internationalization of its operations, corporate culture and management composition.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: RTL Group Random House Gruner + Jahr BMG Bertelsmann Arvato DirectGroup Ballantine
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gunter Thielen, CEO Siegfried Luther, CFO Detlef Hunsdiek, Human Resources Gunter Gruger, Corp. Controller Ulrich Koch, Legal Department Michael Hansen, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev. Bernd Bauer, Exec. VP-Corp. Comm. Shobhna Mohn, VP-Investor Rel. Verena Volpert, Exec. VP-Corp. Treas. and Finance Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, Chmn./CEO, BMG Peter Olson, Chmn./CEO, Random House Bernd Kundrun, Chmn./CEO, Gruner + Jahr Gerhard Zeiler, CEO, RTL Group Gunter Thielen, Chmn.
Phone: 49-5241-80-0 Fax: 49-5241-80-9662 Toll-Free: Address: Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270, Gütersloh, D-33311 Germany
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $10,051,600 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $181,064 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $19,193,000 2002 Profits: $973,000 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $8,592,000 2001 Profits: $825,000 Employees: 82,000 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Europe's major broadcasting company/Diversified media interests.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BEST BUY CO INC Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.bestbuy.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Electronics Stores Retail Music and Video Sales Personal Computers Office Supplies Furniture Appliances Cameras Electronics Installation and Service
Best Buy Co., Inc. is the nation's largest specialty retailer of name-brand consumer electronics, entertainment software and appliances. The company also sells cameras and ready-to-assemble furniture designed for use with computer and audio/video equipment. Best Buy also offers product service and repair (including its Geek Squad repair desks), which differentiates it from other discount stores and Internet retailers. Computer upgrades, car audio installation and car security system installation are also offered. Stores feature PC sales kiosks that allow consumers to select and personalize computers and have them delivered within a week. The firm sells huge quantities of its own VPR Matrix computer brand. Best Buy operates retail stores and commercial web sites under the following names: Best Buy, Future Shop, Geek Squad and Magnolia Audio. The company reaches consumers through 750 retail stores in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The firm's expansion strategy has been to enter major metropolitan areas with the simultaneous opening of several stores and then to expand into smaller markets. The company has developed a new 45,000 square feet prototype store for major markets, and a new 20,000square-foot format for smaller cities. During fiscal 2003, the company sold its entire Music Land subsidiary. The firm opens 70 new Best Buy stores yearly. Much of its future growth will be in smaller cities, using the 20,000 square foot format. The firm's long term growth record in its core Best Buy stores is exceptional. Best Buy sponsors the Best Buy SkillsUSA Technical Workforce Development Program, which helps technical students find work after graduation. The firm also offers its employees a dental and vision plan, a discount program and tuition assistance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Magnolia Hi-Fi Future Shop
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bradbury H. Anderson, CEO Allen U. Lenzmeier, Pres. Allen U. Lenzmeier, COO Darren Jackson, CFO Brian J. Dunn, VP-Sales Shari Ballard, VP-Human Resources Clark T. Becker, Chief Tech. Officer Marc Gordon, CIO Ron Boire, General Merch. Mgr. Joseph Joyce, General Counsel Tamara Kozikowski, Sr. VP-Real Estate and Property Dev. Gary L. Arnold, Sr. VP-Entertainment Nancy C. Bologna, Sr. VP-Enterprise Alliances Michael Linton, Chief Mktg. Officer Charles Scheiderer, Sr. VP-Logistics Richard Schulze, Chmn.
Phone: 612-291-1000 Fax: 612-292-4001 Toll-Free: 888-237-8289 Address: 7601 Penn Ave. S., Richfield, MN 55323 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $20,946,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $99,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $19,597,000 2002 Profits: $570,000 Stock Ticker: BBY 2001 Sales: $15,326,600 2001 Profits: $395,800 Employees: 98,000 2000 Sales: $12,494,023 2000 Profits: $347,070 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $10,064,600 1999 Profits: $216,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,017,308 Bonus: $903,750 Second Exec. Salary: $951,865 Bonus: $682,343 Offers a self-service, non-commissioned, discount-style sales environment in a superstore setting/Wellknown for everyday low prices on music CDs.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BIOWARE CORP Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.bioware.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software/Games
BioWare, Inc. is an electronic entertainment company specializing in creating computer and console video games. The Canadian firm is one of the most successful game developers in the world, selling hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of units per title. Its first title, Shattered Steel, was released in 1996 and sold over 170,000 units. In 1998, BioWare unveiled its best-selling game, Baldur’s Gate, which has sold over 2 million units for the PC. This title was followed by Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. Together the Baldur’s Gate series of titles have sold almost 5 million copies. Other titles the company has released include MDK2, MDK2: Armageddon, Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Moreover, BioWare has licensed its game engine technology to Black Isle Studios/Interplay, the publisher for the Baldur’s Gate franchise. A number of popular games, including Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter and Icewind Dale II have been developed using BioWare’s Infinity Engine. The firm is currently developing Jade Empire, an action-based role-playing game for Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console based on mythical China. Jade Empire is currently scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2004. The firm offers employees full medical benefits.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Baldur's Gate Infinity Engine MDK2 Shattered Steel Jade Empire Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Neverwinter Nights
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Greg Zeschuk, Joint CEO Richard Iwaniuk, CFO Ray Muzyka, Joint CEO
Phone: 780-430-0164 Fax: 780-439-6374 Toll-Free: Address: 200, 4445 Calgary Trail, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 5R7 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Earns additional revenues by licensing its technologies to others.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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BLOCKBUSTER INC Industry Group Code: 532230 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.blockbuster.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Y Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Videocassette Rental Stores DVD Rentals Video Game Rentals DVD and VHS Sales Consumer Electronics Sales
Blockbuster, Inc., majority-owned by entertainment giant Viacom, is the world’s leading provider of rentable home movies and video games, with over 8,500 owned and franchised stores in the U.S., its territories and 28 other countries. Viacom plans to spin off its 81% stake in Blockbuster during 2004. The firm also rents DVDs, DVD players, VCRs, video game consoles and video games, servicing over 3 million customers per day. Blockbuster’s name brand achieves almost 100% recognition among active movie renters, according to Gallup polls. In the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the company operates under the Xtra-Vision brand name. The company has entered into domestic revenue-sharing agreements with all of the major Hollywood studios. These agreements allow the company to increase the number of newly released videos in stores and increase revenues from rental transactions. Blockbuster stores feature Rent it! Like it! Buy it!, a program designed to increase customer satisfaction with their purchases by offering a low-cost alternative to view a movie prior to making a purchasing decision. In recent news, Blockbuster acquired Games Station, Ltd., the second-largest games retailer in the United Kingdom, which operates under the brand name Gamestation. The firm’s Gamestation stores offer games trading in addition to traditional retailing. In other news, Blockbuster has capitalized on increased consumer interest in purchasing DVDs and continued to increase its DVD merchandise as a percentage of its total movies merchandise. Viacom plans to spin off its 81% stake in Blockbuster during 2004. In an effort to compete with the extremely successful Netflix, Blockbuster announded plans to launch a DVD rentail by mail service in late 2004. Blockbuster offers its employees medical, dental, vision, disability, auto, home, pet and life insurance, in addition to tuition reimbursement, free video rentals and discounts on store merchandise.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Viacom Gamestation Game Station, Ltd. Xtra-Vision Retail Services, Inc. Rent it! Like it! Buy it!
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John F. Antioco, CEO Nigel Travis, Pres. Nigel Travis, COO Larry J. Zine, Exec. VP/CFO James Notarnicola, Exec. VP/Chief Mktg. Officer Nick Shepherd, Exec. VP-Merch. Edward B. Stead, Corp. Sec. Edward B. Stead, General Counsel Larry Zine, Chief Admin. Officer Frank G. Paci, Exec. VP-Finance, Strategic Planning and Dev. Michael K. Roemer, Exec. VP/COO-North America Oper. Mark T. Gilman, Exec. VP/Pres. New Media Div. Dean M. Wilson, Exec. VP-Worldwide Content Edward B. Stead, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. John F. Antioco, Chmn. Chris Wyatt, Exec. VP/Pres.-Int'l
Phone: 214-854-3000 Fax: 214-854-4848 Toll-Free: 800-224-2677 Address: 1201 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75270 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,983,500 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $1,658,300 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $5,566,000 2002 Profits: $-1,628,000 Stock Ticker: BBI 2001 Sales: $5,156,700 2001 Profits: $-240,300 Employees: 85,200 2000 Sales: $4,960,100 2000 Profits: $-75,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $4,463,500 1999 Profits: $-69,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Bonus: $2,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $671,154 Bonus: $202,113 The worldwide leader in video rental stores/Significant revenues from merchandise sales, as well as rentals.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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BLOOMBERG LP Industry Group Code: 514100 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.bloomberg.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Financial Data Publishing-Print and Online Magazine Publishing Management Software Multimedia Presentation Services
Bloomberg, LP is one of the world’s largest information services, news and media companies, serving the financial services industry as well as government offices and agencies, corporations and news organizations in 126 countries. The company has 110 offices worldwide. The firm’s core business, the Bloomberg Professional service, provides a combination of real-time, around-the-clock financial news, market data, analysis, electronic trading, multimedia report capabilities and e-mail on a single platform to clients as well as Bloomberg subsidiaries. Bloomberg has grown to include a global news service, encompassing Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg.com and the Bloomberg Magazine Group, which publishes three magazines in the U.S. (Bloomberg Markets, On Investing and Bloomberg Wealth Manager) as well as Bloomberg Money in the U.K. and Bloomberg Investimi in Italy. Bloomberg News, the company’s financial newswire service, is comprised of 1,600 reporters in 94 bureaus worldwide, writing more than 4,000 new stories daily. Bloomberg Tradebook is a leading global agency broker used by institutional equity, foreign exchange and energy trading professionals worldwide. It offers its customers the ability to trade on 65 markets in 54 countries. The Bloomberg Order Management System allows the firm’s professional services to work in conjunction with outside infrastructure. The Bloomberg Trade Order Management System is a global riskmanagement software solution that integrates straightthrough processing and electronic trading, while the Bloomberg Portfolio Order Management System provides front-office management solutions, offering cash and position management, portfolio modeling and benchmarking. Bloomberg Data License provides access to its financial database as well as access to more than 4 million financial instruments. Bloomberg Roadshows is a multimedia presentation service featuring synchronized slides, audio, streaming video and live video technology. Issuers and underwriters use it to target buy-side clients directly through distribution of presentations on all types of debt, equity, structured finance issues and research. The founder, Michael Bloomberg, owns 72% of the company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bloomberg Professional Bloomberg Television Bloomberg Radio Bloomberg.com Bloomberg Magazine Group Bloomberg Tradebook Bloomberg Data License Bloomberg Roadshows
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Lex Fenwick, CEO Chris Taylor, Dir.-Public Rel. Peter T. Grauer, Chmn.
Phone: 212-318-2000 Fax: 212-369-5000 Toll-Free: Address: 499 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $3,000,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $2,600,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 8,200 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Operates the premier online financial information system.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BMG (SONY BMG) Industry Group Code: 422921 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.bmg.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Recorded Music Distribution Record Labels
BMG, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, is one of the world’s largest record label owners and operators, with offices in 40 countries. Labels run by the company include Arista Records, RCA Music Group, Jive Records and Verity. Arista is one of the world’s most consistently successful hitmaking record companies, with artists such as Whitney Houston, Sarah McLachlan, Outkast, Pink, Santana and TLC. Other artists under BMG labels include Coldplay, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Busta Rhymes, Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, R. Kelly, Alicia Keys and Annie Lennox. Subsidiary BMG Music Publishing controls copyrights to over 700,000 songs. In recent news, BMG and AT&T launched Click2Music, a digital marketing property that allows music fans to access ring tones, graphics, video clips, audio clips and news about their favorite BMG artists from their wireless phones. The company plans to merge with the music division of Sony, creating a new company to be called Sony BMG. However, the merger is subject to regulatory approval. If completed, the merger may occur in late 2004.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sony BMG
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, CEO Michael Smellie, COO Joseph Gorman, Sr. VP/CFO Tim Prescott, Exec. VP/Chief Mktg. Officer Ira Sallen, Sr. VP-Human Resources Nicholas Firth, Exec. VP-Corp. Oper. Patrick Reilly, VP-Corp. Comm. Pete Jones, CEO/Pres.-Distribution Hidehiko Tashiro, CEO/Pres.-Japan Barry Weiss, Pres., Jive Records Sally Breuss, VP-Legal and Bus. Affairs Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, Chmn. Maarten Steinkamp, Pres.-Int'l
Phone: 212-930-4000 Fax: 212-930-4862 Toll-Free: Address: 1540 Broadway, 43rd Fl., New York, NY 10036 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $2,700,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 4,500 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Plans to merge with the music division of Sony to create a new firm to be called Sony BMG.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BOARDWALK CASINO INC Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hiboardwalk.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel
Boardwalk Casino, Inc., a subsidiary of MGM Mirage, operates the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The Coney Island-themed property features 20 table games, 600 slot and video games and a race and sports book with pari-mutuel wagering. The Boardwalk also hosts meetings and events in its banquet facilities, with ballrooms, business classrooms, a director’s boardroom, catering and meeting support services. Other features include a hotel with over 650 rooms, three restaurants, two swimming pools, a wedding gazebo and a number of specialty retail shops. In addition, the Lighthouse Lounge features nightly live entertainment. The firm’s Boardwalk Player Card offers discounts at restaurants, shops and the hotel. Guests can make reservations online at Boardwalk’s web site. Boardwalk Casino was owned by Mirage Resorts prior to the merger of Mirage with MGM Grand in 2000.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MGM Mirage Boardwalk Hotel and Casino
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Forest J. Woodward, II, Pres. Duane Zook, CFO
Phone: 702-735-2400 Fax: 702-739-8152 Toll-Free: 800-635-4581 Address: 3750 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Relationship with MGM Mirage.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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BOCA RESORTS INC Industry Group Code: 721110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.bocaresortsinc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Hotel Resorts Golf Courses Marinas
Boca Resorts, formerly Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc.. owns and operates five luxury resorts in Florida with hotels, conference facilities, golf courses, spas, marinas and private clubs. The resort holdings consist of the Boca Raton Resort and Club, the Registry Resort and Club at Pelican Bay, the Edgewater Beach Hotel and Club, the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina and the Radisson Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center. The company also maintains two championship golf courses located in Florida: the Grande Oaks Golf Club and the Naples Grande Golf Club. In addition, Boca Resorts operates the Premier Club, a membership group that allows access to aspects of the resorts that are restricted from other guests. The company recently completed the renovation of Edgewater’s beach suites with two new suite designs. In other news, the Registry Resort completed a $30-million renovation consisting of enhanced swimming pools and sun decks, enlarged meeting and event space and transformed European-style guestrooms.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Boca Raton Resort and Club Registry Resort and Club at Pelican Bay Edgewater Beach Hotel and Club Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina Premier Club Grande Oaks Golf Club Naples Grande Golf Club Radisson Bahia Mar Beach Resort
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David S. Feder, Pres. David S. Feder, COO Wayne Moor, Sr. VP/CFO Steven M. Dauria, VP/Corp. Controller Richard L. Handley, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Richard L. Handley, General Counsel Michael F. Glennie, Sr. VP-Resort Oper. William M. Pierce, Treas. William R. Doyle, III, General Mgr.-Edgewater Beach Hotel and Club H. Wayne Huizenga, Chmn.
Phone: 561-447-5302 Fax: 954-835-7600 Toll-Free: Address: 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $290,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $8,800 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $273,000 2002 Profits: $34,400 Stock Ticker: RST 2001 Sales: $329,200 2001 Profits: $3,700 Employees: 3,918 2000 Sales: $421,500 2000 Profits: $13,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $386,700 1999 Profits: $5,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $425,000 Second Exec. Salary: $250,000 Excellent hotel and marina properties.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$305,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y Y
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BOOKS A MILLION INC Industry Group Code: 451211 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Y Dist./Printing:
www.booksamillioninc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Stores Greeting Cards Coffee Bars Wholesale Distribution Online Sales Newsstands
Books-A-Million, Inc. is one of the dominant book retailers in the southeastern United States. Books-A-Million currently operates about 207 stores in 18 states and the District of Columbia. The company has developed three distinct store formats to address the various market areas it serves. Its superstores average approximately 20,000 square feet and operate under the name Books-A-Million. The firm also operates traditional Bookland stores, primarily mall-based stores located in small markets and averaging 4,000 square feet. Joe Muggs newsstands are concentrated in business and entertainment districts and are tailored to the demographics of the particular market area. Newsstands average approximately 2,300 square feet and carry a broad selection of newspapers and magazines, along with hardcover and paperback books. The newsstands also offer an espresso and coffee bar. All store formats offer an extensive selection of bestsellers and other hardcover and paperback books, magazines, newspapers, cards and gifts. Many of the stores feature a coffee shop with various original blends and a selection of merchandise under the Joe Muggs brand name. In addition to retail store formats, Books-A-Million, through its subsidiary American Internet Services, Inc., offers its products over the Internet on its BAMM.com web site. The company also owns a book wholesale distribution subsidiary, American Wholesale Book Company, which markets primarily to other book stores, wholesale clubs, supermarkets, department stores and mass merchandisers. In addition, Books-A-Million owns an Internet development and services company called NetCentral, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Books-A-Million offers its full-time employees health insurance and a merchandise discount.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: NetCentral Joe Muggs Bookland BAMM.com Book$mart American Wholesale Book Company American Internet Services, Inc. Kids-A-Million
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Clyde B. Anderson, CEO Sandra B. Cochran, Pres. Richard S. Wallington, CFO Sandra B. Cochran, Corp. Sec. Terrance G. Finley, Pres., Booksamillion.com
Phone: 205-942-3737 Fax: 205-942-6601 Toll-Free: Address: 402 Industrial Ln., Birmingham, AL 35211 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $442,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $442,900 2002 Profits: $4,000 Stock Ticker: BAMM 2001 Sales: $418,600 2001 Profits: $3,100 Employees: 5,100 2000 Sales: $404,057 2000 Profits: $5,942 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $347,877 1999 Profits: $4,514
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $410,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $340,000 ADVANTAGE: A leading book retailer in the Southeast/Discount prices.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$280,000 $231,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Industry Group Code: 713920 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.boothcreek.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ski Resorts Golf Courses
Booth Creek Ski Holdings, a subsidiary of Booth Creek Ski Group, Inc., is one of the largest ski resort operators in North America, with over 2 million visitors per year. The company's regional resorts, located near four of the five largest ski markets in the United States (including Boston and Seattle), feature 6,485 acres of skiing property, 347 trails and 87 lifts. Booth Creek's ski and summer resorts include Northstar-at-Tahoe, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Big Bear Mountain, Waterville Valley, Cranmore Mountain Resort, Loon Mountain and The Summit at Snoqualmie. These resorts provide a full range of services, such as equipment rentals, skiing lessons and restaurants. In the summer months, several Booth Creek properties are open for events, as well as activities including golf and mountain biking. The company’s Get Good Quick program utilizes specialized terrain and equipment, enabling guests to learn more quickly than with traditional teaching methods. At three of its western resorts, the company also offers Vertical Plus. Through this program, frequent skiers and snowboarders can track the number of vertical feet that they ski or ride via a personal wristband, which is scanned at participating lifts. These guests also receive discounts and gain access to special lift lines. Booth Creek is currently planning residential developments at its Washington, New Hampshire and California locations. Booth Creek offers its employees medical, dental and vision insurance as well as skiing privileges and food and gift shop discounts.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Northstar-at-Tahoe Sierra-at-Tahoe Big Bear Mountain Waterville Valley Cranmore Mountain Resort Loon Mountain Summit at Snoqualmie (The) Booth Creek Ski Group, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. George Gillett, Jr., CEO Chris Ryman, Pres. Chris Ryman, COO Elizabeth Cole, CFO Julie Maurer, VP-Mktg. and Sales Laura Moriarty, VP-Human Resources Tim Beck, Exec. VP-Planning Brian Pope, VP-Finance and Acc. Mark Petrozzi, VP-Risk Mgmt. Dave Corbin, VP-Resort Dev.
Phone: 970-476-1311 Fax: 970-845-8430 Toll-Free: Address: 1000 S. Frontage Rd. W., Ste. 100, Vail, CO 81657 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $101,176 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $5,560 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $120,500 2002 Profits: $-1,900 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $121,900 2001 Profits: $-13,800 Employees: 4,940 2000 Sales: $139,400 2000 Profits: $- 400 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31 1999 Sales: $125,700 1999 Profits: $-18,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $335,000 Second Exec. Salary: $275,000 Owns popular, well-located properties.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$175,000 $175,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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BORDERS GROUP INC Industry Group Code: 451211 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Y Dist./Printing:
www.bordersgroupinc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Stores Music and Movie Retailing Specialty Coffee Online Sales
Borders Group, Inc. is the second-largest operator of book superstores and the largest operator of mall-based bookstores in the world, based on sales and number of stores. The company operates more than 450 superstores under the Borders name, including overseas stores in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Borders superstores carry an average of 110,000 book titles, including many hard-to-find titles. The company also owns and operates 778 mall-based bookstores, primarily under the Waldenbooks name, and 37 stores in the United Kingdom under the Books, etc. name. Waldenbooks recently achieved average sales per square foot of $263, a figure higher than its closest competitor's. Borders is also one of the U.S.’s largest specialty coffee retailers, with café operations in nearly all of its superstores. Borders stores offer music and videos and feature an extensive selection of CDs, with an emphasis on hard-to-find recordings and categories such as jazz, classical and foreign music. Each book and music superstore carries over 29,000 music titles and 6,500 movie titles. The stores also feature promotions such as literary events and computer kiosks to assist with product location and special order placement. The company’s Borders.com and Waldenbooks.com online shopping sites operate in partnership with Amazon.com, whereby customers can order products through Amazon.com. Amazon also provides links to information about Borders stores and Borders gift cards. In 2002, the company opened 41 new Borders book and music superstores, in accordance with its aggressive expansion strategy. Expansion is fueled mainly by the numerous Waldenbooks stores, which act as a cash crop for the rest of the corporation. Borders offers an extensive benefits program to its employees, including health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision plans; education benefits for sales, leadership and technical applications; and numerous discounts for things such as auto and home insurance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Borders, Inc. Waldenbooks Books, etc. Borders International Borders.com Waldenbooks.com Amazon.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gregory Josefowicz, CEO Gregory Josefowicz, Pres. Edward Wilheim, CFO Michael Spinozzi, Exec. VP/Chief Mktg. Officer Daniel Smith, VP-Human Resources Frederick Johnson, CIO Thomas D. Carney, General Counsel Tamara Heim, Pres., Borders Cedric Vanzura, Pres., Waldenbooks Gregory Josefowicz, Chmn. Vincent Altruda, Pres.-Int'l
Phone: 734-477-1100 Fax: 734-477-1965 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Phoenix Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48108 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $3,513,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $111,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $3,387,900 2002 Profits: $87,400 Stock Ticker: BGP 2001 Sales: $3,271,200 2001 Profits: $43,600 Employees: 32,700 2000 Sales: $2,968,400 2000 Profits: $90,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $2,595,000 1999 Profits: $92,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $709,346 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $279,712 Bonus: ADVANTAGE: Largest operator of mall-based bookstores/Online partnership with Amazon.com.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
$319,500 $70,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES www.bouncebacktechnologies.com Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Marketing-Internet Focused Casino
BounceBackTechnologies.com specializes in providing marketing, sales and business solutions to the ecommerce industry as well as directly to consumers. The firm’s main subsidiary is BounceBackMedia, a leader in the mini-CD market with its BounceBackCard CDs, which companies mail to potential clients to advertise their products and services through CD-ROM. BounceBackMedia provides a variety of other services including multiple-format CD and DVD replication, multimedia presentation production, audio/video recording, 3D animation, web design, web hosting, programming and e-commerce solutions. The firm’s major advertising customers include AT&T, Mississippi Power and Light, Monster.com and USWeb. The firm has been continuing its transition in its operations from casino entertainment to Internet and e-commerce as it is working to sell its Casino Caraibe in Tunisia. The casino, run by subsidiary CRC of Tunisia, S.A., has 300 slot machines, 21 table games, a 500-seat theater, a gourmet restaurant, a gift shop and additional food and bar services.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: RawData, Inc. Casino Resource Corp. BounceBackMedia.com Go2Technologies, Inc. BounceBackCard Casino Caraibe CRC of Tunisia, S.A.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John J. Pilger, CEO John J. Pilger, Pres. John J. Pilger, CFO Dennis Evans, VP-Mktg. Noreen Pollman, Corp. Sec.
Phone: 228-872-5558 Fax: 228-872-4456 Toll-Free: 800-511-5434 Address: 707 Bienville Blvd., Ocean Springs, MS 39564 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $ 976 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $-3,856 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $2,300 2002 Profits: $-2,400 Stock Ticker: BBTC 2001 Sales: $3,400 2001 Profits: $1,100 Employees: 104 2000 Sales: $3,800 2000 Profits: $- 400 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $8,228 1999 Profits: $-5,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Focus on unique CD-ROM technology.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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BOWL AMERICA INC Industry Group Code: 713950 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Bowling Centers
Bowl America, Inc. operates a number of bowling centers in the greater metropolitan areas of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., as well as several in Florida and Virginia, coming to a total of 18 bowling centers and over 700 lanes. The bowling centers feature food and beverage services, game rooms, rental lockers and playroom facilities. To attract younger crowds of bowlers, Bowl America offers promotions such as Extreme Bowling, which features stereo sound and a laser light show, and Rolling Rewards, offering students free games in exchange for A’s on final report cards. These promotions have brought about an increase in teenage patrons. Bowl America is also attempting to increase revenues by buying, instead of leasing, the majority of amusement games in the bowling centers. The company has been able to triple gross game play at the converted locations while negating the need to pay commissions to game rental companies. As a result of this streamlining, the company hopes to increase profitability in the future.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Extreme Bowling Rolling Rewards
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Leslie Goldberg, CEO Leslie Goldberg, Pres. Cheryl A. Dragoo, CFO
Phone: 703-941-6300 Fax: 703-256-2430 Toll-Free: Address: 6446 Edsall Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $29,400 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $3,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $29,800 2002 Profits: $3,800 Stock Ticker: BWLA 2001 Sales: $29,400 2001 Profits: $3,900 Employees: 700 2000 Sales: $28,900 2000 Profits: $4,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $27,500 1999 Profits: $3,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $102,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $ ADVANTAGE: Established owner of 18 bowling centers with no company debt.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$69,708 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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BOYD GAMING CORP Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.boydgaming.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel Casino Management
Boyd Gaming Corp. is a multi-jurisdictional gaming company and one of the country’s leading casino operators. Boyd is committed to providing high-quality entertainment to its primarily middle-income customers at an affordable price, focusing on slot play and traditional gaming tables. The company currently owns and operates 13 casino entertainment facilities. In Nevada these include the Stardust Resort and Casino, Sam’s Hotel and Gambling Hall, El Dorado Casino, Joker’s Wild Casino, California Hotel and Casino, Main Street Station Casino, Brewery and Hotel and the Freemont Hotel and Casino. In Mississippi, Boyd’s operations consist of Sam’s Hotel and Gambling Hall. In Louisiana, Boyd’s holdings consist of the Delta’s Downs Racetrack and Casino and the Treasure Chest Cove. In Illinois, Boyd owns the Par-a-Dice Hotel and Casino. In Indiana, Boyd’s consists of the Blue Chip Hotel and Casino. Recently, in conjunction with MGM Mirage, Boyd opened Borgata, a billion-dollar, 2000-room resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In February 2004, the firm announced that it will acquire Coast Casinos, Inc. for $820 million.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: California Hotel and Casino Borgata Hotel and Casino Delta’s Downs Racetrack Boyd Mississippi, Inc. Stardust Resort and Casino Par-A-Dice Gaming Corp. East Peoria Hotel, Inc. Coast Casinos
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William S. Boyd, CEO Donald D. Snyder, Pres. Keith E. Smith, Exec. VP/COO Ellis Landau, Exec. VP/CFO Dennis J. Frey, VP-Info. Systems Ellis Landau, Treas. Marianne Boyd Johnson, Sr. VP William R. Boyd, VP William S. Boyd, Chmn.
Phone: 702-792-7200 Fax: 702-792-7313 Toll-Free: Address: 2950 S. Industrial Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89109-1100 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,253,070 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $40,933 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,228,900 2002 Profits: $40,000 Stock Ticker: BYD 2001 Sales: $1,102,300 2001 Profits: $25,000 Employees: 14,225 2000 Sales: $1,153,900 2000 Profits: $62,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $987,000 1999 Profits: $38,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $550,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,779,480 $352,960
Growing base of operations.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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BOYNE USA RESORTS Industry Group Code: 713920 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.boyne.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ski Resorts Golf Courses Real Estate Development Online Sales
Boyne USA Resorts owns and operates ski and golf resorts located in the western and midwestern United States. The company's ski resorts include Big Sky Resort, Montana; Brighton Ski Bowl, Utah; Crystal Mountain, Washington; Cypress Mountain, British Columbia; and Boyne Highlands, Boyne Mountain and Inn at Bay Harbor in Michigan. Golf resorts include Big Sky Resort, Montana; and Bay Harbor Golf Club, Boyne Highlands, Boyne Mountain, Country Club of Boyne and Crooked Tree Golf Club, Michigian. The company also sells real estate including condominiums, cottages, homes and acreage at its Boyne Higlands/Harbor Springs, Bay Harbor/Petoskey, Boyne Mountain/Boyne City and Big Sky Resorts. Boyne also offers online skiing, golf and travel shopping. In recent news, the company acquired eight Bavarian Village Ski and Snowboard stores. Boyne USA offers a variety of benefits to its employees, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance and partial tuition reimbursement. The firm also offers discounts on skiing, golfing and other purchases.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Boyne Mountain Resort Boyne Highlands Resorts Bay Harbor Golf Club Cypress Mountain Big Sky Resort Bavarian Village Crystal Mountain Boyne South
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Everett Kircher, Pres. Arthur Tebo, COO John Branciforte, Dir.-Sales Ed Dembek, Comptroller Arthur Tebo, Corp. Sec. Julie Ard, Public Rel. Mgr. Arthur Tebo, Treas. Stephen Kircher, Pres.-Eastern Oper. John Kircher, Pres.-Western Oper.
Phone: 231-549-6060 Fax: 616-549-6896 Toll-Free: 800-462-6963 Address: One Boyne Mountain Rd., Boyne Falls, MI 49713 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Growth through acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y Y
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BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.bbc.co.uk
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting Online Publishing Media Services
Established by Royal Charter, government-owned British Broadcasting Corporation is one of the most far-reaching and influential news sources in the world. The company operates eight domestic TV channels that are paid for by British households, reaching about 90% of the populace every week. In addition, the company operates 10 domestic radio stations. Both television and radio cover a broad range of issues, with general content determined by the station, with genres ranging from mainstream culture to special-interest groups such as minorities. Subsidiaries of the company, including BBCi and BBC Worldwide, Ltd., are commercial ventures that reach a much broader audience. BBCi handles all of the company's Internet properties, posting news, entertainment and cultural issues through numerous web sites. BBC Worldwide runs a 24-hour news channel, very similar to CNN, with an emphasis on global issues and events. Major broadcasting subsidiaries are located in the U.S. and Canada. Other ventures include a number of business and media services, such as media distribution and management; production; and technology solutions. The director general and chairman of the BBC, Greg Dyke and Gavin Davies, resigned recently after a reporting scandal. Permanent executive appointments are pending.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BBC BBCi BBC Worldwide, Ltd. BBC World Service
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark Byford, Acting Dir.-General Andy Duncan, Dir.-Mktg. Stephen Dando, Dir.-Human Resources Caroline Thomson, Dir.-Policy and Legal Carolyn Fairbairn, Dir.-Strategy and Distribution Andy Duncan, Dir.-Comm. and Audiences Jenny Abramsky, Dir.-Radio and Music Jana Bennett, Dir.-Television Richard Sambrook, Dir.-News Rupert Gavin, Chief Exec., BBC Worldwide, Ltd. Richard Ryder, Acting Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7580-4468 Fax: 44-20-7765-1181 Toll-Free: Address: Broadcasting House, Portland Pl., London, W1A 1AA UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $5,559,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-495,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $4,822,700 2002 Profits: $-22,700 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $4,481,900 2001 Profits: $10,800 Employees: 27,148 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $660,000 Second Exec. Salary: $500,000 Operator of the UK's two public TV channels.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$160,000 $110,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sky.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 20
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite TV Broadcasting Digital TV Broadcast TV
British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) is the U.K.’s premier cable and satellite television provider with 6.8 million satellite subscribers and 4.2 million cable subscribers. The company also has a conventional broadcasting division with approximately 2 million viewers. The company operates 11 television channels including Sky One, Sky Travel, Sky News, Sky Sports and Sky Movies. The company also offers more than 100 thirdparty television channels. BSkyB also owns the broadcast rights to England’s professional soccer league. In addition, the firm is marketing a digital video recorder similar to TIVO called Sky+. International media mogul Rupert Murdock’s News Corporation owns a 36% controlling interest.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sky Television British Satellite Broadcasting Sky Global Networks Sky Travel Sky News Radio Sky News Sky+ News Corporation
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tony Ball, CEO Martin Stewart, CFO C. Guthrie, Human Resources Elisabeth Murdoch, Managing Dir.-Sky Networks Vic Wakeling, Managing Dir.-Sky Sports
Phone: 44-171-705-3000 Fax: 44-171-705-3030 Toll-Free: Address: 6 Centaurs Business Park, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $5,252,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $313,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $4,251,000 2002 Profits: $-2,117,100 Stock Ticker: BSY 2001 Sales: $3,259,800 2001 Profits: $-761,400 Employees: 9,132 2000 Sales: $2,800,600 2000 Profits: $-411,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $2,438,800 1999 Profits: $-450,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Growing customer base/140 channels.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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BROADVIEW MEDIA INC Industry Group Code: 512191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.broadviewmedia.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Teleproduction Services Commercials and Infomercials Educational Programs Cable Programming
Broadview Media, Inc., based in Minnesota, is a video and film production company, planning, producing and editing productions for corporations, ad agencies and the government. These productions include commercials; industrial, governmental and educational programs; programming for cable broadcast; and fee-for-service electronic retailing for infomercials. The firm provides services in all phases of production, including production planning in the pre-production phase, recording in the production phase, editing in the post-production phase and duplication. Broadview Media operates five studios with a total stage area of about 12,000 square feet and has 15 post-production sites that offer editing services. The company’s facilities in Chicago and Minneapolis include editing and duplicating facilities and recording studios. In addition to studio recording facilities, the firm has portable recording units used for location production. The company also produces a large number of home improvement programs for sale to networks such as Home and Garden, Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. Broadview Media sells its services to advertising agencies, advertisers, broadcast networks, cable television operators and other users of production services for educational and broadcast programs, with the majority of its clients in the north-central and south-central portions of the U.S. Among the company’s product lines are recognized videos for youth education, vocational training, businesses and consumers, such as Building Better Homes and America in the 20th Century. The company also produces the U.S. Farm Report, the nation’s longestrunning agricultural news program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Northwest Teleproductions Building Better Homes America in the 20th Century U.S. Farm Report
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Dean Bachelor, CEO Ken Ritterspach, Pres. H. Michael Blair, CFO
Phone: 952-835-4455 Fax: 952-835-0971 Toll-Free: Address: 4455 W. 77th St., Minneapolis, MN 55435 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $5,300 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $- 400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $7,800 2002 Profits: $- 300 Stock Ticker: BDVM 2001 Sales: $8,100 2001 Profits: $- 500 Employees: 35 2000 Sales: $9,900 2000 Profits: $ 400 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $10,700 1999 Profits: $- 200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $144,714 Second Exec. Salary: $126,207 Significant contracts with the U.S. Government.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$21,716 $23,123
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC Industry Group Code: 541810 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.budgethotels.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Advertising Services Online Travel Reservations Budget Travel Web Sites
The main business of Budgethotels Network, Inc., formerly Budgethotels.com, Inc., lies in installing and maintaining informational display boards in transportation terminals across North America. The company currently operates 86 such boards, which allow advertisers to promote travelrelated services. Advertisements typically promote services that are located near the particular transportation terminal, such as hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Additionally, some advertisers promote similar services in destination cities. The firm has long-term exclusive agreements for the placement of its boards with Amtrak, Greyhound Lines, New York Port Authority and Via Rail. Each board is equipped with a free direct telephone line to the particular advertiser. Budgehotels wants to improve its 30% utilization of its boards and is in the process of developing a North American network of direct area sales representatives to supplement its existing team of telemarketers. The company also provides reservations online for hotels and obtains a commission from each respective hotel for each online reservation. Budgethotels’ web site features more than 600 hotels, motels, youth hostels and bed and breakfast locations on full commission basis across the U.S. and Canada, while another 45,000 properties are offered through affiliate partners. The firm also owns a number of budget travelrelated web sites, such as BudgetResorts.com, BudgetSkiing.com, BudgetHostels.com, BudgetVehicles.com, BudgetEntertainment.com, BudgetAirlines.com, BudgetCharters.com, BudgetCamping.com, BudgetAdventures.com and BudgetTravel.com. Although losses have been posted in recent years, the company believes profits will increase as online reservations become more pervasive. After making cost-saving changes, the firm has managed to reduce its operating costs and now believes it will have positive cash flow from its operations.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Budgethotels.com, Inc. BudgetCamping.com BudgetAdventures.com BudgetResorts.com BudgetSkiing.com BudgetHostels.com BudgetVehicles.com BudgetEntertainment.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gary R. Reagh, CEO J. Lewis Dillman, Pres. J. Lewis Dillman, COO William J. Marshall, CFO William J. Marshall, Treas. William J. Marshall, Chmn.
Phone: 250-868-1171 Fax: Toll-Free: 877-779-7070 Address: 1449 St. Paul St., Kelowna, BC V1Y 2E5 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $ 553 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 142 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $ 690 2002 Profits: $- 343 Stock Ticker: BUDH 2001 Sales: $ 713 2001 Profits: $- 102 Employees: 10 2000 Sales: $ 802 2000 Profits: $- 83 Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30 1999 Sales: $ 642 1999 Profits: $- 601
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $105,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ ADVANTAGE: Attempting to post growth through online services.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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BULL RUN CORP Industry Group Code: 541810 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.bullruncorp.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Marketing/Management Services Sports Marketing Affinity Management
Bull Run Corporation is a sports and affinity marketing company that produces more than 700 publications per year for a variety of clients, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), college football conferences and universities. Bull Run’s Host Communications, Inc. subsidiary offers sports associations a number of affinity management services, including recruitment, conference planning, web site management and sales representation. Host Communications also provides marketing services for many NCAA Division I universities and conferences. These services include the production of radio and television broadcasts of certain athletic events and coaches’ shows, the sale of official sponsorship rights to corporations and the creation and vending of game-day programs. Bull Run’s partially owned iHigh, Inc. subsidiary customizes fully integrated marketing solutions for companies that target teenagers. Its iHigh magazine features material that is exclusively created by teenagers and, through a partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations, can be found in a number of high schools. iHigh's School Toolz template system allows schools to create web sites and enter scores, statistics and stories concerning all aspects of their sporting programs. The company recently sold its interest in Gray Television, Inc., the owner and operator of 13 television stations.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Host Communications, Inc. iHigh, Inc. School Toolz
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert S. Prather, Jr., CEO Robert S. Prather, Jr., Pres. Frederick J. Erickson, CFO/VP-Finance Hilton H. Howell, Jr., Corp. Sec. Frederick J. Erickson, Treas. J. Mack Robinson, Chmn.
Phone: 404-266-8333 Fax: 404-261-9607 Toll-Free: Address: 4370 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $66,889 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-10,945 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $113,100 2002 Profits: $-29,100 Stock Ticker: BULL 2001 Sales: $120,300 2001 Profits: $-18,700 Employees: 400 2000 Sales: $72,000 2000 Profits: $-27,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 8/31 1999 Sales: $ 600 1999 Profits: $-2,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $390,539 Second Exec. Salary: $186,866
Bonus: Bonus:
$150,000 $5,000
Capitalizes on sports affinity markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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BUY.COM INC Industry Group Code: 443110E Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.buy.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Electronics, Online Retail Books and Music / Online Retail Software and Accessories
Buy.com, Inc. is an online retailer that sells a wide variety of items, including computer hardware, computer accessories and software, books, DVDs and CDs. The company offers over 1 million products through the different online channels on the Buy.com web site. The online retailer offers over 29,000 computer products, including computers, printers, monitors, modems and peripherals, and markets over 9,000 computer software titles from leading manufacturers including Microsoft, Adobe and Corel. The firm also stocks over 490,000 hardback, paperback and audio book titles, enabling customers to read the first chapter of many books, submit their own book reviews and read professional and customer reviews. In addition, the company retails approximately 55,000 DVD and VHS titles from a range of categories, including comedy, action, drama, documentary and foreign films. The Buy.com site lists over 260,000 music titles. The firm markets brand-name closeout inventory, mainly home electronics and computer hardware, from popular manufacturers. Buy.com also offers brand-name consumer electronic products, including cameras, DVD players, telephones and televisions. The company distributes BuyMagazine, which lists products for sale and contains editorial columns that help customers understand the features of the products offered. The magazine, which began distribution in fiscal 2002, currently has a circulation of roughly 5 million. BuyMagazine, originally a quarterly, has become a monthly publication featuring celebrity covers and related articles. The company has shifted its corporate strategy to focus more on its core product categories, computers and electronics.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BuyMagazine Buy.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert Price, Pres. Robert Price, CFO Ian Hurlock-Jones, CIO Brent Rusick, VP-Bus. Dev. Scott Blum, Founder
Phone: 949-389-2000 Fax: 949-389-2800 Toll-Free: 888-880-1030 Address: 27 Brookline, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $400,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 200 2000 Sales: $787,670 2000 Profits: $-133,022 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $596,848 1999 Profits: $-130,168
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $217,755 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $184,462 Bonus: Extremely competitive prices/The founder recently regained control of operations.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$ $10,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cablevision.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Professional Sports Teams Television Programming Communications Services Sports Arena Operation Music Hall Operation Movie Theaters
Cablevision Systems Corp. is one of the largest cable operators in the United States. The company also has investments in cable programming networks, entertainment businesses and telecommunications companies. Cablevision serves about 2.96 million cable television subscribers in and around the New York City metropolitan area, making it the sixth-largest cable operator in the United States based on number of subscribers. Cablevision also owns the AMC channel, The Independent Film Channel, the WE: Women’s Entertainment channel and the Much Music USA channel. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., the company owns 60% of Madison Square Gardens and the adjoining Theater at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knickerbockers professional basketball team, the New York Rangers professional hockey team, the New York Liberty professional women's basketball team, the Hartford Wolf Pack professional hockey team, the Madison Square Garden Network, Fox Sports Net New York and Radio City Entertainment (which operates Radio City Music Hall in New York City under a long-term lease). Additionally, Madison Square Garden manages and operates the Hartford Civic Center in Connecticut. Through Cablevision Lightpath, Inc., another subsidiary, the firm provides switched telephone services and high-speed Internet access to the business market. The company also owns or has interests in a number of other businesses and companies that include Clearview Cinemas (a chain of 57 movie theaters) and Northcoast Communications, LLC (a wireless personal communications services business).
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rainbow Media Holdings Clearview Cinemas Radio City Music Hall Optimum Online Madison Square Garden New York Knicks New York Rangers Northcoast Communications, LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James L. Dolan, CEO James L. Dolan, Pres. Robert P. May, COO Andrew B. Rosengard, Exec. VP-Finance Wilt Hildenbrand, Exec. VP-Tech. Andrew B. Rosengard, Controller Wilt Hildenbrand, Exec. VP-Eng. Jonathan D. Schwartz, General Counsel Joseph J. Lhota, Exe. VP-Admin. Sheila A. Mahony, Exec. VP-Comm. Tom Rutledge, Pres.-Cable Comm. Joshua Sapan, Pres./CEO, Rainbow Media Holdings Jeffrey Yapp, Group Pres.-Retail Div.
Phone: 516-803-2300 Fax: 516-803-2273 Toll-Free: Address: 1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $2,949,807 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-82,933 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,003,407 2002 Profits: $90,112 Stock Ticker: CVC 2001 Sales: $4,404,500 2001 Profits: $1,007,700 Employees: 21,075 2000 Sales: $4,411,048 2000 Profits: $229,253 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,942,985 1999 Profits: $-800,607
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Bonus: $2,000,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Bonus: $1,875,000 ADVANTAGE: A major regional cable provider/Owner of Madison Square Garden/Diversified entertainment assets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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CALL NOW INC Industry Group Code: 551110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Race Track Management Land Development Nursing Homes
The primary business of Call Now, Inc. is the management of Retama Park Racetrack in Selma, Texas, for which Call Now receives reimbursement for operating expenses through generated revenues. The company was formed to acquire the assets or securities of another business through an acquisition or merger (it was formerly involved in long-distance phone service but exited the business due to a lack of profitability). Since then Call Now has operated in the real estate development sector. The company recently purchased five nursing home properties for $13.5 million. Call Now also owns 118 acres of development property in Williamson County, Texas, acquired through its subsidiary Andice Development Co. In addition, the company recently signed a contract with Georgetown Independent School District for 14 acres of the property to be marketed for commercial development. Call Now’s recent financial improvement is credited to higher race track attendance numbers, better betting facilities and lower operating expenses overall.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Retama Entertainment Group, Inc. Andice Development Co. ARN Communications Corp. National Communication, Inc. Retama Park Racetrack
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas R. Johnson, CEO Thomas R. Johnson, Pres. James D. Grainger, VP-Finance Susan Lurvey, Corp. Sec.
Phone: 210-651-7145 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: One Retama Pkwy., Selma, TX 78154 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $2,702 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $ 84 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $5,700 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: CNOW.OB 2001 Sales: $6,276 2001 Profits: $- 300 Employees: 210 2000 Sales: $6,200 2000 Profits: $- 500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,900 1999 Profits: $- 900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $150,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ ADVANTAGE: Currently diversifying into new opportunities.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$30,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y Y
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CANTERBURY PARK HOLDING CORP www.canterburypark.com Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Horse Racing Simulcasting Card Club
Canterbury Park Holding Corp. hosts seasonal pari-mutuel wagering (in which bettors wage against each other in a pool) on live thoroughbred and quarterhorse racing at its facilities in Shakopee, Minnesota. Canterbury Park also hosts year-round wagering on out-of-state races that are simultaneously televised (simulcasted) at the racetrack. The company derives further revenues from related services and activities such as concessions, parking, admissions and programs and from other entertainment events held at the racetrack. When not conducting horse races, the company hosts other events such as snowmobile racing, arts and crafts shows, fundraisers, automobile shows and competitions and some private parties. Canterbury Park also runs the Canterbury Card Club, in which patrons compete against each other in various unbanked card games in which participates wager against each other instead of the house. The card club is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and offers both poker and table games on over 50 tables. Company revenues are principally derived from pari-mutuel wagering and card club operations. Canterbury Park offers employees a benefits package including competitive wages, flexible schedules, a referral bonus program and employee discounts.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Canterbury Park Concessions, Inc. Canterbury Card Club
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Randall D. Sampson, CEO Randall D. Sampson, Pres. Dave Hansen, CFO John Harty, VP-Mktg. Michael J. Garin, VP-Hospitality Mark E. Erickson, VP-Facilities
Phone: 952-445-7223 Fax: 952-496-6400 Toll-Free: 800-340-6361 Address: 1100 Canterbury Rd., Shakopee, MN 55379 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $37,339 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $2,008 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $41,700 2002 Profits: $2,300 Stock Ticker: TRAK 2001 Sales: $39,500 2001 Profits: $1,800 Employees: 630 2000 Sales: $32,500 2000 Profits: $ 800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $20,300 1999 Profits: $ 400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Active in simulcasting.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $124,703 Second Exec. Salary: $98,231
Bonus: Bonus:
$32,423 $19,155
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS www.canwestglobal.com Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Newspaper Publishing Cable Broadcasting Film Production and Distribution Specialty TV Channels Web Site Development
CanWest Global Communications is the largest television broadcasting and diversified media company in Canada, reaching more than 94% of the country’s English-speaking population. Its holding include Global Television, a film and TV production operation; CH, a second network located in Montreal, Hamilton and Victoria; CanWest Entertainment, a leading film and television production and distribution operation; a growing Interactive media business; eight specialty channels that offer niche programming, including Prime TV; and a significant international television and radio broadcasting presence in New Zealand, Australia, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. CanWest is also Canada’s largest newspaper publisher with ownership of the National Post, 10 major metropolitan dailies and 27 smaller daily, weekly and community papers in communities throughout British Columbia. The TV network offers a line-up of popular television shows, such as The X-Files, Friends, Frasier and The Simpsons. The company’s Global Prime subsidiary is a major player in the cable broadcast industry as a 24-hour national cable network catering to mature audiences. CanWest has a foothold in the rapidly expanding American telecommunications industry, with a major stake in Minnesota-based Internet Broadcasting Systems, which develops web sites for local television stations. CanWest also owns RadioWorks NZ, New Zealand’s second-largest radio group. The company has been concentrating on improving its Canadian operations. It acquired Western International Communications and its nine television stations, establishing a stronger presence in the western provinces and improving the company’s coast-to-coast coverage. In recent news, the firm announced an overhaul of its local news and information online operations.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CanWest Interactive Internet Broadcasting Systems CanWest Entertainment Western International Communications Network TEN RadioWorks NZ, Ltd. Global Television Network National Post
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Leonard J. Asper, CEO Leonard J. Asper, Pres. Richard C. Camilleri, COO John E. Maguire, CFO Gail S. Asper, Corp. Sec. Richard M. Leipsic, VP/General Counsel John Culligan, VP-Corp. Dev. Geoffrey Elliot, VP-Corp. Affairs David A. Asper, Exec. VP Gary A. Maavara, VP-Public Rel. Nick Falloon, Exec. Chmn., The Ten Group Brent Impey, Group Chief Exec., CanWest New Zealand Frank McKenna, Chmn.
Phone: 204-956-2025 Fax: 204-947-9841 Toll-Free: Address: 3100 TD Centre, 201 Portage Ave., Winnepeg, Manitoba R3B 3L7 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,643,300 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $33,200 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,458,000 2002 Profits: $8,400 Stock Ticker: CWG 2001 Sales: $1,255,000 2001 Profits: $30,100 Employees: 11,400 2000 Sales: $497,300 2000 Profits: $110,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 8/31 1999 Sales: $403,600 1999 Profits: $97,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $503,954 Second Exec. Salary: $465,188 Largest broadcast TV firm in Canada.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$526,365 $279,113
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.carltonplc.co.uk
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Channel Satellite Channels Sports Programming Digital Internet Services Interactive Advertising
Carlton Communications is a leading operator of Independent Television (ITV), the United Kingdom’s most watched television channel. It generates most of its sales in the U.K. The company’s Carlton Cinema, London News Network, GMTV and ITN broadcasts collectively reach 26 million viewers. It also produces TV programs and owns several cable and satellite channels. The company owns a library of 2,000 films and 18,000 hours of TV programming. Moreover, the firm is one of the United Kingdom’s leading sports producers. Carlton covers a number of soccer matches, including the Worthington Cup and games from the Champions League and the Nationwide League. The firm’s Carlton Active subsidiary is pioneering interactive advertising in the United Kingdom. The subsidiary creates and sells interactive commercials and content to be used across terrestrial, satellite and cable television platforms. Such commercials allow viewers to access more information about a program or product by using their respective remote controls. Furthermore, the company is a 50% owner of ITV Digital, a digital service that offers Internet and e-mail access via television. In recent news, the U.K. government has approved the proposed merger of the company and Granada, the owner of seven of the U.K.’s Independent Television stations and half owner of ITV.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Carlton Cinema London News Network GMTV ITN Carlton Active ITV Digital Independent Television Granada
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gerry Murphy, CEO Paul Murray, Dir.-Finance Martin Bowley, Div. Exec.-Carlton Sales Tony Williams, Corp. Exec.-Group Human Resources Richard Cross, Chief Tech. Officer David Abdoo, Corp. Sec. David Abdoo, Corp. Exec.-Legal Affairs David Abdoo, Corp. Exec.-Admin. Nick Markham, Corp. Exec.-Strategy Peter Rushton, Corp. Exec.-Corp. Affairs Cliff Hide, Corp. Exec.-Investor Rel. Charles van der Welle, Group Treas. Viscount Caldecote, Corp. Exec.-Planning Debbie Chalet, Div. Exec.-Carlton Screening Advertising Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, Div. Exec.-Carlton Content Steve Hewlett, Div. Exec.-Carlton Productions Michael P. Green, Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7663-6363 Fax: 44-20-7663-6300 Toll-Free: Address: 25 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7RZ UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,720,556 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $124,128 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,512,000 2002 Profits: $-244,500 Stock Ticker: CCTVY 2001 Sales: $2,292,800 2001 Profits: $-413,500 Employees: 2,787 2000 Sales: $2,953,200 2000 Profits: $-171,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $2,774,700 1999 Profits: $-189,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $949,323 Second Exec. Salary: $708,450 Massive audience base/Diversified Programming.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$60,926 $494,498
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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CARMIKE CINEMAS INC Industry Group Code: 512131 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.carmike.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters
Carmike Cinemas is a major cinema supply chain in the U.S. The company operates 308 theaters and 2,262 screens in 35 states, primarily in the southeast, northeast and midwest regions of the U.S. Carmike targets small to mid-sized communities; more than 80% of the company’s theaters are located in towns with fewer than 100,000 residents. The construction of a Carmike theater typically includes a smaller number of screens than is usual in modern construction. These theaters, known as econoplexes, are intended for markets with populations from 50,000 to 100,000 that are too small to host a megaplex (defined as a theater with more than 12 screens). Carmike's growth strategy primarily involves the development of new theaters and the addition of screens and other improvements to existing theaters, as well as selective acquisitions of theaters as available. Stadium seating as well as digital sound will be included in or added to certain theaters located in its larger markets. Carmike successfully emerged from bankruptcy in January 2002. As part of its reorganization plan, the company rejected lease renewals on 136 under-performing theaters.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael W. Patrick, CEO Michael W. Patrick, Pres. Fred W. Van Noy, COO Martin A. Durant, CFO Anthony J. Rhead, Corp. Sec./Sr. VP-Film Fred W. Van Noy, Sr. VP-Oper. P. Lamar Fields, Sr. VP-Dev. Martin A. Durant, Treas.
Phone: 706-576-3400 Fax: 706-576-2812 Toll-Free: Address: 1301 1st Ave., Columbus, GA 31901 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $361,881 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $27,041 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $507,200 2002 Profits: $-39,800 Stock Ticker: CKEC 2001 Sales: $456,900 2001 Profits: $-125,400 Employees: 9,310 2000 Sales: $462,300 2000 Profits: $-73,563 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $486,900 1999 Profits: $-18,876
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $907,784 Bonus: $425,000 Second Exec. Salary: $258,900 Bonus: $100,000 Large losses forced the company to close several theaters/Successfully reorganized and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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CARNIVAL CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 483112 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.carnivalcorp.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cruise Line On-board Casinos Tours Operator Resort Hotels
Carnival Corporation is the world's largest and most profitable cruise company. It owns six cruise brands: Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Windstar Cruises, Cunard Line, Seabourn Cruise Line and Costa Crociere. Through Holland America Westours, the company operates a tour business that markets sightseeing tours and cruise packages to Alaska. In addition to marketing its cruises in North America, the company is expanding its market to Europe and Asia. Carnival’s 70 ships currently provide trips to the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Europe and the South Pacific. The ships have an approximate average capacity of 1,900 passengers. Cruises are offered in various lengths, including four-day cruises, seven-day cruises and 10-day cruises. Carnival has 13 ships under construction that will debut through 2006. These ships have a capacity larger than that of the average ship in the current fleet. The new cruise ships have departure points in Port Canaveral, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; and various European cities, starting with London. Carnival sold Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship. The firm is set to acquire P&O Princess Cruises, including the popular Princess ships.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Carnival Cruise Lines Holland America Line Windstar Cruises Seabourn Cruise Line P&O Princess Cruises Costa Cruise Lines Cunard Cruise Lines
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Micky Arison, CEO Howard S. Frank, COO Gerald R. Cahill, CFO/Chief Acc. Officer Arnaldo Perez, Corp. Sec. Arnaldo Perez, General Counsel Kenneth D. Dubbin, VP-Corp. Dev. Lowell Zemnick, VP/Treas. Robert H. Dickenson, Pres./CEO, Carnival Cruise Lines Ian Gaunt, Sr. VP-Int'l Pier Luigi Foschi, CEO, Costa Crociere S.P.A. Pamela C. Conover, Pres./COO, Cunard Line Limited
Phone: 305-599-2600 Fax: 305-406-4700 Toll-Free: Address: 3655 NW 87th Ave., Miami, FL 33178-2428 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $4,079,200 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $807,900 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,368,300 2002 Profits: $1,015,900 Stock Ticker: CCL 2001 Sales: $4,535,800 2001 Profits: $926,200 Employees: 37,200 2000 Sales: $3,778,500 2000 Profits: $965,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30 1999 Sales: $3,497,500 1999 Profits: $1,027,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $501,000 Bonus: $1,675,000 Second Exec. Salary: $411,000 Bonus: $1,264,300 Major operator of on-board casinos/Noted for its aggressive growth, marketing and acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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CBS TELEVISION Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cbs.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Broadcast Television Internet News Portals Outdoor Advertising Radio Network Television Production Cable TV Networks
The CBS Television Network, a subsidiary of Viacom, is one of the largest radio and television broadcasters in the U.S. with more than 200 affiliated stations, including 20 of the firm’s own television stations. The company is a part of Viacom’s television segment. It operates through CBS News, CBS Sports and CBS Entertainment. Currently, CBS’s popular programs include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Everybody Loves Raymond, Survivor, the Late Show with David Letterman and 60 Minutes. CBS’s daytime drama line up includes The Young and The Restless, which currently leads a daytime programming lineup that has been number one for more than 14 years. CBS News operates a worldwide news organization through 18 offices that provides the CBS Television Network and the CBS Radio Network with regularly scheduled news and public affairs broadcasts including 60 Minutes, the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 48 Hours Investigates, The Early Show and Face the Nation. It also has its own web site, CBSnews.com. CBS Radio News serves more than 500 radio stations with hourly newscasts and updates. CBS Sports broadcasts NFL games, the Masters Tournament, the PGA tour, The U.S. Open Tennis Championships and NCAA football and basketball as well as The NFL Today. CBS Entertainment acquires, develops and schedules the entertainment programming on the CBS Television Network, including primetime comedy and drama series, reality-based programming, made-for-television movies and miniseries, theatrical films, specials, children’s programs, daytime dramas, game shows and late-night programs. CBS also holds minority investments in SportsLine.com, which offers more than 1 million pages of multimedia sports information, entertainment and merchandise via the Internet; and in MarketWatch.com, a leading interactive financial media company that provides fast, relevant information via the Internet, television, radio and print to help people make and save money. CBS placed first in the 2002-2003 TV ratings.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Viacom CBS MarketWatch.com CBS SportsLine.com CBS News CBS Sports CBS Entertainment 60 Minutes CBSnews.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Leslie Moonves, CEO Leslie Moonves, Pres. Bruce Taub, CFO George Schweitzer, Exec. VP-Mktg. and Comm. Gil Shwartz, Exec. VP-Comm. Leslie Moonves, Chmn.
Phone: 212-975-4321 Fax: 212-975-4516 Toll-Free: Address: 51 W. 52nd St., New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $7,490,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $7,240,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 28,900 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $7,373,000 1999 Profits: $780,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $2,750,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Merger with Viacom/Strong Internet presence.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$4,500,000 $12,000,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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CD WAREHOUSE INC Industry Group Code: 451220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cdwi.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Music Stores Pre-Owned CD and DVD Sales Franchising
CD Warehouse, Inc. operates and franchises music stores specializing in used compact discs. The company also sells DVDs, t-shirts and related music memorabilia. The firm operates two similar but distinct franchise systems, CD Warehouse and Disc Go Round. The company does business through more than 280 stores, which offer between 10,000 and 16,000 CDs. CD Warehouse operates in 36 states and the District of Columbia and internationally in Canada, England, France, Guatemala and Venezuela. The firm has 197 franchised stores and 64 company-owned stores. The company's stores, generally located in strip shopping centers, generate about 52% of revenues from used CD sales. Customers can trade CDs or sell them for cash or store credit. Typically, each store carries the majority of Billboard Top 100 music hits, in addition to a selection of pre-owned CDs, which are purchased for $1 to $5 and remarketed for $6 to $9. Increasingly, the firm’s stores are engaged in the buying, selling and trading of DVDs, as the company sees this as a huge growth market. Franchise managers are given CD Warehouse proprietary software that helps decide whether the customer’s used CDs should be accepted or rejected. The software also indicates how much money the CD is worth and how many units the store should have in its inventory. All CD Warehouse franchisees attend a corporate training program and are provided with comprehensive information packets. Support staff, who assist in everything from site selection to equipment and inventory ordering, are also provided to franchisees if requested.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CDWarehouse.com CD Management, Inc. Compact Discs International, Ltd. Disc Go Round
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Christopher Salyer, CEO Christopher Salyer, Pres.
Phone: 405-236-8742 Fax: 405-949-2566 Toll-Free: 800-641-9394 Address: 900 N. Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: CDWI 2001 Sales: $27,000 2001 Profits: $-8,700 Employees: 293 2000 Sales: $31,485 2000 Profits: $-8,671 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $31,912 1999 Profits: $-1,141
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $200,000 Bonus: $25,000 Second Exec. Salary: $120,000 Bonus: $25,000 One of the few national chains that specialize in reselling used CDs as well as offering new CDs.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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CEDAR FAIR LP Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cedarfair.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Amusement Parks
Cedar Fair, LP, managed by Cedar Fair Management Company, and its affiliated companies own and operate six amusement parks: Cedar Point, located on Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo in Sandusky, Ohio; Knott's Berry Farm, located near Los Angeles in Buena Park, California; Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, located near Allentown in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania; Valleyfair, located near Minneapolis/St. Paul in Shakopee, Minnesota; Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri; and Michigan's Adventure near Muskegon, Michigan. The parks are family-oriented, with recreational facilities for people of all ages. The main amusement areas of Cedar Point feature over 65 rides and attractions, including record-breaking roller coasters, beach facilities and an IMAX projection system. Cedar Point also owns and operates four hotel facilities and a full-service marina. Knott’s Berry Farm features six areas with different themes and Soak City U.S.A., a seasonal water park. Cedar Fair also operates Knott’s Camp Snoopy, a sevenacre indoor amusement park at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota under a management contract. The firm recently acquired Michigan’s Adventure Amusement Park located near Muskegon. In recent news, Cedar Point opened the world's tallest (420 feet) and fastest (120 MPH) roller coaster.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cedar Point Valleyfair Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom VisionLand Worlds of Fun Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Camp Snoopy Adventure Amusement Park
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard L. Kinzel, CEO Richard L. Kinzel, Pres. Bruce A. Jackson, Corp. VP/CFO Charles M. Paul, Corp. Controller Robert A. Decker, VP-Planning and Design Richard J. Collingwood, Corp. VP-Admin. Jacob T. Falfas, VP/General Mgr.-West Coast Oper. H. Philip Bender, VP/General Mgr.-Worlds of Fun/Oceans of Fun John R. Albino, VP/General Mgr.-Dorney Park Daniel R. Keller, VP/General Mgr.-Ceder Point
Phone: 419-627-2233 Fax: 419-627-2260 Toll-Free: Address: One Cedar Point Dr., Sandusky, OH 44870-5259 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $166,700 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $14,700 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $502,900 2002 Profits: $71,400 Stock Ticker: FUN 2001 Sales: $477,300 2001 Profits: $57,900 Employees: 15,300 2000 Sales: $472,900 2000 Profits: $77,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $438,000 1999 Profits: $85,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $840,000 Second Exec. Salary: $424,750 Steady growth/Owns excellent brands and properties.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$420,000 $212,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cetv-net.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Television Production
Central European Media Enterprises, Ltd. (CEME) is a Bermuda-based international television broadcasting company with subsidiaries in The Netherlands, the U.K., Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine. Founded on the idea that the newly democratized nations of the former Soviet Union would support independent television broadcasting, CEME was launched in 1994 and quickly grew into a large and successful enterprise. The collective group of companies invests in, develops and operates a group of national and regional commercial television stations and networks across central and eastern Europe, reaching almost 70 million viewers. Operating six stations in four countries with market leadership in each of them, the company annually produces thousands of hours of original programming to support its broadcasting operations. The company’s business strategy is based on working closely with local partners and placing an emphasis on broadcasting locally produced programming. Most of the stations affiliated with CEME air a variety of programs designed to appeal to a wide audience, including sporting events, news shows, game shows and locally produced programs. Romanian station Acasa specifically targets a female audience, with programming including soap operas, drama films and telenovelas. Advertising is the primary source of revenue for these stations, with Procter & Gamble, Wrigley, Unilever and Coca-Cola among the largest of the advertisers. CEME has a number of exclusive broadcast rights granted by American and Western European corporations to air foreign news programs and popular films from abroad. In recent news, the firm sold CNTS, its operating company in the Czech Republic.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PRO TV POP TV Markiza TV Studio 1+1 Nova TV Acasa Gajba TV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Frederic T. Klinkhammer, CEO Frederic T. Klinkhammer, Pres. Robert E. Burke, COO Wallace MacMillan, CFO/VP-Finance Andrea Kozma, VP/Corp. Sec. Andrea Kozma, General Counsel Mark Wylie, VP-Tax and Planning Ronald S. Lauder, Chmn.
Phone: 441-296-1431 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: PO Box HM66, Clarendon House 2, Church St., Hamilton, Bermuda
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $55,488 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $319,539 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $92,602 2002 Profits: $13,409 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $73,200 2001 Profits: $-22,100 Employees: 1,815 2000 Sales: $76,800 2000 Profits: $-37,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $129,300 1999 Profits: $-89,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: A pioneer in its markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $430,128 Second Exec. Salary: $327,567
Bonus: Bonus:
$900,000 $83,547
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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CENTURY CASINOS INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cnty.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Cruise Ship Casinos
Century Casinos, Inc. and its subsidiaries own and operate U.S. and international casinos, including a limitedstakes gaming casino, Womacks/Legends Casino, in Cripple Creek, Colorado; the Millennium Casino in Prague, Czech Republic, located in the Marriott Hotel; and a hotel and casino resort in Caledon, South Africa. Century Casinos also acts as a concessionaire of small casinos on luxury cruise ships, such as Silversea Cruises and The World of ResidenSea, and is pursuing a number of additional gaming opportunities in the U.S. and abroad. The firm generally seeks to enter into gaming operations in areas with attractive demographic attributes, high population density, local tourism and/or predictable traffic patterns with a long-term objective of maintaining a policy of geographic diversification of its projects. Womacks/Legends Casino has over 600 slot machines in addition to eight gaming tables and also features a 500seat events center for meetings, conventions, shows and other special events. The Caledon Casino, Hotel and Spa, located near Cape Town, features a mineral hotsprings facility, two restaurants, two bars, a gift shop, an outdoor amphitheater and a corporate team-building facility in addition to the casino and hotel. The company is currently developing a resort, convention center and casino in the internationally recognized Uruguayan beach resort Punta del Este. In addition, Century Casinos has a license for another casino hotel development in Johannesburg, South Africa.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Womacks/Legends Casino Gold Creek Associates Silverstar Development, Ltd. Caledon Casino, Hotel and Spa Millenium Casino Silversea Cruises Punta del Este Alpine Gaming
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Erwin Haitzmann, CEO Peter Hoetzinger, Pres. Lori Gray, Human Resources Larry J. Hannapel, Chief Acc. Officer Larry J. Hannapel, Corp. Sec. Larry J. Hannapel, Treas. Erwin Haitzmann, Chmn.
Phone: 719-689-9100 Fax: 719-689-3282 Toll-Free: Address: 200-220 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $23,212 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $2,420 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $29,300 2002 Profits: $3,100 Stock Ticker: CNTY 2001 Sales: $29,600 2001 Profits: $2,500 Employees: 550 2000 Sales: $29,300 2000 Profits: $3,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $23,600 1999 Profits: $2,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $183,432 Second Exec. Salary: $178,605
Bonus: Bonus:
$247,763 $243,002
International expansion.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM Industry Group Code: 713990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cart.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Professional Automobile Racing Television Production
Auto racing organizer Championship Auto Racing Team (CART) sponsors open-wheel racing, the fastest form of closed-circuit auto racing, with speeds reaching up to 240 miles an hour. The company operates and sanctions the CART FedEx Championship Series, which is the premier single-seat, open-wheel motor sports series in the U.S., featuring over 20 racing events in seven countries. The company is responsible for organizing, marketing and staging each race in the series. CART also owns the Indy Lights Championship and the Atlantic Championship, both of which are development series for the CART Championship. Participants in CART racing events include Michael Andretti, Jimmy Vasser, Paul Tracy and Juan Montoya. The company’s teams feature celebrity owners such as Paul Newman and David Letterman. CART’s sponsors include Federal Express, WorldCom, Honda and Motorola. CART’s expansion plans have been focused toward receiving more media exposure. The company also hosts Inside CART, a magazine-style television program featuring the behind-the-scenes operations of CART, and CART Hotline, a radio call-in show allowing listeners to phone in with their views and opinions. In addition, the company sponsors a number of international events, such as Australia’s Gold Coast Motor Events. CART has an agreement to conduct a round of the FedEx series in Mexico City. CART’s revenue is largely based on track promoter fees as well as TV and sponsorship fees. The company moved its headquarters to Indianapolis, where many of its teams are already centered. The firm also discontinued operations of the Dayton Indy Lights Championship in order to focus efforts on development of the Toyota Atlantic Championship, which will feature an increased purse as well as a milliondollar season-ending points fund.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: American Racing Series, Inc. Cart, Inc. Pro-Motion Agency, Ltd. CART Hotline Atlantic Championship FedEx Championship Series Inside CART
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Christopher R. Pook, CEO Christopher R. Pook, Pres. David Clare, COO Thomas L. Carter, CFO Steve Fusek, VP-Mktg. J. Carlisle Peet, Chief Legal Officer Thomas L. Carter, VP-Admin. Adam Saal, VP-Comm. John Lopes, VP-Racing Oper. Rena Shanaman, VP-Joint Venture Promoter Rel. Vicki O'Connor, Pres., Pro-Motion Agency, Ltd.
Phone: 317-715-4100 Fax: 317-715-4110 Toll-Free: Address: 5350 Lakeview Pkwy. S. Dr., Bldg. 36, Indianapolis, IN 46268 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $38,742 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-77,907 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $57,200 2002 Profits: $-14,600 Stock Ticker: MPH 2001 Sales: $66,100 2001 Profits: $-1,000 Employees: 229 2000 Sales: $75,000 2000 Profits: $15,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $68,800 1999 Profits: $18,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $375,000 Second Exec. Salary: $210,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$169,000 $
Focus on open-wheel racing.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.chartercom.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 21
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Internet Access Video-on-Demand
Charter Communications, the third-largest operator of cable television systems in the United States, serves 6.6 million customers in 40 states and offers both traditional analog and digital cable services to its customers. Interactive video programming, video-on-demand and high-speed Internet access are additionally offered by the firm and are an important step towards the realization of Charter's goal to become part of the wired world. The firm is also exploring opportunities to provide telephony through its broadband network. Charter's traditional cable services include optional satellite or non-broadcast channels, such as ESPN, premium channels and Pay-PerView channels. Advanced products and services include digital TV and enhancements, television-based Internet access (through agreements with WorldGate, ICTV and Digeo), interactive services and private network services. The company currently seeks to offer customers advanced digital set-top terminals including digital video recording capabilities. It is also exploring wireless networking technology for cable modem users. Charter has an agreement to make MSN content and services available to users of its Internet service. In addition, Charter has a purchase agreement with High Speed Access Corp. (HSA), by means of which the company will buy substantially all of HSA’s assets to serve high-speed data customers. The company is suffering from a high debt level and the loss of thousands of cable subscribers to satellite access. Charter’s principal shareholder, billionaire Paul G. Allen, is also a co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. Employees of Charter receive cable services for free. The company also supports several charitable organizations and often takes part in functions for the YMCA, centers for the arts and the United Way.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Marcus Cable Charter Pipeline WorldGate Charter Media Charter Paging Charter Business Networks High Speed Access Corp. Digeo
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Carl Vogel, CEO Carl Vogel, Pres. Margaret Belville, Exec. VP/COO Micheal Huesby, CFO Stephen E. Silva, Chief Tech. Officer Paul E. Martin, Principal Acc. Officer Curtis S. Shaw, Corp. Sec. Curtis S. Shaw, General Counsel Steven A. Schumm, Chief Admin. Officer Paul G. Allen, Chmn.
Phone: 314-965-0555 Fax: 314-965-9745 Toll-Free: 888-213-0965 Address: 12405 Powerscourt Dr., Ste. 100, St. Louis, MO 631313660 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,602,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-181,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,566,000 2002 Profits: $-2,514,000 Stock Ticker: CHTR 2001 Sales: $3,953,100 2001 Profits: $-1,177,700 Employees: 18,600 2000 Sales: $3,249,200 2000 Profits: $-828,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,428,200 1999 Profits: $-66,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $980,769 Second Exec. Salary: $436,058
Bonus: Bonus:
$330,000 $588,000
Recently merged with Marcus Cable.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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CHELL GROUP CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 713990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.chell.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Sports and Trivia Games Interactive Entertainment Services Video Distribution Merchant Capital Services Internet Products and Services
Chell Group Corporation, formerly Networks North, Inc., is a Canadian technology holding company that provides interactive entertainment services, electronic and online products and services and merchant capital services. Chell’s strategy involves acquiring and consolidating the earnings of undervalued technology companies. The company has two subsidiaries: Logicorp Group, Ltd., a leading regional systems integrator serving corporate, governmental and educational sectors by handling all aspects of IT systems integration and solutions development, including network integration and management, desktop support, hardware/software procurement, systems architecture design and consulting; and NTN Interactive Network, Inc., which is a leading producer and programmer of interactive television, online and Internet entertainment. NTN is a part of the NTN North American Network, which distributes programming to more 3,500 restaurants, sports bars and other group viewing locations with over 500 Canadian locations and a total of over 2.3 million people that view NTN programming every month. The network's offerings include interactive sports, trivia and special events programs that use NTN Playmakers. The Playmaker is a handheld keypad that communicates with a PC at each site, which in turn communicates with NTN’s broadcast center in Carlsbad, California. NTN’s flagship QB1 football game allows customers to compete against each other by calling the play prior to the snap of the ball during live NFL, CFL and college football games. Some of NTN’s 30 different trivia games include Showdown, a 90-minute knowledge game; Passport, a 60-minute travel game that features different destinations every week; Playback, a music trivia game; and Sport Trivia. In recent news, Logicorp in cooperation with Mediashaker launched a new web site. In addition, NTN was acquired by NTN Communications, Inc.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Networks North, Inc. Logicorp Group, Ltd. NTN Interactive Network, Inc. NTN North American Network NTN Playmakers QB1 Showdown Passport
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephen McDermott, CEO Cameron Chell, Chief Tech. Strategist Neil Brown, Controller Stephen McDermott, Chmn.
Phone: 416-675-0874 Fax: 416-675-6284 Toll-Free: 866-455-2435 Address: 14 Meteor Dr., Toronto, Ontario M9W 1A4 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: CHEL 2001 Sales: $11,800 2001 Profits: $-7,200 Employees: 125 2000 Sales: $12,000 2000 Profits: $-1,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 8/31 1999 Sales: $8,100 1999 Profits: $- 600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $192,334 Second Exec. Salary: $156,249 Unique products and business model.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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CHURCHILL DOWNS INC www.churchilldownsincorporated.com Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Horse Racing Simulcast Wagering
Churchill Downs, Inc., home of the Kentucky Derby, primarily conducts pari-mutuel wagering on thoroughbred, quarterhorse and standardbred horse racing. Churchill Downs owns five racing tracks: Churchill Downs, Arlington International Racecourse, Calder Race Course, Ellis Park Race Course and Hollywood Park Race Track. The Churchill Downs operation also features an off-track betting facility. The firm also has a minority interest in Kentucky Downs, LLC, a European style racetrack located near Nashville. In addition, the company has a 50% interest in Kentucky Off-Track Betting, Inc., an alliance between Churchill Downs, Ellis Park Race Course and Kentucky’s other thoroughbred racetracks, which operates off-track betting facilities in the Kentucky cities of Maysville, Jamestown, Pineville and Corbin. Subsidiary Churchill Downs Management Company manages the firm’s racing operations as well as Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana. The company also owns Churchill Downs Investment Co. and has partial interest in a private television production and computer graphics software company. In addition to traditional racing and betting, the company conducts simulcast wagering on horse racing year-round at its four Churchill Downs Sports Spectrum facilities and at its racetracks in Kentucky and Indiana. Other principal sources of income include admissions and seating, concession commissions and license, rights, broadcast and sponsorship fees. The firm also sells Kentucky Derby merchandise through its web site. Churchill Downs has hosted some of the most prestigious races, including the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Arlington Million as well as the Breeders’ Cup Championship eight times at two different tracks. In recent news, the company partnered with developer Charles J. Betters to construct and develop Pittsburgh Palisades Park, a thoroughbred racetrack.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs Simulcast Network Churchill Downs Investment Co. Churchill Downs Management Co. Churchill Downs Sports Spectrum Hoosier Park, LP Kentucky Downs, LLC Arlington International Racecourse
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas H. Meeker, CEO Thomas H. Meeker, Pres. Michael E. Miller, Exec. VP/CFO Andrew G. Skehan, Sr. VP-Sales and Mktg. Rebecca C. Reed, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Rebecca C. Reed, General Counsel Jeffrey A. Mainka, VP-Corp. Dev. Cathy Z. Rutter, VP-Comm. Rel. Michael W. Anderson, Treas./VP-Finance Alexander M. Waldrop, Sr. VP-Public Affairs Donald R. Richardson, Sr. VP-Racing John R. Long, Exec. VP/Pres., Churchill Downs Management Co. Karl F. Schmitt, Jr., Pres., Churchill Downs Simulcast Network Carl F. Pollard, Chmn.
Phone: 502-636-4470 Fax: 502-636-4430 Toll-Free: Address: 700 Central Ave., Louisville, KY 40208-1200 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $331,810 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $24,412 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $439,200 2002 Profits: $21,000 Stock Ticker: CHDN 2001 Sales: $427,000 2001 Profits: $22,100 Employees: 2,100 2000 Sales: $362,000 2000 Profits: $19,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $258,400 1999 Profits: $15,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Home of the Kentucky Derby.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $166,500
Bonus: Bonus:
$191,250 $109,709
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y Y
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CINAR CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cinar.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Children's TV Production and Distribution Educational Products
CINAR develops, produces, markets and distributes family-oriented programming and materials for entertainment and educational purposes. The firm operates through its two divisions, CINAR Education and CINAR Entertainment. CINAR Entertainment supplies children’s programming to such U.S. channels as Nickelodeon, PBS, HBO and the Disney Channel, as well as channels in Canada and worldwide. Television series produced by CINAR include Caillou, Wimzie, Zoboomafoo, Aurther and Mona the Vampire. CINAR Education develops supplemental educational products through Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc. and HighReach Learning, Inc. The company also produces educational science toys through its subsidiary The Wild Goose Company. In recent news, CINAR has been involved in a long legal battle between certain shareholders and corporate officers over the control of the company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: EduSoft, Ltd. Caillou Zoboomafoo Twin Sisters Productions Arthur HighReach Learning, Inc. Fandango Studios Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stuart C. Snyder, CEO Stuart C. Snyder, Pres. George Rossi, Sr. VP/CFO Kelly A. Elwood, VP-Mktg. Debbie Beaulieu, Dir.-Human Resources Mario Ricci, Corp. Controller Marie-Josee Corbeil, General Counsel Francois Deschamps, Exec. VP-Oper. Daniel Tierney, VP-Bus. Dev. Suzan Ayscough, VP-Comm. Cassandra Schafhausen, Exec. VP-Creative Affairs Lesley Taylor, Exec. VP-Productions Jeffrey Gerstein, VP-Taxation David Ferguson, VP-CINAR Europe Robert Despres, Chmn.
Phone: 514-843-7070 Fax: 514-843-7080 Toll-Free: Address: 1055 Rene-Levesque Est Blvd., Montreal, Quebec H2L 4S5 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $90,100 2002 Profits: $-4,200 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $83,300 2001 Profits: $-26,600 Employees: 400 2000 Sales: $96,200 2000 Profits: $-35,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30 1999 Sales: $108,500 1999 Profits: $-100,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Unique, high-quality productions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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CINEMA RIDE INC Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cinemaride.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: 3-D Motion Simulator Rides
Cinema Ride, Inc. designs, manufactures and operates 3D motion simulator rides and entertainment films. Each ride combines action films, roughly four minutes in duration, with computer-controlled audience seating mounted on hydraulic lifters, moving in sync with the onscreen action. Rides are designed to produce the illusion that the viewer is a participant in the film’s events. The company operates locations at theme parks and other attraction sites, including Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas; the Jersey Gardens Mall in New Jersey; and the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada. Substantially all of Cinema Ride’s income comes from the sale of ride tickets. Average price per show is typically under $5, due to the company’s practice of selling more than one feature per ticket and the use of coupons and promotional discounts. In the future, the company plans to expand into additional locations that attract more than 3 million visitors per year. In order to reduce out-of-pocket costs in the development of attractions, the company is currently exploring joint venture arrangements with third parties. The Alberta, Canada and Atlanta, Georgia attractions operate through a partnership with Dave & Buster’s, an attraction-laden complex featuring restaurant and bar facilities. The company also owns 50% of Tickets2Nite, LLC, a Nevada company that sells tickets to Las Vegas shows at 50% of the original box office price, on the same day of the performance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tickets2Nite, LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mitchell Francis, CEO Mitchell Francis, Pres. Mitchell Francis, CFO Kimberly Simon, VP-Oper.
Phone: 818-761-1002 Fax: 818-761-1072 Toll-Free: Address: 12001 Ventura Pl., Ste. 340, Studio City, CA 91604 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,449 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 822 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $2,200 2002 Profits: $-1,900 Stock Ticker: MOVE 2001 Sales: $2,400 2001 Profits: $- 800 Employees: 34 2000 Sales: $2,800 2000 Profits: $- 500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,500 1999 Profits: $- 600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $275,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ ADVANTAGE: Operates in a rapidly growing market.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$58,729 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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CINEMASTAR LUXURY THEATERS INC Industry Group Code: 512131 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.cinemastar.com Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters
CinemaStar Luxury Theaters, Inc. develops, leases, owns and operates multi-screen, first-run movie theater locations in southern California and northern Mexico. The company currently operates six theaters with a total of 71 screens in San Diego and Riverside Counties in southern California and in Tijuana and Ensenada, Mexico. The company’s theater complexes typically contain multiple auditoriums, each having 120 to 500 seats, allowing the company flexibility to adjust screening schedules by shifting films amongst the larger and smaller auditoriums within the same complex in response to audience demand. All theaters feature digital THX sound systems, top-quality projection and screen systems, high-quality seats and excellent concession selections and service. CinemaStar also remodeled a theater from 14 to 18 screens in Mission Grove, California. The four-screen expansion features stadium seating, high-back love seats with retractable cup holders, a full-service concession stand and state-of-the-art projection and sound equipment. The company has emerged from bankruptcy filed in 2001.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CinemaStar Luxury Theaters, S.A. de C.V. SCP Private Equity Partners, LP
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jack R. Crosby, CEO Frank Moreno, Pres. Frank Moreno, COO Norman Dowling, VP/CFO
Phone: 760-945-2500 Fax: 760-945-2510 Toll-Free: Address: 1949 Avenida Del Oro, Ste. 100, Oceanside, CA 92056 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $24,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $25,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 400 2000 Sales: $27,964 2000 Profits: $-5,231 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $27,736 1999 Profits: $-1,586
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $254,806 Second Exec. Salary: $161,538 Successfully emerged from bankruptcy
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$20,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.circuitcity.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Electronics Stores Computers and Accessories Home Office Products Entertainment Software Online Sales
Circuit City Stores, Inc. is the nation’s second-largest retailer of consumer electronics, selling personal computers, home office products and entertainment software from 626 store locations across the U.S. Retail operations consist of Circuit City Superstores and mallbased Circuit City Express stores. Circuit City distinguishes its stores from the competition by offering a broad merchandise assortment and delivering higher customer service levels. For each major product category, the company balances the assortment to include opening and mid-level price points along with fully featured, highend technology items that carry higher prices. Factors that contribute to the success of it stores include product specialists, trained using comprehensive online training courses; convenient credit options; factory-authorized product repairs; home delivery and installation; on-site installation centers for automotive electronics; and nohassle-exchange, no-lemon and no-restocking-fee policies. The firm’s web site, CircuitCity.com, provides shoppers with extensive product information, direct shipment of purchases, real-time inventory status of products in stores and the ability to order online and pick up at a store. The company recently entered a partnership with Amazon.com to increase selection and convenience for Amazon's consumer electronics shoppers. In cases where Amazon.com and Circuit City offer the same electronics products, customers have the choice between traditional Amazon.com shipping options and immediate pickup from a nearby Circuit City Superstore. The company offers its employees a comprehensive benefits package including educational scholarships and dependent care spending accounts. In addition, Circuit City recently partnered with DigitalThink, Inc., a leading provider of e-learning solutions, to develop web-based training programs for its employees.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Circuit City Express Circuit City Superstores Digital Video Express, LP CircuitCity.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. W. Alan McCollough, CEO W. Alan McCollough, Pres. John W. Froman, Exec. VP/COO Michael E. Foss, Exec. VP/CFO Jeffrey S. Wells, Sr. VP-Human Resources Dennis J. Bowman, Sr. VP/CIO Philip J. Dunn, Sr. VP/Controller Kim D. Maguire, Sr. VP/Chief Merch. Officer W. Stephen Cannon, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. W. Stephen Cannon, General Counsel Richard S. Birnbaum, Exec. VP-Oper. Ann-Marie Austin-Stephens, Sr. VP-Strategic Bus. Planning and Dev. Philip J. Dunn, Treas. Fiona P. Dias, Sr. VP/Pres., Circuit City Direct W. Alan McCollough, Chmn. Gary M. Mierenfeld, Sr. VP-Store Dev., Procurement and Distribution
Phone: 804-527-4000 Fax: 804-527-4194 Toll-Free: Address: 9950 Mayland Dr., Richmond, VA 23233 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $9,953,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $106,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $12,792,000 2002 Profits: $219,000 Stock Ticker: CC 2001 Sales: $10,458,000 2001 Profits: $115,200 Employees: 39,432 2000 Sales: $10,599,400 2000 Profits: $196,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $9,344,200 1999 Profits: $166,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $968,269 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $670,288 ADVANTAGE: The nation's second-largest retailer of brand-name consumer electronics.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,045,000 $363,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cirquedusoleil.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Theatrical Entertainment Hotels and Restaurants
Cirque du Soleil, Inc., French for Circus of the Sun, is a circus production company that blends street entertainment, exotic costumes and cabaret. The firm produces only one new show per year, and every show is unique. Currently the company has nine productions running, including four permanent productions and five traveling productions. Walt Disney World has one permanent product, La Nouba, while Las Vegas has three permanent productions: O, an aquatic show at the Bellagio; Mystere at Treasure Island; and Zumanity, the firm’s newest show, at New York-New York. Zumanity, which is billed as the other side of Cirque du Soleil, is the most controversial of Cirque’s productions, as it is restricted to those 18 and older and features a more erotic style and theme. Despite the millions spent on the preproduction development of each show, in the past two decades and 15 productions, the company has never had a flop. The firm averages 97% ticket sales, which allows it to make back production costs in three to four years for its permanent productions. Cirque spends a large part of its budget on in-house research and development, which has allowed it to create waterproof makeup used by performers in O; the indoor lake for O, which can shrink from a 25-foot-deep pool to a puddle in a matter of seconds; and a swirling snowstorm in Algeria. The firm plans to continue branching out into new areas, such as merchandise and TV. It recently won an Emmy for Fire Within, a documentary about the making of Varekai. The company also plans to enter into hotels and restaurants, with a nightclub called Club Cirque and a Cirque Resort in Las Vegas currently in development.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: O Mystere La Nouba Zumanity Club Cirque Cirque Resort Fire Within
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Guy Laliberte, CEO Robert Blain, Sr. VP/CFO Marc Gagnon, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. and Services
Phone: 514-722-2324 Fax: 514-722-3692 Toll-Free: 800-678-2119 Address: 8400 2nd Ave., Montreal, Quebec H1Z 4M6 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Has never lost money on a production.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPwww.citadelcommunications.com Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Station Owner/Operator
Citadel Broadcasting Corp., a subsidiary of Forstmann, Little and Co., focuses on acquiring, developing and operating radio stations in mid-sized markets of the U.S. The company currently operates 144 FM and 63 AM stations in 42 markets. Citadel targets mid-sized markets due to less direct format competition and lower purchase prices. The company’s mission is to build station clusters through acquisitions in its existing and additional markets. Citadel currently owns stations in cities such as Providence, Rhode Island; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Salt Lake City, Utah; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. In recent news, the company announced the acquisition of 11 radio stations from Wilks Broadcasting.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Citadel Broadcasting Company Citadel License, Inc. BroadcastAMERICA.com FLCC Holdings, Inc. Forstmann, Little and Co.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Farid Suleman, CEO Judy Ellis, COO Randy Taylor, VP-Finance Eric Logan, Pres.-Programming John King, Regional Pres. M. Figenshu, Regional Pres. Wayne Leland, Regional VP
Phone: 702-804-5200 Fax: 702-804-5936 Toll-Free: Address: 7201 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Ste. 400, Las Vegas, NV 89128 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $269,308 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-8,828 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $348,900 2002 Profits: $-89,200 Stock Ticker: CDL 2001 Sales: $323,500 2001 Profits: $-203,000 Employees: 2,400 2000 Sales: $284,800 2000 Profits: $-39,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $178,500 1999 Profits: $-9,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $438,319 Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $250,000 Bonus: $ Presence in 42 mid-size markets gives it an audience base that is attractive to national advertisers.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.classic-cable.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service High-Speed Internet Services
Cebridge Connections (CC), formerly Classic Communications, Inc., owns and operates cable television systems and provides high-speed Internet services, serving smaller, rural communities in the central United States. CC's business strategy combines characteristics of the non-metropolitan cable market segment with the growth opportunity of broadband services and the Internet. The company delivers digital cable and high-speed Internet access to homes and businesses, providing enhanced digital video and other special services in addition to traditional cable services. Traditional cable packages include local network, independent and educational stations, with some systems also receiving signals from distant cities or local information and public access channels, as well as optional premium programming. The company has grown rapidly through acquisitions and currently operates in 11 states, including Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, New Mexico and Colorado. CC is also a member of a programming consortium of small to midsized cable system operators that creates efficiencies in the securing and administration of programming contracts. The company derives revenues from customer fees, the sale of local spot advertising time and affiliations with home shopping services. The company is very involved in the community. It offers scholarships to employees who are graduating seniors and gives customers discounts on cable bills if they make donations to the Toys for Tots foundation during December.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Classic Communications, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jerald L. Kent, CEO Ralph G. Kelly, CFO Dale R. Bennett, Sr. VP-Oper. Patricia L. McCaskill, Sr. VP-Programming
Phone: 314-965-2020 Fax: 314-965-0050 Toll-Free: 800-999-6845 Address: 12444 Powerscourt, St. Louis, MO 63131 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $177,300 2001 Profits: $-321,000 Employees: 885 2000 Sales: $182,300 2000 Profits: $-67,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $111,400 1999 Profits: $-43,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $350,000 Bonus: $150,000 Second Exec. Salary: $201,923 Bonus: $ Rapid growth through an aggressive acquisition strategy/Focus on small communities.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast:
International:
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INCwww.clearchannel.com Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Station Owner/Operator Outdoor Advertising Concert Production Internet Services Sports Talent Management Broadcast Television Special Events Production
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is a diversified media company with operations in three business segments: radio broadcasting, outdoor advertising and live entertainment. The company owns, programs and sells airtime for over 1,184 domestic radio stations as well as 34 television stations. The firm’s television stations are affiliated with networks including FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS. Revenue in this division is largely derived from local and national advertising, as well as from fees received from affiliate networks. Clear Channel also has interests in various domestic and international radio broadcasting companies. In addition, the firm owns or operates a total of 716,039 advertising display faces worldwide. It provides outdoor advertising services in over 52 domestic markets and 65 countries. The display faces include billboards of various sizes, wallscapes, transit displays and street furniture displays. In addition, the company promotes and produces live entertainment events for 127 venues. Clear Channel also owns the Katz Media Group, a full-service media representation firm that sells national spot advertising time for clients in the radio and television industries throughout the United States. Katz Media represents over 2,500 radio stations and 350 television stations. In recent news, the company announced an agreement with NBC to provide radio coverage for the next five Olympic Games. Clear Channel’s radio stations are heavily involved in the communities they serve, donating time and money and airing a multitude of public service announcements throughout the year. The company also donates millions of dollars to various charities.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Eller Media Company Universal Outdoor, Inc. SFX Entertainment, Inc. M Street Publications AMFM, Inc. More Group Katz Media Group
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. L. Lowry Mays, CEO Mark P. Mays, Pres. Mark P. Mays, COO Randall T. Mays, CFO Bill Hamersly, VP-Human Resources Joe Shannon, Chief Tech. Officer David Wilson, CIO Kenneth E. Wyker, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Kenneth E. Wyker, General Counsel Lisa Dollinger, VP-Corp. Comm. Randy Palmer, VP-Investor Rel. Brian Coleman, Treas. Julie Hill, Sr. VP-Finance Herbert W. Hill, Sr. VP/Chief Acc. Officer Chad Dan, VP-Real Estate
Phone: 210-822-2828 Fax: 210-822-2299 Toll-Free: Address: 200 E. Basse Rd., San Antonio, TX 78209 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $6,640,838 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $958,375 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $8,421,000 2002 Profits: $-16,054,000 Stock Ticker: CCU 2001 Sales: $7,970,000 2001 Profits: $-1,144,000 Employees: 41,800 2000 Sales: $5,345,300 2000 Profits: $248,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,678,200 1999 Profits: $72,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,009,078 Bonus: $1,975,000 Second Exec. Salary: $692,627 Bonus: $1,975,000 Nation's largest radio station owner/Has rapidly become a leading producer of concerts and special events..
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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CLUBCORP
www.clubcorp.com
Industry Group Code: 713910 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Golf Courses/Country Clubs Business/Sports Clubs Resorts
ClubCorp is a leading operator of golf courses, country clubs, private clubs and resorts in the United States, with additional operations in Australia, Europe and Asia. The company has about 200 operations, including nationally recognized golf courses and country clubs such as Pinehurst in Pinehurst, North Carolina, the largest golf resort in the world; the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio; the Indian Wells Country Club in Indian Wells, California; The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, the oldest resort in America; and the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Additionally, the company owns or operates more than 60 business/sports clubs in major metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Boston and Washington, D.C. In recent news, the company installed and implemented a wireless and wired high-speed Internet system covering the entirety of its Austin resort, Barton Creek Resort and Spa, in order to better facilitate its customers. The company offers internship programs for training in the kitchen and catering, golf course operations and maintenance, accounting and member relations.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Pinehurst Firestone Country Club Indian Wells Country Club Homestead (The) Mission Hills Country Club Boston College Club Metropolitan Club Barton Creek Resort and Spa
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert H. Dedman, Jr., CEO John A. Beckert, Pres. John A. Beckert, COO Jeffrey P. Mayer, CFO Frank C. Gore, Exec. VP-Sales John H. Longstreet, Sr. VP-Human Resources Colby H. Springer, CIO Angela A. Stephens, Sr. VP/Controller/Chief Acc. Officer Thomas T. Henslee, Corp. Sec. Thomas T. Henslee, General Counsel Richard N. Beckert, Exec. VP-Resorts Douglas T. Howe, Exec. VP-Growth and Dev. David P. Woodyard, Sr. VP-Bus. and Sports Div. Lisa H. Kislak, Sr. VP-Mktg. Murray S. Siegel, Exec. VP-Strategic Oper. Jack T. Lupton, Sr. VP-Oper. Robert H. Dedman, Jr., Chmn. William T. Walden, Sr. VP-Purchasing
Phone: 972-243-6191 Fax: 972-888-7700 Toll-Free: Address: 3030 LBG Fwy., Ste. 700, Dallas, TX 75234 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $637,638 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-31,022 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $947,000 2002 Profits: $-61,600 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,014,800 2001 Profits: $-15,200 Employees: 19,000 2000 Sales: $1,068,800 2000 Profits: $40,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ The nation's leading private club managers/Superb long term track record.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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CNET NETWORKS INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cnet.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Publishing Technology Web Sites Technology Magazine Publishing Online Broadcasting
CNET Networks is a major global media company specializing in the technology industry, with established operations in 12 countries and content in 18 different languages. The company distributes information via the Internet, wireless devices, television, radio and print. Its brand portfolio includes CNET, ZDNet, TechRepublic, mySimon.com, News.com, Computer Shopper, Gamespot, Download.com, Builder.com, CNET Radio and CNET Channel. ZDNet provides technology customers with information about computers and other high-tech products on the market. TechRepublic serves professionals representing the IT industry by providing information and tools for IT decision support and professional advice by job function. The company’s comparison-shopping service site, mySimon.com, offers price and product comparison for an array of online and offline stores. Download.com is a comprehensive resource for downloading software. The site provides information to buyers and sellers of try-before-you-buy software, which allows customers to evaluate a software product before they purchase it. News.com offers worldwide technology news coverage. Based in San Francisco, with offices in Boston, New York, Washington, Europe and Asia, News.com publishes more than 50 stories each workday. Computer Shopper Magazine has been a major source for technology information and commerce services for over 20 years. Computer Shopper has the highest number of readers per copy among all computer titles and ranks number-one in reader interest in advertising of any magazine measured by Mediamark Research, Inc. CNET recently acquired MP3.com, a online downloaded music store. CNET offers its employees a full line of benefits including medial, dental, life, short- and long-term disability and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, on-site massage therapy, a pre-tax transit program and a concierge service.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: TechRepublic ChannelSupply ChannelOnline Download.com ZDNet Media CNET Radio Computer Shopper Magazine CNET Channel
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Shelby W. Bonnie, CEO Dan Rosensweig, Pres. Barry Briggs, COO Douglas N. Woodrum, CFO Heather McGaughy, Sr. VP-Human Resources Ted Cahall, CIO Sharon LeDuy, Sr. VP/General Counsel Martin Green, Sr. VP-Oper. Neil Ashe, Sr. VP-Strategy and Dev. Matthew Barzun, Exec. VP-Bus. Tech. Shelby W. Bonnie, Chmn.
Phone: 415-364-2000 Fax: 415-395-9207 Toll-Free: Address: 235 2nd St., San Francisco, CA 94105 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $246,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-26,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $237,000 2002 Profits: $-360,600 Stock Ticker: CNET 2001 Sales: $285,800 2001 Profits: $-1,976,900 Employees: 1,800 2000 Sales: $264,000 2000 Profits: $-484,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $112,345 1999 Profits: $416,908
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $311,945 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $307,047 ADVANTAGE: Global presence and recognition as an industry leader.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$241,500 $65,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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COLONIAL HOLDINGS INC
www.colonialdowns.com
Industry Group Code: 713210
Profits:
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Race Track-Horse Racing Simulcast Wagering
Colonial Holdings, Inc. owns and operates Colonial Downs Racetrack, which primarily conducts pari-mutuel wagering on thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing. In addition to a grandstand that holds 4,000 patrons, the Colonial Downs Racetrack features two covered patioseating areas, four bars, a large concession food court, a gift shop and a number of wagering locations. The Colonial Downs Racetrack’s 1.25-mile dirt track is one of the largest tracks in the United States, and its 180-footwide turf track is the largest in North America. The company expects that these unique configurations will attract marquee racing events and, consequently, improve its market visibility, attract additional patrons and enhance its revenues from corporate sponsorships, group sales events and food and beverage sales. The firm also operates four off-track betting (OBT) facilities in Virginia (Richmond, Hampton, Chesapeake and Alberta) that provide simulcast pari-mutuel wagering from selected racetracks throughout the United States. Each OBT racing center offers patrons a comfortable, upscale environment that includes a full bar and a number of restaurants. Moreover, these centers feature self-serve automated wagering equipment in order to make wagering more user-friendly for the novice and more efficient for the expert. In recent news, Colonial opened a second OBT in Richmond, Virginia.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Colonial Downs Racetrack Virginia Derby
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey P. Jacobs, CEO Ian Stewart, Pres. Ian Stewart, CFO Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Chmn.
Phone: 804-966-7223 Fax: 804-966-1565 Toll-Free: Address: 10515 Colonial Downs Pkwy., New Kent, VA 23124 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 259 2000 Sales: $29,200 2000 Profits: $-2,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $29,400 1999 Profits: $1,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Owns largest turf track in North America.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
Y Y
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COMCAST CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.comcast.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 15
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Wireless Telecommunications Programming Content Internet Access Online Services Cable Modem Access
Comcast Corporation is principally engaged in developing, managing and operating hybrid fiber-coaxial broadband cable communications networks and providing programming content. After the acquisition of AT&T’s broadband business, which added 13.7 million subscribers, Comcast is the largest cable operator in the United States, with over 20 million subscribers. Though the majority of the company’s revenues now come from traditional analog video, or standard cable services, Comcast is making significant expenditures to upgrade its existing systems in order to provide enhanced digital video, high-speed Internet and phone services. It has already upgraded a significant portion of its systems and subscribers to these services. Comcast is also one of the only cable companies now able to provide high-definition television service. The other significant portion of the company’s business is content, or the operation and programming of television stations. These stations include Comcast Spectator, Comcast SportsNet, E! Entertainment, The Golf Channel and Outdoor Life Network. Comcast has gone through significant changes in the last year, beyond the acquisition of AT&T’s broadband network, including the simplification of its corporate structure by the implementation of a crossguaranty structure wherein each of Comcast’s five cable subsidiaries unconditionally guaranty one another’s debt. This guaranty arrangement was extended to the newly acquired MediaOne of Deleware, now called Comcast MO of Deleware. In association with the AT&T acquisition, Comcast received a 27.6% interest in Time Warner. Comcast now holds significant stock in AOL Time Warmer, as well as in Time Warner Cable, Inc. In other news, Comcast completed the sale of its approximate 57% interest in QVC, Inc., a television retailer, to Liberty Media Corporation for $7.9 billion. In addition, Comcast has announced a $66 billion dollar bid for the outstanding share of the Disney Company. Employees receive free sports tickets, free cable service and promotional items. Additionally, the company offers its employees educational assistance as well as an internal training program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AT&T Comcast AOL Time Warner Comcast MO Group E! Entertainment Golf Channel (The) Comcast SportsNet Comcast-Spectator Outdoor Life Network
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Brian L. Roberts, CEO Brian L. Roberts, Pres. John R. Alchin, Co-CFO Sharon D. Ingram, VP-Human Resources Lawrence J. Salva, Controller Arthur R. Block, Corp. Sec. Arthur R. Block, General Counsel Mark A. Coblitz, Sr. VP-Strategic Planning Karen D. Buch, VP-Corp. Comm. Marlene S. Dooner, VP-Investor Rel. John R. Alchin, Exec. VP/Treas. Stephen B. Burke, Exec. VP/Pres.-Comcast Cable Comm. Lawrence S. Smith, Exec. VP/Co-CFO David L. Cohen, Exec. VP C. Michael Armstrong, Chmn.
Phone: 215-665-1700 Fax: 215-981-7790 Toll-Free: Address: 1500 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-2148 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $18,348,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $3,240,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $12,460,000 2002 Profits: $-274,000 Stock Ticker: CMCSK 2001 Sales: $9,674,000 2001 Profits: $609,000 Employees: 82,000 2000 Sales: $8,218,600 2000 Profits: $2,021,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $6,529,200 1999 Profits: $1,065,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $1,238,623 Bonus: $6,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $991,105 Bonus: $1,166,886 Acquisition of AT&T's 13.7 million subscribers makes this the nation's largest cable firm.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER HOLDINGS INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.cnhi.com
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CNHI) was founded to acquire community papers. The company seeks out newspapers in small markets with growth potential. For operational efficiency and in order to provide additional services to its readers, the firm attempts to buy newspapers in geographic proximity to each other. CNHI also has interests in a variety of ancillary publications and services that complement its newspapers. The company currently owns more than 200 daily, semiweekly and weekly publications in 22 states with a combined circulation of more than 1 million. Oklahoma- and Texasbased newspapers make up approximately 30% of the firm’s publications. Most of the company’s papers fall in the 13,000- to 25,000-circulation range. In recent news, CNHI sold 11 dailies and 12 weeklies, located in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, to Brown Publishing Co.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael E. Reed, CEO Michael E. Reed, Pres. Kevin Kampman, VP/COO Michael E. Reed, CFO Brenda Cole, Chief Tech. Officer
Phone: 205-298-7100 Fax: 205-298-7101 Toll-Free: Address: 3500 Colonnade Pkwy., Ste. 600, Birmingham, AL 35243 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Small town focus
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.corusentertainment.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Broadcasting Specialty Television Services Animated Children's Programming Children's Book Publishing Digital Music Services Radio Marketing Services Online Community
Corus Entertainment, Inc. is a leader in Canada’s entertainment industry. The company runs Canada’s largest radio operation, owns one of the most-watched groups of specialty television services and is one of the largest producers of animated children’s programming in the world. Additionally, Corus is a leading publisher in Canada’s children’s book industry. The company’s businesses include Nelvana, Kids Can Press, Max Trax, Deep Sky and Yabber.net. The firm’s Nelvana subsidiary is a leading developer, producer and distributor of highquality media content for children worldwide. Kids Can Press publishes children’s books, including the Franklin book line. Kids Can Press distributes books to retail stores, book clubs, schools, public libraries and specialty outlets. Max Trax provides digital television music services through local cable providers in Canada. Services include commercial-free, digital-quality music ranging from classical, rock and reggae to country, oldies and alternative. Deep Sky is Corus’s radio marketing solutions company that provides tailored and innovative marketing services for radio advertisers. Yabber.net is an online community designed for Canada’s eight- to 15-yearolds. The web site offers children information on music, games, movies, television, books and sports. Additional offerings for registered members include message boards, e-mail and online chat services.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nelvana, Ltd. Kids Can Press Max Trax Yabber.net Deep Sky
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John M. Cassaday, CEO John M. Cassaday, Pres. Thomas C. Peddie, CFO Janet Johanson, Mktg. Coordinator Hal Blackadar, VP-Human Resources Judy Adam, Controller John R. Perraton, Corp. Sec. Kathleen C. McNair, VP-Corp. and Regulatory Affairs Pierre Arcand, Pres.-Quebec Radio John P. Hayes, Pres.-Radio Paul W. Robertson, Pres.-Television and Nelvana Heather A. Shaw, Exec. Chair
Phone: 416-642-3770 Fax: 416-642-3779 Toll-Free: Address: 181 Bay St., Ste. 1630, Toronto, Ontario MSJ 2T3 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $464,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $28,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $418,800 2002 Profits: $-106,500 Stock Ticker: CJR 2001 Sales: $359,300 2001 Profits: $85,700 Employees: 1,990 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 8/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Media leadership in Canadian children's markets
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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COURIER CORP Industry Group Code: 323000 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.courier.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Printing Software Services Intellectual Property Management Multimedia Development Commercial Printing Prepress Services Niche Book Publishing Fulfillment Services
Courier Corporation manufactures books, manuals, diskettes and CD-ROMs for publishers, software developers and other information providers. Based on sales, Courier is the fifth-largest book manufacturer in the United States and the largest in the Northeast, offering services from content management, prepress and production through storage and distribution. Courier's principal markets are religious, educational and specialty trade books with products including Bibles, educational texts and consumer books. Courier also provides related services involved in managing the process of creating and distributing these products. Courier's book manufacturing operations consist of both electronic and conventional film processing, platemaking, printing and binding of soft and hard bound books. Each of Courier's six facilities has certain specialties adapted to the needs of the market niches Courier serves, such as short-run book manufacturing, printing on lightweight paper and four-color book manufacturing. Specialty publishing subsidiary Dover Publications, Inc. publishes over 8,000 titles in more than 30 specialty categories ranging from literature and poetry classics to paper dolls, and from musical scores to typographical fonts. Gideons International aggregated approximately 26% of Courier’s consolidated book sales in the previous year. Through its subsidiary, Courier New Media, Inc., an information management services company, the company works with publishers and other information developers to create products from new and existing intellectual properties. Courier New Media includes two operating units: Courier EPIC, which provides complete turnkey services from project management through end-user distribution, and Copyright Management Services, which specializes in helping publishers and college bookstores manage the process of obtaining copyright permissions for products, such as multiplepublisher college course packets. In recent news, Courier purchased Research and Education Corp., a leading producer of test preparation and study guides.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Courier Company, Inc. Dover Publications Courier Stoughton, Inc. Courier Westford, Inc. Research and Education Corp. Courier New Media, Inc. Book-Mart Press, Inc. Courier EPIC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James F. Conway, III, CEO James F. Conway, III, Pres. Robert P. Story, Jr., Sr. VP/CFO Diana L. Sawyer, VP-Human Resources Stephen Franzino, VP-Tech. Peter M. Folger, VP/Controller Lee E. Cochrane, Treas. George Q. Nichols, Sr. VP Gary S. Gluckow, VP Peter R. Conway, VP Clarence C. Strowbridge, VP
Phone: 978-251-6000 Fax: 978-251-8228 Toll-Free: Address: 15 Wellman Ave., North Chelmsford, MA 01863 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $202,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $20,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $202,200 2002 Profits: $16,200 Stock Ticker: CRRC 2001 Sales: $211,900 2001 Profits: $13,200 Employees: 1,455 2000 Sales: $188,300 2000 Profits: $10,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $164,000 1999 Profits: $8,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $360,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $300,000 ADVANTAGE: Industry-leading printer focused on book printing.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $337,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cox.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 16
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Digital Cable TV Service Cable-Based Internet Access Local Exchange Carrier Long-Distance Phone Service Business Services
Cox Communications, Inc. (Cox), majority-owned by Cox Enterprises, is among the nation's leading broadband communications companies. Cox is the nation’s fourthlargest cable company, with cable systems in 23 states serving approximately 6.5 million customers nationwide, including 1.8 million digital cable and 1.4 million Internet access subscribers. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers a variety of residential services, including cable television under the Cox Cable brand, the primary element of its broadband communications strategy; advanced digital video programming services under the Cox Digital Cable brand; high-speed Internet access via Cox High Speed Internet and Cox Express; local and long-distance telephone services under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; and commercial voice, video and data services via Cox Business Services. Cox invests in telecommunications companies such as Sprint PCS, as well as programming networks, including the Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Outdoor Life and Speedvision. The company provides complimentary cable television service and highspeed Internet access to more than 5,600 schools and libraries in its service area and participates in the Cable in the Classroom program as well as supporting its own programs: Line to Learning and Model Technology Schools. In recent news, Cox launched a web site, MakeThemPlayFair.com, to educate consumers about the rising cost of cable sports networks. The firm’s advertising sales division changed its name from CableRep Advertising to Cox Media. MGM Mirage selected the firm’s hospitality network division, a leading-provider of in-room guest video and data technology services to the gaming industry, to provide room services to 13 of its properties, while Mandalay Resort Group chose it to provide services for five of its properties. Cox employees receive free cable television, health club discounts and free tickets to cultural and sporting events. The firm also offers tuition reimbursement and business travel insurance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cox Enterprises, Inc. Cox Digital Cable Cox Cable Cox High Speed Internet Cox Express Cox Digital Telphone Cox Business Services Cox Media
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James O. Robbins, CEO James O. Robbins, Pres. Jimmy W. Hayes, CFO/Exec. VP-Finance and Admin. Joseph Rooney, Sr. VP-Mktg. Mae A. Douglas, Sr. VP/Chief People Officer Christopher J. Bowick, Chief Tech. Officer Scott A. Hatfield, Sr. VP/CIO Christopher J. Bowick, Sr. VP-Eng. Andrew A. Merdek, Corp. Sec. James A. Hatcher, Sr. VP-Legal and Regulatory Affairs Patrick J. Esser, Exec. VP-Oper. Dallas Clement, Sr. VP-Strategy and Dev. Ellen M. East, VP-Corp. Comm. Ellen M. East, VP-Investor Rel. Susan W. Coker, Treas. Jill Campbell, Sr. VP-Oper. Sherryl Love, VP-Materials Mgmt. William J. Fitzsimmons, Chief Acc. Officer/VP-Acc. and Financial Planning F. William Farina, VP-Advertising Sales James Cox Kennedy, Chmn.
Phone: 404-843-5000 Fax: 404-843-5975 Toll-Free: Address: 1400 Lake Hearn Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $5,758,868 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-137,801 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $5,039,000 2002 Profits: $-274,000 Stock Ticker: COX 2001 Sales: $4,067,000 2001 Profits: $755,000 Employees: 21,600 2000 Sales: $3,506,900 2000 Profits: $1,925,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,318,135 1999 Profits: $881,928
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,117,900 Second Exec. Salary: $540,000 Investing in value-added services, such as video-on-demand.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,126,657 $594,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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COX ENTERPRISES INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.coxenterprises.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Television Stations Cable Services Provider Radio Stations Web Site Operator Automobile Auctions High-Speed Internet Access Technology Products
One of the largest media conglomerates in the world, Cox Enterprises, Inc. maintains a diverse array of operations, ranging from television to automobile sales. Its major subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Inc., Cox Newspapers, Inc., Cox Television, Inc., Cox Radio, Inc., Manheim Auctions, Inc. and Cox Interactive Media, Inc. The company owns 15 television stations located in major U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Honolulu and Miami. It also operates three national television advertising sales firms: Telerep, HRP and MMT. Cox Newspapers publishes 25 weeklies and 17 daily newspapers including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Austin American Statesman. It also operates direct-mail businesses, distributes classified advertising publications and customized newsletters and owns one-third of a newsprint manufacturing business. Cox Interactive Media operates approximately 20 online U.S. city guides, including AccessAtlanta.com, AccessLasVegas.com, RealPittsburgh.com and SanAntonio360.com, which are among the highest-ranked web sites of their kind in the country. Cox Communications, Cox Enterprises’ cable subsidiary, is a multi-service broadband communications company with over 6.5 million cable subscribers in 23 states, making it the fourth-largest cable service provider nationwide. Through Manheim Auctions, the firm is a global remarketing organization that operates 124 auctions and related businesses, including 85 auctions in North America and additional operations in the U.K., Spain, France, Australia and New Zealand. It is the leader in automotive Internet commerce through AutoTrader.com, which serves the public and maintains the largest used car inventory database in the world, and Manheim Online, which serves car dealers. Cox Television owns and operates several TV stations and collects data used by sales representatives and research firms. Cox Radio operates 78 broadcast radio stations throughout the U.S., as well as Cox Radio Interactive, its Internet venture. Cox Enterprises offers its employees flexible spending accounts and a vision care discount program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cox Television, Inc. Manheim Auctions Cox Communications, Inc. Cox Radio, Inc. AutoTrader.com TeleRep Cox Interactive Media, Inc. Atlanta Journal-Constitution (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James Cox Kennedy, CEO G. Dennis Berry, Pres. G. Dennis Berry, COO Robert C. O'Leary, Exec. VP/CFO John C. Williams, VP-Mktg. Marybeth H. Leamer, VP-Human Resources Gregory B. Morrison, VP/CIO Andrew A. Merdek, Corp. Sec. Andrew A. Merdek, VP-Legal Affairs/General Counsel Timothy W. Hughes, Sr. VP-Admin. Scott Whiteside, VP-Bus. Dev. John C. Williams, VP-Corp. Comm. Richard J. Jacobson, VP/Treas. Michael J. Mannheimer, VP-Materials Mgmt. Tom Whitfield, VP-Direct Mktg. and Database Mgmt. Alexander V. Netchvolodoff, VP-Public Policy Preston B. Barnett, VP/General Tax Counsel James Cox Kennedy, Chmn.
Phone: 678-645-0000 Fax: 678-645-1079 Toll-Free: Address: 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, GA 30328 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $9,900,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $8,693,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 77,000 2000 Sales: $7,824,000 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Diversified media properties.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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COX RADIO INC Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.coxradio.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Broadcasting Radio Station Web Sites
Cox Radio, Inc. is the third-largest radio broadcasting company in the United States, based on net revenues. Cox Radio owns, operates or provides sales and marketing services for more than 78 radio stations in 18 markets. The company is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., a newspaper and cable company. Cox Radio’s business strategy entails maximizing revenues and broadcast cash flow of stations by operating and developing clusters of stations in demographically attractive markets, such as Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, San Antonio, Houston and Birmingham. The company has a history of acquiring, repositioning and improving the operating performance of previously under-performing stations. Cox Radio also syndicates radio programs, such as Neal Boortz (political talk), The Motley Fool (investment information) and Clark Howard (consumer advocate). Cox Radio's program formats span genres such as alternative, adult contemporary, oldies, news/talk, country, nostalgia and gospel. The firm’s newest division is Cox Radio Interactive (CXRi), whose purpose is to design, develop and assist Cox Radio’s stations with their station web sites. CXRi also conducts research to determine what station listeners want from radio web sites. Cox Radio offers employees a competitive benefit package including extensive insurance coverage, savings and investment options and an employee assistance program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cox Radio Interactive Cox Enterprises, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert F. Neil, CEO Robert F. Neil, Pres. Marc W. Morgan, COO Neil Johnston, CFO Roxann L. Miller, VP-Research Kimberly A. Guthrie, Regional VP Richard A. Reis, Group VP Robert B. Reed, Regional VP
Phone: 678-645-0000 Fax: 678-645-5294 Toll-Free: Address: 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, GA 30328 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $319,094 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $45,890 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $420,600 2002 Profits: $46,000 Stock Ticker: CXR 2001 Sales: $373,800 2001 Profits: $20,700 Employees: 2,228 2000 Sales: $369,400 2000 Profits: $305,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $300,500 1999 Profits: $55,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Stations in 18 major markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $532,846 Second Exec. Salary: $392,308
Bonus: Bonus:
$485,423 $264,808
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International:
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CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP www.crowncastle.com Industry Group Code: 513390D Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Wireless Communications Towers Broadcast Infrastructure Services Site Management Services Construction and Engineering Services Radio and Television Broadcast Towers
Crown Castle International Corp. is a leading owner and operator of towers and transmission networks for wireless communications and broadcast transmission companies. It owns, leases or manages over 15,000 towers and rooftops both in the U.S. and internationally. With operations clustered in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia, the company’s major clients include Verizon, Cingular, Nextel, Sprint PCS, AT&T Wireless, Cable & Wireless Optus, Vodafone, BT Cellnet, One 2 One, Hutchison and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Crown Castle leases antenna space on wireless and broadcast towers and operates analog and digital audio and television broadcast transmission networks, as well as wireless networks. In addition, the company offers construction, engineering and management services for telecommunications towers. Crown Castle, creator of the first nationwide digital radio network in the world, has opened two digital radio multiplexes in London as part of a partnership with Switchdigital. The multiplexes expand the offerings and coverage of London’s current digital radio network, reaching more than 95% of the total U.K. population. In one of the world’s largest tower transactions, Crown Castle is partnered with GTE in the formation of a $900million joint venture company that will own and operate the leasing of space on GTE’s network of communications towers. Additionally, the company owns 700 wireless communications towers in Australia, making Crown Castle the largest independent tower operator in Australia, with coverage of 92% of the country’s population.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Spectrum Site Management Corp. TEA Group, Inc. TeleStructures, Inc. Crown Castle Broadcast
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John P. Kelly, CEO John P. Kelly, Pres. Edward Wallander, COO W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO Kelli A. Hunter, Sr. VP-Global Human Capital Wesley D. Cunningham, Corp. Controller/Chief Acc. Officer E. Blake Hawk, Exec. VP/General Counsel Michael T. Schueppert, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. W. Benjamin Moreland, Treas. Peter Abery, Managing Dir.-Crown Castle UK Robert E. Giles, Exec. VP-Strategic Bus. Units Edward Wallander, Pres./COO, Crown Castle USA Robert E. Paladino, Sr. VP-Global Performance
Phone: 713-570-3000 Fax: 713-570-3100 Toll-Free: Address: 510 Bering Dr., Ste. 500, Houston, TX 77057-1457 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $676,502 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-249,525 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $901,500 2002 Profits: $-272,500 Stock Ticker: CCI 2001 Sales: $899,000 2001 Profits: $-366,200 Employees: 1,462 2000 Sales: $649,200 2000 Profits: $-204,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $345,800 1999 Profits: $-96,761
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $425,000 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $310,000 Bonus: ADVANTAGE: Growth through acquisitions and strategic partnerships/Focus on wireless towers.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
$382,000 $207,700
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC Industry Group Code: 513210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.crownmedia.net
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pay TV Distribution Film Distribution
Crown Media Holdings, Inc. owns and operates the Hallmark Channel, which is available in the United States and over 100 international markets. The company plans to establish its cable television channel as a destination for viewers seeking family entertainment and as an attractive outlet for advertisers that target such viewers. Crown Media Holdings also has approximately 700 television and movie programs in its library, which it distributes through Crown Media Distribution. The company’s program library includes Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, 10th Kingdom, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Dog of the Yukon: Call of the Wild, William Faulkner’s Old Man, Rose Hill, Sarah Plain and Tall and What the Deaf Man Heard. Examples of third-party programming shown on the company’s domestic channel include the popular drama series Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Touched By An Angel, Rawhide, Bonanza and Hawaii 5-0. The firm has a number of distribution agreements with leading cable television distributors, including AOL Time Warner, DirecTV, Adelphia, EchoStar and Sky Network.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hallmark Channel (The) Yes Television Crown Media Distribution Crown Media International
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David J. Evans, CEO David J. Evans, Pres. Paul FitzPatrick, COO William J. Aliber, CFO Chris R. Moseley, Exec. VP-Mktg. and Brand Strategy Russel H. Givens, Jr., Pres./CEO, Crown Media International
Phone: 303-220-7990 Fax: 303-220-7660 Toll-Free: Address: 6430 S. Fiddlers Green Cir., Ste. 500, Englewood, CO 80111 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $87,400 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $-96,100 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $161,000 2002 Profits: $-311,700 Stock Ticker: CRWN 2001 Sales: $107,100 2001 Profits: $-229,800 Employees: 356 2000 Sales: $66,800 2000 Profits: $-116,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $31,900 1999 Profits: $-56,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,028,076 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $698,288 Bonus: Growth through acquisitions/Focus on expansion of international distribution.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$900,000 $300,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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CSS INDUSTRIES INC Industry Group Code: 511191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.cssindustries.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Seasonal Greeting Cards & Gift Wrap Products Educational Products
CSS Industries, Inc. is a consumer products company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale to massmarket retailers of seasonal, social expression gift wraps, gift bags, boxed greeting cards, gift tags, tissue paper, paper and vinyl decorations, calendars, classroom exchange valentines, decorative ribbons and bows, Halloween masks, costumes, make-up and novelties and Easter egg dyes and novelties. In addition to these products, the company manufactures and markets everyday ribbons, bows and educational activity products for both teachers and students. CSS’s products are manufactured and warehoused in 21 facilities located in eight states. Most products are sold in the U.S. and Canada by national and regional account sales managers, product specialists and a network of independent manufacturers’ representatives. The firm maintains showrooms in New York City, Memphis, Minneapolis, Dallas, Atlanta and Hong Kong. CSS’s clients range from mass merchandisers and chain drug stores to supermarket chains and party stores. The company is comprised of three subsidiaries: The Paper Magic Group, Inc., a leader in the seasonal products industry, which manufactures a vast array of seasonal merchandise ranging from greeting cards to Halloween costumes to seasonal and classroom decorations; Cleo, Inc., the premier provider of Christmas gift packaging products; and Berwick Offray, LLC, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of decorative ribbons and bows. CSS’s revenues are primarily seasonal, with two-thirds of sales occurring during the Christmas season and the remaining one-third attributed to Halloween, Easter and Valentine’s Day. CSS offers medical, dental, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Berwick Offray, LLC Cleo, Inc. Paper Magic Group, Inc. (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David J. Erskine, CEO David J. Erskine, Pres. Clifford E. Pietrafitta, CFO/VP-Finance Stefanie L. Smoke, Corp. Controller Stephen V. Dubin, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Stephen V. Dubin, General Counsel Stefanie L. Smoke, Treas. Steven A. Cohen, VP-Licensing John J. Nucero, VP-Internal Audit Jack Farber, Chmn.
Phone: 215-569-9900 Fax: 215-569-9979 Toll-Free: Address: 1845 Walnut St., Ste. 800, Philadelphia, PA 191034755 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $532,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $17,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $424,300 2002 Profits: $21,500 Stock Ticker: CSS 2001 Sales: $424,300 2001 Profits: $21,500 Employees: 3,600 2000 Sales: $421,100 2000 Profits: $18,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $392,600 1999 Profits: $18,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $426,063 Second Exec. Salary: $426,063
Bonus: Bonus:
$411,487 $365,766
Diversified product line.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International:
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CTN MEDIA GROUP INC Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.collegetelevision.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite TV Carrier
CTN Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of MTV Networks, in turn a division of media giant Viacom, is a diversified media company specializing in reaching target audiences in television and online sectors. CTN runs the College Television Network, a proprietary commercial television network that operates on college and university campuses across the U.S. The network is provided to campuses through single-channel television systems placed free of charge primarily in campus dining facilities and student unions. The programming principally consists of music videos, news and sports, artist interviews, tour schedules and other music-related events. CTN earns its revenues through displaying commercials on the stations. National advertisers include America Online, Coca-Cola, Fox Entertainment Group, Polygram, United Parcel Service, Visa International and many others.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: College Television Network MTV Networks Viacom Wetair.com Wading Pool iD8 Marketing Market Place Media Link Magazine
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once.
Phone: 404-256-9630 Fax: 404-843-8842 Toll-Free: 800-256-1636 Address: 3350 Peachtree Rd., Ste. 1500, Atlanta, GA 30326 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $10,100 2001 Profits: $-13,400 Employees: 43 2000 Sales: $68,900 2000 Profits: $16,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $31,600 1999 Profits: $-17,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $555,542 Second Exec. Salary: $518,600 Unique, rapidly growing niche/Reaches 650 college campuses.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$100,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast:
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CUMULUS MEDIA INC Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cumulus.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Station Operator Sales and Marketing Services Media Software and Systems
Cumulus Media, Inc., the country’s second-largest FM and AM radio broadcasting company, is focused on acquiring, operating and developing radio stations serving mid-size markets. Cumulus owns over 254 stations in 54 U.S. markets. These stations are located in the midwestern, southeastern, southwestern and northeastern regions, with additional stations in the Caribbean, Barbados and Tortola. The firm also provides sales and marketing services under local marketing, management and consulting agreements. Cumulus has diversified radio formats and target audiences within each market to attract larger and broader listener audiences and thereby a wider range of advertisers. The company owns Broadcast Software International, Inc., a media operations software and systems company. It also owns Aurora Communications, LLC, a broadcasting company which owns 18 stations in Connecticut and New York in addition to DBBC, LLC, which owns and operates three stations in Nashville, Tennessee. Cumulus uses Internet-based software applications that enable the company to monitor daily sales performance by station and market compared with each station’s respective budget. This system also provides each station with the ability to exchange ideas and views regarding station operations and ways to increase advertising revenues. Stations within each market share infrastructure in terms of office space, support personnel and certain senior management, but each station is developed and marketed as an individual brand with its own identity, programming, programming personnel, inventory of time slots and sales force. Company revenues are generated from the sale of local, regional and national advertising time. In recent news, Cumulus acquired two radio stations in Kansas City, Missouri.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cumulus Wireless Services, Inc. AdVisory Board, Inc. Cumulus Broadcasting Broadcast Software International, Inc. Aurora Communications, LLC DBBC, LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., CEO Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., Pres. Jonathon Pinch, Exec. VP/COO Martin R. Gausvik, Exec. VP/CFO John W. Dickey, VP-Mktg. and Promotion John W. Dickey, VP-Eng. Richard Denning, VP/General Counsel Martin R. Gausvik, Treas. John W. Dickey, VP-Programming Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 404-949-0700 Fax: 404-949-0740 Toll-Free: Address: 3535 Piedmont Rd., Bldg. 14, Ste. 1400, Atlanta, GA 30305 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $210,693 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-2,494 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $252,600 2002 Profits: $-92,800 Stock Ticker: CMLS 2001 Sales: $201,300 2001 Profits: $-30,600 Employees: 2,600 2000 Sales: $225,900 2000 Profits: $-2,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $180,000 1999 Profits: $-13,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Focus on mid-size markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $525,000 Second Exec. Salary: $425,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$262,500 $70,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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CURVES INTERNATIONAL INC Industry Group Code: 713940 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.curvesinternational.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fitness Centers
Curves International is one of the largest fitness franchises in the world, with over 6,000 locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Mexico. The company provides fitness and weight-loss facilities specifically designed for women. Curves currently helps over 1 million women with their exercise and nutritional guidance needs. In addition to 30minute workout sessions at Curves fitness facilities, the company provides a comprehensive program to educate and train women to eat healthy. This program includes books, meal planners, tracking charts, weekly progress reports and other information geared towards helping women eat healthy. Through its web site, Curves provides links to other sites dedicated to educating women about the dangers of obesity and other serious diseases related to unhealthy living.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gary Heavin, CEO
Phone: 245-399-9285 Fax: 254-399-9731 Toll-Free: 800-846-1096 Address: 400 Schroeder, Waco, TX 76710 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $750,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ One of the fastest growing franchises.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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DAG MEDIA INC Industry Group Code: 511140 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.newyellow.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Directory Publishing Publications for Jewish Communities Internet Portals Photography Books
Dag Media, Inc. publishes and distributes yellow page directories both in print and online. These directories target mainstream users as well as niche markets in the New York metropolitan area, including the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland counties and northern New Jersey. Dag Media sells yellow page advertisements as part of an overall media package that includes print advertising, online advertising and other services such as referral service and a consumer discount club. The company operates three Internet portals: NewYellow.com, targeting the general population; JewishYellow.com, targeting worldwide Jewish communities; and JewishMasterguide.com, targeting the ultra-orthodox and Hasidic communities. Revenues derive mainly from the sale of advertisements in these directories. The print version of NewYellow is published semi-annually and distributed door-to-door. The Jewish Israeli Yellow Pages is a bilingual directory, with all ads appearing in both English and Hebrew, distributed free in both New York and Israel. Primarily native Hebrew speakers use it. The Master Guide is published in English only and does not contain potentially offensive advertisements. The company’s referral service directs consumers looking for goods or services to advertisers in the directories. It also serves tourists with questions regarding travel, lodging, visa issues and other related issues. Dag’s newest subsidiary, Black Book Photography, Inc., is a leading publisher of photography and illustration source books. It acts as a reference source for finding photographers (Blackbook Photography), illustrators (Blackbook Illustration) and graphic designers (Blackbook AR100) in North America. In recent news, Black Book launched a new directory, The Complete Industry Directory, which is designed to meet the needs of professionals who work with every aspect of photo, illustration, design and creative studio services in the advertising and corporate communities. The company sold its New Yellow Manhattan directory to Yellow Book, USA.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Jewish Israeli Yellow Pages (The) Jewish Master Guide (The) NewYellow JewishMasterguide.com JewishYellow.com Black Book Photography, Inc. Blackbook Illustration Blackbook AR100
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Assaf N. Ran, CEO Assaf N. Ran, Pres. Yael Shimor-Golan, CFO Yael Shimor-Golan, Corp. Sec. Yael Shimor-Golan, Treas. Assaf N. Ran, Chmn.
Phone: 718-263-8454 Fax: 718-793-2522 Toll-Free: 800-261-2799 Address: 125-10 Queens Blvd., Ste. 14, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $3,700 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $ ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $6,500 2002 Profits: $-1,100 Stock Ticker: DAGM 2001 Sales: $5,600 2001 Profits: $- 100 Employees: 23 2000 Sales: $6,200 2000 Profits: $- 400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $4,500 1999 Profits: $ 400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $125,000 Second Exec. Salary: $67,788 Rapidly growing revenues/Unique focus.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$10,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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DAILY JOURNAL CORP Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.dailyjournal.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 21
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 16
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Online Publishing Information Services
Daily Journal Corporation publishes newspapers and web sites in California, Washington, Arizona, Colorado and Nevada and is primarily a gatherer and distributor of information through its publications and specialized information services. The company currently publishes 14 general-circulation newspapers and two online-only publications. In addition, the company serves as a newspaper representative, specializing in public notice advertising. Publications include the Los Angeles Daily Journal, San Francisco Daily Journal, California Lawyer and California Real Estate Journal. It also publishes The Code of Colorado Regulations. Daily Journal’s subsidiary SUSTAIN Technologies, Inc. provides technologies and applications to enable justice agencies to automate their operations, to allow users to file cases electronically and to allow courts to publish information online. Specialized information services include Judicial Profiles services, which contain biographical and professional information concerning nearly all judges in California; several court rules services, which reproduce court rules for certain state and federal courts in California; and computer online foreclosure information, which primarily provides distressed property information as well as expanded features. Since the company is subject to periodic increases in postal rates, it has instituted changes in an attempt to mitigate higher postage costs. These changes include contracting for hand delivery, delivering pre-sorted newspapers to the post office on pallets, implementing a method of bundling newspapers and acquiring an ink jet labeler, which eliminates paper labels and enables bar code discounts from the postal service on some of its newspapers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Los Angeles Daily Journal San Francisco Daily Journal Nevada Journal Washington Journal Colorado Journal Arizona Journal California Real Estate Journal SUSTAIN Technologies, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gerald L. Salzman, CEO Gerald L. Salzman, Pres. Ira A. Marshall, Corp. Sec. Gerald L. Salzman, Treas.
Phone: 213-229-5300 Fax: 213-680-3682 Toll-Free: Address: 915 E. First St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $34,229 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $2,403 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $34,000 2002 Profits: $1,200 Stock Ticker: DJCO 2001 Sales: $35,200 2001 Profits: $-13,400 Employees: 280 2000 Sales: $37,800 2000 Profits: $1,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $36,900 1999 Profits: $2,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$200,000 $
Focus on legal information.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES Industry Group Code: 453220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.delawarenorth.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Concession Stands Pari-Mutuel Wagering Park Services Cruise Ships Event Centers
Delaware North Companies, Inc., one of the largest private companies in America, is a holding company for seven subsidiaries operating in food service, hospitality and recreation. Subsidiary Sportsystems Corp. is the largest and most successful operator of pari-mutuel facilities in the U.S., with properties, such as Apache Greyhound Park and Daytona Beach Kennel Club, featuring wagering on greyhound and horse racing, video slot gaming and fine dining. Sportservice Corp., the oldest of the firm’s subsidiaries, is one of the largest food service companies in the country. Its Well Bread fine dining and Fan Zone sports divisions provide services at such highprofile events as the World Series, the Olympic Games and the Miss America Pageant. Delaware North Parks Services provides recreational visitor services at national attractions including Yosemite, Niagara Falls and Kennedy Space Center. CA One Services operates over 300 food service and retail facilities in airports and concessions across the country. CA One’s Gateway Program transforms airport corridors by incorporating local businesses and foods, such as Wolfgang Puck’s pizza at the Los Angeles airport and El Charro Mexican cuisine in Tucson, Arizona. Another subsidiary, American Park ‘n Swap, turns idle buildings and empty parking lots into destination events with musical entertainment, an array of foods and flea-market-style retail merchandise ranging from jewelry to tools to furniture. DNC International brings the company’s food and hospitality services to Australia. In addition, Delaware North operates the FleetCenter, a $160-million facility that houses the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins and other entertainment events. The firm also owns the Delta Queen Steamboat Company, which includes three vessels. The river cruise business serves overnight passengers from a home port in New Orleans, Louisiana.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sportsystems Corp. CA One Services Delaware North Parks Services Sportservice Corp. American Park 'n Swap New Boston Garden Corp. FleetCenter Delta Queen Steamboat Company
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeremy M. Jacobs, CEO Charles E. Moran, Jr., Pres. Charles E. Moran, Jr., COO Wendy Watkins, VP-Corp. Comm. and Public Rel. Charles Jacobs, Exec. VP-Boston Bruins and FleetCenter Louis M. Jacobs, Exec. VP Jeremy M. Jacobs, Chmn.
Phone: 716-858-5000 Fax: 716-858-5479 Toll-Free: Address: 40 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14202-2200 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $1,300,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,600,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 25,000 2000 Sales: $1,492,800 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Highly diversified services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y Y
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DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) www.deltaqueen.com Industry Group Code: 483112 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cruise Lines Passenger Steamboats Casinos
The Delta Queen Steamboat Co., a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, Inc., operates a steamboat cruise line on the Mississippi River System. Delaware North is one of the world's leading hospitality and food service providers with two primary groups: Delaware North Hospitality and Entertainment, which includes Delaware North Parks Services, Sportsystems and Delta Queen Steamboat Company; and Delaware North Contract Services, which includes CA One Services, Delaware North Companies International and Sportservice. The firm has three steamboats, the Delta Queen, the Mississippi Queen and the American Queen. A steamboat trip can range from a simple weekend to weeks on board the boat as it completes its entire run. The average steamboat cruise lasts approximately one week, depending upon the numbers of stops at various ports of call. The company offers four cruises: the New Orleans cruise, the Old South cruise, the America’s Heartland cruise and the Wilderness Rivers cruise. The Old South cruise travels along the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and makes various stops along the way, including Memphis, Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; New Orleans; Galveston, Texas; and Mobile, Alabama. The America’s Heartland cruise travels along the Mississippi River from Minneapolis/St. Paul through St. Louis, Missouri and finally to Memphis, Tennessee. The Wilderness Rivers cruise travels along the Ohio River, the Kanawha River, the Cumberland River, Lake Barkley, Kentucky Lake and the Tennessee River and stops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charleston, West Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Delaware North Companies Mississippi Queen Delta Queen American Queen America’s Heartland Old South Cruise Wilderness Rivers
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rick Abramson, Pres. Tom Carman, COO Bruce Nierenberg, Exec. VP
Phone: 504-586-0631 Fax: 504-585-0630 Toll-Free: 800-543-1949 Address: 30 Robin St. Wharf, New Orleans, LA 70130-1890 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 1,857 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $310,000 Bonus: $210,000 Second Exec. Salary: $253,760 Bonus: $195,000 Operates in a unique niche in the cruise industry: inshore cruises in the U.S./Acquired out of bankruptcy by the Delaware North Companies.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.theden.co.uk
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Mailing Lists
Dennis Publishing, Ltd. is a leading independent publisher of periodicals based in London. Operating through multiple subsidiaries in the U.K. and the U.S., it is one of the world’s fastest-growing independently owned media companies. Dennis publishes Maxim, a popular men’s magazine, as well as 18 other computer, lifestyle and games magazines including Men’s Fitness, Shape, Computer Shopper, MacUser, PC Pro, The Week, PC Zone, Stuff and Blender. Aimed at men aged 18 to 34 with above-average incomes, Maxim boasts a readership of more than 12 million across its 21 editions in 32 countries, making it one of the most popular men’s magazines in history and outselling rivals GQ, Esquire, Rolling Stone and Men’s Health combined. All in all, the company’s magazines sell an average of more than 5.8 million copies every month. Twelve of the firm’s magazines are made available online through Dennis Interactive, the company’s new media division. The web sites for these magazines attract over 1.75 million unique users per month and boast a collective registered membership of about 2.5 million. Moreover, Dennis offers mailing lists to companies that want to reach its readers for purposes of direct, targeted advertising. American subsidiary Dennis Publishing, Inc. handles the U.S. versions of its magazines out of its New York offices.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Maxim Men's Fitness Shape Stuff PC Zone Computer Shopper MacUser Dennis Publishing, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Alistair Ramsay, CEO Tom Gleeson, COO Tom Gleeson, CFO Kerin O'Connor, Dir.-Mktg. and Int'l Licensing James Tye, Managing Dir.-Computer Div. Vivien Cotterill, Managing Dir.-Consumer Div. Guy Sneesby, Managing Dir.-Dennis Interactive Julian Thorne, Circulation Dir. Felix Dennis, Chmn.
Phone: 020-7907-6000 Fax: 020-7907-6020 Toll-Free: Address: 30 Cleveland St., London, W1T 4JD UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ World's largest men's magazine publisher
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.e-dmec.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 19
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Budget Video Distribution Greeting Cards e-Commerce Toys
Diamond Entertainment Corp., doing business as eDMEC, markets and sells a variety of videocassette and DVD titles in addition to greeting cards. e-DMC’s video inventory includes cartoons, horror films, science fiction, dramas, adventure stories, mysteries, musicals, educational programs and computer literacy. The company is focusing extra resources into its Internet ebusiness. Realizing the power of this medium for the distribution of information, as well as for merchandise, eDMEC has channeled a significant portion of its corporate efforts to have all of its division utilize this new domain to expand its market share. Additionally, e-DMEC is in the process of partnering with strategic Internet-savvy companies to guarantee its success in various Internet ventures in the near future. The firm also owns Jewel Products International, a manufacturer and distributor of children’s toys, and owns the exclusive rights to distribute CineChrome Forever Cards. CineChrome uses the patented print technology KromeFX, which combines reflectivity, color, vibrancy, depth of image and dimension to produce a unique, high-quality greeting card.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CineChrome Forever Cards e-DMEC KromeFX Jewel Products International
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James K.T. Lu, Co-CEO James K.T. Lu, Pres. Fred U. Odaka, CFO Jeffrey I. Schillen, Exec. VP-Sales and Mktg. James K.T. Lu, Corp. Sec. Jeffrey I. Schillen, Co-CEO James K.T. Lu, Chmn.
Phone: 909-839-1989 Fax: 909-635-0671 Toll-Free: Address: 800 Tucker Ln., Walnut, CA 91789 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $3,800 2002 Profits: $- 800 Stock Ticker: DMEC 2001 Sales: $3,200 2001 Profits: $- 900 Employees: 22 2000 Sales: $3,800 2000 Profits: $-4,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $4,500 1999 Profits: $-1,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $50,000 Second Exec. Salary: $40,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on bargain-priced videos.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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DIAMONDHEAD CASINO CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cruise Lines Casino/Hotel
Diamondhead Casino Corporation (formerly known as Europa Cruises Corporation) has sold all of its cruise ships and is now solely invested in the Mississippi Gaming Corporation (MGC) and Casino World, Inc. (CWI). The company owns, through MGC, a total of 404.5 acres of unimproved land in Diamondhead, on the Bay of St. Louis, in Hancock County, Mississippi. The property is located immediately off Interstate 10 at the Diamondhead exit (exit 16). The site borders Interstate 10 for approximately two miles. The property, located on the border between Harrison County and Hancock County, is near the Diamondhead Yacht Club and Marina, which is connected by a navigable channel to the Bay of St. Louis. Diamondhead Casino intends to develop its Diamondhead site through CWI. The company intends to construct a themed destination casino resort and hotel at the site. Under Mississippi law, the casino must be water-based and will be located in the Bay of St. Louis. The destination resort is expected to include a luxury hotel and spa, a sports and entertainment center, a maximum of 120,000 square feet of casino space, a state-of-the-art recreational vehicle park and a business conference center. The completion of the resort is pending environmental approval for the building site.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Casino World, Inc. Mississippi Gaming Corp. Europa Cruises Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Deborah A. Vitale, CEO Deborah A. Vitale, Pres. Robert A. Zimmerman, CFO Deborah A. Vitale, Corp. Sec. John R. Duber, VP-Investor Rel. Deborah A. Vitale, Treas.
Phone: 727-393-2885 Fax: 727-319-9125 Toll-Free: Address: 150-153rd Ave. E., Ste. 202, Madeira Beach, FL 33708 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $ 270 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 550 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $ 300 2002 Profits: $- 800 Stock Ticker: KRUZ 2001 Sales: $ 400 2001 Profits: $- 600 Employees: 4 2000 Sales: $2,100 2000 Profits: $- 700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $8,400 1999 Profits: $- 900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: ADVANTAGE: Focus on gambling cruises.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $125,000 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC www.dickclarkproductions.com Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Production Film Production Restaurants
Dick Clark Productions, Inc. (DCPI) is a diversified entertainment company with a variety of television, communications and restaurant businesses. The company develops and produces a wide range of television programming for television networks, first-run domestic syndicators, cable networks and advertisers. Since 1957, the company has been a significant supplier of television programming and has produced shows such as American Dreams, the Golden Globe Awards, the American Music Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the Family Television Awards, Bloopers and Beyond Belief: Fact or Ficton. Programming includes awards shows, comedy specials, children’s programming, talk and game show series and dramatic series. The market for this programming is mainly composed of the networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN and the WB Network. The company also licenses the rebroadcast rights to some of its programs, licenses certain segments of its programming to third parties, produces home videos and develops and produces theatrical motion pictures, generally in conjunction with third parties who provide the financing. DCPI also operates a chain of five entertainment-themed restaurants named Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Grill, located in Indianapolis, Newark, Kansas City, Phoenix and Salt Lake City. DCPI offers its employees medical and dental coverage.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dick Clark Restaurants, Inc. Dick Clark Corporate Productions, Inc. CLICK Records, Inc. Anderson Merchandisers Q Records Access Records Dick Clark Communications, Inc. Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Grill
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard W. Clark, CEO Francis C. La Maina, Pres. Francis C. La Maina, COO William S. Simon, CFO/VP-Finance Jennifer Gilbert, Sr. VP-Strategic Mktg. Karen W. Clark, VP-Admin. Bruce Russell, VP-Investor Rel. Bill Simon, Treas. Cindy Clark, VP-Production
Phone: 818-841-3003 Fax: 818-954-8609 Toll-Free: Address: 3003 W. Olive Ave., Burbank, CA 91505 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $70,800 2001 Profits: $5,200 Employees: 710 2000 Sales: $92,200 2000 Profits: $10,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $72,300 1999 Profits: $2,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
COMPETITIVE
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $975,000 Bonus: $444,740 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $577,059 Bonus: $308,546 ADVANTAGE: Established producer of television awards shows/Well-known name/The firm has been acquired by a group of outside investors--the deal will close in 2002.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
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DIGEO INC
www.digeo.com
Industry Group Code: 334310 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Set Top Boxes and Services for Cable TV Interactive TV Services
Digeo, Inc. was founded by Paul Allen of Microsoft. However, it was the firm’s 2002 merger with Moxi Digital, Inc. that made it the industry’s leading provider of advanced media center platforms and iTV services. The company provides consumers with easy access to popular features such as DVD and high-definition TV as well as music jukebox, photos and games. Services include localized cable content, deployment and ongoing operations support to cable companies. These services are organized into two divisions: basic iTV and advanced services. The basic iTV division, currently in commercial deployment with Charter Communications, provides cable subscribers with eight information and commerce channels, including weather, local movie listings, news, sports, money, shopping and games. The advanced services division is concerned with the needs of the digital home, which combines enhanced TV, digital video recording, telephony, advanced communication services, photos, music, games and wireless home networking all on one system. The firm’s advanced platforms are designed to work with several partners such as Charter, Motorola, Scientific Atlanta and Macromedia. In recent news, Digeo and Charter Communications expanded their current suite of interactive games offered on i-Games, a dedicated games channel on the Digeo iTV service, with the launch of two new games: Blackjack and Mah Jong. Digeo offers a comprehensive benefits package including a quarter bonus plan and employee referral incentives. The company also sponsors staff events such as Razor scooter races, pool tournaments, barbecues, golf tournaments and Mariners games.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Moxi Digital Charter Communications i-Games Digeo iTV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James A. Billmaier, CEO Bert Kolde, COO Tom Grina, CFO Peter Kellogg-Smith, VP-Product Mktg. Toby Farrand, Chief Tech. Officer John Kellum, VP-Eng. Hiro Tachibana, VP/General Counsel Steve Martino, VP-Bus. Oper. Bob Tollenaar, Sr. Mgr.-Bus. Dev. Randy Carlson, VP/General Mgr.-Digeo iTV Carter Maguire, VP-Sales Steve Young, VP-Hardware Eng. and Mfg. Jerome Pache, VP-Bus. Dev. Paul G. Allen, Chmn.
Phone: 425-896-6000 Fax: 425-896-6062 Toll-Free: Address: 8815 122nd Ave. NE, Kirkland, WA 98033 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 250 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ ADVANTAGE: Acquisition of Moxi Digital/Entry into interactive television.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
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DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC Industry Group Code: 541870 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.dgsystems.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Distribution Services for Advertising Agencies & Broadcasting Online Transaction Systems Software Development
Digital Generation Systems (DGS) operates a nationwide, value-added digital network that links hundreds of advertisers and advertising agencies with over 7,500 radio and 1,000 television stations across the U.S. and Canada. The company’s network operation center, located in San Francisco, delivers audio, video, image and data content that comprise transactions between the advertising and broadcast industries. Revenues derive largely from advertising agencies, advertisers, tape duplication vendors and dealers, syndicated programmers and music companies. DGS also operates a fault-tolerant client/server online transaction system based on relational databases and UNIX servers from Sun Microsystems. Additionally, the firm develops software applications with operational capabilities including transaction management and system security. The company’s subsidiary StarGuide Digital Networks, Inc., a designer and provider of highspeed digital information transmission and distribution systems, has deployed its transmission systems to radio stations, including those owned by ABC Radio and Clear Channel Communications. In recent news, the company was added to the Russell 2000 Index.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MediaTech PDR Productions StarGuide Digital Networks, Inc. Musicam Express CoolCast Mitsui DG Systems
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Matthew E. Devine, CEO Jeffrey A. Dankworth, Pres. Omar A. Choucair, CFO Stephen Sparkman, Controller Jeffery Dankworth, Pres., StarGuide
Phone: 972-581-2000 Fax: 972-581-2001 Toll-Free: 800-324-5672 Address: 750 W. John Carpenter Fwy., Ste. 700, Irving, TX 75039 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $31,000 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $3,300 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $66,300 2002 Profits: $-126,600 Stock Ticker: DGIT 2001 Sales: $70,700 2001 Profits: $-9,000 Employees: 333 2000 Sales: $54,700 2000 Profits: $1,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $48,700 1999 Profits: $-8,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $250,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $250,000 ADVANTAGE: Nationwide audio and video delivery/Rapid growth.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$20,376 $22,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS INC Industry Group Code: 334310 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.dtsonline.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audio and Video Equipment, Manufacturing Digital Remastering
Digital Theater Systems, Inc. (DTS) is a leading provider of high-quality digital multi-channel audio technology, products and services for entertainment markets worldwide. The company provides products and services to film studios, production companies and movie theaters to produce and play back digital multi-channel soundtracks for films. The company also licenses its sound technology to all major film distributors in the United States, including 20th Century Fox, Buena Vista Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and many international distributors. These studios use its technology to create digital multi-channel soundtracks in DTS format. The company's playback systems for DTS-formatted soundtracks have been installed in approximately 22,000 movie theaters worldwide. The company licenses its technology to consumer electronics products manufacturers for inclusion in products such as audio/video receivers, DVD players and home theater systems. DTS’s technology enables consumers to enjoy movies, video games and music in DTS multi-channel format. The company’s consumer business has grown to become its largest business segment. To date, DTS has entered into licensing agreements with substantially all of the major consumer audio electronics products manufacturers, including Pioneer, Sony and Yamaha. Its technology is also licensed to major consumer semiconductor manufacturers, including Cirrus Logic, Yamaha Corp. and Zoran Corp. DTS technology, trademarks and/or know-how have been incorporated in more than 100 million consumer electronics products worldwide. The firm also provides multi-channel audio compact discs, or CDs, and digital video discs, or DVDs, for the consumer retail market. DTS licenses titles by well-known recording artists, then remixes and releases these titles in its digital multi-channel format. In recent news, Alpine incoporated DTS surround sound into its car audio systems. DTS offers its workforce medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as a cafeteria plan and discount health club memberships.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jon Kirchner, CEO Mel Flanigan, CFO Don Bird, VP-Mktg. Paul Smith, VP-Research and Dev. Jan Wissmuller, VP-Eng. Blake Welcher, General Counsel Andrea Nee, VP-Oper. Patrick Watson, VP-Bus. Dev. Michael Archer, Dir.-Cinema Div. Jeff Skillen, VP-DTS Entertainment Tony Nowak, Managing Dir.-DTS Europe
Phone: 818-706-3525 Fax: 818-706-1868 Toll-Free: Address: 5171 Clareton Dr., Agoura Hills, CA 91301 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $51,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $8,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $41,100 2002 Profits: $6,300 Stock Ticker: DTSI 2001 Sales: $28,600 2001 Profits: $3,900 Employees: 146 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $236,538 Second Exec. Salary: $192,308 An industry leader in theater digital sound.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$115,000 $100,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 513210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.discovery.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Networks Retail Stores Catalogs and Online Sales Educational Products Television Programming
Discovery Communications, Inc. operates through three main divisions: U.S. networks, international networks and consumer products. Its U.S. networks division is a provider of real-world media and entertainment through several TV channels, including the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health, Travel Channel, Discovery Times, Discovery Kids, BBC America, Discovery Digital Networks, Discovery HD Theater and Discovery iMedia. With 19 offices outside of the U.S., the firm’s international networks division serves approximately 154 countries and territories in 33 languages. International programming offers viewers both global perspectives and local stories. Local content includes such productions as the Asian Masterpiece Series; Universo Discovery, a series of regionally produced short-form documentaries that cover a diverse range of Latin American topics; and Mongrel Nation, which historically investigates some of England’s key customs, traditions and cultures. The firm's consumer products division extends the company’s television brands to consumers through an array of educational products and services. The division encompasses Discovery's retail operations, including a nationwide chain of 165 Discovery Channel Stores, The Discovery Channel Catalog and Discovery.com; Discovery Channel School, a supplementary education business, which provides Discovery content to 90,000 teachers and students in U.S. K-12 schools around the country; and global licensing and strategic partnerships that bring branded products to a larger global audience. Recently, the company released its newest channels, Discovery Channel India and Discovery Channel Japan, and acquired full ownership of Discovery Channel Germany. The firm also extended its presence into the People’s Republic of China with a representative office in Beijing. The U.S. networks segment renamed The Health Network and launched FitTV as a new basic cable network with exercise and wellness programming.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Discovery Digital Networks Discovery HD Theater Discovery Kids Discovery Channel TLC Animal Planet Travel Channel BBC America
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John S. Hendricks, CEO Judith A. McHale, Pres. Judith A. McHale, COO Barabra Bennett, Exec. VP/CFO Pandit F. Wright, Sr. Exec. VP-Human Resources and Admin. Mark Hollinger, General Counsel Mark Hollinger, Sr. Exec. VP-Corp. Oper. Donald A. Baer, Sr. VP-Strategy and Dev. Michela English, Pres.-Consumer Products William M. Campbell, III, Pres.-Networks, U.S. Dawn L. McCall, Pres.-Networks, Int'l John S. Hendricks, Chmn.
Phone: 240-662-2000 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: One Discovery Pl., Silver Springs, MD 20910 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $1,710,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,800,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 5,000 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ High quality programming/Respected name brands
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Industry Group Code: 334310 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.dolby.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audio and Video Equipment, Manufacturing Audio Signal Processing Systems
Dolby Laboratories develops, manufactures and markets audio signal processing systems for the movie, broadcasting, music and video game industries. Dolby also licenses these technologies to other companies. Dolby has been an industry leader in motion picture audio systems since the early 1970s. The company provides its products to both theaters and film production studios. The company’s DMA8 Digital Media solution allows theaterquality digital sound in a home theater. Dolby Stereo and Dolby Digital Surround DX provide state-of-the-art sound quality to theaters and filmmakers. In addition, Dolby licenses its technology to television and home theater system manufactures. Dolby’s broadcasting segment provides digital and analog sound for HDTV, DTV, TV and radio broadcasters. Products include Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby E and LM100 systems. Dolby Pro Logic II provides surround sound for television broadcasters. Dolby E is optimized for two-channel postproduction and broadcast transmissions. Dolby’s LM100 is a revolutionary new device that allows broadcasters to control the loudness of their audio broadcasts. The computer games segment incorporates Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro Logic II audio engines into video game software. Dolby enjoys a 20% to 40% profit margin and receives approximately $.75 for every TV, stereo, computer game or other product that is sold using its technology. In recent news, four more television channels have switched to Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, including Bravo HD+, Cinemax HD, The Movie Channel HD and Spice HD. Dolby offer its employees medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as equipment discounts, educational assistance and use of the company ski cabin.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dolby Digital Surround DX Dolby Stereo DMA8 Digital Media Dolby E LM100 Dolby Pro Logic II Dolby Digital 5.1
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bill Jasper, CEO Bill Jasper, Pres. Janet Daly, CFO Steve Forshay, VP-Research and Dev. Jeff Griffith, VP-Mfg. Mark Anderson, General Counsel R. Richard Bell, Ray Dolby, Chmn.
Phone: 415-558-0200 Fax: 415-863-1373 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA 94103-4813 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $120,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $133,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 550 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Industry leader in audio technology.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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DOUBLECLICK INC Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.doubleclick.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Advertising-Online Outsourcing Services Advertising Software Consumer Database Analysis
DoubleClick, Inc. is a leading provider of products and services that enable direct marketers, publishers, advertisers and agencies to market to consumers on the Internet. Combining technology, media and data expertise, the firm's products and services help its customers optimize their advertising and marketing campaigns on the Internet and through other media. DoubleClick operates through two business units: TechSolutions and data (consisting of the Abacus division). The products offered by DoubleClick TechSolutions include ad management products, consisting of the DART for Publishers Service, the DART Enterprise ad serving software product, the DART for Advertisers Service, a suite of e-mail products based on the company's DARTmail Service, as well as the firm’s analytics and campaign management products and services. The DART for Publishers Service has provided web publishers with a comprehensive solution for ad inventory management and ad targeting, delivery and reporting. DART Enterprise is an online advertising and marketing management licensed software product for web publishers and merchants. This ad serving software automates critical processes needed to run a successful online marketing business, including sophisticated inventory and order management, precision targeting, dynamic delivery, tracking and detailed campaign reporting. The DART for Advertisers Service, which also uses the DART ad management technology, is a webbased application that enables advertisers and their agencies to increase their return on investment and to streamline the ad management process through analytical reporting. The company's data segment is comprised of Abacus, a leading provider of information products and services to direct marketers. Abacus applies advanced statistical modeling techniques to the Abacus Alliance database of consumer and business purchasing behavior to help the Alliance members acquire and retain customers. In recent news, the company has announced contracts with J. Crew, Condénet, Fox Sports Interactive Media, Internet Broadcasting Systems and Bloomberg Media.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Abacus TechSolutions DART DART Enterprise DART for Publishers Service DART for Advertisers Service DARTmail Abacus Alliance
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kevin Ryan, CEO David S. Rosenblatt, Pres. Bruce Dalziel, CFO John Healy, VP-Sales Melanie Hughes, Sr. VP-Global Human Resources Dwight A. Merriman, Chief Tech. Officer Mok Choe, CIO Hillary Smith, General Counsel William Mills, VP-Corp. Dev. John Rehl, Sr. VP-Global Tech. Services Curt Cunningham, Sr. VP-Mktg. Automation Bennie Smith, Chief Privacy Officer Brian Rainey, Pres., Abacus
Phone: 212-683-0001 Fax: 212-287-1203 Toll-Free: Address: 450 W. 33rd St., New York, NY 10001 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $271,337 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $16,918 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $300,200 2002 Profits: $-117,900 Stock Ticker: DCLK 2001 Sales: $405,600 2001 Profits: $-265,900 Employees: 1,111 2000 Sales: $505,611 2000 Profits: $-155,981 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $258,294 1999 Profits: $-55,821
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $300,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $275,000 ADVANTAGE: Leading online advertising company/Superior technology.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $183,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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DOVER DOWNS GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INC www.doverdowns.com Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Gambling Resorts and Casinos Hotel and Conference Center Horse Racing
Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment, Inc. is a diversified gaming and entertainment company whose operations consist of Dover Downs Slots, an 80,000square-foot slot machine casino complex; the Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center, featuring luxury accommodations with conference, banquet, dining, ballroom and concert hall facilities; and the Dover Downs Raceway, a harness racing track with pari-mutuel wagering on live and simulcast horse races. The company operates 2,000 slot machines ranging from a nickel to $50 to play. The hotel and conference center includes 232 rooms, a multi-purpose ballroom/concert hall, a fine dining restaurant, swimming pool and health spa. Additional construction that occurred in adjacent facilities during the first phase includes a new 425-seat buffet restaurant and a renovation of the enclosed harness racing grandstand with state-of-the-art simulcasting facilities. A second phase of construction is planned to expand the hotel by 250 rooms. Dover Downs Raceway has newly constructed facilities for pari-mutuel wagering on both live harness horse racing and on simulcast thoroughbred and harness horse racing received from numerous tracks across North America. Live harness races are conducted at Dover Downs Raceway between November and April and are simulcast to tracks and other off-track betting locations across North America on each of the company’s more than 140 live race dates. Dover Motor Sports was spun off from the company in 2002. Dover Downs offers its employees health, dental and life insurance as well as discounted entertainment tickets, credit union membership, free NASCAR tickets and leadership awards.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center Dover Downs Slots Dover Downs Raceway Dover Motor Sports
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Denis McGlynn, CEO Denis McGlynn, Pres. Edward J. Sutor, COO Timothy R. Horne, CFO Klaus M. Belohoubek, Corp. Sec. Klaus M. Belohoubek, General Counsel Robert M. Comollo, Treas.
Phone: 302-857-4600 Fax: 302-857-3253 Toll-Free: 800-711-5882 Address: 1131 N. Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $207,499 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $17,237 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $219,806 2002 Profits: $21,442 Stock Ticker: DDE 2001 Sales: $187,615 2001 Profits: $21,095 Employees: 782 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $190,000 Expansion into pari-mutuel wagering and simulcasting.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $5,730
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Industry Group Code: 713990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.dovermotorsportsinc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: NASCAR Auto Racing
Through its subsidiary Dover International Speedway, Inc., Dover Motorsports, Inc., formerly Dover Downs Entertainment, is a leading promoter and marketer of major motorsports events in the U.S., averaging 350 races per year that reach 36 of the top 50 U.S. advertising markets and an audience in excess of 100 million. The firm also owns and operates four permanent motorsports facilities and operates three temporary circuits. The company promotes events in three premier sanctioning bodies: the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Dover has two races in the Winston Cup professional stock car racing circuit, two races in the Busch Series and one race in the Craftsman Truck Series racing circuit. The firm owns and operates the historic Nashville Superspeedway at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds; the Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Missouri; the Memphis Motorsports Park near Memphis, Tennessee; and the Dover International Speedway, also known as The Monster Mile. The company also organizes and promotes the Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver, Colorado; the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, California; and the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2002, Dover spun off its gaming operations, Dover Downs Gaming, as a separate firm so that its motorsports operations would be its sole focus.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dover International Speedway Gateway International Raceway Memphis Motorsports Park Nashville Superspeedway Toyota Grand Prix Association of Long Beach Centrix Grand Prix of Denver Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Dover Downs Gaming
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Denis McGlynn, CEO Denis McGlynn, Pres. Patrick J. Bagley, CFO/Sr. VP-Finance Klaus M. Belohoubek, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Klaus M. Belohoubek, General Counsel Thomas Wintermantel, Treas. Jerome T. Miraglia, Exec. VP Henry B. Tippie, Chmn.
Phone: 302-674-4600 Fax: 302-734-3142 Toll-Free: Address: 1131 N. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $93,626 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-22,138 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $93,700 2002 Profits: $-22,700 Stock Ticker: DVD 2001 Sales: $86,600 2001 Profits: $28,200 Employees: 220 2000 Sales: $124,500 2000 Profits: $15,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $245,900 1999 Profits: $31,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $150,000 Large multi-purpose gaming and racing complex.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$193,866 $44,509
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.dj.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing-Financial News Business Publishing Community Newspapers Online News Services Online Business and Financial Data Online Subscriptions
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is a global provider of business and financial news and information through newspapers, newswires, magazines, the Internet, television and radio stations. The company is the publisher of the highly respected financial newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, which provides business people with daily business, industry and investment information. The firm's operations are divided into three segments: print publishing, electronic publishing and general-interest community newspapers. The print segment publishes Asian and European versions of The Wall Street Journal, as well as the weekly U.S. business and financial magazine Barron’s. Electronic publishing includes the operations of Dow Jones Newswires, consumer electronic publishing and Dow Jones Indexes/Ventures. Dow Jones Newswires recently entered into a wholesale agreement to deliver news bundled into all Moneyline Telerate terminals worldwide. The Wall Street Journal Online (WSJ.com) is a paid subscription site on the Internet that offers continuously updated coverage of business news both in the U.S. and abroad. Other consumer sites in the Journal network include OpinionJournal.com, which provides commentary on global issues from The Wall Street Journal editorial page; CareerJournal.com, which gives career guidance and job-search services for executives; StartupJournal.com, the premier web site for entrepreneurs seeking guidance on starting or buying a business or franchise; CollegeJournal.com, which provides guidance and job-search services for future business leaders; and RealEstateJournal.com, a comprehensive guide to commercial and residential property. Recently, Ottaway Newspapers Group, a subsidiary of Dow Jones, announced the purchase of The Record from World-Herald Co. Dow Jones offers its employees tuition reimbursement, an adoption assistance program and a dependent care program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dow Jones Indexes Dow Jones Newswire WSJ.com Wall Street Journal (The) Ottaway Newspapers Group SmartMoney OpinionJournal.com Barron’s
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Peter R. Kann, CEO Richard F. Zannino, Exec. VP/COO Christopher W. Vieth, Exec. VP/CFO Ann Marks, VP/Chief Corp. Mktg. Officer James A. Scaduto, VP-Human Resources William A. Godfrey, III, VP/CIO Peter G. Skinner, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Peter G. Skinner, General Counsel Brigitte Trafford, VP-Corp. Comm. Thomas W. McGuirl, Treas. L. Gordon Crovitz, Pres.-Electronic Publishing James H. Ottaway, Jr., Sr. VP Karen Elliott House, Publisher, The Wall Street Journal Peter R. Kann, Chmn.
Phone: 212-416-2000 Fax: 212-416-4348 Toll-Free: Address: 200 Liberty St., New York, NY 10281 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,548,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $170,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,559,200 2002 Profits: $201,500 Stock Ticker: DJ 2001 Sales: $1,773,100 2001 Profits: $68,200 Employees: 6,816 2000 Sales: $2,202,600 2000 Profits: $-119,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,001,800 1999 Profits: $272,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
COMPETITIVE
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $930,000 Bonus: $260,400 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $653,615 Bonus: $175,000 The best-known financial newspaper in the U.S. and in many other areas of the world/Owns the Dow ADVANTAGE: Jones Industrial Average system / Operates one of the most successful online publishing operations in the world.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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DREAMWORKS SKG Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.dreamworks.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Film Production and Distribution Video Games Animated Films Foreign Film Distribution TV Programming Music Production
DreamWorks SKG is a leading producer of live-action motion pictures, animated feature films, network and cable television programming, home video and DVD entertainment and consumer products. It was formed with the intention to create an artist-friendly studio to develop, produce and distribute superior film and music entertainment. DreamWorks was founded by three moguls who own approximately 66% of the company: Steven Spielberg, famed film director and producer; Jeffrey Katzenberg, a former Disney film executive and animation guru; and David Geffen, a famed recording industry executive. The firm has major offices in Glendale, Beverly Hills and Universal City, California; New York, New York; Nashville, Tennessee; London, England; and Toronto, Canada. DreamWorks has several divisions that are involved in animation, the recording industry, the movie industry, TV programming production, video game production and video/DVD distribution. DreamWorks Animation, LLC produces all of the company’s animated works, including such hits as Shrek and Chicken Run. DreamWorks Records, LLC produces the soundtracks to company films and cuts record deals with individual artists. DreamWorks Movies produces feature films such as Catch Me If You Can. DreamWorks TV produces network and cable television programs like BOOMTOWN and Spin City. DreamWorks Interactive, LLC handles the production of video games based on the firm’s blockbuster films, as well as original works. Go Fish Pictures is the new distribution arm of DreamWorks, focusing largely on releasing foreign films, especially anime, in the U.S. Recently, the company has been working out a deal to sell its music unit to Vivendi Universal’s Universal Music Group. DreamWorks has been slowly downsizing the company’s overall mission by scaling back its TV programming production and refocusing on its production of films, both animated and live-action. In November 2003, it announced plans to sell its music recording unit to Universal Music Group.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GameWorks PDI/DreamWorks DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Records DreamWorks Interactive Go Fish Pictures DreamWorks TV DreamWorks Movies
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Patti Burke, Head-Studio, PDI/DreamWorks Derek Chan, Head-Digital Oper., Animation Tech. Teresa Cheng, Head-Production, PDI/DreamWorks Bill Damaschke, Exec. VP-Production, DreamWorks Animation
Phone: 818-733-7000 Fax: 818-695-7574 Toll-Free: Address: 1000 Flower St., Glendale, CA 91201 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Well-known, experienced leadership/Focus on expanding markets
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) Industry Group Code: 561450 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.dnb.com Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Productions: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Global Business Credit Bureau Credit Risk Management Support Purchasing and Supply Chain Intelligence Account Collection Support Online Business Information Decision-Support Services
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D&B) is a worldwide provider of business information and related decisionsupport services. It operates through offices in 29 countries, joint venture companies in eight countries and independent correspondents in 150 countries. The company has aggressively taken advantage of the Internet to the extent that about 80% of its data is now delivered online. Customers can also purchase software applications for use on PCs, in networks and on computer hosts. D&B’s three core software product lines are D&B Risk Management Solutions, which manages credit exposure; D&B Sales & Marketing Solutions, which enables clients to better acquire and manage customers; and D&B Supply Management Solutions, which provides tools for the management of supplier relationships. Another product, the widely accepted D-U-N-S Number system, is used to identify companies and company affiliations and to provide links to D&B’s database and other data. The company also provides credit information solutions to help its customers extend commercial credit, approve loans and leases, underwrite insurance, evaluate clients and make other financial and risk assessment decisions. Customers can use the firm’s marketing information solutions to obtain business-to-business marketing information and analysis. D&B’s purchasing information solutions help clients understand their supplier base and evaluate new sources of supply. The company also offers its clients a full range of accounts receivable management services, including third-party collection of accounts, demand letter-writing services and receivable outsourcing programs. The company recently acquired Hoover’s, Inc., an Internet-based provider of industry and market intelligence on public and private companies. D&B spun off its Moody’s, Cognizant, Reuben H. Donnelley and A.C. Nielsen units in order to focus on its highly profitable core business. The company offers its employees tuition reimbursement, personal insurance coverage, adoption assistance, a matching gifts program and merit scholarships. The company is also progressive in its promotion of women.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dun & Bradstreet Corp. DNB Hoover's, Inc. iMarket, Inc. Harris InfoSource DUNSRight D-U-N-S Numbering System
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Allan Z. Loren, CEO Steve W. Alesio, Pres. Steve W. Alesio, COO Sara Mathew, CFO/Sr. VP Amy B. McIntosh, Sr. VP-Mktg. and Product Solutions Patricia A. Clifford, VP-Human Resources Cynthia Hamburger, Sr. VP/Chief Tech. Officer David J. Lewinter, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. David J. Lewinter, General Counsel Vicki P. Raeburn, Sr. VP-Data and Oper. Charles E. Gottdiener, VP-Strategy and Bus. Dev. Lawrence M. Kutscher, VP-e-Bus. Solutions Joanne Carson, VP-Comm. Kathy Guinnessey, VP-Investor Rel. Kathy Guinnessey, Treas. Allan Z. Loren, Chmn. Gregory S. Nordal, Sr. VP-D&B Europe David T. Clarke, Leader-U.S. Sales & Marketing Solutions Michael Pepe, VP-U.S. Sales Amy B. McIntosh, Sr. VP-U.S. Risk Mgt. Solutions
Phone: 973-921-5500 Fax: 512-794-7670 Toll-Free: 800-234-3867 Address: 103 JFK Pkwy., Short Hills, NJ 07078 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $982,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $101,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,275,600 2002 Profits: $143,400 Stock Ticker: DNB 2001 Sales: $1,308,800 2001 Profits: $153,200 Employees: 6,600 2000 Sales: $1,417,600 2000 Profits: $206,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,971,800 1999 Profits: $256,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
COMPETITIVE
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $700,000 Bonus: $975,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $500,000 Bonus: $560,625 ADVANTAGE: The best-known name in business credit reporting/Global database on 83 million companies/150,000 customers
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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E W SCRIPPS CO Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.scripps.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Television Broadcast Stations National Television Networks
The E.W. Scripps Company (Scripps) operates in three segments: newspapers, Scripps Networks and broadcast television. The company operates 21 daily newspapers in the U.S. with a combined circulation of 1.4 million daily subscribers. The firm also publishes several weekly and semiweekly community newspapers and operates the Scripps Howard News Service, a supplemental wire service covering stories in Washington, D.C., the U.S. and abroad. The company’s newspapers each operate Internet sites featuring content included in their publications. Scripps Networks includes four national TV networks distributed by cable and satellite systems to 25 countries, including Home & Garden Television, also known as HGTV; DIY, The Do It Yourself Network; the Food Network; and Fine Living. The Scripps Network stations also operate three of the Internet’s most popular web sites: FoodTV.com, HGTV.com and DIYnet.com. Fine Living also has its own branded high-end monthly magazine. Shop At Home Network, LLC, Scripps’ home shopping subsidiary, retails a growing range of consumer goods directly to 46 million households via TV and through its web site, ShopAtHometv.com. The broadcast television group includes 10 TV stations, nine of which are affiliated with national networks. The segment's stations rely on local and national advertising for revenues. Additionally, Scripps’ syndicates over 150 comic strips, including Peanuts and Dilbert, through United Media and news features through United Feature Syndicate/Newspaper Enterprise Association. Through Scripps Ventures Fund, the company invests in businesses centered on new media technology. The Scripps family owns approximately 84% of the company through their respective trusts. Recently, the Food Network and Emeril Lagasse signed a five-year contract for 90 new episodes per year of Emeril Live!, the network’s top-rated show.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: United Media United Feature Syndicate Shop at Home Network, LLC Do It Yourself Network Fine Living Home & Garden Television Food Network Scripps Howard News Service
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kenneth W. Lowe, CEO Kenneth W. Lowe, Pres. Joseph G. NeCastro, CFO/Sr. VP-Finance and Admin. Gregory L. Ebel, VP-Human Resources B. Jeff Craig, VP/Chief Tech. Officer Lori A. Hickok, VP/Controller M. Denise Kuprionis, VP/Corp. Sec. Richard A. Boehne, Exec. VP-Oper. Tim Peterman, VP-Corp. Dev. Timothy E. Strautberg, VP-Corp. Comm. Timothy E. Strautberg, VP-Investor Rel. E. John Wolfzorn, VP/Treas. Alan M. Horton, Sr. VP-Newspapers Frank Gardner, Sr. VP/Chmn., Scripps Networks John F. Lansing, Sr. VP-Broadcast Stephen W. Sullivan, VP-Newspaper Oper. William R. Burleigh, Chmn.
Phone: 513-977-3000 Fax: 513-977-3721 Toll-Free: Address: 312 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,360,500 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $119,800 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,535,700 2002 Profits: $188,300 Stock Ticker: SSP 2001 Sales: $1,437,100 2001 Profits: $138,000 Employees: 7,700 2000 Sales: $1,719,400 2000 Profits: $163,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,571,300 1999 Profits: $147,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $875,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $535,000 ADVANTAGE: Owns excellent newspaper and TV assets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$951,020 $436,111
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International:
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EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC Industry Group Code: 422920 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Y Dist./Printing:
www.ebscoind.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Information Publishing Manufacturing Operations Insurance Online Bookstores Health Databases Information Services Publishing Services
EBSCO Industries, Inc. is a global acquisition company that competes in a wide variety of markets including furniture and gun manufacturing, commercial insurance, publishing, hunting equipment, online bookstores and nursing and allied health databases. The firm’s acquisition strategy involves looking at companies that fall within its existing platforms. EBSCO has no requirements regarding size, but it does require that the company has a track record of profitability, with pretax profits of $2 million or more. The firm has divided its operations into three divisions: information services, general services and manufacturing. The information services segment is a leading provider of information solutions to libraries and other organizations. This division is comprised of EBSCO Subscription Services and EBSCO Publishing. The general services division operates in the journal, periodical and subscription industry. The products and services produced by the companies in this division range from magazine reading services to fulfillment services for publishers. The manufacturing division includes companies that develop a variety of products, including wild game decoys, promotional products and office furniture.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: EBSCO Information Services CINAHL Information Systems Whitston Publishing Co. RoweCom Siegel Display Products EBSCO Subscription Services Medbookstore.com EBSCO Publishing
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James T. Stephens, CEO James T. Stephens, Pres. Richard L. Bozzelli, CFO Elton B. Stephens, Chmn. Emeritus
Phone: 205-991-6600 Fax: 205-995-1636 Toll-Free: Address: 5724 Hwy. 280 E., Birmingham, AL 35242 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,400,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,400,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,375,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 4,500 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Extremely diverse business holdings
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast:
International:
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ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.dishnetwork.com Profits: 18
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite Broadcasting Satellite Products High-Speed Internet Access
EchoStar Communications Corporation and its subsidiaries deliver direct-to-home satellite television products and services. The company has two units: DISH Network and EchoStar Technologies Corporation. DISH Network offers direct broadcast satellite subscription (DBS) television service throughout the U.S. DBS employs frequency allocation and wide spacing between satellites, which generally permit higher-powered transmissions than other satellite services and allow for reception with a small dish. DISH Network’s five operational satellites enable it to provide over 500 channels of video and audio services to subscribers nationwide. EchoStar Technologies, the engineering division, focuses on the design of satellite receivers, which are necessary for consumers to receive DISH Network programming, and the sale of set-top boxes to international direct-to-home satellite operators. Satellite services provide video, audio and data services to business television customers and other satellite users. The firm has attempted for some time to find a way to profit by expanding its offerings to include Internet access and high-speed data services along with television programming via a single dish. In March 2003, EchoStar announced that it would utilize the satellites of SES Global SA, a major satellite operator based in Europe, to enable Internet access for EchoStar subscribers. The venture will begin in 2004. The company intends to enhance consumer awareness by continuing to form alliances with nationally recognized distributors of other consumer electronics products. European giant Vivendi Universal owns 10% of the company. EchoStar attempted to acquire Hughes Electronics, whose parent company is DIRECTV, the firm’s main competitor. However, the merger attempt was abandoned due to resistance by the Federal Government based on antitrust concerns. EchoStar offers employees a full range of medical benefits and tuition reimbursement.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DISH Network EchoStar Technologies Corp. Gilant Satellite Networks OpenTV Thomson Multimedia
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Charles W. Ergen, CEO Michael Dugan, Pres. Michael Dugan, COO Michael R. McDonnell, CFO Jim DeFranco, Exec. VP-Sales David Moskowitz, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. David Moskowitz, General Counsel Jim DeFranco, Exec. VP-Strategy Soraya Cartwright, Exec. VP-DISH Network Michael Schwimmer, Sr. VP-Programming Mark W. Jackson, Sr. VP-EchoStar Technologies Corp. Charles W. Ergen, Chmn. Steve Schaver, Pres.-Int'l
Phone: 303-723-1000 Fax: 303-723-1399 Toll-Free: Address: 5701 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, CO 80120 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,496,001 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $166,095 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,820,800 2002 Profits: $-881,700 Stock Ticker: DISH 2001 Sales: $4,001,100 2001 Profits: $-215,500 Employees: 15,000 2000 Sales: $2,715,220 2000 Profits: $-621,211 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,602,841 1999 Profits: $-792,847
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $266,923 Second Exec. Salary: $250,006 Broad customer base totaling millions of subscribers.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$750,000 $375,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.edcpub.com Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Children's Book Distribution
Educational Development Corporation (EDC) is the sole United States distributor of a line of children's books produced in the United Kingdom by Usborne Publishing. The company's home business division distributes these books through independent sales consultants that hold book showings in individual homes and through book fairs, fundraisers, direct sales and Internet sales. The home business division also distributes these titles to schools and public libraries. The company's publishing division markets books to bookstores, toy stores, specialty stores and other retail outlets. EDC currently carries over 1,000 different book titles. In addition, EDC offers a product called Usborne Kid Kits, which consist of an Usborne book and specially selected items and/or toys that complement the information in the book. The company currently carries 62 different kits. The company operates out of its 82,000-square-foot office and warehouse facilities in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Make Reading Fun Usborne Kid Kits Usborne Publishing, Ltd.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Randall W. White, CEO Randall W. White, Pres. Craig M. White, VP-Info. Systems W. Curtis Fossett, Controller W. Curtis Fossett, Corp. Sec. Michael L. Puhl, VP-Oper. Randall W. White, Treas. Kathy Slemp, VP-Usborne Books At Home Randall W. White, Chmn.
Phone: 918-622-4522 Fax: 918-665-7919 Toll-Free: 800-475-4522 Address: 10302 E. 55th Pl., Tulsa, OK 74146-6515 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $24,900 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $2,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $20,600 2002 Profits: $1,500 Stock Ticker: EDUC 2001 Sales: $17,600 2001 Profits: $1,100 Employees: 66 2000 Sales: $16,900 2000 Profits: $1,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $16,700 1999 Profits: $1,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $110,000 Second Exec. Salary: $ Extensive line of high-quality children's books.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$20,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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ELECTRONIC ARTS INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ea.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Video Games Online Interactive Games E-Commerce Sales
Electronic Arts (EA) operates globally in two principal business segments. Its core business segment is the creation, marketing and distribution of entertainment software. This software has been developed for 42 different hardware platforms to date, including Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2; Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Game Boy; and Microsoft Xbox. The firm distributes more than 90 proprietary titles in North America as well as localized versions of these titles around the world. EA also distributes a number of copublished titles and titles developed by affiliated labels. In 2002, 16 of the company's titles sold over 1 million units. The company's designers regularly work with celebrities and organizations in sports, entertainment and other areas to develop realistic, interactive gaming products. EA has contracts with FIFA, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, Tiger Woods, Warner Bros. and the NFL, among others. The firm's second business segment is EA.com, its online and ecommerce division. EA.com develops, publishes and distributes online interactive games, with operations including subscription revenues collected for play on its web sites, web site advertising, sales of packaged goods for Internet-only games and sales of EA games sold through the firm's web store. Online games include Ultima Online and Motor City Online. The division also generates revenues through the AOL Games Channel. EA recently consolidated the assets and operations of EA.com into its core operations, in an attempt to increase efficiency and directly integrate EA's online activities into the company's core console and PC business. The firm also restructured its operations by consolidating its Los Angeles, Irvine and Las Vegas studios into a major game development studio in Los Angeles. EA now has major centralized studio operations in Canada, California, Orlando, Florida, Tokyo, Japan and the U.K. Electronic Arts provides employees with benefits including dental and vision coverage, on-site fitness facilities and no enforced dress code. In addition, the company offers adoption assistance, video game certificates, service awards and a company store. The firm plans to hire more than 2,000 people from 2004 through 2007.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: EA.com Pogo Corp. Kesmai Corp. Ultima Online Ultima Renaissance Motor City Online Sim City Medal of Honor
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Lawrence F. Probst, CEO John S. Riccitiello, Pres. John S. Riccitiello, COO Warren Jenson, CFO J. Russell Rueff, Jr., Sr. VP-Human Resources Ruth A. Kennedy, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Ruth A. Kennedy, General Counsel Warren Jenson, Chief Admin. Officer Erick Hachenburg, Mgr.-EA.com Don A. Mattrick, Pres.-Worldwide Studios Paul Lee, COO-EA Worldwide Studios Nancy L. Smith, Exec. VP-North American Publishing David L. Carbone, Sr. VP-Finance Lawrence F. Probst, Chmn.
Phone: 650-628-1500 Fax: 650-628-1414 Toll-Free: Address: 209 Redwood Shores Pkwy., Redwood City, CA 94065 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $2,482,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $317,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,724,700 2002 Profits: $101,500 Stock Ticker: ERTS 2001 Sales: $1,322,300 2001 Profits: $-11,100 Employees: 3,500 2000 Sales: $1,420,011 2000 Profits: $116,751 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $1,221,863 1999 Profits: $72,872
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $611,023 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $510,728 Bonus: Growing list of entertainment titles for game platforms/Strong commitment to R&D.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$985,000 $590,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORPwww.ebholdings.com Industry Group Code: 451120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Y Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video Game Stores PC Software and Accessories Management Services Online Sales Catalogs
Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp., is one of the largest worldwide specialty retailers of video game hardware and software. Its offerings include video games and PC entertainment software, as well as video game hardware, PC productivity software, PC accessories, interactive toys and trading cards. The company operates over 1,300 stores in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Sweden and the U.S. Its typical store offers over 1,400 titles at any given time from over 60 video game and PC entertainment software vendors. It also offers an average of 1,300 preowned game units to fulfill the growing market for preowned gaming products. In addition to video game titles and PC entertainment software, the company’s stores offer a complementary line of PC and video game accessories and peripheral products, including controllers, joysticks, memory cards, DVD remotes, books and magazines. The company also conducts e-commerce through EBGames.com. This site offers electronic games, hardware and accessories. In addition to retailing activities, the firm provides management services for Electronics Boutique, PLC, a leading specialty retailer of electronic games in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Ireland; and for WaldenSoftware stores on behalf of Borders Group, Inc. Electronics Boutique targets the avid gamer who demands immediate access to new release titles and who generally purchases more video game titles and PC entertainment software than the average gamer. The company’s stores are primarily located in high-traffic areas in regional shopping malls and average 1,200 square feet in size. For additional channels of retail, the company publishes six or more full-color catalogs each year, which range in size from 48 to 100 pages and feature a broad array of products. Over the last four years, Electronics Boutique has more than doubled its store base. It plans to open approximately 275 new stores in fiscal 2004.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Electronics Boutique EB GameWorld EBX EB Games EBGames.com Stop-N-Save Software
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey W. Griffiths, CEO Jeffrey W. Griffiths, Pres. John R. Panichello, Exec. VP/COO James A. Smith, Sr. VP/CFO Seth P. Levy, CIO Seth P. Levy, Pres.-EBGames.com Seth P. Levy, Sr. VP-Logistics Steven R. Morgan, Pres.-Stores, North America Steven R. Morgan, Pres.-Canada James J. Kim, Chmn. Lou Triche, Sr. VP-Int'l Oper.
Phone: 610-430-8100 Fax: 610-430-6574 Toll-Free: 877-222-1061 Address: 931 S. Matlack St., West Chester, PA 19382 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,316,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $32,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,015,100 2002 Profits: $17,700 Stock Ticker: ELBO 2001 Sales: $770,800 2001 Profits: $14,900 Employees: 7,660 2000 Sales: $730,400 2000 Profits: $22,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $574,400 1999 Profits: $20,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $449,125 Second Exec. Salary: $330,739 International and Internet presence/Relationship with Borders Group.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$337,500 $214,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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ELOT INC
www.elottery.com
Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Y Y Y Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Gambling Software and Lottery Sales Internet Marketing Services
eLOT, Inc., formerly Executone Information Systems, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary eLottery, Inc. are leading providers of web-based retailing and Internet marketing services to government lotteries. The company and its subsidiary filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001. eLOT has developed, installed and operated systems that have processed millions of ecommerce lottery ticket sales and transactions. It has also operated Internet, intranet and telephone communications, as well as accounting, banking, database and other applications and services that can facilitate the electronic sale of new and existing lottery products worldwide. The company is the exclusive web-based retailer of lottery tickets for the Jamaican Lottery. It was selected by the Maryland Lottery to provide the nation’s first Internet interface to a lottery’s subscription system. The firm also provides sophisticated Internet-based marketing services for the Idaho Lottery, Indiana’s Hoosier Lottery, the Jamaica Lottery and the Maryland Lottery. eLOT has also developed supplemental e-commerce solutions for government lotteries that leverage the power of the Internet while political, legal and social issues are simultaneously addressed. Through the company’s Internet Marketing, Analysis, Research and Communications System (IMARCS), lotteries can maximize ticket sales and marketing efforts by communicating one-on-one with current players as well as attract new players via the Internet. eLOT also offers email lottery subscription services and allows players to submit non-winning tickets to qualify for additional chances to win. At eLottoNet.com, the firm operates an email notification service for lottery results. eLotteryFreeWay.com offers lottery and entertainment games, awarding points redeemable for cash and merchandise. eLOT also owns DM360, a subsidiary that operates several promotion and direct marketing web sites.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: eLottery, Inc. eLottoNet.com eLotteryFreeWay.com IMARCS DM360 Executive Information Systems, Inc. Digital Communications Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Edwin J. McGuinn, CEO Edwin J. McGuinn, Pres. David J. Parcells, CFO/VP-Finance Gregory P. Ziemak, Sr. VP-Mktg. and Sales Barbara C. Anderson, Sr. VP-Law Barbara C. Anderson, Sr. VP-Admin. Robert C. Daum, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. and Finance Michael W. Yacenda, Exec. VP/Pres., eLottery, Inc. Charles A. Degliomini, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. Robert W. Hopwood, Sr. VP-Oper. Stanley J. Kabal, Chmn.
Phone: 203-840-8600 Fax: 203-840-8657 Toll-Free: 800-955-9866 Address: 101 Merritt, 7 Corporate Park, Norwalk, CT 06851 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: ELOT.PK 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 28 2000 Sales: $ 800 2000 Profits: $-21,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $-26,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $262,400 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $210,577 ADVANTAGE: Owns several patents for Internet based processes.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
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EMAP PLC
www.emap.com
Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Music Television Channels Radio Stations Trade Shows Conventions Ticket Sales
Emap is a leading media conglomerate in the U.K. with over 150 consumer magazines; 200 business-to-business events, exhibitions and magazines; 18 radio stations; and six music television stations. Emap’s consumer magazine segment publishes more than 150 magazines including publications for special interests, automotive, young women, entertainment and lifestyle, celebrity gossip and international. Titles include Digital Photo, Golf Weekly, Classic Bike, Top Sante, Arena, Heat, Mother & Baby and FHM. FHM, one of the world's top-selling men’s magazines, has 21 international editions and over 1 million subscribers in the U.S. The company’s communication division publishes business-to-business magazines covering international business, retail business, broadcasting and media, construction, health care, government and women’s issues. This segment also produces dozens of exhibitions and events for each business segment. Emap also owns four radio networks with 18 stations in the U.K. The television segment offer six 24/7 music channels that provide programmed and ondemand music. Other businesses include offering magazine and radio content to third-generation mobile phone users and ticket sales to concerts and shows. In recent news, the company released a new weekly men’s magazine called Zoo. Emap offers its employees 25 paid vacation days and free health and accident insurance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Digital Photo Golf Weekly Classic Bike Top Sante Arena FHM Mother & Baby Zoo
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tom Moloney, CEO Gary Hughes, Group Finance Dir. Nick Folland, General Counsel Tim Schoonmaker, CEO-Performance Derek Carter, CEO-Comm. Paul Keenan, CEO-Consumer Media Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Pres.-Emap France
Phone: 44-1733-568-900 Fax: 44-1733-312-115 Toll-Free: Address: One Lincoln Ct., Lincoln Rd., Peterbough, PE1 2RF UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,522,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $135,400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,466,900 2002 Profits: $156,800 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $1,633,000 2001 Profits: $-800,200 Employees: 5,329 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Solid operations in the U.K.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.emmis.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio and Television Station Owner/Operator Magazine and Book Publishing
Emmis Communications Corporation is a diversified media company with radio broadcasting, magazine publishing and television broadcasting operations. It is the seventhlargest radio group in the U.S. The 23 FM radio stations and four AM radio stations owned or operated by the company in the U.S. serve the nation's three largest radio markets of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as Denver, Phoenix, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana. Among these stations are the highly influential hip-hop stations Power 106 in Los Angeles and HOT 97 in New York City. Moreover, the firm has interests in three radio stations in Hungary and Argentina. Together, these stations comprise the company’s radio division and account for over 64% of the company’s revenues. The company's 16 television stations have a variety of network affiliations, including CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. Emmis also publishes six city and regional magazines including Altanta Magazine, Country Sampler, Indianapolis Monthly, Los Angeles Magazine, Cincinnati Magazine and Texas Monthly. The firm’s business strategy is to acquire underdeveloped or under-performing media properties in growing markets and modify their operations to increase their cash flow. Emmis is working with other media companies to put together a local media Internet venture, in which each station’s or magazine’s web site would be the entry way into a backbone of Internet content provided by a national or international aggregation of media companies. Emmis recently announced its intention to sell its controlling interest in Votonis, S.A., an Argentine broadcasting company. In other news, the company is currently expanding into the book publishing industry. The firm offers its employees adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. All Emmis employees are also stockholders.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Emmis Broadcasting Corp. Country Sampler Power 106 HOT 97 Atlanta Magazine Cincinnati Magazine Indianapolis Monthly Magazine Texas Monthly Magazine
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey H. Smulyan, CEO Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Pres. Walter Z. Berger, Exec. VP/CFO Gary Kaseff, Exec. VP/General Counsel Rick Cummings, Pres.-Radio Div. Paul Fiddick, Pres.-Emmis Int'l Randy Bongarten, Pres.-Television Gary Thoe, Pres.-Publishing Div. Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Chmn.
Phone: 317-266-0100 Fax: 317-631-3750 Toll-Free: Address: One Emmis Plaza, 40 Monument Cir., Ste. 700, Indianapolis, IN 46204 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $562,400 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-164,500 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $533,800 2002 Profits: $-61,900 Stock Ticker: EMMS 2001 Sales: $470,600 2001 Profits: $13,700 Employees: 3,080 2000 Sales: $325,300 2000 Profits: $4,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $232,836 1999 Profits: $1,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $624,800 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $382,800 ADVANTAGE: Owns excellent media assets/Coverage in important metro markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$820,749 $264,949
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ENGAGE INC Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.engage.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Internet-Focused Advertising/Marketing Internet Marketing Software Professional Services
Engage, Inc. provides profile-driven Internet marketing solutions, offering services and data that are designed to target and deliver advertisements and e-commerce offerings to specific audiences. The firm’s solutions combine workflow automation with digital asset management technology to streamline the creation, approval and production of advertising and other marketing material. The company’s revenue is derived primarily from its packaged software solutions and professional services. The company currently offers four packaged software solutions: Engage for Retailers, Engage for Newspapers, Engage for Agencies and Engage for Corporations. Each solution is tailored to the needs of clients in these industries and is built on Oracle and Sybase databases and Sun Microsystems hardware. The solutions support business system integrations, workflows, asset types, reports and deadline alerts for each industry. Engage also provides a full range of professional services to help customers realize the full potential of Engage software packages. The company’s most recent products include ApprovalServer 1.2, a solution that provides a streamlined online approval process; ContentServer 7.0, the newest version of its enterprise platform; and PromoPlanner 2.0, a main component in the company’s Engage for Retailers advertising production system. Over the past two years, Engage has undergone significant restructuring activities including reducing its workforce from over 1,000 to 172, selling its media business division and Internet advertising business, closing several offices and terminating selected leases and operations. The firm recently announced Meijer, Inc., a privately owned grocery and merchandise operator in the Midwest, has selected Engage’s retailer solution to improve efficiency in its marketing and advertising efforts. In addition, Albertson’s, a worldwide food and drug retailer, selected Engage to streamline its advertising production process. Engage offers employees comprehensive health care coverage and access to an on-site health club at its headquarters.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Engage for Retailers Engage for Newspapers Engage for Agencies Engage for Corporations ApprovalServer ContentServer PromoPlanner
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John D. Barone, CEO John D. Barone, Pres. John D. Barone, COO Lisa McAlister, CFO Bill Bowen, VP-Sales David St. Pierre, VP-Eng. Daniel Carroll, General Counsel Andrew Zimmon, VP-Oper. Robert Napolitano, VP-Strategic Alliances and Partnerships Lisa McAlister, Treas. Jeff Durand, VP-Services Will Edward, VP-European Oper.
Phone: 978-684-3884 Fax: 978-684-3636 Toll-Free: 877-836-4243 Address: 100 Brickstone Sq., 2nd Fl., Andover, MA 01810 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $152,171 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $2,427 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $21,400 2002 Profits: $-91,900 Stock Ticker: ENGA 2001 Sales: $43,300 2001 Profits: $-1,277,000 Employees: 172 2000 Sales: $46,800 2000 Profits: $-377,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 7/31 1999 Sales: $13,400 1999 Profits: $-46,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $208,139 Second Exec. Salary: $130,764 Unique technology/Focus on leading-edge streaming media solutions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$40,369 $103,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.entercom.com Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Broadcasting
Entercom Communications Corp., one of the nation’s five largest radio broadcasting companies, owns and operates multi-station operations with leading positions in virtually all of its 18 markets, including Boston, Seattle, Denver, Portland, Sacramento, Kansas City, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Greensboro, Buffalo, Memphis, Rochester, Wichita and Madison. Entercom seeks to build top-three station clusters in large growth markets and acquire underdeveloped properties that offer potential for significant improvements in revenues, with a principal focus on top 50 markets. Entercom’s stations provide many different types of programming, including oldies, rock, news and talk, country, smooth jazz and sports. In addition, the company is the exclusive radio broadcaster of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Royals, New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs and a number of major college sports teams. Entercom’s most recent acquisitions include three radio stations in Denver, Colorado from Tribune Broadcasting Co. and two stations in Greensboro, North Carolina. In recent news, Entercom acquired KWOD-FM in Sacramento, California and signed a definitive agreement to acquire two more radio stations, KWJJ-FM and KOTKAM, in Portland, Oregon.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sinclair Broadcast Group
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David J. Field, CEO David J. Field, Pres. Stephen F. Fisher, Exec. VP/CFO Amy Van Hook, Dir.-Mktg. Services Noreen McCormack, VP-Human Resources John Graefe, Dir.-IT Eugene D. Levin, Controller Martin D. Hadfield, VP-Eng. John C. Donlevie, Exec. VP/General Counsel Marijane Milton, Dir.-Training and Dev. Amy Van Hook, Dir.-Internet Oper. Eugene D. Levin, Treas. Steve Godofsky, Regional VP Weezie Kramer, Regional VP Deborah Kane, Regional VP Pat Paxton, Sr. VP-Programming
Phone: 610-660-5610 Fax: 610-660-5620 Toll-Free: Address: 401 City Ave., Ste. 809, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $289,367 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-101,858 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $391,300 2002 Profits: $-83,100 Stock Ticker: ETM 2001 Sales: $332,900 2001 Profits: $17,200 Employees: 2,430 2000 Sales: $352,000 2000 Profits: $47,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $215,001 1999 Profits: $-60,877
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $550,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $325,000 ADVANTAGE: Growth through acquisitions/Focus on building presence in select markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$500,000 $300,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION www.entravision.com Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 18
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting Outdoor Advertising Newspaper Publishing
Entravision Communications Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is a diversified Spanish-language media company with a unique portfolio of television, radio, outdoor advertising and publishing assets, reaching approximately 80% of all Hispanics in the United States. The company owns and/or operates 42 primary television stations, a majority of which are located in the southwestern United States, including the U.S./Mexican border markets. The television stations consist primarily of affiliates of Univision, serving 20 of the top 50 U.S. Hispanic markets. Entravision is the largest Univisionaffiliated television group in the United States. The firm also owns and operates one of the largest groups of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States, with 58 radio stations in 23 U.S. markets, including Spanishlanguage stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix and Dallas-Ft. Worth. The company’s radio stations consist of 43 FM and 15 AM stations located primarily in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. Entravision’s outdoor advertising operations consist of approximately 11,400 advertising faces located primarily in high-density Hispanic communities in Los Angeles and New York. Entravision also owns El Diario/la Prensa, the oldest major Spanishlanguage daily newspaper in the United States. In recent news, the company sold its three Chicago radio stations for $29 million in cash.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: El Diario/la Prensa Univision 43 FM 15 AM
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Walter F. Ulloa, CEO Philip C. Wilkinson, COO Philip C. Wilkinson, COO John F. DeLorenzo, CFO Michael G. Rowles, General Counsel Larry Safir, Exec. VP Jeffery A. Liberman, Pres.-Radio Div. Glenn Emanuel, Pres.-Outdoor Div.
Phone: 310-447-3870 Fax: 310-447-3899 Toll-Free: Address: 2425 Olympic Blvd. 6000 W., Santa Monica, CA 90404 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $176,838 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $3,533 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $238,469 2002 Profits: $-10,645 Stock Ticker: EVC 2001 Sales: $208,908 2001 Profits: $-65,795 Employees: 1,259 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $692,167 Second Exec. Salary: $692,167 Reaches 80% of the U.S. Hispanic populace
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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EQUUS GAMING CO Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Horse Racing Management Services Simulcasting
Equus Gaming Company is engaged in thoroughbred racing, wagering and other gaming businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through its Puerto Rico subsidiary, Equus Entertainment Corporation, the company provides management services to four racetracks in which it has an interest. Equus Management Corporation is the general partner of the company. The firm has a 99% interest in Housing Development Associates, the owner of El Comandante Race Track, which is the leading racetrack in the Caribbean as measured by gross dollars wagered. Equus also has a 55% interest in Galapagos, the operator of the V Centenario Race Track in the Dominican Republic, and a 51% interest in Equus Entertainment de Panama, the operator of the Presidente Remon Race Track in the Republic of Panama. Since commencing the online wagering system, all of El Comandante's races have been broadcast via commercial television in Puerto Rico. The telecast permits off-track betting (OTB) patrons to monitor odds and handicapping information while placing bets until post time and then viewing the live racing. Simulcasting of races is available through the web site as well. The company receives commissions from bets placed on thoroughbred horse races through computerized wagering facilities located at the tracks and also at hundreds of independently owned OTB agencies throughout Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Equus is currently expanding and implementing a high-technology satellite communication system to reach all its OTB agencies.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Housing Development Associates Equus Entertainment Corporation Equus Management Corporation El Commandante Race Track Galapagos Presidente Remon Race Track V Centenario Race Track Los Comuneros
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas B. Wilson, CEO Thomas B. Wilson, Pres. Thomas B. Wilson, Acting CFO James J. Wilson, Chmn.
Phone: 787-641-6060 Fax: 787-641-5170 Toll-Free: Address: E1 Comandante Race Track, 65th Infantry Ave., Canovanas, 00729 Puerto Rico
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: EQUUS 2001 Sales: $51,300 2001 Profits: $-20,800 Employees: 178 2000 Sales: $68,600 2000 Profits: $-11,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $71,300 1999 Profits: $-3,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $258,727 Second Exec. Salary: $ Owns a majority share of the only horse track in Puerto Rico.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y Y
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FILM ROMAN INC Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.filmroman.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Animated Television Production Animated Commercials
Film Roman, Inc., a subsidiary of IDT Entertainment, Inc., is one of the leading independent animation studios in the world. It develops, produces and distributes a broad range of television programming for the television network, cable television, first-run domestic syndication and international markets. The firm has produced or is producing some of the world's most well-known animated series, including The Simpsons, King of the Hill, The Mask, Bobby's World, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, X-Men: Evolution and Garfield and Friends. Over the years, the company has primarily produced animation for television, both on a fee-for-services and a proprietary basis. The firm has also produced animated commercials for various blue-chip consumer products companies such as Sea World, Nestle’s Food, Intel, McDonalds, Fox Network, Ask Jeeves and Toyota. Film Roman also operates a web site, Level13.net, an experimental site used for exhibiting products and licensed animated shorts. In recent news, Film Roman won a Latin Grammy in the Best Music Video category for Frijolero, a music video from the Latin artist Molotov, which was created using software that allows artists to paint over digital footage. After being acquired by IDT Media in May 2003, the firm deregistered its stock. IDT Corp., the parent company of IDT Media, created IDT Entertainment, Inc., which incorporates Film Roman, Vanguard Animation, Mainframe Entertainment and Digital Production Solutions.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: IDT Entertainment, Inc. IDT Media, Inc. Diversion Entertainment, Inc. Level 13 Entertainment, Inc. Film Roman Records, Inc. Chalk Line Productions, Inc. Simpsons (The) Level13.net
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John W. Hyde, CEO John W. Hyde, Pres. Joan Thompson, VP-Finance/Chief Acc. Officer Daryl Barbieri, Dir.-Mktg. Scott Greenberg, Sr. VP-Bus. and Strategic Dev. Sydney L. Clifton, Sr. VP-Dev. and Programming Mike Wolf, Sr. VP-Animation Production
Phone: 818-761-2544 Fax: 818-985-2973 Toll-Free: Address: 12020 Chandler Blvd., Ste. 300, North Hollywood, CA 91607 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $20,226 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $ 534 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $43,300 2002 Profits: $-2,100 Stock Ticker: ROMN 2001 Sales: $44,100 2001 Profits: $-7,500 Employees: 268 2000 Sales: $44,600 2000 Profits: $-2,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $48,605 1999 Profits: $-7,493
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $255,999 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $251,423 ADVANTAGE: Has several top animated series including The Simpsons.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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FIRST LOOK MEDIA Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.firstlookmedia.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 15
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 15
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Independent Film Distribution Film Licensing
First Look Media serves as a producer and distributor for independently produced movies. Some of the best-known productions in its library of over 330 films include Antonia’s Line, The Secret of Roan Irish, Waking Ned Devine and The Prophecy. The firm produces independent and artistic films, such as A Map of the World, Titus, The Runner and The Secret Life of Girls. The company also engages in licensing theatrical, video, pay television, free television, satellite and other distribution rights to foreign sub-distributors in major international territories and regions. In addition, the company distributes films domestically, licensing them for videocassette transference and DVD through subsidiary First Look Home Entertainment. In recent news, the company is marketing its Amazing Heroes home videos based on the exploits of police and firemen.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Overseas Filmgroup, Inc. First Look Home Entertainment First Look Pictures First Look Artists
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Christopher Cooney, CEO Robert B. Little, Pres. William Lischak, COO William Lischak, CFO Liz Mackiewicz, Sr. VP-Worldwide Sales Jeffrey Cooney, Exec. VP-Creative Affairs
Phone: 323-337-1000 Fax: 310-855-0719 Toll-Free: Address: 8800 Sunset Blvd., Penthouse E., Los Angeles, CA 90046 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $26,700 2002 Profits: $-9,400 Stock Ticker: FRST 2001 Sales: $35,100 2001 Profits: $-3,900 Employees: 47 2000 Sales: $22,625 2000 Profits: $-20,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $33,800 1999 Profits: $-1,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $200,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$50,000 $
Focus on international markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.fsci.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 22
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting Video Switching Services Media Content Distribution
Fisher Communications, Inc. is a communications and media company focused primarily on broadcasting. The company is divided into three subsidiaries: Fisher Broadcasting Company, Fisher Media Services Company and Fisher Properties, Inc. The company owns and operates 11 network-affiliated television stations as well as 29 radio stations. These television and radio stations are primarily located in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Other operations owned by Fisher include the CIVIA Network, Fisher Pathways, Fisher Plaza and Fisher Pavilion. Fisher Pathways is the largest video switching hub in the Pacific Northwest. It provides video data connectivity, aggregation and distribution services. Fisher Plaza, located in Seattle, Washington, is the company’s state-of-the-art communications center. The Plaza is designed to enable the distribution of analog and digital media content through broadcast, satellite, cable, Internet, broadband and wireless distribution channels. Fisher Pavilion hosts a range of events including festivals, trade shows, concerts and other special events. The company recently announced the sale of two Portland, Oregon radio stations, KWJJ and KOTK, to Entercom Communications Corp. for $44 million.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fisher Media Services Company Fisher Broadcasting Company Fisher Properties, Inc. CIVIA Network Fisher Pathways Fisher Plaza Fisher Pavilion
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William W. Krippaehne, Jr., CEO William W. Krippaehne, Jr., Pres. Warren J. Spector, COO David D. Hillard, CFO Laura J. Boyd, VP-Human Resources Mel L. Martin, Chief Research Officer Sharon J. Johnston, Corp. Sec. Christopher G. Wheeler, Chief Comm. Officer Benjamin W. Tucker, Pres., Fisher Broadcasting Co. Mark A. Weed, Pres., Fisher Properties, Inc. Kirk G. Anderson, Pres., Fisher Media Services Co. Donald G. Graham, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 206-404-7000 Fax: 206-404-7050 Toll-Free: Address: 1525 One Union Sq., 600 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $103,858 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-11,531 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $154,088 2002 Profits: $-1,991 Stock Ticker: FSCI 2001 Sales: $158,594 2001 Profits: $-8,263 Employees: 1,071 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $317,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$115,000 $85,000
High-tech operations and expertise
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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FLORIDA GAMING CORP Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.fla-gaming.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 16
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pari-Mutuel Wagering Facilities
Florida Gaming Corporation owns and operates two JaiAlai fronton and inter-track pari-mutuel wagering facilities located in south and central Florida. Jai-Alai is a highspeed, strategy ball game played in a fronton, or threewall arena, by teams of one or two men. Players, managers and judges are licensed by the State of Florida Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering. Operations at the frontons include live Jai-Alai performances, inter-track pari-mutuel wagering on Jai-Alai, horse racing (both thoroughbred and harness) and dog racing, as well as the sale of food and alcoholic beverages. The Fort Pierce location provides wagering on interstate simulcasting from various tracks and frontons in the U.S. and within Florida. Jai-Alai games are played live and simulcasted year-round from the Miami location via satellite to a total of 62 wagering spots in Florida, Connecticut and Rhode Island and approximately 25 locations in Mexico, Central America and Austria. The Miami location also has a card game for poker and dominoes. The company also has an agreement with Autotote Enterprises/Connecticut OffTrack Betting, allowing Florida Gaming to simulcast JaiAlai throughout the state of Connecticut.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Florida Gaming Centers, Inc. Crystal Card Rooms
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. W. Bennett Collett, CEO Robert L. Hurd, Pres. Yolande Coleman, VP-Personnel W. Bennett Collett, Jr., Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Daniel Licciardi, VP-Pari-Mutuels
Phone: 305-633-6400 Fax: 305-633-4386 Toll-Free: Address: 3500 NW 37th Ave., Miami, FL 33142 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $10,500 2002 Profits: $- 500 Stock Ticker: BETS 2001 Sales: $10,400 2001 Profits: $-1,400 Employees: 334 2000 Sales: $12,500 2000 Profits: $1,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $12,900 1999 Profits: $1,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $168,000 Second Exec. Salary: $100,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Distribution via the satellite
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC www.newscorp.com/feg/index.html Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Broadcast Television Film Distribution Television Programming Film Production Professional Sports Electronic Games Cable TV Programming Online Entertainment
Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. is a vertically integrated entertainment company with operations in four business segments: filmed entertainment, television stations, television broadcast network and cable network programming. Fox Entertainment is 82%-owned by News Corporation. The company engages in feature film and television production and distribution principally through the following businesses: Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE), a leading producer and distributor of feature films; Twentieth Century Fox Television, a producer of network television programming; and Fox Television Studios, a leading producer of U.S. broadcast, cable and international programming. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. distributes motion pictures and other programming produced by units of Fox Entertainment and its affiliates in all home media formats, including the sale and rental of videocassettes and DVDs. In television, Fox Television Stations owns and operates 35 full-power stations located in nine of the 10 largest designated market areas. Its television broadcast network consists of 196 affiliated stations, including the full-power television stations that are owned by subsidiaries of Fox, which reach approximately 99% of all U.S. television households. The company produces television programs through Twentieth Century Fox Television, Fox Television Studios, Fox News Channel, Fox Sports Networks, FX Network, SPEED Channel, FUEL, National Geographic Channel, Fox Movie Channel and several foreign subsidiaries. In addition, the firm owns and operates the Los Angeles Dodgers MLB franchise along with Dodger Stadium and other related real estate. Fox Music produces and licenses soundtracks of the company's film and television productions for distribution through third parties, and Fox Music Publishing licenses these rights to third parties for many uses in different media. In December 2003, the company acquired a 34% interest in Hughes Electronic, which owns DirecTV and PanAmSat Corp., both of which are satellite-based video and data broadcast services.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: News Corporation Fox Filmed Entertainment Twentieth Century Fox Television Fox Television Studios Fox Interactive Fox Music Fox Music Publishing Hughes Electronic
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. K. Rupert Murdoch, CEO Peter Chernin, Pres. Peter Chernin, COO David F. DeVoe, CFO Arthur M. Siskind, General Counsel
Phone: 212-852-7017 Fax: 212-852-7145 Toll-Free: Address: 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $11,002,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,031,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $9,725,000 2002 Profits: $581,000 Stock Ticker: FOX 2001 Sales: $8,504,000 2001 Profits: $-288,000 Employees: 12,800 2000 Sales: $8,589,000 2000 Profits: $145,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $8,057,000 1999 Profits: $205,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Ability to cross-market a wide variety of entertainment products and formats.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.freedom.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Television Broadcasting Internet Portals
Freedom Communications is a media conglomerate that has interests in newspaper publishing, television broadcasting and Internet web sites. The company’s newspaper division is divided into two parts: Community Newspapers, Inc. and Metro Newspapers. Community Newspapers is made up of 25 daily and 13 weekly publications in 10 states, including Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Texas and Ohio. The Metro division includes the East Valley/Scottsdale Tribune, The Gazette and the Orange County Register. The combined circulation of Freedom's newspapers is more than 1.2 million. The Orange County Register has a circulation of 360,000. The company’s television broadcasting segment consists of five CBS affiliates and three ABC affiliates. These stations are located in Albany, New York; Beaumont, Texas; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Medford, Oregon; Providence, Rhode Island; West Palm Beach, Florida; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Lansing, Michigan. The company’s Internet businesses are primarily community-oriented news and information sites including ColoradoSprings.com, Gazette.com, SpingJobs.com, SpringWheels.com and Peakhomes.com.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Orange County Register East Valley/Scottsdale Tribune ColoradoSprings.com Gazette.com SpringJobs.com SpringWheels.com Peakhomes.com Community Newspapers, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Alan J. Bell, CEO Alan J. Bell, Pres. David Kuykendall, CFO Marcy Bruskin, VP-Human Resources Mike Brown, CIO Nancy Trillo, Controller Rachel Sagan, General Counsel Richard A. Wallace, VP-Corp. Affairs Joann Norton, VP-Investor Rel. Chris Anderson, Pres.-Metro Div. Jonathan Segal, Pres., Community Newspapers, Inc. Doreen Wade, Pres., Freedom Broadcasting Jeff Whitton, VP-Finance
Phone: 949-253-2300 Fax: 949-474-7675 Toll-Free: Address: 17666 Fitch Ave., Irvine, CA 92614-6022 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Geographically diverse operations.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 5 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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FULL HOUSE RESORTS INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 18
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Resorts
Full House Resorts, Inc. is a developer and operator of destination resorts and entertainment, gaming and commercial centers. The company seeks to establish agreements with Indian tribes and racetracks at which machine gaming is allowed. Full House entered into a joint venture (Gaming Entertainment, LLC) with GTECH Corporation, which owns gaming and entertainment subsidiary Dreamport, Inc., to develop and operate Midway Slots and Simulcast in Dover, Delaware. The firm later bought out GTECH’s 50% interest so that now it is the sole owner and operator of Midway Slots and Simulcast, which was developed and financed by Gaming Entertainment. Midway Slots and Simulcast features approximately 14,000 gaming devices, a 450-seat buffet, a 50-seat diner and an entertainment lounge area. Gaming Entertainment (Michigan), LLC is the owner of a management agreement with the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi to develop and manage a gaming facility near Battle Creek, Michigan. Gaming Entertainment (California), LLC is the owner of a management agreement with the Torres Martinez Band of Desert Cahuilla Indians to manage a gaming facility near Palm Springs, California. In recent news, Full House discontinued its operation of the Mill Casino located in Bend, Oregon on the Tribal Trust Lands of the Coquille Indian Tribe. The firm signed an agreement with RAM Entertainment, LLC, a privately held investment company, in which RAM will acquire a 50% interest in the company’s California and Michigan projects and provide the necessary funding for their development.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Midway Slots and Simulcast Gaming Entertainment, LLC Gaming Entertainment (Michigan), LLC Gaming Entertainment (California), LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William P. McComas, CEO Michael P. Shaunnessy, Exec. VP/CFO Megan G. McIntosh, Corp. Sec. William P. McComas, Chmn.
Phone: 702-221-7800 Fax: 702-221-8101 Toll-Free: 800-695-1876 Address: 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Ste. 450, Las Vegas, NV 89102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $2,542 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $ 130 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,800 2002 Profits: $1,000 Stock Ticker: FHRI 2001 Sales: $5,000 2001 Profits: $-2,500 Employees: 424 2000 Sales: $3,900 2000 Profits: $ 200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,600 1999 Profits: $-1,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $250,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $50,000
Extensive agreements and contracts
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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GAMESTOP INC Industry Group Code: 451120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.gamestop.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video Game Stores PC Software Sales Game Accessories Online Sales
GameStop, Inc. is the leading U.S. retailer of video games and PC software. The company operates 1,393 retail stores throughout 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam, under the GameStop, Babbage’s, Software Etc. and FuncoLand brands. The company is in the process of re-branding most of its stores into the GameStop name and expects to have completed the process by the end of 2003. Of the 1,393 stores, a little more than half are located in strip centers, and the remaining stores are located in shopping malls and other locations. The company’s strip center stores, which average approximately 1,500 square feet, carry a balanced mix of new and used video game hardware, video game software and accessories, as well as PC entertainment software in selected stores. The mall stores, which average approximately 1,200 square feet, carry primarily new video game products, as well as PC entertainment software and a limited selection of used video game products. The firm's used video game products provide a unique value proposition to the stores' customers, and its purchasing of video game products provides its customers with an opportunity to trade in their used video game products for store credits and apply those credits towards other merchandise, which, in turn, drives more sales. Subsidiary GameStop.com, Inc. is the world's largest online video game and entertainment software retailer. GameStop.com also retails Game Informer Magazine, a leading gaming entertainment publication with over 1 million subscribers. In February 2002, Barnes and Noble spun off GameStop but still owns 69.1% of the stock. Full-time employees receive benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, tuition reimbursement and product discounts at GameStop stores.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Barnes and Noble, Inc. GameStop.com, Inc. Babbage's Software Etc. FuncoLand Game Informer
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. R. Richard Fontaine, CEO Daniel A. DeMatteo, Pres. Daniel A. DeMatteo, COO David W. Carlson, Exec. VP/CFO
Phone: 817-424-2000 Fax: 817-424-2002 Toll-Free: Address: 2250 William D. Tate Ave., Grapevine, TX 76051 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,352,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $52,400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,121,100 2002 Profits: $7,000 Stock Ticker: GME 2001 Sales: $756,700 2001 Profits: $-11,900 Employees: 8,000 2000 Sales: $553,100 2000 Profits: $-3,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $465,200 1999 Profits: $13,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $493,873 Second Exec. Salary: $405,150 Relationship with Barnes & Noble/Massive nationwide chain of stores.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$468,750 $384,375
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL INC
www.gametech-inc.com
Industry Group Code: 713290
Profits: 11
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronic Bingo Game Systems
GameTech International, Inc. designs, develops and markets interactive electronic bingo systems. The company installs both hand-held units and fixed-base units operating in charitable, Native American and commercial bingo halls. Both portable bingo and fixed-base systems display electronic bingo card images for each bingo game. The company’s electronic bingo units enable players to play substantially more bingo cards than they can play on paper cards, typically leading to a greater amount of spending per player and higher profits per bingo session for the bingo operator. The company installs the electronic bingo systems, typically at no cost to the operator, and charges either a fixed fee per use per session, a fixed weekly fee per unit or a percentage of the revenue generated by each unit. The company typically enters into one- to three-year contracts with bingo operators. The company’s business strategy involves not only increased penetration in existing markets but also international expansion starting with Canada. GameTech has exclusive licensing rights to Windows-based bingo software packages called AllTrack and AllTrack2. In recent news, the company’s fixed-base playing system has been cleared for use in Nevada. GameTech offers its employees comprehensive health care coverage and educational assistance, among other benefits.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bingo Card Minder Corporation AllTrack Diamond Bingo System ALLTRAK TOO!
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Clarence H. Thiesen, CEO Richard H. Irvine, COO John P. Hewitt, CFO Andrejs K. Bunkse, General Counsel
Phone: 775-850-6000 Fax: 775-804-6090 Toll-Free: Address: 900 Sandhill Rd., Reno, NV 89521 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $52,329 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,191 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $48,900 2002 Profits: $2,700 Stock Ticker: GMTC 2001 Sales: $48,500 2001 Profits: $-4,400 Employees: 260 2000 Sales: $49,700 2000 Profits: $3,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31 1999 Sales: $41,663 1999 Profits: $4,858
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $200,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $158,449 ADVANTAGE: Large market share/Very rapid growth.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$45,000 $20,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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GANNETT CO INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.gannett.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Broadcast and Cable Television Radio Broadcasting Electronic Information Services Alarm Services Magazine Publishing Online Publishing Telemarketing
Gannett Co., Inc. is a diversified news and information company that publishes newspapers, operates broadcasting stations and is engaged in marketing, commercial printing, a newswire service, data services and news programming. Gannett is an international company based in Virginia with operations in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the United Kingdom, Guam, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Hong Kong. The company is the largest newspaper group in the U.S. based on circulation. Its 94 newspapers have a combined daily circulation of 7.6 million. These papers include USA TODAY, the country's best-selling daily newspaper, and a number of domestic local newspapers. The company's USA WEEKEND is a weekly newspaper magazine delivered in nearly 400 Gannett and non-Gannett newspapers. The firm also owns Newsquest, one of the largest regional newspaper publishers in the U.K., with a portfolio of more than 300 papers. Gannett owns and operates 22 television stations, covering over 17% of the U.S. In addition, the company operates over 100 web sites in the U.S. and U.K., including USATODAY.com. Other company operations include Gannett News Service, Gannett Retail Advertising Group, Gannett Telemarketing, Inc., Gannett Direct Marketing Services, Gannett Offset, Gannett Media Technologies, CareerBuilder and Telematch, a database marketing company. In recent news, the company acquired Clipper Magazine, the nation’s largest independent direct-mail advertising magazine company. Of the company's officers and managers, 14% are minorities, and 26% of the company's entire workforce are minorities. Gannett strives to create a community-oriented atmosphere within each of its media divisions.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: USA TODAY USA WEEKEND Newsquest Gannett News Service Gannett Offset Clipper Magazine Telematch CareerBuilder
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Douglas H. McCorkindale, CEO Douglas H. McCorkindale, Pres. Larry F. Miller, CFO/Exec. VP-Oper. Richard L. Clapp, Sr. VP-Human Resources George R. Gavagan, VP/Controller Thomas L. Chapple, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Thomas L. Chapple, General Counsel Thomas Curley, Sr. VP-Admin./Pres., USA TODAY Daniel S. Ehrman, Jr., VP-Planning and Dev. Millicent A. Feller, Sr. VP-Public Affairs and Gov't Rel. John B. Jaske, Sr. VP-Labor Rel. Gracia C. Martore, Sr. VP-Finance/Treas. Gary L. Watson, Pres.-Newspaper Div. John B. Jaske, Sr. VP-Labor Rel. Craig A. Dubow, Pres./CEO, Gannett Broadcasting Barbara W. Wall, VP/Sr. Legal Counsel
Phone: 703-854-6000 Fax: 703-364-0855 Toll-Free: 800-778-3299 Address: 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $6,711,115 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,211,213 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $6,422,000 2002 Profits: $1,160,000 Stock Ticker: GCI 2001 Sales: $6,344,200 2001 Profits: $831,200 Employees: 51,000 2000 Sales: $6,222,300 2000 Profits: $1,719,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,095,400 1999 Profits: $957,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $660,000 Widely admired company with diversified services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$2,250,000 $690,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO www.gaylordentertainment.com Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Country Music Focused Theme Parks Hotels and Convention Centers Radio Station Operation Online Vacation Rental Booking
Gaylord Entertainment Company is a diversified entertainment and communications company that owns and operates interrelated businesses. The company’s hospitality and attractions group, Gaylord Hotels, includes the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville and the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando. The firm’s media and entertainment group consists of the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, WSM-AM radio, the Wildhorse Saloon, Radisson Hotel Opryland, the General Jackson Showboat and the Springhouse Golf Club. The company also operates ResortQuest International, which it acquired in mid-2003. ResortQuest is the nation’s leading vacation property management company and a major online provider of reservations for vacation home rentals. Gaylord’s portfolio also includes a minority ownership interest in the Nashville Predators (a hockey team), which it is trying to sell, and another minority interest in the Bass Pro Shops’ Outdoor World retail chain. The firm operates three web sites: GaylordHotles.com, ResortQuest.com and Opry.com. Gaylord will open the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in April 2004. Gaylord offers its workforce medical and life insurance, as well as an adoption assistance program. It provides training through Gaylord University and the Service Basics training program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ResortQuest International Grand Ole Opry Ryman Auditorium WSM-AM Wildhorse Saloon Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Colin V. Reed, CEO Colin V. Reed, Pres. David C. Kloeppel, Exec. VP/CFO Mark Fioravanti, Sr. VP-Mktg. and Sales Melissa Buffington, Sr. VP-Human Resources Rickie Hall, Sr. VP/CIO Carter R. Todd, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Carter R. Todd, General Counsel Rod Connor, Chief Admin. Officer Melissa Buffington, Sr. VP-Comm. Jim Olin, Exec. VP-ResortQuest Jay Sevigny, Pres.-Gaylord Opryland Resort John Imaizumi, Sr. VP-Gaylord Texan Resort John Caparella, Sr. VP-Gaylord Palms Resort Michael D. Rose, Chmn.
Phone: 615-316-6000 Fax: 615-316-6555 Toll-Free: Address: One Gaylord Dr., Nashville, TN 37214 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $317,951 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-4,478 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $414,400 2002 Profits: $95,200 Stock Ticker: GET 2001 Sales: $325,200 2001 Profits: $-47,800 Employees: 4,728 2000 Sales: $514,400 2000 Profits: $-153,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $510,800 1999 Profits: $349,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $687,500 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $411,250 ADVANTAGE: Renewed focus on core businesses.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$340,000 $123,397
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC www.gemstartvguide.com Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Information Service-TV Listings Magazine Publishing Online Publishing Electronic Book Publishing Satellite Broadcast Services Program Promotion and Guide Services Interactive Information Delivery Services
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. is a leading global technology and media company focused on consumer entertainment. The firm operates in three major divisions. The technology and licensing segment is responsible for the development, licensing and protection of intellectual property and proprietary technologies, including the interactive program guides (IPGs) currently marketed under brands such as GUIDE Plus+ and TV Guide Interactive, the VCR Plus+ system and electronic book technology marketed under brands such as the Gemstar eBook brand. IPGs have been licensed to such companies as AOL/Time Warner, Microsoft, Motorola, AT&T Broadband, Thomson Multimedia, Charter Communications, Comcast Cable Communications, Sony, Matsushita, Philips, Hitachi, JVC and Zenith. The VCR Plus+ system is widely accepted as a de facto industry standard for time-shift recording on VCRs and is currently incorporated into virtually every major brand of VCR sold worldwide. The VCR Plus+ system enables consumers to record a television program by simply entering a one- to eight-digit number into a VCR or television equipped with the technology. These PlusCode numbers are printed next to television program listings in over 1,800 publications worldwide, with a combined circulation of over 330 million. GUIDE Plus+ allows customers to review onscreen TV listings, which can be used to program their VCRs or TVs. The firm's interactive platform division derives revenues from advertising, interactive services, e-commerce and interactive gambling relating to the TVG Network and other proprietary interactive platforms. This division markets and provides advertising content to IPGs. The media and services division operates TV Guide magazines, the TV Guide Channel, the TVG Network, SkyMall catalog sales, Superstar/Netlink Group, UVTV and SpaceCom. The firm also has operations in investments and holdings in other entities, as well as direct-to-home satellite services, satellite distribution of video entertainment services and satellite transmission services for private networks.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: VCR Plus+ Gemstar International Group, Ltd. TV Guide TV Guide Channel TVG Network Superstar/Netlink Group SpaceCom Gemstar eBook
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeff Shell, CEO Brian D. Urban, CFO Ray Hopkins, Exec. VP-Affiliate Sales and Mktg. Stephen H. Kay, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Stephen H. Kay, General Counsel Gloria Dickey, Exec. VP-Admin. Ryan O'Hara, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. and Strategic Planning Christine Levesque, Exec. VP-Comm., Gov't Affairs and Mktg. John P. Loughlin, Pres.-Publishing Group Jonathan B. Orlick, Pres.-Intellectual Property Douglas B. Macrae, Pres., TV Guide on Screen, Inc. Ian Aaron, Pres.-Television Group
Phone: 626-792-5700 Fax: 626-792-0257 Toll-Free: Address: 135 N. Los Robles Ave., Ste. 800, Pasadena, CA 91101 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $661,574 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-86,033 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,001,391 2002 Profits: $-6,423,175 Stock Ticker: GMST 2001 Sales: $1,159,172 2001 Profits: $-750,676 Employees: 2,209 2000 Sales: $658,768 2000 Profits: $-215,458 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $188,166 1999 Profits: $60,145
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $577,981 Second Exec. Salary: $548,077
Bonus: Bonus:
$351,250 $250,000
VCR Plus+ technology.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) Industry Group Code: 335000 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ge.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electrical Equipment and Appliances Energy Systems and Consulting Equipment Leasing and Finance Industrial Equipment Entertainment and Broadcast Television Real Estate Medical Equipment and Systems Aircraft Engines and Components
General Electric Company (GE) is one of the largest and most diversified industrial corporations in the world, with divisions dealing in electricity, appliances, transportation, computer-related information, financial services and network and cable television. GE's products include major appliances; lighting products; industrial automation products; medical diagnostic imaging equipment; motors; electrical distribution and control equipment; locomotives; power generation and delivery products; nuclear power support services and fuel assemblies; commercial and military aircraft jet engines; and engineered materials, such as plastics, silicones and superabrasive industrial diamonds; and chemicals for treatment of water and process systems. GE Medical Systems develops diagnostic and therapy equipment including magnetic resonance (MR) scanners, computed tomography (CT) scanners, X-ray, nuclear imaging and ultrasound equipment. GE Aircraft Engines has grown to be the world’s leading producer of aircraft engines for commercial and military use. GE Plastics contributes heavily to the world’s supply of high-performance polymers for varied applications. GE also manages a successful financing subsidiary, GE Capital Corporation, offering services for business or personal financing around the globe. The corporation also maintains its traditional businesses in the area of energy and appliances: GE Power Systems and GE Appliances. Through its affiliate, the National Broadcasting Company, Inc., GE delivers network television services, operates television stations and provides cable, Internet and multimedia programming and distribution services. Through another affiliate, General Electric Capital Services, Inc., GE offers a broad array of financial and other services. The firm will acquire Amersham PLC for $9.5 billion, a major medical diagnostics company, and plans to acquire the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal SA. It also plans a 2004 IPO of about one-half of its insurance assets as a new firm to be called Genworth Financial. The company offers employees on-the-job training programs, generous benefits, bonuses and the opportunity to work overseas.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: General Electric Capital Corporation General Electric Aircraft Engines General Electric Appliances General Electric Lighting General Electric Medical Systems NBC Universal Genworth Financial Amersham PLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey R. Immelt, CEO Keith S. Sherin, Sr. VP-Finance/CFO William J. Conaty, Sr. VP-Human Resources Scott C. Donnelly, Sr. VP-Research and Dev. Gary M. Reiner, Sr. VP/CIO Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Sr. VP/General Counsel Robert A. Jeffe, Sr. VP-Corp. Bus. Dev. Robert C. Wright, CEO, National Broadcasting Company, Inc. John Krenicki, Jr., Pres./CEO, GE Plastics John G. Rice, Pres./CEO, GE Power Systems Charlene Begley, Pres./CEO, GE Transportation Systems Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chmn. Ferdinando Beccalli, Pres./CEO, GE Europe
Phone: 203-373-2211 Fax: 203-373-3131 Toll-Free: 800-626-2004 Address: 3135 Easton Tpke., Fairfield, CT 06828-0001 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $134,187,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $15,002,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $130,685,000 2002 Profits: $14,118,000 Stock Ticker: GE 2001 Sales: $125,679,000 2001 Profits: $13,684,000 Employees: 300,000 2000 Sales: $129,853,000 2000 Profits: $12,735,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $111,630,000 1999 Profits: $10,717,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $3,000,000 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $2,229,167 Bonus: Superior management and product lines/Leading player in a number of industries. ADVANTAGE:
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
$3,900,000 $4,300,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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GETTY IMAGES INC Industry Group Code: 453990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.gettyimages.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Photographic and Art Images Imagery Products and Services Archival Film Footage Royalty-Free Visual and Audio Content Rights-Protected Stock Photography Illustrations Research Services Media Management and Rights Clearance
With over 70 million images and 30,000 hours of stock film footage in its inventory Getty Images, Inc. is a leading provider of stock photography images. The company’s registered photographs are available for sale to the advertising industry, magazine and book publishers, broadcasters, entrepreneurs and Internet site developers. In recent years, Getty Images has been working on reinforcing its Internet systems, the company’s primary means of distribution. The company’s practice of aggressive acquisitions is evident in the buy-out of its largest competitor, Visual Communications. This strategy has enabled Getty to become a market leader in the retail image industry. Furthermore, Getty Images’ acquisition of The Image Bank added tens of millions of still images to its inventory. The firm’s web site, gettyworks.com, is the first comprehensive web site for creating a wide range of image-rich business communication materials including reports, newsletters, stationery, web sites and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. The firm licenses its imagery through an international distribution network of companyoperated offices, agents and distributors. Getty’s focus on the international market resulted in recent expansions into Japan and South America. Allsport, a wholly owned subsidiary has an agreement with the NBA that makes Getty the official photo source for the NBA, WNBA and the NBDL. The firm is also the exclusive distributor of still images collected from CNN footage. This agreement dramatically increases the number of news images that the company can offer its editorial customers. Getty’s recently partnered with Time Inc, an AOL Time Warner company, to create a digital platform for the licensing of imagery from Time combined with Getty’s sales and marketing abilities to sell Time Life Pictures to worldwide customers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: gettyworks.com Energy Film Library EyeWire Allsport Image Bank (The) Art.com PhotoDisc Visual Communications
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Johnathan D. Klein, CEO Liz Huebner, CFO Philippe Sanchez, Sr. VP-Mktg. Scott A. Miskimens, Sr. VP-Tech., Content and Artist Oper. Jeff Beyle, General Counsel Kira Bacon, VP-Investor Rel. Lewis Blackwell, Sr. VP-Creative Dir. Nicholas Evans-Lombe, Sr. VP-Editorial Warwick K. Woodhouse, Sr. VP Mark H. Getty, Chmn.
Phone: 206-925-5000 Fax: 206-925-5001 Toll-Free: 800-462-4379 Address: 601 N. 34th St., Seattle, WA 98103 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $523,196 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $64,017 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $463,000 2002 Profits: $21,500 Stock Ticker: GETY 2001 Sales: $451,000 2001 Profits: $-95,300 Employees: 1,649 2000 Sales: $484,846 2000 Profits: $-169,334 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $247,840 1999 Profits: $-67,833
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $482,775 Leading provider of stock photography images in the United States.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$420,000 $500,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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GLOBAL CASINOS INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.globalcasinos.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 19
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos
Global Casinos, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries operate in the domestic gaming industry. The company is organized as a holding company for the purpose of acquiring and operating casinos, gaming properties and other related interests. Global currently maintains one operating subsidiary, Casinos USA, which owns the Bull Durham Saloon and Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. The Black Hawk casino operates 181 electronic gaming devices including 176 slot machines. The Bull Durham's customer base consists primarily of day visitors from Denver. Many gamblers are transported to Black Hawk on charter buses provided by the casinos. In recent news, the company’s operating subsidiary continues to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Casinos USA, Inc. Bull Durham Saloon and Casino
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Frank L. Jennings, CEO Frank L. Jennings, CFO
Phone: 303-527-2903 Fax: 303-527-2916 Toll-Free: Address: 5455 Spine Rd., Ste. C, Boulder, CO 80301 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $2,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ 500 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $2,700 2002 Profits: $-1,800 Stock Ticker: GBCS 2001 Sales: $5,400 2001 Profits: $-1,000 Employees: 37 2000 Sales: $7,400 2000 Profits: $- 800 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $11,300 1999 Profits: $- 300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $40,000 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on Colorado casinos.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
Y
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GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Industry Group Code: 713910 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.nicklaus.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Golf Course Owner/Operator Golf-Related Product Sales Golf Instructional Schools Golf Practice Facilities Golf Course Design and Consulting Magazine Publishing Real Estate
Golden Bear Golf, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified, international golf products and services company engaged in the development, marketing and management of golf-related businesses, mostly associated with Jack Nicklaus. These include the licensing, distribution and sale of golf-related consumer products, the operation of golf instructional schools and the licensing and franchising of golf practice and instruction facilities. Through its various operating units, the company provides high-quality products and services in over 40 countries, primarily under the Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus and Golden Bear brand names. The firm also provides consulting on golf course design and marketing through Nicklaus Designs. Golden Bear Realty sells homes and condominiums built near Nicklaus-designed golf courses. The company also publishes Nicklaus Magazine, a golfing magazine. In recent news, the company announced plans to design 40 new golf courses in 12 countries.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Jack Nicklaus Nicklaus Flick Golf School Golden Bear International, Inc. Weitz Golf International Golden Bear Realty Nicklaus Magazine Nicklaus Designs
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephen S. Winslett, COO Stephen S. Winslett, CFO
Phone: 561-626-3900 Fax: 561-626-4104 Toll-Free: Address: 11780 US Hwy. One, North Palm Beach, FL 33408 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 39 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $11,200 1999 Profits: $7,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Name recognition.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast:
International:
Y
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GOLD'S GYM INTERNATIONAL Industry Group Code: 713940 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.goldsgym.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Fitness Centers
Founded in Venice, California in 1965, Gold’s Gym has grown to become the largest co-ed gym chain in the world. With more than 3 million members, Gold’s Gym has over 650 franchised facilities in 45 states and 23 countries. Members of Gold’s not only have access to what are recognized as the industry’s leading gyms, but can also work with personal trainers to devise meal plans and develop weight programs. Gold’s Gym works with other companies in the health and fitness industry by offering flexible advertising campaigns, sponsorships and promotional opportunities within its gyms. During Fall 2003, Gold's Gym acquired Fitness Connection in Austin, Texas. This adds to the seven gyms Gold's acquired from World Gym Austin in Spring 2003.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fitness Connection World Gym Austin
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gene LaMott, CEO Gene LaMott, Pres. Randy Schultz, CFO Peter Brockway, Chmn.
Phone: 310-392-3005 Fax: 310-452-3269 Toll-Free: 800-457-5375 Address: 358 Hampton Dr., Venice, CA 90291 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Broadly recognized name in its industry
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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GOOD GUYS INC (THE) Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.thegoodguys.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronics Stores Music Retailing Video Retailing Computer Software
The Good Guys, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics products. The company currently operates 71 stores in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. These stores offer some 4,600 products from 240 vendors. The company's merchandising strategy is to provide shoppers with a broad selection of brand-name consumer electronics products, with an emphasis on more fully featured merchandise. The firm, along with Tower Records, Inc., opened WOW! Multimedia Superstores, which sell music, videos and computer software. The Good Guys uses newspaper, direct-mail and broadcast advertising to build name recognition and to position it in its markets. Digital technology is becoming infused in much of the company's merchandise. The company has recently begun the process of closing seven of its retail locations due to their under-performing status. The Good Guys also began a partnership with GE Warranty Management in an effort to upgrade its customer service by reducing costs, increasing claim response time and expanding in-service capabilities. In late 2003, the firm announced its plans to be acquired by computer retailer CompUSA. The company offers employees medical, dental and life coverage, health care reimbursement accounts and a merchandise discount program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CompUSA WOW! Multimedia Superstores
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kenneth R. Weller, CEO Thomas F. Herman, Pres. Thomas F. Herman, COO Cathy A. Stauffer, VP-Merch. and Advertising Kenneth R. Weller, Chmn.
Phone: 510-747-6000 Fax: 510-747-6287 Toll-Free: Address: 1600 Harbor Bay Pkwy., Alameda, CA 94502 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $750,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $819,700 2002 Profits: $-40,000 Stock Ticker: GGUY 2001 Sales: $415,000 2001 Profits: $1,300 Employees: 2,732 2000 Sales: $860,543 2000 Profits: $-17,328 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $915,642 1999 Profits: $-39,887
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $360,014 Bonus: $50,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $270,010 Bonus: $ ADVANTAGE: Everyday discount prices on name-brand merchandise/To be acquired by CompUSA.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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GOOGLE INC Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.google.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Search Engine-Internet Paid Search Listing Advertising Services News Site Search Service Catalog Search Service Shopping Site Weblog Tool
Google is the world's largest World Wide Web search engine and through its partnerships with Yahoo!, Netscape and others, answers more questions than any other service online. While Google searches are free of charge to consumers, the firm has many revenue streams from its business clients. It is very successful at charging fees to other sites that use its search technology. Also, it has a lucrative program that enables business clients to bid for placement of advertising that is presented to browsers based on the relevancy of a business's keywords. The firm's business model is working so well that revenues may reach as high as $750 million for 2003. The Google system receives more than 200 million searches daily from consumers worldwide, and Google provides unique web formats in 88 different languages to accommodate the world's diverse web surfers. More than 50% of its searches come from consumers outside the U.S. The system indexes the content of 3 billion pages on the World Wide Web. Google's staff includes more than 60 people with PhD-level educations. The company's technology is based on a unique, distributed-computing system that utilizes about 10,000 low-end servers rather than a small number of high-powered computers. Perks for employees may include massages, free snacks, free gourmet lunches and stock options. Benefits include 100% employer paid health care, vision and dental coverage; 15 days vacation the first year, 20 days the 4th year and 25 days the 6th year; 10 paid holidays and a 401(k) savings plan with matching deposits of up to $2,200 yearly. The Googleplex campus includes a gym and a sauna and a grand piano in the lobby. There are also weekly roller hockey games and organized bike rides for employees. The atmosphere is packed with energy and achievement while maintaining a casual look and feel.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Froogle Blooger Kleiner Perkins Sequoia Capital Applied Semantics CIRCA Technology AdSense AdWords
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Eric E. Schmidt, CEO George Reyes, CFO Omid Kordestani, Sr. VP Worldwide Sales Craig Silverstein, Director of Technology Sergey Brin, Pres.-Technology Jonathan Rosenberg, VP-Product Dev. Wayne Rosing, VP-Eng. Larry Page, Pres.-Products David C. Drummond, VP-Corp. Dev. Joan Braddi, VP-Licensing Sales Cindy McCaffrey, VP-Corp. Marketing Susan Wojcicki, Dir.-Product Management
Phone: 650-330-0100 Fax: 650-618-1499 Toll-Free: Address: 2400 Bayshore Pkwy., Mountain View, CA 94043 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $875,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $335,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 1,300 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Widely perceived as providing the most relevant search returns/ Paid positioning service generates very healthy revenues.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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GRANITE BROADCASTING CORP Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.granitetv.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 23
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 21
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Station Owner/Operator
Granite Broadcasting Corporation is a group broadcasting company that acquires and manages network-affiliated television stations and other media- and communicationsrelated properties. The company's goal is to identify and acquire properties with potential for long-term appreciation and then improve the operating results of these acquisitions. The firm currently owns and operates eight network-affiliated television stations in California, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. These stations include WTVH-TV, a CBS affiliate serving Syracuse, New York; KSEE-TV, serving Fresno, California; WPTA-TV, an ABC affiliate serving Fort Wayne, Indiana; WEEK-TV, an NBC affiliate serving Peoria-Bloomington, Illinois; KBJR-TV, an NBC affiliate serving Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin; WKBW-TV, an ABC affiliate serving Buffalo, New York; WDWB-TV, a WB Network affiliate serving Detroit, Michigan; and KBWB-TV, a WB affiliate serving San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California. The company also owns Channel 11 in Chisholm, Minnesota, a satellite station which rebroadcasts the signal of KBJR.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Datacast, LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. W. Don Cornwell, CEO Stuart J. Beck, Pres. Robert E. Selwyn, Jr., COO Ellen McClain, CFO Stuart J. Beck, Corp. Sec. Lawrence I. Wills, VP-Admin.
Phone: 212-826-2530 Fax: 212-826-2858 Toll-Free: Address: 767 3rd Ave., 34th Fl., New York, NY 10017 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $78,844 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-30,265 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $135,300 2002 Profits: $-79,700 Stock Ticker: GBTVK 2001 Sales: $113,100 2001 Profits: $-76,700 Employees: 732 2000 Sales: $140,100 2000 Profits: $-27,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $149,800 1999 Profits: $47,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $600,000 ADVANTAGE: Owns geographically diverse stations/Affiliation with Yahoo! Broadcast.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$553,191 $391,319
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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GRAY TELEVISION INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.graycommunications.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 21
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Station Owner/Operator Newspaper Publishing Paging Services Satellite Uplink Services
Gray Communications Systems, Inc. owns 29 networkaffiliated television stations in 25 markets in the southeastern, southwestern and midwestern United States. The company has 22 stations that are rated first in their market. Fifteen of the stations are affiliated with CBS, seven are affiliated with NBC and seven are affiliated with ABC. The firm also owns and operates four daily newspapers located in the southeastern and midwestern U.S. The television and newspaper businesses earn most of their revenue through advertising. Additionally, the company owns PortaPhone Paging, a paging business that operates in the southeastern United States, and a satellite uplink business. In recent news, the company acquired KOLO-TV in Reno, Nevada.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lynqx Communications PortaPhone Paging
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. J. Mack Robinson, CEO Robert S. Prather, Jr., Pres. Robert S. Prather, Jr., COO James C. Ryan, VP-CFO Martha Gilbert, VP-Human Resources Robert A. Beizer, VP-Law and Dev. Thomas J. Stultz, Pres.-Publishing Div. Robert S. Prather, Jr., Exec. VP-Acquisitions Wayne M. Martin, Regional VP-Television Rich Adams, Regional VP-Texas
Phone: 404-504-9828 Fax: 404-261-9607 Toll-Free: Address: 4370 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $214,974 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $12,759 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $198,600 2002 Profits: $-27,900 Stock Ticker: GTNA 2001 Sales: $156,300 2001 Profits: $-13,300 Employees: 2,147 2000 Sales: $171,200 2000 Profits: $-6,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $144,000 1999 Profits: $-6,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $255,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $250,000 ADVANTAGE: Superior rankings in its television markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$150,000 $50,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.radiocentro.com.mx
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Broadcasting Radio Programming
Grupo Radio Centro is Mexico’s largest radio broadcaster, owning 13 radio stations, 11 of which are located in Mexico City. In addition to broadcasting, the company produces musical programs, news, interviews and special events programs. With an average audience share of more than 30% in Mexico City, Grupo Radio Centro is easily the most popular radio broadcasting company in the country's capital. The company also enjoys exclusive broadcasting rights to the Monitor news program, the topranked news radio program in the country and the source of one-third of Grupo Radio Centro’s total broadcasting revenues. Its most popular stations broadcast contemporary music, classic rock and talk. The company owns and operates 20 production studios and manages the majority of its programming. Furthermore, the firm’s Organizacion Impulsora de Radio subsidiary provides sales and programming to affiliate stations that serve the Spanish population of the U.S. Founded in 1946 by Don Francisco Aguirre, the Aguirre family still holds a 52% controlling interest in the company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Organizacion Impulsora de Radio Monitor Radio Centro Publicidad Inmobiliaria Radio Centro Desarrollos Empresariales Universal de Muebles e Inmuebles Publicidad Y Promociones Internacionales Promotora Tecnica de Servicios Profesionales
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Carlos Aguirre, General Dir. Pedro Beltran, CFO Martha Resendiz, Corp. Mktg Dir. Alvaro Fajardo de la Mora, General Counsel Sergio Gonzales, Dir.-Oper. Alfredo Azpeitia Mera, VP-Investor Rel. Arturo Yanez, Sub-Dir.-Admin. Luis Cepero, Dir.-Audio Eng. Eduardo Stevens, Dir.-Transmission Eng. Rodolfo Nava, Mgr.-Audit and Info.
Phone: 52-55-5728-4800 Fax: 52-55-5728-4875 Toll-Free: Address: Constituyentes 1154, Piso 7, Colonia Lomas Altas, Mexico City, 11950 Mexico
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $41,900 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $6,000 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $68,100 2002 Profits: $ 200 Stock Ticker: RC 2001 Sales: $77,500 2001 Profits: $1,800 Employees: 394 2000 Sales: $94,300 2000 Profits: $23,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $75,900 1999 Profits: $10,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Largest radio broadcaster in Mexico.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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GRUPO TELEVISA SA Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.televisa.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Station Owner Cable Services Satellite Services Internet Services Paging Services Film Production Music Production Magazine Publishing
Mexico’s Grupo Televisa S.A. is the largest Spanishspeaking media company in the world, with properties in television, cable, satellite services, Internet service, radio broadcasting, music recording, magazine publication, professional sports, paging services and film production. The company's television holdings include four networks and some 230 affiliated stations, 190 of which are owned by the company. It also has a 50% interest in 17 Mexican radio stations. The firm has equity stakes in Univision, the largest Spanish-language television company in the U.S. Grupo Televisa’s Cablevision subsidiary is a cable services operator whose network consists of over 50 channels. It also owns an equity stake in Innova, the operator of the SKY direct-to-home satellite system. Through subsidiary Edivisa, Televisa publishes magazines for the Spanish-speaking world. In addition to its broadcasting holdings, the company owns three soccer teams and a sports stadium.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cablevision Radiopolis Televicentro Univision Edivisa Innova SKY
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Emilio Azcarraga Jean, CEO Emilio Azcarraga Jean, Pres. Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega, Exec. VP-Finance Alejandro Quintero Iniguez, VP-Sales and Mktg. Emilio Azcarraga Jean, Chmn.
Phone: 52-55-5224-5000 Fax: 52-55-5261-2494 Toll-Free: Address: Avenida Chapultepec 28, Mexico City, 06724 Mexico
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $2,075,400 2002 Profits: $71,100 Stock Ticker: TV 2001 Sales: $2,147,400 2001 Profits: $146,900 Employees: 12,600 2000 Sales: $2,284,800 2000 Profits: $-86,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,150,300 1999 Profits: $127,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Largest Spanish-speaking media company in the world.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.gtech.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Gambling Equipment-Lottery Systems Lottery Technology Services Online Game Products and Services Credit Card Processing Services
GTECH Holdings Corporation is the leading global supplier of systems and services to the lottery, gaming and entertainment industries. The company conducts business under three types of contractual arrangements: facilities management contracts, operating contracts and product sales contracts. GTECH Corporation is the world's leading operator of highly secure online lottery transaction processing systems. It currently operates online lottery systems or supplies equipment and services to 25 of the 39 online lottery authorities in the United States and operates or has entered into contracts to operate online lottery systems with 59 of the 105 international online lottery authorities. The company provides integrated online lottery solutions, services and products to governmental lottery authorities and governmental licensees worldwide. GTECH offers its customers a full range of lottery technology services, including the design, assembly, installation, operation, maintenance and marketing of online lottery systems and instant ticket support systems. The firm has introduced several new online products and services, including Aladdin, a credit-card sized lottery ticket that can be reused up to 500 times; the Extra-Online game, an online lottery game that allows players to purchase an additional game with instant-ticket features; and e-scratch, a webbased interactive suite of scratch and reveal games. The company also owns PolCard S.A., Poland’s leading debit and credit card merchant acquirer and processor, which operates more than 34,000 point-of-sale terminals throughout Poland; Europrint, which provides sophisticated promotional games; and IGI or Interactive Games International, which creates the software and content necessary for Europrint’s interactive games. In recent news, GTECH acquired Interlott Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of instant-ticket vending machines. The firm also acquired Speilo Manufacturing, Inc., a leading provider of video lottery terminals. GTECH offers its employees domestic health care benefits, tuition reimbursement and a day care center at its corporate headquarters.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Aladdin Extra-Online Worldwide Lottery Group Interlott Technologies Speilo Manufacturing IGI Europrint PolCard
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William B. Turner, CEO William B. Turner, Pres. David J. Calabro, Exec. VP/COO Jaymin Patel, Sr. VP/CFO Kathleen McKeogh, Sr. VP-Human Resources Larry R. Smith, Sr. VP/Chief Tech. Officer Marc A. Crisafulli, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Marc A. Crisafulli, General Counsel Donald R. Sweitzer, Sr. VP-Bus. and Public Affairs Mary T. Norton, Dir.-Investor Rel. Timothy B. Nyman, Sr. VP-Global Services Robert M. Dewey, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 401-392-1000 Fax: 401-392-1234 Toll-Free: 800-483-2440 Address: 55 Technology Way, West Greenwich, RI 02817 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $978,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $142,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,009,700 2002 Profits: $83,600 Stock Ticker: GTK 2001 Sales: $936,500 2001 Profits: $43,100 Employees: 4,500 2000 Sales: $1,010,800 2000 Profits: $93,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $972,900 1999 Profits: $89,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $493,846 Second Exec. Salary: $422,116 A leading equipment supplier to international online lottery authorities.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$760,000 $832,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hachette-filipacchi.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Photography Services Advertising Planning
Hachette Filipacchi Medias S.A. (HFM), a subsidiary of the French media and high-technology conglomerate Lagardere, is one of the world’s leading magazine publishers. The firm produces approximately 238 magazines and newspapers in 36 countries and on five continents. The combined circulation of its publications encompasses over 1 billion copies with more than 202 million from subscriptions. Its publications include fashion magazine Elle, the Parisian local journal Paris Match, Car & Driver, Premier, American Photo, Cycle World and Woman’s Day. The company is the largest magazine publisher in France, publishing 42 magazines. Its extensive network of foreign subsidiaries currently publishes 200 magazines, one-third of which are based on its main brands. In the U.S., Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. is the country’s fourth-largest magazine publisher. In Spain, Hachette Filipacchi S.A. is the leading magazine publisher. In Italy, Rusconi Editore ranks third in magazine publishing. In Japan, Hachette Fujingaho is the country’s leading publisher of high-end women’s magazines. HFM’s images division, Hachette Filipacchi Photos, includes photo agencies centered on three themes: news (Gamma in France and the U.S. and Rapho in France), people (MPA, Stills in France; Kats, Spooner in the U.K.) and illustrations (Hoa Qui with Jacana, Explorer, keystone and Top in France). The division has the dual purposes of improving the quality of the pictures reproduced in magazines and used by agencies and of developing an activity essential to its print media core business. Interdeco, the firm’s advertising media planning segment, is France's leading seller of advertising space in magazine publishing with a 30% market share. It is also focusing on international expansion, operating out of 16 international offices.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lagardere S.A. Interdeco Elle Paris Match Hachette Filipacchi S.A. Hachette Filipacchi Fujingaho Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. Rusconi Editore
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gerald de Roguemaurel, CEO Pascal Bellanger, Exec. VP-Finance Jacques Laizet, Dir.-Human Resources Francoise Jarry, Company Sec. Bernard Mainfroy, Exec. VP-Legal Marie Jacquier, Corp. Comm. Anne-Marie Couderc, Exec. VP/CEO-Magazine Publishing, France Ghislan Le Leu, Exec. VP/CEO-European Graphic Group Philippe Zagdoun, CEO, Quillet Olivier Chapuis, Chmn., Interdeco Gerald de Roguemaurel, Chmn. Jean-Paul Denfert-Rochereau, Exec. VP/CEO-Int'l Magazine Publishing
Phone: 33-1-41-34-60-00 Fax: 33-1-41-34-77-77 Toll-Free: Address: 149-151, rue Anatole France, Levallois-Perret, 92300 France
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $2,214,500 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Well-known, international publications
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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HALLMARK CARDS INC Industry Group Code: 511191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.hallmark.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Greeting Cards Publishing Cable Television Broadcasting Art Products Portrait Studios High-End Stationery Television Production/Distribution
Hallmark Cards, Inc. markets greeting cards under its Gold Crown, Keepsake Ornaments, Maxine, Shoebox, Fresh Ink, Mahogany and Tree of Life brand names. The company’s Crown Media Holdings subsidiary operates a number of cable television channels that are viewed by 87.9 million subscribers worldwide. The Hallmark Channel, Crown Media’s most popular cable channel, licenses many programs from Hallmark Entertainment, which produces and distributes miniseries and movies made for television and owns over 4,000 hours of family entertainment programming. The firm’s Binney & Smith subsidiary produces Crayola crayons, which are packaged and sold in more than 80 countries. Binney & Smith also markets Liquitex fine art products, Revell-Monogram products and Silly Putty. The Picture People, another subsidiary, operates over 250 portrait studios in malls nationwide. Hallmark’s William Arthur, Inc. subsidiary specializes in high-end customized holiday cards, general invitations and announcements, social and business stationery, wedding invitations and birth announcements.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Gold Crown Keepsake Ornaments Maxine Shoebox Crown Media Holdings Binney & Smith Crayola Silly Putty
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Donald J. Hall, Jr., CEO Robert J. Druten, CFO Ralph N. Christensen, Human Resources Robert J. Druten, VP-Admin. Donal J. Hall, Chmn.
Phone: 816-274-5111 Fax: 816-274-5061 Toll-Free: Address: 2501 McGee St., Kansas City, MO 64108 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $4,200,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $4,000,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 20,000 2000 Sales: $4,200,000 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Exceptional reputation for quality products/Great success in specialty programming and film production.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HARPO INC
www.oprah.com
Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie and Television Production Magazine Publishing Online Retail
Harpo, Inc. is the creation of media star Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey is also the the chairman of Harpo Productions, Harpo Studios, Harpo Films, Harpo Print, LLC and Harpo Video, Inc. Through these channels the company markets The Oprah Winfrey Show, which is consistently the highest-rated talk show on television. The company also makes feature-length movies such as Beloved and made-for-TV movies such as Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie. In addition, the company operates www.oprah.com, an online extension of the TV show. In cooperation with Hearst Corporation, the company publishes O, The Oprah Magazine. In recent news, the company opened an online retailer, The Oprah Boutique.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: O, The Oprah Magazine Oprah Winfrey Show (The) Harpo Films, Inc. Harpo Print, LLC Harpo Studios, Inc. Harpo Productions, Inc. Oprah Boutique (The) Oprah's Book Club
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Doug Pattison, CFO Lisa Halliday, Dir.-Media and Corp. Rel. Oprah Winfrey, Chmn.
Phone: 312-633-1000 Fax: 312-633-1976 Toll-Free: Address: 110 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Association with Oprah Winfrey
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.harrahs.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotels Dockside and Riverboat Casinos Racing Venues Casino Management
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. is one of the largest gaming companies in the world, conducting business through subsidiary Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc. (HOC) and through HOC’s subsidiaries. The firm, a geographically diverse casino company, owns, operates or manages 26 casino hotels and dockside and riverboat casinos in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey and North Carolina, as well as racing venues in Kentucky. Harrah’s marketing strategy is designed to appeal primarily to those customers who are avid, experienced players, especially those who play in more than one market. The company also offers reward incentives to those who return. The firm's long-term strategy is to continue to diversify, both geographically and in terms of gaming venues, such as interactive television, racetracks, riverboats and the Internet. In recent news, Harrah’s signed an agreement to purchase Horseshoe Entertainment. Horseshoe operates leading casinos in Hammond, Indiana; Tunica, Mississippi; and Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana. The company also intends to sell its Harrah's casino in Shreveport to avoid overexposure in that market, but it will retain its Louisiana Downs thoroughbred horse-racing track and casino in Bossier City. After the Harrah's Shreveport sale, the Horseshoe acquisition will add a net 107,100 square feet of casino space, more than 4,360 slot machines and 138 table games to Harrah's existing portfolio of 1.5 million square feet of casino space, more than 42,000 slots and nearly 1,150 table games. Harrah’s offers its employees benefits such as educational assistance, store and room discounts and community outreach opportunities. The management structure is designed to encourage and reward employees who promote viable new ideas and to put good ideas into use quickly.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc. Horseshoe Entertainment Showboat, Inc. Players International, Inc. Rio Hotel and Casino, Inc. JCC Holding Company Louisiana Downs Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gary Loveman, CEO Gary Loveman, Pres. Tim Wilmott, COO Charles Atwood, CFO Richard E. Mirman, Sr. VP-Mktg. Marilyn G. Winn, Sr. VP-Corp. Human Resources John M. Boushy, VP-Oper. Charles Atwood, Treas. Heath Daughtrey, VP-Entertainment Carol Malmstedt, VP-Entertainment Philip G. Satre, Chmn.
Phone: 702-407-6000 Fax: 702-407-6037 Toll-Free: Address: One Harrah's Court, Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,278,429 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $257,247 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,136,400 2002 Profits: $235,000 Stock Ticker: HET 2001 Sales: $3,709,000 2001 Profits: $209,000 Employees: 42,000 2000 Sales: $3,471,200 2000 Profits: $-12,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,024,400 1999 Profits: $208,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,200,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $1,018,462 ADVANTAGE: One of the best-known names in gambling/Growth through acquisitions.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$3,845,700 $3,271,516
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
www.harte-hanks.com Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Shopper Newspaper Publishing Direct Mail Services Direct and Interactive Marketing Services Customer Relationship Management Solutions
Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. is an international direct and interactive marketing services company that provides end-to-end customer relationship management, related marketing services and solutions and shopper publications to a wide range of industries, serving both consumer and business-to-business markets. HarteHanks uses technology as an enabler to capture, analyze and disseminate customer and prospect data across all points of customer contact. Harte-Hanks provides a variety of services to help clients develop and execute targeted marketing communication programs, including such upfront services as creative and graphics, along with backend services such as printing, personalization of communication pieces using laser and inkjet printing, target mail and fulfillment and transportation logistics. The company also builds customized marketing databases and provides clients with easy-to-use tools to perform analysis and to target their best customers and prospects. The company’s shopper business operates in selected local and regional markets in California and Florida, while its direct and interactive marketing business operates both nationally and internationally. Harte-Hanks has expanded its services to automotive, energy and other industries to include business-to-business lead generation, order processing and fulfillment services, with operations in New Jersey, Texas and California. In addition, Trillium Software, a division of Harte-Hanks, specializes in CRM solutions integration.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Trillium Software, Inc. DiMark Shopper's Guide (The) Flyer (The) Potpourri PennySaver Harte-Hanks Response Management Direct Market Concepts, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard M. Hochhauser, CEO Richard M. Hochhauser, Pres. Jacques D. Kerrest, CFO/Sr. VP-Finance Gary Skidmore, VP-Mktg. Charles Dall'Acqua, Sr. VP-Direct Mktg. Peter E. Gorman, Sr. VP-Shoppers
Phone: 210-829-9000 Fax: 210-829-9403 Toll-Free: Address: 200 Concord Plaza Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $688,855 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $62,384 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $908,800 2002 Profits: $90,700 Stock Ticker: HHS 2001 Sales: $917,900 2001 Profits: $79,700 Employees: 7,082 2000 Sales: $960,800 2000 Profits: $81,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $829,800 1999 Profits: $72,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $674,918 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $582,500 ADVANTAGE: Focus on direct marketing with high-profit-margin shopper newspapers.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$58,825 $78,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HARVEY ELECTRONICS INC Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.harveyonline.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronics Stores High-End Electronics Electronics Repair Online Retail Electronics Installation
Harvey Electronics, Inc. is engaged in the retail sale, service and custom installation of high-quality audio, video and home theater equipment. The equipment includes high-fidelity components and systems, VCRs, DVD players, high-definition television, direct view projection and plasma flat-screen and LCD flat-panel television sets, audio/video furniture, digital satellite systems, conventional telephones, service contracts and related accessories. The company is one of the country's largest retailers of esoteric brands manufactured by Bang & Olufsen, Crestron, Lexicon, Linn, Marantz, McIntosh, NAD, Vienna Acoustics, Sonus Faber, Kef, Krell, Loewe, Martin Logan and Fujitsu. The company currently owns seven Harvey specialty retail stores and two Bang & Olufsen branded stores. Most of the stores are located in the New York market, with additional stores in New Jersey and Connecticut. Audio products account for about 60% of total sales. The company has dealer agreements with Marantz America, Inc., Audio Control, Sony, Cinemapro Corp., Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., Lenbrook America, LLC (a distributor of KEF products), Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc., NAD Electronics of America, Niles Audio Corporation, Inc. and Runco International. Harvey intends to maintain a strategic focus on custom installations, which account for more then half of the company’s net sales. Audio/Video International magazine recently named the company a national top 10 retailer of the year for the third year in a row.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Harvey Electronics Sound Mill, Inc. Loriel Custom Audio Video Corp. Bang & Olufsen
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Franklin C. Karp, Pres. Joseph J. Calabrese, Jr., Exec. VP/CFO Roland Hiemer, Merch. Mgr. Joseph C. Calabrese, Jr., Corp. Sec. Michael A. Beck, VP-Oper. Christine Gillow, Web Joseph C. Calabrese, Jr., Treas. Michael Recca, Chmn.
Phone: 201-842-0078 Fax: 201-842-0660 Toll-Free: Address: 205 Chubb Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $42,400 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ 300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $41,500 2002 Profits: $ 200 Stock Ticker: HRVE 2001 Sales: $36,700 2001 Profits: $-1,300 Employees: 147 2000 Sales: $34,355 2000 Profits: $ 317 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31 1999 Sales: $21,386 1999 Profits: $- 846
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $156,000 Second Exec. Salary: $146,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$109,000 $88,000
Over 75 years of operation.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 532230 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Y Dist./Printing:
www.gohastings.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Y Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video Rental Stores Books Music Software Video Games DVD Rental E-Commerce Computers and Peripherals
Hastings Entertainment, Inc. is a multimedia entertainment retailer that sells books, music, software, periodicals, videocassettes and DVDs and rents videocassettes, video games and DVDs in a superstore format. The firm also operates www.gohastings.com, which offers a broad selection of books, music, software, videocassettes, video games and DVDs over the Internet. Hastings’ goal is to enhance its position as a leading multimedia retailer by expanding existing stores, opening new stores in selected markets and offering its products through the Internet. The company’s business strategy is also designed to build consumer awareness of the Hastings concept and achieve high levels of customer loyalty and repeat business. Many of its stores offer such amenities as reading chairs and free coffee. About 25% of sales come from videotape, video game and DVD rentals. In its early years, the company focused on small markets and offered primarily book and music products. In the mid-1980s, the company added videotape sales and rentals and complementary product categories to its selection of books and music and developed a larger superstore format to satisfy favorable consumer response to its multimedia retailing concept and provide more extensive product selection. As a result, beginning in the late 1980s, the company began focusing on opening superstores and on expanding, relocating, selling or closing its smaller mall-based stores. Superstores offer an extensive product assortment, consisting of up to 60,000 book, 30,000 music, 13,000 video, 10,000 DVD, 3,000 periodical and 2,000 software titles for sale, as well as up to 20,000 videocassettes, video games and DVDs available for rental. Hastings targets towns with small to medium-sized populations and currently operates over 140 stores, averaging 20,000 square feet each, in 22 states.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GoHastings.com Hastings Properties, Inc. Hastings Internet, Inc. Hastings College Stores, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John H. Marmaduke, CEO John H. Marmaduke, Pres. Dan Crow, VP/CFO Alan Van Ongervalle, VP-Mktg. Jennifer Little, Controller Robert A. Berman, VP-Store Oper. James S. Hicks, VP-Products
Phone: 806-351-2300 Fax: 806-351-2424 Toll-Free: Address: 3601 Plains Blvd., Ste. 1, Amarillo, TX 79102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $495,400 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $471,800 2002 Profits: $4,000 Stock Ticker: HAST 2001 Sales: $458,200 2001 Profits: $-14,600 Employees: 6,829 2000 Sales: $445,425 2000 Profits: $-2,165 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $399,066 1999 Profits: $-4,305
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: ADVANTAGE: Serves smaller cities.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $222,582 Second Exec. Salary: $120,825
Bonus: Bonus:
$247,500 $76,872
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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HEARST CORPORATION (THE) Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hearstcorp.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Magazine Publishing Television Broadcasting Television Production Internet Businesses Automotive Industry Services Construction Industry Services Media Industry Services
Hearst Corporation, the legacy of former media mogul William Randolph Hearst, operates in six business segments: newspapers, magazines, broadcasting, entertainment, interactive media and business media. The company owns 12 newspapers including the Huston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Seattle PostIntelligencer. The newspaper segment also owns The Associated Publishing Company, which produces phone directories in Texas, and Hearst News Service, which syndicates Hearst newspaper stories. Hearst Magazines publishes 18 titles with more than 100 international editions. These publications include Cosmopolitan, Country Living, Esquire, Good House Keeping, Harpers Bazaar, O, The Oprah Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Redbook, Seventeen, Smartmoney and Town and Country. Subsidiary Hearst-Argyle controls the broadcasting segment and owns 27 television stations. The entertainment segment has 12 divisions: Hearst Entertainment Productions, Hearst Entertainment Distribution, Hearst Animation Productions, Cosmopolitan Television Iberia, Lifetime Television, Locomotion, New England Cable News, King Features Syndicate and Reed Brennan Media Associates, which are controlled by Hearst and Tevecap S.A., as well as A&E Television Networks, which is partly owned. Hearst Interactive Media owns or has an interest in Internet-related companies including MetaTV, Circles, Cymfony, Mobility Technologies, Drugstore.com, Referral Networks, Hire.com, Genealogy.com, govWorks, Scene7, StarMedia Network, Tavolo, Medscape, iVillage, LiveWorld, E Ink Corporation, Exodus Communications and XM Satellite Radio. Hearst Corporation also owns or has interests in more than 20 business-to-business companies including Black Book Guides, Motor European Collision Database, Diversion, Electronic Engineers Master Catalog, Electronic Products Magazine, First DataBank, Floor Covering Weekly, IDG/Hearst, Motor/AllData, Motor Books, Motor Magazine, NOVA Electronik, Stocknet and Used Car Pricing Guides. In recent news, the company has begun construction on a 42-story corporate headquarters in New York City.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Houston Chronicle Cosmopolitan Lifetime Television Esquire Good House Keeping Hearst Entertainment Productions Hearst Interactive Media Associated Publishing Company (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Victor F. Ganzi, CEO Victor F. Ganzi, Pres. Ronald J. Doerfler, CFO James M. Asher, Chief Legal Officer David J. Barrett, Pres./CEO, Hearst Television Cathleen Black, Pres., Hearst Magazines Kenneth A. Bronfin, Pres., Hearst Interactive Media George B. Irish, Pres., Hearst Newspapers
Phone: 212-649-2000 Fax: 212-765-3528 Toll-Free: Address: 959 8th Ave., New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $3,565,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $3,300,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 17,320 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
International media conglomerate
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hearstargyle.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Broadcast Television Radio Stations Web Sites
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. owns or manages seven radio stations and 24 television stations that reach approximately 17.7% of U.S. television households. The company is one of the country’s largest independent TV station groups. The firm is also the largest ABC affiliate group and the second-largest NBC affiliate group. Of the 24 television stations Hearst-Argyle owns or manages, 20 are in the top 50 market areas. Each of Hearst-Argyle’s owned or managed television stations is affiliated with one of the following major networks: ABC, NBC, UPN or WB. The company also manages several radio stations after acquiring the Pulitzer Publishing Co., as well as maintaining a 3.5% interest in the Arizona Diamondbacks. In addition, Hearst-Argyle holds equity investments in Internet Broadcasting Systems, which forms local partnerships for the development and management of local news, information and entertainment portal web sites, and ProAct, which provides online human resources support to corporations. Hearst-Argyle is a subsidiary of publishing giant Hearst Corporation.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hearst Corporation (The) Geocast Network Systems Internet Broadcasting Systems Pulitzer Publishing Co. ProAct Arizona Diamondbacks
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David J. Barrett, CEO David J. Barrett, Pres. Harry T. Hawks, CFO Terry Mackin, Exec. VP
Phone: 212-887-6800 Fax: 212-887-6875 Toll-Free: Address: 888 7th Ave., New York, NY 10106 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $496,169 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $60,316 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $721,300 2002 Profits: $108,000 Stock Ticker: HTV 2001 Sales: $641,900 2001 Profits: $31,100 Employees: 3,179 2000 Sales: $747,300 2000 Profits: $45,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $661,400 1999 Profits: $32,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $767,500 Second Exec. Salary: $615,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$667,330 $446,259
The largest ABC network affiliate.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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HERSHEY FOODS CORP Industry Group Code: 311330 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hersheys.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Candy Manufacturing Baking Goods Chocolate Products Amusement Park
Hershey Foods Corp. is the largest candymaker in the United States, manufacturing five of the top 10 chocolate brands in the country. Some of the company’s bestknown brands include Kit Kat, Almond Joy, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers licorice, Mounds, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and its famous Hershey Bars and Kisses. The firm operates through two subsidiaries: Hershey Chocolate North America, the nation’s leading domestic producer of chocolate-related grocery products and chocolate and non-chocolate confectionary products; and Hershey International, which oversees the corporation’s international interests and exports to over 90 countries worldwide. The company generates 80% of revenues from chocolate sales. Over 2 million domestic retailers as well as retailers in 90 other countries sell Hershey products. Most of the company’s operations take place in the Pennsylvania town of Hershey, where the company runs Hersheypark, an amusement park for tourists. Hershey’s principal product groups include chocolate and nonchocolate confectionery products sold in the form of bar goods, bagged items and boxed items; and grocery products in the form of baking ingredients, chocolate drink mixes, peanut butter, dessert toppings and beverages. Its products are sold primarily to grocery wholesalers, chain grocery stores, candy distributors, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, concessionaires and food distributors by full-time sales representatives, food brokers and parttime retail sales merchandisers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the U.S., the firm’s sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries amount to approximately 21% of total net sales. Recently, Hershey sold its gum brands, including Fruit Stripe, Rain-Blo and Super Bubble. The company is noted for nurturing employees and supporting the community of Hershey, Pennsylvania. The company headquarters provides employees with a swimming pool and a gym. Other benefits include comprehensive medical coverage, an employee assistance program, a casual dress code and free chocolate.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hershey Chocolate and Confectionary Corp. Hersheypark Hershey Chocolate North America Hershey International Hershey Kisses Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Twizzlers Kit Kat
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard H. Lenny, CEO Richard H. Lenny, Pres. William F. Christ, COO Frank Cerminara, Sr. VP/CFO Thomas K. Hernquist, Sr. VP/Chief Mktg. Officer Marcella K. Arline, Sr. VP-Human Resources and Corp. Affairs C. Daniel Azzara, VP-Research and Dev. David W. Tacka, VP/Corp. Controller/Chief Acc. Officer Burton H. Snyder, Corp. Sec. Burton H. Snyder, General Counsel Raymond Brace, VP-Oper. and Tech. Dennis N. Eshleman, VP-Strategy and Innovation John C. Long, VP-Corp. Comm. James A. Edris, VP-Investor Rel. Robert J. Mazzoni, Jr,, Treas./VP-Global Sourcing Bill O. Turner, VP-Logistics and Customer Service David J. West, Sr. VP-Sales Bruce A. Brown, General Mgr.-Hershey Canada Fernando Nino de Guzman, General Mgr.-Hershey Mexico Richard H. Lenny, Chmn.
Phone: 717-534-6799 Fax: 717-534-6760 Toll-Free: 800-539-0261 Address: 100 Crystal A Dr., Hershey, PA 17033-0810 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $2,993,300 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $169,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,120,300 2002 Profits: $403,600 Stock Ticker: HSY 2001 Sales: $4,557,200 2001 Profits: $207,200 Employees: 15,400 2000 Sales: $4,221,000 2000 Profits: $334,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,970,900 1999 Profits: $460,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $850,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $372,000 ADVANTAGE: The largest candymaker in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,377,000 $173,513
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 19
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Online Publishing Magazine Publishing
Hollinger International, Inc., through subsidiaries and affiliated companies, is one of the leading publishers of English-language newspapers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Israel. In addition, the company has web sites supporting each of its major newspapers and is continuing to develop a strategic online new media presence. The 23 paid daily newspapers the firm owns or has an interest in have a worldwide daily combined circulation of about 2 million. Hollinger International also owns or has an interest in over 250 nondaily newspapers, as well as magazines and other publications. The operations of the firm consist of the Chicago group, community group, U.K. newspaper group and Canadian newspaper group. The company’s Chicago group consists of more than 100 papers including the Chicago Sun-Times, the fifth most highly-read daily newspaper in the U.S.; the Post Tribune in Gary, Indiana; and the Daily Southtown. The group also publishes Digital Chicago magazine and Digital New York, which appears both on newsstands and online. The community group consists of the Jerusalem Post, the most widely read English-language daily newspaper published in the Middle East. The U.K. group includes The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Weekly Telegraph, telegraph.co.uk and The Spectator and Apollo magazines. The Daily Telegraph is the largest circulation quality daily newspaper in the United Kingdom, with an average daily circulation of about 980,000. The firm’s Canadian newspaper group primarily consists of Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings Co. (HCPH) and an 87% interest in Hollinger Canadian Newspapers, LP (Hollinger LP). HCPH and Hollinger LP own 10 daily and 23 non-daily newspaper properties and miscellaneous Canadian business magazines and tabloids for various industries, including transportation, construction, natural resources and manufacturing. Conrad M. Black, former CEO, recently announced his resignation and intent to sell the company, after it was disclosed that he and his partners had received $15.6 million in unauthorized payments.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Chicago Sun-Times Digital Chicago Southam, Inc. Telegraph Group, Ltd. Sun-Times Company (The) American Publishing Company Jerusalem Post Publications, Ltd. Sterling Newspapers
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gordon A. Paris, CEO Gordon A. Paris, Pres. Daniel W. Colson, COO Peter K. Lane, Exec. VP/CFO Frederick A. Creasey, Group Corp. Controller Paul B. Healy, VP-Corp. Dev. Paul B. Healy, VP-Investor Rel. Robert T. Smith, Treas. Barbara A. Black, VP-Editorial Peter Y. Atkinson, Exec. VP
Phone: 212-586-5666 Fax: 212-586-0010 Toll-Free: Address: 712 5th Ave., New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $777,858 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $18,871 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,006,200 2002 Profits: $-238,900 Stock Ticker: HLR 2001 Sales: $1,146,300 2001 Profits: $-337,500 Employees: 5,335 2000 Sales: $2,096,000 2000 Profits: $117,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,147,400 1999 Profits: $245,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $462,460 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $256,514 ADVANTAGE: Leading international newspaper publisher.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORP www.hollywoodvideo.com Industry Group Code: 532230 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Y Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video Rental Stores Video Game Rental and Sales
Hollywood Entertainment Corp. owns and operates 1,831 Hollywood Video retail superstores in 47 states and is the second-largest retailer of rental videocassettes, DVDs and video games in the United States. Unlike many video retailers who have grown through acquisitions, Hollywood has focused on controlled organic growth. The firm strives to provide customers with the broadest selection of movies and video games. The company's superstores typically carry approximately 8,000 titles and 15,000 videocassettes, DVDs and video games. Hollywood's goal is to offer more copies of popular new video releases and more titles than its competitors. In part because of the company's revenue sharing arrangements with studios, Hollywood has increased the availability of most new releases and typically acquires 100 to 175 copies of hit movies for each Hollywood Video store. With the acquisition of Reel.com, Hollywood attempted to become the premier online destination for film-related content and commerce. However, operating losses were so high that the company exited the online business in 2000. The firm handed over its sales operations to BUY.com and kept Reel.com as a content-only web site with information on available film offerings. Hollywood has also introduced Game Crazy, a store-within-a store concept through which customers sell, buy and trade new and used video games. Currently it operates within 273 stores. An average Game Crazy department occupies approximately 700 to 900 square feet and carries from 1,400 to 2,000 video game titles. The company offers an employee benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision plans, as well as discounts on rental and retail products.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hollywood Video Game Crazy Reel.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark J. Wattles, CEO Mark J. Wattles, Pres. James A. Marcum, Exec. VP/CFO Donald J. Ekman, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Donald J. Ekman, General Counsel Roger J. Osborne, VP-Oper. F. Bruce Giesbrecht, VP-Bus. Dev. Mark J. Wattles, Chmn.
Phone: 503-570-1600 Fax: 503-570-1680 Toll-Free: Address: 9275 SW Peyton Ln., Wilsonville, OR 97070 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,208,992 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $59,226 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,490,100 2002 Profits: $241,900 Stock Ticker: HLYW 2001 Sales: $1,379,500 2001 Profits: $100,400 Employees: 25,900 2000 Sales: $1,296,200 2000 Profits: $-530,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,096,800 1999 Profits: $-51,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $975,000 Second Exec. Salary: $400,000 Second largest video rental chain in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$713,340 $182,575
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP Industry Group Code: 454110A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hollywood.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie-Related Merchandise, Online Retail Book Publishing and Packaging Entertainment-Related Web Sites Entertainment Research Services Online Ticket Sales
Hollywood Media Corp. (formerly Hollywood.com) operates an entertainment-related web site featuring extensive entertainment content, including movie descriptions and reviews, digitized movie trailers and photos, movie show time listings and entertainment news. The web site also features box office results, interactive games, movie soundtracks, celebrity profiles and biographies, comprehensive coverage of entertainment awards shows and film festivals and exclusive video coverage of movie premieres. Substantially all advertising revenues are generated through the Hollywood.com web site by selling banner advertising and sponsorships through an internal advertising sales force and through relationships with outside advertising firms. The studio store features a product line of branded licensed merchandise including toys, apparel, video games, art, collectibles and movie posters. The firm’s MovieTickets.com web site allows users to purchase movie tickets online and retrieve them at call windows or automatic ticketing machines located at theaters. Another subsidiary, Broadway.com, provides online information about live theater worldwide. Its content includes theater show times for the top 100 U.S. markets, as well as key global markets, such as London's West End. Additionally, Hollywood Media owns 51% of a book publishing and packaging company called Tekno Books, working with a number of best-selling authors such as Tom Clancy and Tony Hillerman. The firm also operates subscriptionbased Baseline, a comprehensive entertainment research service. Baseline provides detailed information on more than 67,000 films, TV programs and industry professionals.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Baseline, Inc. Tekno Books Broadway.com MovieTickets.com Hollywood.com Vegas.com FilmTracker Fountainhead Media Services, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mitchell Rubenstein, CEO Laurie S. Silvers, Pres. Nicholas Hall, COO Laurie S. Silvers, Corp. Sec. Martin H. Greenberg, CEO-Intellectual Properties Div. Mitchell Rubenstein, Chmn.
Phone: 561-998-8000 Fax: 561-998-2974 Toll-Free: Address: 2255 Glades Rd., Ste. 221 A, Boca Raton, FL 33431 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $45,515 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-7,063 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $58,200 2002 Profits: $-81,600 Stock Ticker: HOLL 2001 Sales: $50,200 2001 Profits: $-41,800 Employees: 218 2000 Sales: $29,518 2000 Profits: $-51,848 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $10,106 1999 Profits: $-24,657
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $286,213 Second Exec. Salary: $286,213
Bonus: Bonus:
$25,000 $25,000
Expansion into book publishing.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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HOOVER'S INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hoovers.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Productions: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Corporate Intelligence Reference Book Publishing E-Commerce Advertising Services Sales & Marketing Lists
Hoover's, Inc., acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 2003, is an Austin-based Internet provider of company and industry information, designed to meet the diverse needs of business organizations, sales executives, investors and researchers of many types. The company was one of the first to provide high-quality, proprietary business information via the Internet. Users of its web site can access information for their professional endeavors, including financial and competitive research, as well as marketing and job search activities. Hoover's core asset is its proprietary editorial content, which includes in-depth competitive intelligence written and edited in-house on about 40,000 public and private enterprises. Hoover's also provides data on initial public offerings (through the IPO Central pages), corporate news, executive biographical information, corporate financial data and access to such items as credit reports by D&B and market research by Plunkett Research, Ltd. While the firm's primary focus is delivery of company intelligence via the Internet, it also publishes reference books including the respected Hoover's Handbooks. Hoover's also has content distribution agreements with organizations such as LexisNexis and Reuters. The company has introduced the Hoover's Wireless service, which allows customers to tap into key content and service offerings via wireless devices. Hoover's Online is now available from anywhere, at any time and from virtually any Internet-enabled device. The company generates about 80% of revenues from the sale of annual subscriptions to its premium level data. Significant revenue is also generated from licensing fees, e-commerce and the sale of advertising.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dun & Bradstreet Hoover's Online IPO Central Hoover's Handbooks
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey R. Tarr, CEO Jeffrey R. Tarr, Pres. Jeffrey A. Cross, VP-Finance John Lysinger, VP-Enterprise Subscription Sales James M. Smith, VP-Human Resources Tom Ballard, Chief Tech. Officer/VP-Tech. Russell Secker, Exec. VP-Oper. & Product Mgt. Joseph B. McWilliams, VP-Advertising & E-Commerce Sales Nancy Regent, VP/Managing Editor Dana Smith, Dir.-Hoovers Publications Helen Sileno, Dir.-Bus. Dev. & Licensing
Phone: 512-374-4500 Fax: 512-374-4501 Toll-Free: 800-486-8666 Address: 5800 Airport Blvd., Austin, TX 78752 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $31,600 2002 Profits: $-11,600 Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $30,772 2001 Profits: $-37,114 Employees: 231 2000 Sales: $19,020 2000 Profits: $-9,528 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $9,229 1999 Profits: $-2,255
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
COMPETITIVE
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $320,451 Bonus: $75,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $226,813 Bonus: $25,000 ADVANTAGE: One of the most active of all the business-related sites/Focus on outstanding in-depth business intelligence.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.hmco.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Publishing Educational Assessment Materials CD-ROMs and Mixed Media Textbooks Electronic Publishing
Houghton Mifflin Company is a publisher that operates through various subsidiaries. McDougal Littell, Inc. publishes educational materials for the secondary school market. The Riverside Publishing Company publishes assessment materials for the educational and clinical testing markets. Subsidiary Great Source Education Group, Inc. publishes supplementary and alternative instructional material for the elementary and secondary school markets. Sunburst Technology publishes educational software and videos. Computer Adaptive Technologies, Inc. combines technology and test theory to create solutions for workplace and professional testing. The company operates in two industry segments: textbooks and other educational materials and services for the school and college market; and general publishing, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and dictionary and reference materials in a variety of formats and media. While the company’s works have been published principally in the form of printed materials, many programs or works are published in other formats, including computer software, laser discs, CD-ROM and other electronic and multimedia products. Houghton Mifflin was acquired in December 2002 by a consortium of investors, including Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group. In other news, Houghton Mifflin acquired Edusoft, a company that helps school districts in tracking test results; and Cognitive Concepts, a provider of research-based educational tools that will serve to bolster the resources of the Great Source Education Group.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: McDougal Littell, Inc. Riverside Publishing Company Great Source Education Group Sunburst Technology Edusoft Thomas H. Lee Partners Bain Capital Blackstone Group (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tony Lucki, CEO Tony Lucki, Pres. Sylvia Metayer, COO Sylvia Metayer, Interim CFO Iwan Streichenberger, VP-Corp. Dev. and Tech. Initiatives Collin Earnst, Dir.-Media Rel. Joseph P. Fargnoli, VP/Treas.
Phone: 617-351-5000 Fax: 617-351-1105 Toll-Free: Address: 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116-3764 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $1,211,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 3,550 2000 Sales: $1,027,600 2000 Profits: $55,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $920,100 1999 Profits: $76,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $677,500 Second Exec. Salary: $347,750
Bonus: Bonus:
$127,598 $114,893
Widely known and respected name.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hughes.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 19
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite Broadcasting Commercial Satellite Fleet Satellite-Based Internet Access Services
Hughes Electronics Corporation is one of the world’s top providers of digital television entertainment and wireless systems. Hughes has developed a wide range of entertainment, information and communications services for home and business use, including video, data, voice, multimedia and Internet services. The company’s DIRECTV subsidiary offers over 12 million subscribers in 64 markets access to more than 850 television channels broadcast in a digital format, providing sharper pictures and clearer sound. The firm’s PanAmSat subsidiary is the owner and operator of one of the largest commercial satellite fleets in the world, providing satellite services to long-distance telecommunications carriers, corporations and Internet service providers. The Hughes Network Systems (HNS) segment is one of the largest manufacturers of DIRECTV subscriber equipment. HNS is also leading the development of SPACEWAY, a $1.8billion next-generation, satellite-based broadband communications platform that is expected to provide business customers with high-speed, two-way data communications on a more cost-efficient basis than systems that are currently available. SPACEWAY will be launched in 2004. HNS offers DirecPC Turbo Internet service via satellite throughout the U.S. Hughes has decided it will drop aggressive expansion plans for broadband cable Internet access services for consumers. As part of the company’s focus on broadband entertainment and communications, Hughes sold its satellite manufacturing operations to the Boeing Company. General Motors had a large stake in the firm at one time. However, in December 2003, the Fox Entertainment Group unit of News Corporation, Ltd. purchased GM's interest plus other shares to achieve a total 34% stake in Hughes. Hughes offers its employees medical, dental and vision insurance and tuition reimbursement.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DIRECTV PanAmSat SPACEWAY Fox Entertainment Group DIRECWAY Telocity Delaware, Inc. DirecPC News Corporation
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jack A. Shaw, CEO Jack A. Shaw, Pres. Michael J. Gaines, Corp. Sr. VP/CFO Sandra Harrison, Corp. Sr. VP-Human Resources Patrick T. Doyle, Corp. VP/Controller/Chief Acc. Officer Larry D. Hunter, Corp. Sr. VP/General Counsel Sandra Harrison, Corp. Sr. VP-Admin. Robert A. Marsocci, VP-Corp. Comm. Eddy W. Hartenstein, Corp. Sr. Exec. VP/CEO, DIRECTV, Inc. Roxanne S. Austin, Corp. Exec. VP/Pres./COO, DIRECTV, Inc. Pradman P. Kaul, Corp. Sr. VP/CEO, Hughes Network Systems
Phone: 310-364-6000 Fax: 310-322-6174 Toll-Free: Address: 200 N. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245-0956 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $7,168,200 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-6,800 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $8,934,900 2002 Profits: $-891,100 Stock Ticker: GMH 2001 Sales: $8,262,000 2001 Profits: $-621,600 Employees: 11,600 2000 Sales: $7,287,600 2000 Profits: $813,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,560,300 1999 Profits: $-291,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ ADVANTAGE: Millions of subscribers for DirecTV service.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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HYPERFEED TECHNOLOGIES Industry Group Code: 514100 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.hyperfeed.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Information Service-Securities Financial Market Data Processing
HyperFeed Technologies provides technological solutions for institutional and professional clients worldwide. The company primarily offers financial markets content and services to the business-to-business and business-toconsumer financial marketplace. HyperFeed collects, manages and controls massive volumes of complex financial information and data in real-time. The firm collects financial content directly from stock, options and commodities exchanges as well as other news and financial information sources. HyperFeed then provides this content with a variety of optional analytics packages to businesses for their internal use and redistribution to their customers over the Internet, virtual private networks and local or wide area networks. The company also offers a wide variety of real-time solutions for financial institutions. Services include processing, data integration and privatelabel analytic software applications. The company’s principal product is HyperFeed, a digital, real-time data feed for financial markets. HyperFeed’s data processing capabilities provide clients with the mission-critical data required to achieve business and profit objectives. The firm also offers HyperServer, an on-site server designed to pump financial market data throughout an organization. PCQuote.com, a subsidiary of HyperFeed, provides realtime securities quotations, news and investment tools to its subscribers via the Internet. HyperFeed powers the subsidiary’s web site, which is designed to give the individual investor direct access to accurate, timely and complete business and financial information. The company recently announced an expansion of its partnership with Telekurs USA, a company that provides cashless payment instruments, electronic payment systems, international financial information and information technology services. The partnership offers HyperFeed’s customers global content combined with distributed ticker plant technologies and managed exchange services. HyperFeed offers its employees a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PCQuote.com Marketscreen.com HyperServer Apogee
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jim R. Porter, CEO Paul Pluschkell, Pres. Paul Pluschkell, COO Randall J. Frapart, CFO Thomas J. Wojciechowski, VP-Sales Frank Guerrera, Chief Tech. Officer Kurt K. Klein, VP-Oper. Michael Kreutzjans, Chief Strategy Officer Kurt K. Klein, Sr. VP-Support Services Jim R. Porter, Chmn.
Phone: 312-913-2800 Fax: 312-913-2900 Toll-Free: 800-225-5657 Address: 300 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 300, Chicago, IL 60606 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $ 820 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-2,672 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $19,800 2002 Profits: $-4,400 Stock Ticker: HYPR 2001 Sales: $33,300 2001 Profits: $-1,400 Employees: 73 2000 Sales: $46,400 2000 Profits: $1,723 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $33,128 1999 Profits: $-9,432
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Large customer base.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $220,000 Second Exec. Salary: $180,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$110,000 $90,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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I-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.i-cablecomm.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 17
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service & Internet Access Telephony Services
I-Cable Communications is the leading cable systems operator in Hong Kong, with more than 600,000 subscribers signed up for its pay-TV services. The company also offers dial-up Internet services, with over 190,000 current users. I-Cable’s largest project is the expansion of its high-speed Internet access. Its broadband Internet access currently has more than 50,000 subscribers. I-Cable will make access to high-speed services available to over 95% of Hong Kong residents within several years. The firm has been working to upgrade its network infrastructure with hybrid fiber-coaxial cable. Growth plans include offering voice-over-IP telephony services. The company is rolling out a targeted market trial in Hong Kong for the voice-over-IP technology. In recent news, the company reorganized and relaunched its cable network to better serve its customers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephen T.H. Ng, CEO Stephen T.H. Ng, Pres. Sammuel S.F. Wong, CFO
Phone: 852-2112-6868 Fax: 852-2112-7878 Toll-Free: Address: Cable TV Tower, 9 Hoi Shing Rd., Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong China
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $133,000 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $6,100 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $277,100 2002 Profits: $15,100 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $247,600 2001 Profits: $21,500 Employees: 2,482 2000 Sales: $211,500 2000 Profits: $2,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $173,200 1999 Profits: $-49,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ The leading cable provider in Hong Kong.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.image-entertainment.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: DVD Distribution E-Commerce
Image Entertainment, Inc. is an integrated entertainment company, primarily engaged in the business of licensing and distributing home entertainment programming. The company is primarily a licensee and distributor of programming on DVD. Image is also a distributor of some VHS and CD titles, though for only a marginal amount of sales. In preparing its exclusive titles for manufacturing, Image uses its in-house digital post-production facility to create value-added products. For example, the company’s in-house graphic artists design the interactive DVD menus, and the creative services department designs program packaging, advertising and marketing materials. All of Image’s products are shipped from its warehouse and distribution facility in Las Vegas. Subsidiary DVDPlanet.com, Inc. manages an e-commerce site featuring streaming content, editorial features, product reviews and one of the most comprehensive DVD databases on the Internet. Image is one of the largest distributors of DVD programming, with almost 2,500 exclusive DVD titles on the market. The company’s main customers are Amazon.com, Best Buy, Borders, Columbia House, Ingram Entertainment, The Musicland Group, Tower Records and Video, Trans World Entertainment, VidCanada and Wal-Mart. The company also has distribution agreements in the U.K., Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands and Switzerland and licensing agreements in Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DVDPlanet.com, Inc. Power Pop Smile Records
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Martin W. Greenwald, CEO Martin W. Greenwald, Pres. David Borshell, COO Jeff M. Framer, CFO Garrett M. Lee, VP-Mktg. Rick Eiberg, VP-IT Sylvie Yang, Controller Martin W. Greenwald, Treas. Mary Schepis-Johnson, VP-Creative Services Bruce M. Venezia, VP-Programming Barry Gordon, VP-Acquisitions
Phone: 818-407-9100 Fax: 818-407-9151 Toll-Free: Address: 9333 Oso Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $108,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-4,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $94,800 2002 Profits: $- 200 Stock Ticker: DISK 2001 Sales: $100,800 2001 Profits: $8,400 Employees: 181 2000 Sales: $84,900 2000 Profits: $1,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $77,200 1999 Profits: $1,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $559,247 Second Exec. Salary: $228,196
Bonus: Bonus:
$33,380 $20,863
State-of-the-art distribution center.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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IMAX CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 512131 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.imax.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters-Giant Screen Format Giant-Screen Film Production and Distribution
IMAX Corporation, based in Ontario, Canada, designs and manufactures projection and sound systems for giantscreen theaters, based on proprietary and patented technology. IMAX is also the largest producer and distributor of films for giant-screen theaters. The company leases its projection and sound systems and licenses the use of its trademarks. There are three screen types: IMAX, IMAX 3D and IMAX Dome. The standard IMAX theater has stadium seating and a screen that is 70 feet tall and is pitched between 19 and 25 degrees, allowing for the full range of peripheral vision. IMAX 3D allows the projection of 3D movies that make it appear that objects on the screen leap into the audience. IMAX Dome features seats that are reclined 30 degrees and a 180-degree screen projected on the domed ceiling. Currently, there are 235 IMAX theaters in operation in 30 countries. Most IMAX theaters are located in museums, science centers, recreation and theme parks, zoos, world’s fairs and expositions. The company produces adventure, science and nature films specifically for IMAX theaters. Proprietary IMAX Digital Re-Mastering allows the company to reformat 35mm feature film to the 70mm format. The company has converted such Hollywood blockbusters as Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, The Matrix Reloaded and Apollo 13. In recent news, the company announced the release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in IMAX theatres.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: IMAX Dome IMAX 3D
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bradley J. Wechsler, Co-CEO Frank Joyce, CFO Mary C. Sullivan, Sr. VP-Human Resources Brian Bonnick, Sr. VP-Tech. Kathryn A. Gamble, Controller Robert D. Lister, Corp. Sec. Robert D. Lister, General Counsel Brian Hall, Sr. VP-Oper. Larry O'Reilly, Exec. VP-Theatre Dev. Richard L. Gelfond, Co-CEO Greg Foster, Pres.-Filmed Entertainment Mark Welton, Sr. VP-Bus. Affairs Edward MacNeil, VP-Special Projects
Phone: 905-403-6500 Fax: 905-403-6450 Toll-Free: Address: 2525 Speakman Dr., Mississauga, Ontario l5K 1B1 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $90,159 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $ 738 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $130,700 2002 Profits: $12,000 Stock Ticker: IMAX 2001 Sales: $118,700 2001 Profits: $-145,200 Employees: 288 2000 Sales: $219,500 2000 Profits: $-92,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $203,800 1999 Profits: $25,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $500,000 Unique technology/Growing theater base.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$750,000 $750,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INFINITY BROADCASTING Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.infinityradio.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Broadcasting Outdoor Advertising
Infinity Broadcasting, one of the largest radio broadcasting firms in the country, is also the largest outdoor advertising company in North America. The company’s radio segment consists of 180 radio stations, of which approximately 90% are located in the top 50 radio markets in the country. Infinity selects a variety of programming for its stations, ranging from adult contemporary music to news broadcasts and personality shows. Infinity also manages and holds a minority interest in Westwood One, a leader in producing and distributing syndicated network radio programming. The company’s outdoor segment, which maintains operations in more than 90 markets, sells advertising space, including billboards, bulletins, buses, train platforms, mall posters and phone kiosks. Most notably, the segment has a lucrative and exclusive agreement with London Transport to manage advertising space in the London Underground and on more than 90% of London buses. The firm’s primary business strategy is to focus on large markets, which has heightened appeal for advertisers and larger labor and talent pools. Infinity also acquired Giraudy, one of France’s largest outdoor advertising firms. Infinity is a subsidiary of media megaconglomerate Viacom.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Viacom, Inc. Mediacom, Inc. Outdoor Systems Mexico Roadshow Advertising, Ltd. Westwood One CBS Radio, Inc. Spark Network Services, Inc. Giraudy
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John Sykes, CEO Joel Hollander, Pres. Jacques Tortoroli, CFO
Phone: 212-846-3939 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 1515 Broadway, 46th Fl., New York, NY 10036 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $3,754,600 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $3,670,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 8,287 2000 Sales: $3,856,000 2000 Profits: $460,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,449,100 1999 Profits: $377,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Largest outdoor advertising company in North America/Exclusive right to ad space on London buses and in the London Underground.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.informationholdings.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Intellectual Property Solutions
Information Holdings, Inc. provides information products and services to businesses in the intellectual property, scientific, medical and technology markets. The company’s intellectual property (IP) group is a leading provider of products and services meeting the IP needs of more than 10,000 of the world’s leading corporations and law firms. The products and services offered help with IP research, management, licensing and registration. The firm’s leading brands include MicroPatent, trademark.com, Aurigin, Master Data Center and Liquent. MicroPatent, including its trademark.com and Aurigin divisions, is a global leader in the distribution of patent and trademark information through web sites including PatentWeb and Aureka, as well as providing clients with file histories and a professional research assistant all found at CorporateIntelligence.com, the Internet’s first intellectual property portal and still one of the most comprehensive sources of intellectual property information. Information Holdings’s Master Data Center is a leading provider of IP record management software and worldwide payment services, providing efficient patent annuity and trademark renewal payment services. Liquent, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of content assembly, publishing and regulatory intelligence solutions for the life sciences industry. Its publishing solutions enables users to transform their proprietary content into open formats such as XML and PDF. Liquent's IDRAC database service is the leading source of regulatory information for the pharmaceutical and biologics industry. In recent news, Information Holdings sold Transcender, LLC, an online provider of exam preparation software for IT certification exams, and CRC Press, which publishes a variety of professional and academic books, journals, newsletters and databases. Through Liquent, the firm acquired CDC Solutions, Ltd., a leading provider of regulatory publishing solutions for the life sciences industry.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CorporateIntelligence.com Master Data Center CDC Solutions, Ltd. MicroPatent Aurigin Trademark.com Liquent, Inc. PatentWeb
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mason P. Slaine, CEO Mason P. Slaine, Pres. Vincent A. Chippari, Exec. VP/CFO Jay Nadler, Pres./CEO, Liquent, Inc. Daniel Videtto, Pres., MicroPatent, LLC/Master Data Center
Phone: 203-961-9106 Fax: 203-961-1431 Toll-Free: Address: 2777 Summer St., Ste. 209, Stamford, CT 06905 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $64,923 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $33,018 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $141,800 2002 Profits: $-13,700 Stock Ticker: IHI 2001 Sales: $105,300 2001 Profits: $7,800 Employees: 723 2000 Sales: $73,300 2000 Profits: $7,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $58,800 1999 Profits: $6,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $787,000 Second Exec. Salary: $267,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$203,000 $68,000
Rapid growth in a unique niche.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC www.ingramentertainment.com Industry Group Code: 422921 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Digital Publication Distribution Entertainment Product Distribution Creative and Internet Services Business-to-Business Sales Marketing Services
Ingram Entertainment Holdings, Inc. is a leading national distributor of home entertainment products including DVD hardware and software, video rental and sell-through products, video games, audio books and grocery and drug products. The company provides support services for Internet retailers, business-to-business sales through AccessIngram.com and creation and maintenance of customer web sites under the MyVideoStore.com program. Additionally, Ingram owns and operates its own proprietary line of video titles under the Monarch Home Video label. Services provided by the company include marketing and merchandising programs, publishing and Internet retail and design services. Divisions of the company include Ingram Publications, which publishes Entertainment Preview, a weekly industry magazine that keeps clients abreast of major studio news. Ingram Design Group provides services that include print, illustration, editorial, PowerPoint presentations, photography, media buying, media placement and transparency creation.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ingram Design Group Ingram Publications Entertainment Preview AccessIngram.com MyVideoStore.com Monarch Home Video
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David B. Ingram, Pres. William D. Daniel, CFO Robert W. Webb, Exec. VP-Purchasing and Oper. Jeffrey D. Skinner, VP-Finance David B. Ingram, Chmn.
Phone: 615-287-4000 Fax: 615-287-4982 Toll-Free: Address: 2 Ingram Blvd., La Vergne, TN 37089 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ National distribution and integrated support services
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast:
International:
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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INCwww.insight-com.com Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 16
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Broadband Services Provider High-Definition Television Digital Phone Plans
Insight Communications is the ninth-largest cable television system operator in the U.S., providing services to 1.4 million customers in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, California and Georgia. Services offered include a variety of traditional television cable plans as well as payper-view movies and events, broadband Internet, highdefinition television (HDTV) programming and digital phone plans. The firm’s communications network is tightly grouped, or clustered, with approximately 95% of customers served from 14 headends, reducing the cost per home to deploy new and enhanced products and services. Under the Insight Digital brand, the firm offers interactive digital video (IDV), high-speed data access and telephone services. The Digital Gateway brand of IDV includes a digital set-top box; an interactive navigational program guide; interactive, Internet-style information and entertainment service; multi-channel premium service; video-on-demand (VOD); and digital audio music service. High-speed data service is offered under the InsightBroadband and Road Runner brands, which replaced the former Excite@Home brand. The company's Insight Midwest, LP subsidiary, half of which is owned by an indirect subsidiary of Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, possesses and operates systems serving approximately 1.3 million of Insight's customers. Insight Midwest delivers local telephone service under the AT&T Digital Phone brand. In recent news, Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and Insight Communications announced a distribution and licensing agreement under which Insight will deploy TV Guide Interactive, the industry-leading interactive program guide (IPG). Under the agreement, Gemstar-TV Guide will provide Insight's cable systems with the most advanced version of its IPG, supporting Insight's interactive digital services platform, including its VOD service, HDTV programming and digital video recorder functionality.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Digital Gateway Road Runner Insight@Home InsightBroadband Insight Midwest, LP InsightHDTV InsightDigital AT&T Digital Phone
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael S. Willner, CEO Michael S. Willner, Pres. Dinesh C. Jain, Exec. VP/COO Dinesh C. Jain, CFO Pamela E. Halling, Sr. VP-Mktg. and Programming Jim Morgan, Sr. VP-Human Resources Patrick Forde, VP-New Tech. Integration Charles E. Dietz, Sr. VP/Chief Tech. Officer Daniel Mannino, Sr. VP/Controller Jerry Knights, VP-Telephone Eng. Elliot Brecher, Sr. VP/General Counsel Elizabeth Grier, VP-Admin. E. Scott Cooley, Sr. VP-Employee Rel. and Dev. Kim Messina, VP-Comm. Gregg Graff, Sr. VP-Video Services Mike Page, Sr. VP-Data and Telephony Services James A. Stewart, Sr. VP-High Speed Data Oper. Sidney R. Knafel, Chmn.
Phone: 917-286-2300 Fax: 917-286-2301 Toll-Free: Address: 810 7th Ave., New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $666,487 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $111,105 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $807,900 2002 Profits: $-48,000 Stock Ticker: ICCI 2001 Sales: $704,400 2001 Profits: $-74,800 Employees: 3,350 2000 Sales: $476,200 2000 Profits: $-43,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $242,700 1999 Profits: $-84,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $558,900 Second Exec. Salary: $524,500 One of the nation's largest cable TV firms/Top-tier technology.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$165,000 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
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INSTRUCTIVISION INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.instructivision.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Educational Multimedia Production Educational Software, Books and Videos Video Production Services
Instructivision, Inc. is a multimedia publishing and production company that develops supplemental educational software, videotapes and related workbooks for schools and instructional videotapes for businesses. Educational products are sold to elementary and high schools throughout the United States, although approximately 70% of its revenues are derived from sales to New Jersey schools. The firm’s products prepare students for proficiency assessments, high school graduation and college admission tests. Its business products include video production services, such as video taping, editing, duplication, CD-ROM and foreign standards conversion for businesses in the north-central New Jersey area. Since 1998, the company’s educational products have been marketed by Queue, Inc. Instructivision owns a video production studio and postproduction facility in which it creates these video programs for schools and industry. Corporate clients use the firm’s video services for employee orientation videos, medical information, seminars and special event coverage. The company’s services include scriptwriting, on-location and studio recording, digital and analog editing, animation, CDROM recording, duplication and fulfillment services. Since its inception, when its sole business was multimedia test preparation for high school students preparing for college exams and proficiency tests, Instructivision has expanded its product line to include workbooks, computer software and video programs for fourth- to 12th-grade students and instructional video tapes for teachers, administrators and parents. The firm also produces educational software and books for other publishers under royalty agreements. Instructivision is currently working on several products, including revisions of existing SAT, ACT and GED test preparation products and new study material for fifth and sixth grades.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Queue, Inc. Educational Options, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rosemary Comras, CEO Rosemary Comras, Pres. Rosemary Comras, Corp. Sec. Rosemary Comras, Treas. Rosemary Comras, Chief Acc. Officer Rosemary Comras, Chmn.
Phone: 973-575-9992 Fax: 973-575-9134 Toll-Free: 888-551-5144 Address: 16 Chapin Rd., Ste. 904, Pine Brook, NJ 07058 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $ 859 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ 16 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $ 760 2002 Profits: $- 9 Stock Ticker: ISTC 2001 Sales: $ 880 2001 Profits: $- 171 Employees: 5 2000 Sales: $ 900 2000 Profits: $ 100 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $ 900 1999 Profits: $- 300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $85,879 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Unique multimedia niche.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
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Northeast: Y
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INTEGRITY INC Industry Group Code: 512230 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.integritymusic.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Christian Music Publishing Songbooks Software Videos Book Publishing
Integrity, Inc. is a media communications company that produces and publishes Christian music, books and related products developed to facilitate worship, entertainment and education. Product formats include cassettes, compact discs, software, videos and songbooks. The company produces Christian music ranging from praise and worship music, its largest category, to other styles of adult contemporary Christian music and children's music. Products are sold primarily through retail stores and directly to consumers throughout the United States and in 167 other countries worldwide. The company also produces songs recorded in indigenous languages, utilizing local artists and local songs to produce the recordings. Integrity produces products in a broad range of languages, including Russian, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Portuguese and Indonesian. Moreover, the firm operates international subsidiary offices in the U.K., Australia and Singapore. The company plans to expand into various markets through importers, who would sell company-provided products, or through distributors licensed to produce Integrity products from a master recording. Moreover, the company’s Integrity Publishing subsidiary publishes information for cities, communities and charitable organizations. In July 2002, Integrity announced the purchase of M2 Communications, LLC, an artist-based independent Christian music company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The purchase has allowed the company to enter the pop segment of Christian music.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Hosanna! Music FairHope Records Songs4Worship iWorship World's Best Praise and Worship Integrity Notes Integrity Publishing, Inc. M2 Communications, LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. P. Michael Coleman, CEO P. Michael Coleman, Pres. Jerry W. Weimer, Exec. VP/COO Donald S. Ellington, CFO/Sr. VP-Finance Daniel D. McGuffey, Sr. VP/Chief Mktg. Officer Donald S. Ellington, Sr. VP-Admin. Donald J. Moen, Exec. VP/Creative Dir. Keith J. Manwaring, Sr. VP/Managing Dir.-Integrity Int'l Group Robert G. Rist, Sr. VP/General Mgr.-Integrity Direct Byron D. Williamson, CEO/Pres., Integrity Publishing P. Michael Coleman, Chmn.
Phone: 334-633-9000 Fax: 334-633-7324 Toll-Free: 800-533-6912 Address: 1000 Cody Rd., Mobile, AL 36695 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $53,352 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $1,207 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $66,300 2002 Profits: $2,200 Stock Ticker: ITGR 2001 Sales: $71,000 2001 Profits: $2,800 Employees: 203 2000 Sales: $51,800 2000 Profits: $1,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $45,600 1999 Profits: $1,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $333,644 Second Exec. Salary: $241,552 Produces music in several languages/Focus on the Christian market.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $253,303
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast:
International: Y
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INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATIONwww.interactivedatacorp.com Industry Group Code: 514100 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Information Service-Stock Market & Equities Information Portfolio Management Software Consulting and Valuation Services
Interactive Data Corporation is a leading global provider of financial and business information to institutional and retail investors. Interactive Data distributes real-time, end-of-day and historically archived data to customers through a variety of products featuring Internet, dedicated line, satellite and dialup delivery protocols. Through a broad range of strategic alliances, it also provides links to leading financial service and software companies offering trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation services. The corporation has four divisions: FT Interactive Data, ComStock, eSignal and CMS BondEdge. FT Interactive Data supplies time-sensitive pricing, dividend, corporate action and descriptive information for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, as well as fixed-income portfolio analytics, consulting and valuation services to institutional fixed-income portfolio managers. FT Interactive Data specializes in hard-to-value unlisted fixed-income instruments and hard-to-get information from emerging markets. Moreover, the company provides index and constituent data to banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies, money management firms, government agencies, stock exchanges, trading houses, custodians and fund managers worldwide. ComStock is a real-time information service which provides worldwide financial data, news, historical information and software applications covering equity, fixed-income, foreign exchange, commodities and money markets. eSignal is the retail arm of the firm. Its flagship product, eSignal, is the leading real-time, streaming quote service that delivers continuously updating, time-sensitive financial data over the Internet to investors’ and traders’ PCs and laptops. CMS BondEdge is a leader in fixed-income analytical software, providing bond research, analytics and valuation tools for 500 of the nation's top investment management firms, insurance companies, banks and institutional brokerage houses. In recent news, Interactive Data announced an agreement with SunGard Securities Processing, delivering real-time margin calculations on any holding listed on any exchange.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: FT Interactive Data eSignal CMS BondEdge ComStock
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stuart J. Clark, CEO Stuart J. Clark, Pres. Steven G. Crane, Exec. VP/CFO Andrea H. Loew, VP/Corp. Sec Andrea H. Loew, General Counsel Raymond L. D'Arcy, Pres.-Data Delivery Products, FT Interactive Data John L. King, COO-FT Interactive Data Stephen Hill, Chmn.
Phone: 781-687-8500 Fax: 781-687-8005 Toll-Free: Address: 22 Crosby Dr., Bedford, MA 01730 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $442,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $72,200 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $375,000 2002 Profits: $60,700 Stock Ticker: IDCO 2001 Sales: $340,000 2001 Profits: $4,300 Employees: 1,570 2000 Sales: $314,138 2000 Profits: $-143,472 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $188,956 1999 Profits: $6,197
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $462,500 Second Exec. Salary: $332,500 A leading provider of real-time financial market data.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$369,444 $217,600
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC www.sportxction.com Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Software-Sporting Events Wagering
Interactive Systems Worldwide, Inc. (ISWI), formerly International Sports Wagering, Inc., designed, developed and patented an interactive, PC-based hardware system and a proprietary software system called SportXction, which enables bettors to wager during the course of sporting events such as football, baseball, basketball and hockey. The system accepts bets for specific game situations, such as whether a football team will make a first down, whether a batter will get on base, whether a penalty shot will be successful or whether a player will make two foul shots. SportXction also accepts traditional bets on the outcome of a sporting event. The system permits betting while the game is in progress, such as between downs or pitches. Wagers may be placed simultaneously through a variety of electronic devices, including interactive television terminals, computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and web-enabled cell phones. The system continuously adjusts the odds on the sides of the betting propositions, as necessary, to encourage betting patterns that balance the betting pool with desired tolerances. When the pool is in perfect balance, users essentially play against each other, with the house effectively operating the game for a fee. The system’s software is capable of accommodating 1.5 million simultaneous users in each of its 32 regional facilities, with each regional system capable of processing 25,000 transactions in a five-second interval. In recent news, ISWI acquired Global Interactive Gaming, Ltd. (GIG), which now acts as the firm’s marketing, sales, implementation, support and operations unit. In recent news, GIG successfully launched a new version of SportXction software in cooperation with its strategic partners, ukbetting, plc. The new multi-sided product enables GIG to offer balanced betting pools on wagers with large numbers of potential outcomes. This allows GIG to offer much higher payouts to winners as each potential outcome is only one of a larger number of possibilities.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SportXction Yarlow, Inc. Global Interactive Gaming, Ltd. International Sports Wagering, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Barry Mindes, CEO Bernard Albanese, Pres. James F. McDade, VP/CFO Barry Mindes, Corp. Sec. Bernard Albanese, Treas. Andrew Harbison, VP-Software and Systems Dev. Barry Mindes, Chmn.
Phone: 973-256-8181 Fax: 973-256-8211 Toll-Free: Address: 2 Andrews Dr., 2nd Fl., West Patterson, NJ 07424-2672 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $ 14 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-5,577 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $4,300 2002 Profits: $2,000 Stock Ticker: ISWI 2001 Sales: $4,700 2001 Profits: $5,300 Employees: 25 2000 Sales: $1,600 2000 Profits: $- 800 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $ 100 1999 Profits: $-2,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $326,923 Second Exec. Salary: $273,077 Unique computer system offers multiple betting opportunities.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INTERACTIVECORP Industry Group Code: 513210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.iac.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Shopping Programs Travel Booking Services Ticket Sales E-Commerce Online Mortgages and Loans
InterActiveCorp, formerly USA Interactive, focuses on the convergence of entertainment, information and direct selling. After selling its entertainment segment to Vivendi Universal SA, InterActiveCorp's principal operating assets now include Ticketmaster, the Hotel Reservation Network, the Home Shopping Network and Internet sites such as Citysearch.com, Match.com, City Auction, Live Daily, Hotels.com, Electronic Commerce Solutions and Precision Response Corp., among others. Ticketmaster (formerly Ticketmaster Online Citysearch, Inc.) is an online ticket sales company and an Internet provider of local content and online transactions. Ticketmaster is involved in ticketing operations and is the leading provider of automated ticketing services in the United States, providing consumers with access to tickets for more than 350,000 events a year. Another widely known division of the company, the Home Shopping Network sells a variety of consumer goods and services by means of live, customer-interactive electronic retail sales programs which are transmitted via satellite to cable television systems, affiliated broadcast television stations and satellite dish receivers. The network operates three retail sales programs in the United States, each 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, in English and in Spanish. In recent news, InterActiveCorp completed the purchase of Expedia.com and announced that it will buy the 32% of Hotels.com that it did not already own. In May 2003, the company agreed to acquire online mortgage broker Lending Tree. Additionally, in October 2003, the company acquired Anyway.com, the third-largest online travel site in France.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Anyway.com Ticketmaster USA Interactive Home Shopping Network Expedia.com Lending Tree Hotels.com Hotel Reservation Network
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Barry Diller, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, CFO David Ellen, General Counsel Julius Genachowski, Chief of Bus. Oper. Dan Marriott, VP-Strategic Planning Ron Sato, VP-Corp. Comm. Robert E. Hougie, VP-Mergers and Acquisitions Shana Fisher, VP-Bus. Oper. Anne Busquet, Sr. Advisor Barry Diller, Chmn.
Phone: 212-314-7300 Fax: 212-314-7309 Toll-Free: Address: 152 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $4,523,515 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $1,586 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,621,200 2002 Profits: $1,953,100 Stock Ticker: IACI 2001 Sales: $5,285,000 2001 Profits: $384,000 Employees: 23,200 2000 Sales: $4,601,500 2000 Profits: $-148,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,371,700 1999 Profits: $-27,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $650,000 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $500,000 Bonus: ADVANTAGE: Focus on Internet- and TV-based direct sales/Has acquired excellent travel assets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$2,500,000 $2,750,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
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INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC Industry Group Code: 541810 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
www.interep.com Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Advertising Time Sales Web Publishing Sales Consulting Online Advertising Sales
Interep National Radio Sales, Inc., an advertising and marketing company, is one of the largest independent national spot radio representatives in the U.S. The company provides innovative marketing solutions and integrated media campaigns to help national and regional advertisers achieve their business objectives. Typical media outlets utilized by the company include radio, the Internet, streaming audio and other media. Through its nine representation firms, Interep represents over 2,000 radio stations, including many of the most prestigious broadcast groups in the U.S. These include ABC/Disney, Citadel, Emmis Communications, Entercom, Infinity Broadcasting, Radio One and Jefferson Pilot. Interep’s clients include a 54% market share of advertising in the top 10 radio stations. Interep is also the parent company of several subsidiaries, including Cybereps, Perfect Circle Media and Winstar Interactive Media. These interactive representation and web publishing firms specialize in the sales and marketing of online advertising, such as streaming media. In addition, the firm owns Morris and Abraham, a sales consulting company that works with media clients to develop effective sales promotions. Interep has 16 offices spanning the major cities and advertising centers in the U.S. In recent news, Interep formed a joint venture with Ronning/Lipset Radio to sell audio advertising on Yahoo! Radio Services.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cybereps Perfect Circle Media Winstar Interactive Media Morris and Abraham RadioExchange Interep Marketing Group
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ralph C. Guild, CEO George Pine, COO William J. McEntee, Jr., CFO Marc G. Guild, Pres.-Mktg. Div. Jeff Dashev, Pres.-Sales
Phone: 212-916-0700 Fax: 212-916-0772 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Park Ave., New York, NY 10017 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $64,800 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-32,042 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $94,600 2002 Profits: $-17,600 Stock Ticker: IREP 2001 Sales: $102,600 2001 Profits: $-19,900 Employees: 480 2000 Sales: $107,800 2000 Profits: $-2,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $103,400 1999 Profits: $-12,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $907,046 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $342,046 ADVANTAGE: Massive radio advertising distribution network.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$531,279 $36,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
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INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.interlott.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Lottery Ticket Vending Machines Phone Card Dispensing Machines Smart Card Dispensing Machines
Interlott Technologies is the nation’s leading designer, manufacturer, retailer and servicer of dispensing machines for the telecommunications and lottery industries. The company offers its lottery customers several different models of products, ranging from lottery machines that dispense from two to 16 scratch-off instant lottery games to pull-tab machines that dispense up to eight different games. The firm has more than 30,000 machines in 29 states as well as the District of Columbia and 14 international locations. Some of Interlott’s customers include the Arizona Lottery, the Maryland Lottery, the Massachusetts State Lottery, the Maine State Lottery and the New Hampshire Lottery. The machines are leased to state lotteries or licensed contractors for use in convenience stores and other retail locations. The company also markets pre-paid telephone card dispensing machines and smart card dispensing machines. Already mature in Europe, the pre-paid telephone card market has been rapidly increasing in the U.S. over the last several years. These machines allow long-distance carriers to sell pre-paid telephone cards in retail locations without the assistance of an employee. In 2003, Interlott was acquired by GTECH, a leading global information technology company whose core market is the lottery industry.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Modular Vending Platform Expandable Dispensing System Compact Dispensing System GameGuard CheckWriter PlayPoint GTECH
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David F. Nichols, CEO David F. Nichols, Pres. Thomas W. Stokes, COO Dennis W. Blazer, CFO Gary S. Bell, Corp. Sec. Gary S. Bell, Treas. L. Rogers Wells, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 513-701-7000 Fax: 513-701-7001 Toll-Free: Address: 7697 Innovation Way, Mason, OH 45040 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $24,000 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $1,200 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $52,000 2002 Profits: $3,100 Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $42,700 2001 Profits: $1,900 Employees: 231 2000 Sales: $42,600 2000 Profits: $3,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $22,300 1999 Profits: $2,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $350,000 Second Exec. Salary: $226,317 Valuable contracts with state lottery systems.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
www.igonline.com Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computerized Casino Gambling Software Lottery Systems Gaming Devices
International Game Technology (IGT) is a world leader in the development and manufacture of computerized gaming products. Mostly serving the casino gaming industry, the company sells its products in legalized gaming markets in the U.S., Australia, Europe, Japan, Latin America, New Zealand and South Africa. The company is separated into three primary business segments: product sales, proprietary gaming and lottery systems. Product sales cover the design, manufacture and marketing of the company’s computerized gaming products. Domestically, this includes traditional spinningreel slot machines, video gaming machines, governmentsponsored terminals and other video gaming devices. Internationally, the company makes products focused on casino-style, private club, gaming hall or governmentsponsored venues. IGT holds an estimated 67% of the U.S. market for its product area. In addition to the machines themselves, the company offers casino management software, including IGT Gaming Systems, which can keep track of machine use, and the EZ-Pay system, which allows patrons to use cards with the machines instead of coins. The proprietary gaming section of the company manages gaming installments for other companies. The lottery system section is comprised of pari-mutuel wagering systems, operations and products, covering both lottery terminals and the systems that run them. The company recently sold its online lottery gaming business, ITG Online Entertainment, to Scientific Games Corp. for $143 million in cash. IGT offers its employees a comprehensive benefits package, as well as discretionary time off at the rate of 10 hours per month for the first five years and at increasing rates thereafter.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MegaJackpots Anchor Gaming IGT Gaming Systems EZ-Pay Game King United Tote Acres Gaming, Inc
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas J. Matthews, CEO Thomas J. Matthews, COO Maureen T. Mullarkey, CFO Ward Chilton, Sr. VP-North American Sales Randy Kirner, VP-Human Resources Sara Beth Brown, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Sara Beth Brown, General Counsel Anthony Ciorciari, Sr. VP-Oper. Maureen T. Mullarkey, Treas. Richard Pennington, Sr. VP-Product Dev.
Phone: 775-448-7777 Fax: 775-448-0719 Toll-Free: Address: 9295 Prototype Dr., Reno, NV 89521 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $2,128,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $390,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,847,568 2002 Profits: $271,165 Stock Ticker: IGT 2001 Sales: $1,199,200 2001 Profits: $213,900 Employees: 6,200 2000 Sales: $898,400 2000 Profits: $156,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $854,100 1999 Profits: $62,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $690,385 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $328,846 ADVANTAGE: One of the largest gaming system manufacturers in the world.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$2,100,000 $900,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS www.ilts.com Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Software-Lottery and Racetrack Wagering Facilities Management Services
International Lottery and Totalizator Systems (ILTS) provides online, computerized wagering equipment and systems to racing organizations and lotteries worldwide. Moreover, ILTS provides facilities management services to organizations authorized to conduct online lotteries. The company’s wagering systems include the DATAMARK and Intelimark families of point-of-sale terminals. DATAMARK technology is capable of issuing tickets both for standard betting and pool wagers used in pari-mutuel wagering. The terminals thus facilitate multiple bets on one ticket and multiple selections for each bet. Utilizing its DataTrak technology, the company also sets up the network needed to connect the terminals. The company’s technology can also be used in other transaction processing systems, such as automated tollbooth systems for turnpikes. The company in recent years has become a major supplier to government-sponsored lotteries. ILTS’s major customers include the New South Wales Lottery, the Singapore Turf Club and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Over the last decade, the firm has grown to serve customers in 18 countries, providing advanced online wagering systems and facilities management services. In recent news, ILTS supplied lottery systems to Philippine Gaming Management Corp. and Sports Toto Malaysia, one of the leading national online lotteries in Malaysia.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DataTrak ILTS Australia, Pty. Ltd. Intelimark DATAMARK
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. M. Mark Michalko, Pres. M. Mark Michalko, CFO Timothy R. Groth, VP-Tech. Oper. Lawrence E. Logue, Corp. Sec. Ooi Lee Meng, Exec. VP
Phone: 760-931-4000 Fax: 760-931-1789 Toll-Free: Address: 2131 Faraday Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008-7297 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $22,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ 800 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $18,200 2002 Profits: $1,300 Stock Ticker: ITSI.OB 2001 Sales: $4,203 2001 Profits: $- 155 Employees: 64 2000 Sales: $24,100 2000 Profits: $2,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 4/30 1999 Sales: $5,700 1999 Profits: $-4,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $181,757 Second Exec. Salary: $154,102 Unique products and services for racetracks.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP Industry Group Code: 713990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.iscmotorsports.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Motorsports Racing Theme Park Sports Radio Network Museum
International Speedway Corporation is a leading promoter of motorsports activities in the U.S. The company owns and/or operates 12 of the major motorsports facilities in the U.S., including Daytona International Speedway in Florida, home of the Daytona 500; Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, the fastest stock car track; and Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, the first stock car superspeedway. The company also holds a 37.5% interest in Raceway Associates, LLC, which owns and operates two nationally recognized motorsports facilities in Illinois. The firm also owns and operates Motor Racing Network Radio, the largest independent sports radio network in the U.S. International Speedway promotes numerous racing events and broadcasts them and other motorsports programming through this network. Moreover, the firm owns and operates DAYTONA USA, a motorsports-themed entertainment complex that includes interactive media, theaters, historical memorabilia and exhibits. DAYTONA, USA is the official attraction of NASCAR. International Speedway’s Americrown Service Corp. subsidiary conducts the food, beverage and souvenir concession operations at the firm’s facilities and provides catering services to customers in suites and chalets at the its superspeedways. Another subsidiary, Motorsports International, produces and markets motorsports-related merchandise. Chairman Bill France, Jr. and his family own 39% of the company, as well as controlling NASCAR.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DAYTONA International Speedway Darlington Raceway Talladega Superspeedway DAYTONA USA Americrown Service Corp. Motorsports International Raceway Associates, LLC Motor Racing Network Radio
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James C. France, CEO Lesa Kennedy, Pres. John Saunders, Exec. VP/COO Susan G. Schandel, VP/CFO Paul Phipps, VP-Mktg. and Sales Gary Crotty, VP/Corp. Sec. Gary Crotty, General Counsel Lee Combs, Sr. VP-Corp. Dev. John Graham, VP-Corp. Comm. and Bus. Affairs Les Richter, VP-Special Projects Grant Lynch, VP William C. France, Chmn.
Phone: 386-254-2700 Fax: 386-947-6816 Toll-Free: Address: 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $403,100 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $73,600 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $543,300 2002 Profits: $-410,900 Stock Ticker: ISCA 2001 Sales: $523,300 2001 Profits: $87,600 Employees: 900 2000 Sales: $440,400 2000 Profits: $50,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30 1999 Sales: $298,700 1999 Profits: $56,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $483,500 Second Exec. Salary: $437,800
Bonus: Bonus:
$191,502 $141,827
Owns the home of the Daytona 500.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
Y
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INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC Industry Group Code: 541810 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.interpublic.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Advertising Services Marketing Consulting Market Research
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the world's leading diversified marketing and advertising firms. The firm owns and operates a full range of marketing subsidiaries grouped into four global operating divisions: McCann-Erickson WorldGroup, FCB Group, The Partnership and Advanced Marketing Services (AMS) and The Interpublic Sports & Entertainment Group. Combined, the Interpublic companies operate in more than 650 offices in 130 countries around the world. They serve more than 4,000 multinational, regional and local clients, including some of the most recognized corporations and brand names in the world. The parent company provides strategic direction as well as centralized business services, including finance and acquisitions support, real estate expertise, legal counsel and investor relations. This allows the Interpublic companies to focus on their clients’ marketing and advertising campaigns. The firm offers advertising agency services through association arrangements with local agencies in various parts of the world. The company’s marketing services include media buying, direct marketing, public relations, market research, sales promotion and other related services. Interpublic plans and creates advertising programs for its clients and places advertising in various media, including television, cinema, radio, magazines, newspapers, direct mail, outdoor and interactive electronic media. The firm has developed deep expertise in online advertising and ecommerce branding. The company recently announced the sale of its NFO research unit to Taylor Nelson Sofres, a leading global provider of marketing research and information services.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: McCann-Erickson WorldGroup FCB Group Jack Morton Worldwide Advanced Marketing Services True North Communications Universal McCann Worldwide FutureBrand Interpublic Sports & Entertainment Group
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David A. Bell, CEO David A. Bell, Pres. Christopher J. Coughlin, COO Sean F. Orr, CFO Bruce S. Nelson, Chief Mktg. Officer Brian Brooks, Chief Human Resources Officer Richard P. Sneeder, Jr., Controller Nicholas J. Camera, Corp. Sec. Nicholas J. Camera, General Counsel David I. Weiss, VP-Bus. Dev. Philippe Krakowsky, VP-Corp. Comm. Susan V. Watson, Sr. VP-Investor Rel. Steven Berns, Treas. Barry R. Linsky, Exec. VP Albert Conte, Sr. VP-Financial Services Kevin Allen, Chief Growth Officer Thomas Dowling, Chief Risk Officer David A. Bell, Chmn.
Phone: 212-399-8000 Fax: 212-399-8130 Toll-Free: Address: 1271 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $4,234,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-349,200 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $6,204,000 2002 Profits: $100,000 Stock Ticker: IPG 2001 Sales: $6,727,000 2001 Profits: $-505,000 Employees: 50,800 2000 Sales: $7,182,700 2000 Profits: $420,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $6,417,200 1999 Profits: $359,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Respected name and worldwide network of offices.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,500,000 $1,600,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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INTERTAN INC Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.intertan.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronics Stores, Retail-Franchised Online Sales Repair Services
InterTAN, Inc. sells consumer electronics products and services through company-operated retail stores and dealer outlets throughout Canada. The dealer outlets are independent retail businesses, which operate under their own trade names but are permitted, under dealer agreements, to purchase and resell any of the products sold by company-operated stores. InterTAN was created in 1986 in order to acquire the foreign retail operations of the RadioShack Corporation. It currently operates around 960 retail stores under the names RadioShack, Rogers AT&T Wireless Communications Express and Battery Plus, which was acquired in early 2002. InterTAN’s stores are typically located in malls and shopping centers in order to conveniently provide products and services that meet a wide range of consumer electronic needs. In addition to its merchandise, InterTAN provides after-sale services for all the products it sells during warranty periods and beyond. The company additionally offers out-of-warranty repair services. Consumers can also purchase over 100,000 electronic products through the firm’s ecommerce site, located at RadioShack.ca. InterTAN has streamlined its operations by selling off its retail businesses in Australia and Europe and focusing solely on its operations in Canada.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: RadioShack Rogers AT&T Wireless Communications Express Battery Plus Rogers Wireless, Inc. InterTAN Canada, Ltd. RadioShack.ca
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Brian E. Levy, CEO Brian E. Levy, Pres. James P. Maddox, VP-Finance/CFO Jeffrey A. Losch, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Jeffrey A. Losch, General Counsel Ean G. Daoust, Sr. VP-Sales Channels Ron G. Stegall, Chmn.
Phone: 705-728-6242 Fax: 705-728-2012 Toll-Free: Address: 279 Bayview Dr., Barrie, Ontario L4M4W5 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $403,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $7,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $393,800 2002 Profits: $13,600 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $468,800 2001 Profits: $23,500 Employees: 2,891 2000 Sales: $484,218 2000 Profits: $25,120 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $500,050 1999 Profits: $-24,645
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $141,085 ADVANTAGE: Strong relationship and franchise agreements with RadioShack-U.S.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$34,723 $86,556
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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INTERVIDEO INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.intervideo.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer SoftwareDigital and Audio Software
InterVideo, Inc. is a leading provider of DVD software and offers a broad suite of advanced digital video and audio multimedia software products. Its software products are available in up to 27 different languages and allow users to capture, edit, author, burn, distribute and play digital multimedia content on PCs and consumer electronics. The firm’s software is bundled with products sold by nine of the top 10 PC manufacturers including Dell and HewlettPackard. InterVideo also sells to consumer electronics manufacturers and PC peripherals manufacturers worldwide. The firm has offices in Europe, Taiwan, Japan and China. InterVideo recently went through an initial public offering and is now traded under the stock ticker IVII. The firm has released several new products including the Platinum Version of DVDCopy, the WinDVD Add-on Pack, WinDVD Creator Platinum 2, WinDVD 5 and WinDVR 3. NPD Intellect, an independent survey organization that tracks retail sales, recognized WinDVD Platinum, the company’s premier DVD player software, as one of the three top-selling solutions in the multimedia/authoring category. InterVideo recently expanded its European presence through a distribution alliance with asknet AG, a German company and a leader in digital software logistics services in Europe.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WinDVD WinDVR WinRip WinDVD Recorder WinDVD Creator WinProducer WinCinema Manager InterVideo DVD Copy
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steve Ro, CEO Steve Ro, Pres. Randall Bambrough, CFO Raul Diaz, VP-Sales C.C. Kuo, Chief Scientist Honda Shing, Chief Tech. Officer Chinn Chin, VP-Eng. Mike Ling, VP-Mktg. Ioannis Katsavounidis, Software Mgr. Steve Ro, Chmn.
Phone: 510-651-0888 Fax: 510-651-8808 Toll-Free: Address: 47350 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $57,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $7,800 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $45,500 2002 Profits: $7,700 Stock Ticker: IVII 2001 Sales: $33,800 2001 Profits: $-8,700 Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Agreements with major manufacturers/Award-winning software
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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INTERVISUAL BOOKS INC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.intervisualbooks.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pop-Up Book Publishing Board Games Novelty Children's Books
Intervisual Books, Inc. (IBI) is engaged in the business of creating and packaging a diversified line of pop-up and novelty books, primarily for children. To a lesser extent, the company also produces pop-up and dimensional game boards and playsets, as well as cloth books. IBI’s products incorporate dimensional and movable features, in which pictures come to life through complex multiple movements activated by opening the pages, pulling tabs, turning wheels and lifting flaps. IBI also incorporates electronic audio and musical chips and lights into some of its works. The firm had produced pop-up versions of many popular children’s books, such as Madeline, Good Night Moon, Paddington, Tales of Peter Rabbit and fairy tale classics. IBI also publishes educational material, including The Human Body, a book with anatomical pop-ups, and a series of Learn About books, which teach children such things as colors, sizes and numbers. The company develops its own books and generally grants the exclusive publishing rights to one publisher in each country. It also develops books in partnership with the publisher to produce pop-up versions of existing titles owned by the publishers, including the works of key artists or writers controlled by the publisher. In some cases, IBI will itself publish certain titles and offer them to retailers through a distributor. The firm sells and markets its self-published titles under the trade name Piggy Toes Press.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Piggie Toes Press
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Louis Perlman, CEO Beth Bradmon, CFO Sandy Balin, VP-Domestic Sales Gail A. Thornhill, Controller Gail A. Thornhill, Corp. Sec. Cameron Sun, Mgr.-Finance Dorothea DeProsco-Wang, VP-Creative/Associate Publisher Laurie Gilbert, VP-Production Louis Perlman, Chmn.
Phone: 310-302-0600 Fax: 310-302-0636 Toll-Free: Address: 12910 Culver Blvd., Ste. C, Los Angeles, CA 90066 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: IVBK 2001 Sales: $13,900 2001 Profits: $-5,200 Employees: 46 2000 Sales: $19,400 2000 Profits: $-2,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $18,300 1999 Profits: $- 900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $220,000 Second Exec. Salary: $171,850 Unique pop-up books and games for children.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
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ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.theislecorp.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Horse Racing Cruise Ship
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. is one of the 10 largest publicly held gaming companies in the United States and currently operates riverboat, dockside and land-based casinos at 14 locations throughout Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado and Nevada. Additionally, Isle of Capri operates the Pompano Park Harness Racing Track in Florida and the Enchanted Capri cruise ship. The ship, which sails out of New Orleans, features an onboard Isle of Capri casino. The company aggressively markets its casinos with a Caribbean theme, focusing on a preexisting loyal customer base. IsleOne is the company’s promotional program. Subscribing customers can use their players club card at all of the company’s properties except Colorado Grand-Cripple Creek, as well as gain rewards through a partnership with Carnival Cruise Lines. IsleOne currently has almost 5 million members. Isle of Capri also has substantial investments in the area of St. Louis, with more than $300 million in commercial and residential projects. In recent news, the company is expanding into the United Kingdom with a regional casino and entertainment complex. The development, located in Salford, will include a 20,000-seat rugby stadium devoted to the Salford City Reds, as well as 50,000 square feet containing an Isle of Capri casino. Isle of Capri Casinos offers job opportunities in all aspects of its gaming ventures and business operations, complete with extensive training.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Enchanted Capri Cruise Ship IsleOne Lady Luck Gaming Corp. Miss Marquette Enchanted Capri Pompano Park Harness Racing Track Colorado Grand-Cripple Creek Casino
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bernard Goldstein, CEO Timothy M. Hinkley, Pres. Timothy M. Hinkley, COO Rexford A. Yeisley, Sr. VP/CFO Lester McMackin, VP-Mktg. Robert Boone, VP-Human Resources David R. Teague, VP-Info. Systems Allan B. Solomon, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Allan B. Solomon, General Counsel Thomas Carr, Sr. VP-Oper. Gregory D. Guida, VP-Bus. Dev. Rexford A. Yeisley, Treas. Roger W. Deaton, Regional VP-Oper. Don Mitchell, VP-Finance Richard L. Meister, VP-Construction and Design Robert S. Fiore, Regional VP-Oper. Bernard Goldstein, Chmn.
Phone: 228-396-7000 Fax: 228-396-2634 Toll-Free: Address: 1641 Popps Ferry Rd., Biloxi, MS 39532 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,065,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $45,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,085,300 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: ISLE 2001 Sales: $982,800 2001 Profits: $25,100 Employees: 12,000 2000 Sales: $646,700 2000 Profits: $31,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 4/30 1999 Sales: $456,900 1999 Profits: $-24,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $550,000 Second Exec. Salary: $550,000 Positioned to become one of the most successful small casino companies.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$102,606 $102,606
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y Y
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IVILLAGE INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ivillage.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Women's Network Educational Materials Publishing Cable TV Programming
iVillage, Inc. is a media company that operates iVillage.com, Lamaze Publishing and the Newborn Channel. iVillage.com is a leading women’s online destination that provides practical solutions and everyday support for women 18 years of age and older. Topics discussed on the web site’s channels include astrology, pregnancy, books, entertainment and health. The iVillage web site is organized into communities across multiple topics of high importance to women and offers interactive services, peer support, content and online access to experts and tailored shopping opportunities. Membership to iVillage.com is free and provides features such as email, personal homepages, instant messaging and other community tools. Sponsorships allow the web site to cater to the specific goals of advertisers in the areas of impressions, product research, market research, new product launches, list development, product information and repositioning. Sponsors also have the opportunity to develop a dialogue with their key consumer prospects through iVillage.com’s message boards, chats, polls and special events. Astrology.com and Women.com are also part of the iVillage.com online holdings. Lamaze Publishing produces educational materials for expectant and new parents and is used to solidify iVillage’s strong position in the parenting category. The firm’s Newborn Channel division is a satellite television network that instructs mothers in their hospital rooms after they have given birth. The Business Women’s Network, also a subsidiary of iVillage, provides business related information for women through BWNi.com. Recently, the company and Tesco.com, a subsidiary of Tesco PLC (the largest food retailer in the U.K. and Ireland), restructured their joint venture whereby Tecso will purchase iVillage UK Ltd. and license from iVillage content and intellectual property, including trademarks and copyrights. Media Magazine recently named the company on of the top ten online publishers as well as the number one publisher in the woman’s, family and health category.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lamaze Publishing Newborn Channel iVillage.com Astrology.com Women.com Business Women's Network iVillage Parenting Network, Inc. iVillage Consulting
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Douglas W. McCormick, CEO Scott Levine, CFO Kellie Gould, VP-Programming Michael A. Gilbert, General Counsel Steven A. Elkes, VP-Oper. & Bus. Affairs Jane Tollinger, VP-Oper. & Bus. Affairs Nancy Evans, Editor-in-Chief Scott Levine, Chief Acc. Officer Holly G. Atkinson, MD, MS, FACP, Chmn, iVillage Health Initiatives Richard A. Caccappolo, VP-iVillage Consulting Douglas W. McCormick, Chmn.
Phone: 212-600-6000 Fax: 212-604-9133 Toll-Free: Address: 500-512 7th Ave., New York, NY 10018 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $39,358 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-27,461 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $59,400 2002 Profits: $-34,000 Stock Ticker: IVIL 2001 Sales: $60,000 2001 Profits: $-48,500 Employees: 237 2000 Sales: $76,400 2000 Profits: $-191,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $36,600 1999 Profits: $-93,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $499,993 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $325,008 ADVANTAGE: One of the top 20 digital media companies in the U.S.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$200,000 $130,000
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Northeast: Y
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IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 512131 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.iwerks.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters-Three-Dimensional Ride Simulation Theaters Equipment and Facility Leasing Format Conversion Services
Iwerks Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of SimEx ! Iwerks, designs, engineers, manufactures, markets and services high-tech entertainment attractions that employ a variety of projection, show control, ride simulation and software technologies. The company sells and installs ride simulation attractions in specialty theaters, large-format theaters and theaters that include special 3-D effects. Iwerks also licenses and distributes the films in its library to ride simulation and large-format theaters and specialty theater attractions. The firm produces and distributes films in the 8/70 and 15/70 film format for third parties and also invests in joint ventures by contributing its ride simulation technology, design and equipment and by participating in theater profits. In addition, Iwerks leases camera equipment and rents post-production facilities. The firm also offers format conversion services to the large-format industry. The primary markets for the company's attractions are theme parks, museums, movie theaters and various types of location-based entertainment centers, destination centers and special event venues. Iwerks has installed more than 250 specialty-format theater attractions in 36 countries. Of these, 119 were ride simulation theaters, which the company supports with a library of 50 ride simulation films, the industry's largest premium ride simulation film library. One popular brand of theater marketed by the company is called Extreme Screens. These screens measure 80 feet tall by 80 feet wide and can project 2-D and 3-D pictures.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Iwerks TurboRide Iwerks CineDome Iwerks Video 360 Theater Iwerks Quatro Cinetropolis Encounter in the Third Dimension Extreme Screens SimEx ! Iwerks
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Needham, CEO Don Stults, COO John Choy, CFO Michael Needham, Chmn.
Phone: 818-841-7766 Fax: 818-840-6188 Toll-Free: Address: 4520 W. Valerio St., Burbank, CA 91505-1046 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $22,200 2001 Profits: $-4,800 Employees: 89 2000 Sales: $28,243 2000 Profits: $-22,507 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $34,869 1999 Profits: $-4,778
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $247,373 Second Exec. Salary: $140,481 A leader in the specialty theater attraction market.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
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International: Y
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JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 524113 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.jpfinancial.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Underwriting-Life and Accident Insurance Annuity Policies Radio and Television Stations Sports Programming Production Health Insurance Underwriting Insurance Marketing Services
Jefferson Pilot Corp. and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in the business of writing life, accident and health insurance policies; writing annuity policies; selling other investment products; operating 17 radio stations and three television stations; and producing sports programming. Individual insurance products account for the majority of the firm’s revenues. Jefferson Pilot Corp. has four primary subsidiaries: Jefferson Pilot Benefit Partners, Worksite1, LifeComp and Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation. Jefferson Pilot Benefit Partners offers non-medical insurance including life, long-term disability, short-term disability and dental to businesses. Worksite1 offers competitive payroll-deducted insurance to businesses that cannot afford the cost of offering insurance benefits to their workers. LifeComp offers a variety of estate planning products for businesses and individuals. Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation offers a variety of insurance and brokerage services. In addition to its insurance subsidiaries, the firm owns and operates three television stations in Charlotte, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; and Charleston, South Carolina. The company also owns and operates 17 radio stations located in Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Denver and San Diego.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Jeffersion Pilot Benefit Partners Worksite 1 LifeComp Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Company Jefferson Pilot LifeAmerica Insurance Company Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation First Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company Jefferson Pilot Sports
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David A. Stonecipher, CEO Dennis R. Glass, Pres. Dennis R. Glass, COO Theresa M. Stone, CFO John D. Hopkins, General Counsel Dennis R. Glass, Treas. Kenneth C. Mlekush, Pres.-Insurance Oper. Dennis R. Glass, Pres.-Financial Oper. Robert D. Bates, Pres., Benefit Partners Theresa M. Stone, Pres., JPCC David A. Stonecipher, Chmn.
Phone: 336-691-3000 Fax: 336-691-3283 Toll-Free: Address: 100 N. Green St., Greensboro, NC 27401 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $2,748,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $375,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $3,480,000 2002 Profits: $475,000 Stock Ticker: JP 2001 Sales: $3,330,000 2001 Profits: $538,000 Employees: 3,000 2000 Sales: $3,238,000 2000 Profits: $537,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,561,000 1999 Profits: $495,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,134,658 Second Exec. Salary: $600,000 Diversified businesses/Marketing affiliations.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$669,448 $180,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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JOHN WILEY & SONS INC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.wiley.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Reference Book Publishing Trade Books Business Books Professional, Scientific and Technical Books Textbooks Professional Journals Consumer Guides Web-Based Services
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. publishes books, journals and electronic products primarily for the educational, professional, scientific, technical and consumer markets. The company specializes in publishing scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals and books; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and textbooks and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students as well as lifelong learners. The firm operates publishing, marketing and distribution centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. John Wiley’s STM segment encompasses journals, encyclopedias and electronic products in subjects including life and medical sciences, chemistry, statistics and mathematics, electrical and electronics engineering and select medical areas, with an emphasis on cancer research. John Wiley’s educational materials are targeted to the science, engineering, mathematics and accounting fields. Many of the firm’s textbooks are enhanced with multimedia elements included on a CD bundled with the book. For example, the firm’s Chemistry, Thrid Edition book features computer animations that allow student to actually see molecular processes. The firm is currently expanding into several fields, including business, education and modern languages. In Australia, John Wiley is the leading publisher for the secondary school market. Wiley InterScience, the company’s web-based service, offers fully searchable access to several products, including more than 400 of the firm’s STM journals, major reference works such as encyclopedias and Current Protocols, the widely used laboratory manual series. Subsidiary A&M Publishing, Ltd. is a U.K.-based publisher for the pharmaceutical and health care sectors. GIT Verlag, a German publisher for the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, security and engineering industries, is also owned by the firm. In recent news, the company acquired Hungry Minds, Inc., a major publisher of consumer guides, technology manuals and how-to books. This acquisition, the largest in the company’s history, includes assets such as the popular For Dummies series, Frommer’s travel guides and Cliffs Notes summaries.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Wiley Europe, Ltd. Wiley-VCH Jacaranda Wiley, Ltd. Sleeping Bear Press/Ann Arbor Press A&M Publishing, Ltd. Hungry Minds Wiley InterScience GIT Verlag
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William J. Pesce, CEO William J. Pesce, Pres. Ellis E. Cousens, COO Ellis E. Cousens, Exec. VP/CFO William J. Arlington, Sr. VP-Human Resources Eric A. Swanson, Sr. VP-Scientific and Tech. Div. Warren C. Fristensky, Sr. VP-IT/CIO Edward L. Melando, VP/Corp. Controller Eric A. Swanson, Sr. VP-Medical Div. Josephine A. Bacchi, Corp. Sec. Richard S. Rudick, Sr. VP/General Counsel Timothy B. King, Sr. VP-Planning and Dev. Deborah E. Wiley, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. Walter J. Conkin, VP/Treas. Stephen A. Kippur, Exec. VP/Pres.-Professional and Trade Publishing Bill Zerter, COO-Canada Clifford Kline, Sr. VP-Customer Service and Distribution John Jarvis, Sr. VP-Europe Peter B. Wiley, Chmn.
Phone: 201-748-6000 Fax: 201-748-6088 Toll-Free: Address: 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $854,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $87,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $734,400 2002 Profits: $57,300 Stock Ticker: JWA 2001 Sales: $613,800 2001 Profits: $58,900 Employees: 3,100 2000 Sales: $594,800 2000 Profits: $52,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 4/30 1999 Sales: $508,400 1999 Profits: $39,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $753,846 Second Exec. Salary: $407,500
Bonus: Bonus:
$842,025 $316,560
Aggressive acquisitions policy.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.ebony.com Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Book Publishing Cosmetics and Hair Products Traveling Fashion Show
Johnson Publishing Co. is the world’s largest publishing company owned by African-Americans. It produces both EBONY and JET magazines. EBONY has a monthly readership of 10.7 million. Other parts of the company include Fashion Fair Cosmetics, an African-American cosmetics line; Supreme Beauty Products, a line of hair care products for African-Americans; the book division, which publishes books by African-American authors; and EBONY Fashion Fair, the world’s largest traveling fashion show, which raises money for scholarships and charities in cities across North America. The firm has web sites that support several of its products and divisions, including EbonyFashionFair.com and FashionFair.com.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: EBONY Magazine JET Magazine EBONY Fashion Fair Supreme Beauty Products Fashion Fair Cosmetics EbonyFashionFair.com FashionFair.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Linda Johnson Rice, CEO Linda Johnson Rice, Pres. Eunice W. Johnson, Corp. Sec. Eunice W. Johnson, Treas. Lydia J. Davis Eady, VP/Dir.-Promotions Eunice W. Johnson, Producer/Dir.-EBONY Fashion Fair Lerone Bennett, Jr., Exec. Editor-EBONY Magazine Sylvia P. Flanagan, Sr. Editor-JET Magazine John H. Johnson, Chmn.
Phone: 312-322-9200 Fax: 312-322-0918 Toll-Free: Address: 820 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Strong market position targeted at African-Americans
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.jc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 16
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting Telecommunications Printing Services
Journal Communications, Inc. is a diversified media and communications company with operations in publishing, radio and television broadcasting, telecommunications and printing services. In newspaper publishing, the company publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which serves as the principal daily and Sunday newspaper for the greater Milwaukee area, as well as 47 community newspapers and 39 shoppers. The firm operates seven printing plants in Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut, Louisiana, Florida, Vermont and Massachusetts. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a daily circulation of approximately 250,000, while the combined circulation of local newspapers and shoppers is 1.3 million. Journal Communications also owns and operates 36 radio stations and six television stations in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Arizona, Tennessee, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Okalahoma, Nevada, Michigan and California. In addition, the company owns and operates a large fiber-optic network, with 3,794 route miles connecting Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and Ohio. WorldCom, Inc. and Global Crossing, the company’s largest telecommunications customers, together account for 20% of total telecommunications operating revenue. In recent news, the company purchased two FM radio stations, one in Mt. Vernon, Vermont and one in Ash Grove, Missouri.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Norlight Telecommunications Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Journal Broadcasting Group Add, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steven J. Smith, CEO Douglas G. Kiel, Pres. Paul M. Bonaiuto, CFO Daniel L. Harmsen, VP-Human Resources Anne M. Bauer, Controller Paul E. Kritzer, Corp. Sec. Mary Hill Leahy, General Counsel Mary Alice Tierney, VP-Corp. Comm. Karen O. Trickle, Treas. Douglas G. Kiel, CEO, Journal Broadcasting Group James J. Ditter, Pres., Norlight Telecommunications Robert M. Dye, VP Carl D. Gardner, Pres.-Radio, Journal Broadcasting Group
Phone: 414-224-2425 Fax: 414-224-2469 Toll-Free: Address: 333 W. State St., Milwaukee, WI 53203 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $604,878 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $47,937 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $801,400 2002 Profits: $57,900 Stock Ticker: JRN 2001 Sales: $824,800 2001 Profits: $47,800 Employees: 6,100 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $575,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $415,000 ADVANTAGE: Diversification in publication and broadcasting
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$297,666 $194,705
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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JOURNAL REGISTER CO Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.journalregister.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 20
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Commercial Printing Software Development Online Publishing
Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. newspaper publisher, with a total daily circulation of approximately 560,000. The company owns and operates 23 daily newspapers, including the New Haven Register, Connecticut’s second-largest daily and Sunday newspaper. Other major publications released by the company and its subsidiaries include Connecticut Vacation Guide, Westchester/Fairfield County Times, County Kids and Hudson Valley Guide. Journal Register also owns 236 non-daily publications, with a total distribution of more than 3.6 million, in addition to several commercial printing and software development companies. The firm’s operations are strategically clustered in six geographic areas: Connecticut, Philadelphia and its surrounding areas, greater Cleveland, central New England and the Capital-Saratoga and MidHudson regions of New York. Moreover, Journal Register owns 151 individual web sites featuring its newspapers. The company's newspapers are characterized by an intense focus on coverage of local news and local sports and offer compelling graphic design in colorful, readerfriendly packages. The majority of the company's daily newspapers have been published for more than 100 years and are established franchises with strong identities in the communities they serve. In many cases, Journal Register's daily newspapers are the only generalcirculation daily newspapers published in their respective communities. Over the past decade, Journal Register has employed an aggressive expansion strategy, primarily through acquisitions. Between 1993 and 2000, the company successfully completed 17 strategic acquisitions, gaining 13 daily newspapers, 126 non-daily publications and three commercial printing companies.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: New Haven Register Litchfield County Times (The) Connecticut Vacation Guide Westchester/Fairfield County Times County Kids Conneticut Magazine Freeman Online Hudson Valley Guide
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert M. Jelenic, CEO Robert M. Jelenic, Pres. Jean B. Clifton, Exec. VP/CFO Allen J. Mailman, Sr. VP-Tech. Jean B. Clifton, Corp. Sec. Marc S. Goldfarb, VP/Corp. Counsel Thomas E. Rice, Sr. VP-Oper. William J. Higginson, VP-Production Michael Murray, VP-Circulation Robert M. Jelenic, Chmn.
Phone: 609-396-2200 Fax: 609-396-2292 Toll-Free: Address: 50 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08608-1298 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $301,600 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $23,700 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $407,800 2002 Profits: $49,200 Stock Ticker: JRC 2001 Sales: $394,400 2001 Profits: $78,100 Employees: 4,800 2000 Sales: $464,000 2000 Profits: $169,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $469,600 1999 Profits: $47,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $950,000 Second Exec. Salary: $565,000 Major presence in its markets/Significant business in weeklies.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$400,000 $260,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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JUPITERMEDIA CORP Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.jupitermedia.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Major Business and Technology News Portal Online Trade Publishing Buyer's Guides Media Resources Distance Learning Advertising
Jupitermedia Corp (formerly INT Media Group, Inc.) provides global real-time news and information resources for the Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, web developers and experienced Internet users. The firm owns and operates a network of over 150 web sites and related Internet media properties that are focused solely on the Internet industry and information technology. In addition to the web sites, its network includes 200 e-mail newsletters, which are periodical publications delivered by electronic mail; over 400 online discussion forums, which are electronic message centers where members of specific interest groups review messages left by others and leave their own messages; and over 150 moderated e-mail discussion lists. The site receives over 2 million unique visitors that generate more then 90 million page views monthly. Site visitors are offered real-time Internet industry news, tutorials, training and skills development, market research, buyer's guides and product reviews, discussion forums and software downloads. Jupitermedia has editions of its web site in multiple locations, including Japan, Israel, the U.K., France and Arabia. The firm has the support of over 850 advertisers, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, Lucent Technologies, Compaq, GoTo.com and uBid, Inc. As part of its ongoing international expansion, Jupitermedia has international business-to-business portals in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Singapore and Turkey. The sites are incorporated into Jupitermedia’s growing portfolio of global properties. The company recently announced the acquisition of Nua.com, a global resource for Internet trends and statistics. Nua will become a part of Jupitermedia’s CyberAtlas.com, a leading online source for statistics and information about the growth of the Internet and World Wide Web. The firm offers an entrepreneurial and casual work environment in its offices. Tuition reimbursement is also offered to employees.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Allnetresearch.com SharkyExtreme.com CyberAtlas Research allNetResearch EarthWeb Network Internet.com Corp. Internet.commerce Jupiter Research
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Alan M. Meckler, CEO Christopher S. Cardell, Pres. Christopher S. Cardell, COO Chris J. Baudouin, CFO Kieran Kelly, VP-Sales & Client Services Susan Kotulsky, VP-Human Resources David Schatsky, VP-Research Mark J. Berns, Chief Tech. Officer Mitchell S. Eisenberg, General Counsel Susan Kotulsky, VP-Admin. Chris Elwell, Sr. VP/Gen. Mgr.-internet.com & EarthWeb.com Augustine Venditto, Editor-in-Chief, internet.com & EarthWeb.com Alan M. Meckler, Chmn.
Phone: 203-662-2800 Fax: 203-655-4686 Toll-Free: Address: 23 Old Kings Hwy. S., Darien, CT 06820 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $31,793 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 969 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $40,700 2002 Profits: $- 500 Stock Ticker: JUPM 2001 Sales: $44,000 2001 Profits: $-102,200 Employees: 265 2000 Sales: $52,083 2000 Profits: $-22,977 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $16,085 1999 Profits: $-22,016
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $215,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $167,500 ADVANTAGE: Leading research and statistics provider.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.kerzner.com.
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Resorts and Casino Hotels Casino & Hotel Management
Kerzner International, Ltd. (formerly Sun International Hotels) is a resort and gaming company that develops, operates and manages premier resort and casino properties. The company’s flagship property is its Atlantis resort on Paradise Island near Nassau in the Bahamas, which features the world’s largest open-air aquarium and the largest hotel and casino in the Caribbean market. The 2,317-room resort features three interconnected hotel towers built around a seven-acre lagoon and a 34-acre marine environment. Kerzner International is evaluating plans to expand its Atlantis resort by 1,000 rooms in order to cater to the middle-market customer segment. The firm’s Mohegan Sun property is one of the premier casino gaming properties in the northeastern U.S. and has expanded its gaming space by adding more slot machines and gaming tables. The casino also added a 34-story, 1,200-room luxury hotel, a 10,000-seat arena, 100,000 square feet of convention space and a number of specialty retail shops. Kerzner International manages or owns interests in nine beach resorts, including One & Only Le Saint Geran Hotel, La Pirogue Hotel, Le CoCo Beach, Sugar Beach Resort Hotel, One & Only Palmilla, One & Only Royal Mirage, One & Only Kanuhura, Jumeria Beach and One & Only Le Touessrok Hotel. The firm offers its employees medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as discounted hotel rates.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Atlantis Mohegan Sun Paradise Island La Pirogue Hotel Le CoCo Beach Sugar Beach Resort Hotel Kerzner International North America, Inc. Sun International North America, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Solomon Kerzner, CEO Howard B. Kerzner, Pres. John R. Allison, CFO Karen Carey, Dir.-Human Resources Charles D. Adamo, General Counsel Charles D. Adamo, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev.
Phone: 242-363-6000 Fax: 242-363-5401 Toll-Free: Address: Coral Towers, Paradise Island, Bahamas
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $525,292 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $71,572 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $573,700 2002 Profits: $39,603 Stock Ticker: KZL 2001 Sales: $533,000 2001 Profits: $31,700 Employees: 6,250 2000 Sales: $884,700 2000 Profits: $-119,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $739,000 1999 Profits: $69,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Owns major casino hotels.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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KNIGHT RIDDER INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.kri.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Internet Publishing
Knight Ridder is a California-based media company engaged in a variety of major newspaper operations through its newspaper division as well as Internet publishing through its Knight Ridder Digital division. Formed by the 1974 merger between Knight Newspapers, Inc. and Ridder Publications, Inc., it is the nation’s secondlargest newspaper publisher, issuing large papers such as the Miami Herald, the Detroit Free Press and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Knight Ridder currently publishes 31 daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets, with a readership of 8.3 million daily readers and 12.1 million Sunday readers. The company also publishes 26 nondaily newspapers, as well as shoppers and special publications. News, advertising and information from Knight Ridder reach more than 100 million people worldwide. In addition to operating web sites for each of its newspapers, the company operates the Real Cities network, a group of 83 city and regional web sites in 62 cities specializing in local information and services. Each of the firm’s newspapers and subsidiary companies operates on a substantially autonomous basis through local management. Editorial services and quality control, however, are provided by corporate staff. The firm offers employees medical, dental, vision and long-term care insurance in addition to merit scholarships for employees' children.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Philadelphia Inquirer (The) Miami Herald (The) Knight Newspapers, Inc. Detroit Free Press (The) Ridder Publications, Inc. Tribune Company Real Cities Knight Ridder Digital
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. P. Anthony Ridder, CEO Gary R. Effren, Sr. VP/CFO Mike Petrak, VP-Mktg. Steven J. Stein, VP-Human Resources Virginia D. Fielder, VP-Research Carlos Abaunza, VP/Controller Polk Laffoon, IV, Corp. Sec. Gordon Yamate, VP/General Counsel Joseph Visci, VP-Oper. Alice Wang, VP-Corp. Dev. Polk Laffoon, IV, VP-Corp. Rel. Steve Hannah, VP-Tech. Jerry Ceppos, VP-News Hillary A. Schneider, Pres., Knight Ridder Digital Steven B. Rossi, Pres.-Newspaper Div. P. Anthony Ridder, Chmn.
Phone: 408-938-7700 Fax: 408-938-7766 Toll-Free: Address: 50 W. San Fernando St., San Jose, CA 95113 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $2,084,300 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $133,500 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $2,841,600 2002 Profits: $257,400 Stock Ticker: KRI 2001 Sales: $2,900,200 2001 Profits: $184,800 Employees: 18,000 2000 Sales: $3,211,800 2000 Profits: $314,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,228,200 1999 Profits: $339,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $940,500 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $615,000 ADVANTAGE: Wide variety of well-respected publications.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$802,825 $374,981
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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KNOLOGY INC Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.knology.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 22
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Telephone/Internet Service Provider
Knology, Inc. is a provider of digital and analog cable television, local and long-distance telephone service and high-speed Internet access to homes and businesses in metropolitan areas of the Southeast. The company was formed by the conglomeration of several companies, which included Knology Broadband, Inc.; Interstate Telephone Company; Valley Telephone Co., Inc.; Globe Telecommunications, Inc.; and ITC Global. The firm became an independent company in 1998. One of Knology's main selling points is that it offers its broadband communications as a bundled package, able to provide television, phone and Internet service on one account, and for a substantial discount from what it would cost to pay for all three separately. Knology also owns all of the networks that it uses, meaning that the company does not have to pay rent for bandwidth and rely on another company's communications lines. In 2000, the company began the construction of a new interactive network in Knoxville, Tennessee, one of its major markets; the construction of this high-tech network is expected to be complete in 2004. In other news, Knology recently purchased the system assets serving Pinellas County, Florida, which increase the number of residences served by the company 60%. The company plans to expand services in this area to include phone service and advanced cable TV options such as Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and Video on Demand (VOD).
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Knology Broadband, Inc. Interstate Telephone Co. Valley Telephone Co., Inc. Globe Telecommunications, Inc. ITC Globe, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rodger L. Johnson, CEO Rodger L. Johnson, Pres. Robert K. Mills, CFO Anthony J. Palermo, VP-Mktg. Richard Luke, Chief Tech. Officer Rick Perkins, VP-IT Chad S. Wachter, Corp. Sec. Chad S. Wachter, General Counsel Anthony J. Palermo, VP-Oper. Felix L. Boccucci, VP-New Bus. Dev. Robert K. Mills, Treas. Pat Barrett, VP/Regional Mgr. Brett T. McCants, VP-Construction and Maintenance
Phone: 706-645-8553 Fax: 706-642-2246 Toll-Free: Address: 1241 O. G. Skinner Dr., West Point, GA 31833 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $141,869 2002 Profits: $31,995 Stock Ticker: KNOL 2001 Sales: $106,189 2001 Profits: $-46,681 Employees: 1,229 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $251,435 Second Exec. Salary: $205,178 Owns all its own broadband networks.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$131,360 $72,321
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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LAKES GAMING INC Industry Group Code: 551110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.lakesgaming.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Management Televised Poker Events
Lakes Gaming, Inc. specializes in casino management, developing and constructing casino properties and overseeing marketing programs to publicize them. Lakes has a contract to be the exclusive developer and manager of Indian-owned gaming resort near New Buffalo, Michigan with the Pokago Band of Potawatomi Indians. Lakes holds contracts through its subsidiaries to develop and manage two casinos to be owned by Indian tribes in California, one near San Diego with the Jamul Indian Village and the other near Sacramento with the Shingle Spring Band of Miwok Indians. Lakes and another company have formed a partnership with a contract to finance the construction of an Indian-owned casino 60 miles north of San Francisco, California for the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians. The Cloverdale Rancheria has notified the partnership that it wishes terminate the relationship with the two parties. The partnership has advised the Rancheria that the partnership believes the contract is enforceable. Lakes has also signed contracts with the Nipmuc Nation of Massachusetts for development and management of a potential future gaming resort in the eastern United States; however, this tribe has received a negative finding regarding federal recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The tribe has submitted additional information for reconsideration. The company also invested in a joint venture called the World Poker Tour, an endeavor to establish poker as the next significant televised mainstream sport. The company receives revenue from the sale of World Poker Tour programming to the Travel Channel.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fanball.com, Inc. Interactive Learning Group Trak 21 Development, LLC World Poker Tour
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Lyle Berman, CEO Joseph Galvin, COO Timothy J. Cope, CFO Timothy J. Cope, Corp. Sec.
Phone: 612-449-9092 Fax: 612-449-9353 Toll-Free: 800-946-9464 Address: 130 Cheshire Ln., Minnetonka, MN 55305 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,881 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-1,840 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,500 2002 Profits: $-11,500 Stock Ticker: LACOE 2001 Sales: $34,900 2001 Profits: $- 300 Employees: 30 2000 Sales: $59,000 2000 Profits: $15,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $54,700 1999 Profits: $28,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $400,000 Second Exec. Salary: $250,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$50,000 $50,000
Diversified gaming interests.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
Y Y
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LAMAR ADVERTISING CO Industry Group Code: 541810 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.lamar.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Billboard Advertising Logo Signs Graphics Design Transit Advertising
Lamar Advertising Co. is the holding company for Lamar Media Corp., one of the largest and most experienced owners and operators of outdoor advertising structures in the country. Founded in 1902, the firm currently operates 152 advertising companies in 43 states and is the nation’s leader in the highway logo sign business, with operations in 21 of the 26 states that have privatized their logo programs, as well as the province of Ontario, Canada. Logo signs are signs located near highway exits that display brand-name information on available gas, food, lodging and camping services. Operating more than 149,000 billboards and 97,500 logo sign displays, the company earns revenue by leasing display space and, through its graphics division, designing advertisements for its clients in a state-of-the-art facility utilizing silk-screen and digital printing techniques. The company also helps with the strategic placement of advertisements throughout an advertiser's market by using software that allows it to analyze the target audience and its demographics. This amounts to a fully integrated service for advertising customers, covering their billboard display requirements from ad copy production to placement and maintenance. Moreover, Lamar has 40 transit advertising franchises that operate transit advertising displays on bus shelters, buses and bus benches in 16 states. Over the past decade, the firm has pursued an aggressive growth strategy through strategic acquisitions of outdoor advertising assets, including outdoor advertising businesses as well as isolated purchases of outdoor advertising displays. Since 1997, Lamar has completed over 450 acquisitions of outdoor advertising businesses and assets, which resulted in greater geographic diversification, giving it the ability to offer cross-market advertising opportunities to both local and national advertising customers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lamar Media Corporation Triumph Outdoor Holdings TLC Properties, Inc. Colorado Logos, Inc. Delaware Logos Advantage Outdoor Company Interstate Logos, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kevin P. Reilly, Jr., CEO Kevin P. Reilly, Jr., Pres. Sean Reilly, COO/VP-Mergers and Acquisitions Keith A. Istre, CFO Thomas F. Teepell, VP-Nat'l Sales James R. McIlwain, Corp. Sec. James R. McIlwain, General Counsel Robert B. Switzer, VP-Oper. Keith A. Istre, Treas. Sean Reilly, Pres.-Outdoor Div. Scott B. Butterfield, Regional Mgr.-Northwest Region Everett Stewart, Pres., Interstate Logos
Phone: 225-926-1000 Fax: 225-923-1005 Toll-Free: Address: 5551 Corporate Blvd., Ste. 2-A, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $604,119 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-40,981 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $775,700 2002 Profits: $-36,300 Stock Ticker: LAMR 2001 Sales: $729,100 2001 Profits: $-108,600 Employees: 3,000 2000 Sales: $687,300 2000 Profits: $-94,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $444,100 1999 Profits: $-44,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $220,000 Second Exec. Salary: $190,000 Growth through hundreds of acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$175,000 $125,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.landmarkcom.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Cable TV Programming TV Broadcasting Education Services Tradeshows Database Marketing Classified Magazines
Landmark Communications, Inc. is a privately held media company with interests in newspapers, television broadcasting, cable TV programming and electronic publishing companies. The firm also has holdings in database marketing, career education and tradeshows. The company owns the Weather Channel Networks including The Weather Channel, Inc., Weather.com and Weather Services International. Landmark’s publishing segment publishes three metro newspapers in North Carolina and Virginia: The Virginia-Pilot, News & Records and The Roanoke Times. Through Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc., it also publishes Carroll County Times, Citrus County Chronicle, Las Vegas Optic, Los Alamos Monitor and New-Enterprise as well as nearly 100 other paid and free newspapers, shoppers and special-interest publications. The firm’s broadcasting segment owns KLAS TV, a Las Vegas TV channel, and NewsChannel 5 and NewsChannel 5+ in Nashville, Tennessee. The company’s emerging business segment includes Shorecliff Communications, a tradeshow and conference producer for the communications and wireless infrastructure industries; Continental VisiNet Broadband, Inc., which provides Internet access to business customers using fixed wireless technology; CoolSavings, Inc., an online direct marketing and media company; Landmark Travel Channel, Ltd., a U.K. company that provides travel-related broadcasting; and Landmark Education Services, which manages career schools (Certified Career Institute, Glendale Career College, Nevada Career Institute and Virginia School of Technology) in Utah, California, Nevada and Virginia focused on allied health and information technology. Landmark is also a partial owner of Trader Publishing Co., a nationwide publisher of classified magazines; and Capital-Gazette Communications, Inc., which includes Washington Magazine and The Capital.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Weather Channel (The) Landmark Publisishing Landmark Broadcasting Landmark Education Services, Inc. Shorecliff Communications, LLC Landmark Travel Channel, Ltd. Continental Broadband, Inc. CoolSavings, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Frank Batten, Jr., CEO Decker Anstrom, Pres. Decker Anstrom, COO Lemuel F. Lewis, Exec. VP/CFO Dan Sykes, Pres., Landmark Education Services, Inc. Donald H. Patterson, Jr., Pres., Landmark Broadcasting R. Bruce Bradley, Pres., Landmark Publishing Debbie Turner, Pres./General Mgr.-NewsChannel 5 Network Frank Batten, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 757-446-2000 Fax: 757-446-2983 Toll-Free: 800-446-2004 Address: 150 W. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Diversified media interests, including The Weather Channel.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC Industry Group Code: 722110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.landrysrestaurants.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Restaurants Entertainment Complexes Amusement Parks Aquariums
Landry’s Restaurants is the second largest seafood restaurant chain in the U.S. The company operates 121 Joe's Crab Shack restaurants, 39 Landry's Seafood House division restaurants, 27 Chart House restaurants, 27 Saltgrass Steak House division restaurants, 25 Rainforest Cafe restaurants, 15 Charley's Crab restaurants, 13 Crab House restaurants and a small number of limited menu restaurants. Joe's Crab Shack features a varied seafood menu and offers many varieties of crab specialties. It represents the company’s primary growth vehicle. The atmosphere of a Joe's Crab Shack has an energetic casual feel, with a fun, eclectic décor influenced by weathered, old beach front fish shacks. Landry's Seafood House offers an extensive menu featuring fresh fish, shrimp, crab, lobster, scallops, other seafood, beef and chicken specialties in a comfortable, casual atmosphere. The restaurants are readily identified by a large theaterstyle marquee over the entrance and by a distinctive brick and wood facade, creating the feeling of a traditional old seafood house. The Rainforest Cafe restaurants provide an attractive value to customers by offering a full menu of food and beverage items served in a simulated rainforest, complete with thunderstorms, waterfalls and active wildlife. The Chart House and Charley’s Crab restaurants sit on prime water-front venues. Both restaurants' menus offer an extensive variety of seasonal fresh fish, shrimp, beef and other daily specialties. Saltgrass Steak House offers full-service casual dining in a Texas-Western themed decor. The restaurants welcome guests into stone and wood beam ranch houses complete with roaring fireplaces and a saloon-style bars. Landry's restaurants are located in Galveston, Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas and Denver, Colorado. In recent news, the company acquired The Events Company, an event planning company in Houston, Texas. Landry's offers competitive pay, health and dental programs and 50% off meals.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Joe's Crab Shack Landry's Seafood House Rainforest Café Chart House Saltgrass Steak House Charley's Crab Crab House
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tilman J. Fertitta, CEO Tilman J. Fertitta, Pres. Paul S. West, CFO Rick Liem, Controller Steven L. Scheinthal, General Counsel Richard E. Ervin, Exe. VP-Restaurant Oper.
Phone: 713-850-1010 Fax: 713-850-7205 Toll-Free: 800-552-6379 Address: 1510 W. Loop S., Houston, TX 77027 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $851,634 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $43,408 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $894,800 2002 Profits: $41,500 Stock Ticker: LNY 2001 Sales: $746,600 2001 Profits: $26,900 Employees: 23,000 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $950,000 Second Exec. Salary: $295,000 Entertainment-themed restaurants have great family appeal.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,350,000 $340,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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LARRY H MILLER GROUP Industry Group Code: 441110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.lhm.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Auto Dealers, Retail Auto Financing and Service Sports Arenas Movie Theaters Professional Sports Teams TV Station Sports Apparel Stores
Larry Miller Group (LMG) is a new and pre-owned automobile dealer with over 30 dealerships in the western United States. It sells and services a wide variety of auto brands including Ford, Toyota, Honda, Chevrolet and Jeep. LMG offers credit through Prestige Financial Services, a subsidiary dedicated to providing financing to customers. Another affiliate of LMG is Landcar Agency, one of the largest providers of vehicle service in the western U.S. In addition, LMG owns the NBA’s Utah Jazz and the WNBA's Utah Starzz, as well as the Delta Center, the arena both teams call home. Moreover, LMG owns two megaplex theaters in the Salt Lake City area including Jordan Commons, an all-encompassing entertainment center with a theater, restaurants and other entertainment. Television station KJZZ in Salt Lake is also owned by LMG, in addition to Fanzz, a sports apparel store with locations in California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and Utah.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Utah Jazz Utah Starzz Delta Center KJZZ Fanzz Jordan Commons Prestige Financial Services Landcar Agency
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Clark Whitworth, CEO Karen G. Miller, Pres.
Phone: 801-563-4100 Fax: 801-563-4198 Toll-Free: Address: 9350 S. 150 E. Rte. 1000, Sandy, UT 84070 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $1,630,500 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,550,100 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Diversified brands and markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP Industry Group Code: 512191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.laserpacific.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Post Production Services
LaserPacific Media Corporation, a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company, specializes in postproduction services for films and television programs. Services offered by the firm include motion picture film processing, telecine transfer, color timing, insertion of digital graphics and visual effects, sound editing and mixing, digital compression service and duplication. The company encoded the first DVD ROM title, designed the first animated menus seen on a DVD for a feature film and pioneered the use of dual layer technology. In the development of the Electronic Laboratory, LaserPacific was the television industry’s primary force in the transition from analog, film-based methods to new, electronic and digital postproduction techniques. The company has worked on a variety of television shows, including Touched By An Angel, Diagnosis Murder, Judging Amy and The Simpsons. Having won five Emmy Awards for outstanding achievement in engineering development, LaserPacific utilizes the most advanced technology in its production facilities. With the opening of The High Definition Laboratory in 1998, LaserPacific became the industry’s undisputed leader in the delivery of digital highdefinition services. The High Definition Laboratory is considered to be among the finest of its kind, with 24frame progressive high-definition capabilities. Moreover, the company opened Hollywood’s first Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) compression facility, which created some of the first DVDs. Since then, the company’s DVDs have been recognized for their high-quality MPEG encoding, cited as the reference standard in DVD authoring and encoding in Widescreen Review magazine. Laser Pacific currently has an alliance with Studio City New York, which gives the West Coast-based company a strategic presence in New York. As part of the agreement, the company has access to Studio City’s full-service production facility in midtown Manhattan.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Laser Edit, Inc. Pacific Film Laboratories PDS Video Productions, Inc. Pacific Sound Services Pacific Video Canada, Ltd. High Definition Laboratory (The) Digital Review Eastman Kodak Company
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Emory M. Cohen, CEO Robert McClain, CFO Randolph D. Blim, Sr. VP-Eng. Robert McClain, Corp. Sec. Leon D. Silverman, Exec. VP Jane Swearingen, Sr. VP/General Mgr.
Phone: 323-462-6266 Fax: 323-464-6005 Toll-Free: Address: 809 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $17,400 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $ 500 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $31,800 2002 Profits: $1,200 Stock Ticker: LPAC 2001 Sales: $33,600 2001 Profits: $2,700 Employees: 226 2000 Sales: $33,100 2000 Profits: $3,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $31,000 1999 Profits: $4,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $350,000 Second Exec. Salary: $275,004
Bonus: Bonus:
$30,000 $30,000
Postproduction expertise.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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LEE ENTERPRISES INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.lee.net
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 18
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Specialty Publications Advertising Services Direct Marketing Services Commercial Printing Internet Publishing and Services
Lee Enterprises, Inc. publishes 44 daily newspapers and nearly 200 weekly, classified and specialty publications, as well as associated online services. Its newspapers include the Billings Gazette in Montana, the Wisconsin State Journal, the Herald & Review in Illinois, the Quad-City Times in Iowa and the Missoulian in Montana. Lee's media properties, 10 commercial printing facilities and direct marketing services are located in 18 states. More than 70% of its revenues come from advertising. Lee’s Internet activities are comprised of web sites supporting its newspapers and its controlling interest in TownNews.com, a provider of web infrastructure for more than 800 small daily and weekly newspapers and shoppers. The firm also has a minority interest in two other Internet service companies, which provide integrated online classified solutions for the newspaper industry and integrated online editorial content and transactional and promotional opportunities.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Journal-Star Printing Company SJL of Kansas Corp. Billings Gazette Wisconsin State Journal Illinois Herald & Review Missoulian Quad-City Times TownNews.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mary E. Junck, CEO Mary E. Junck, Pres. Carl G. Schmidt, VP/CFO Kevin E. Mowbray, VP-Sales and Mktg. Vytenis P. Kuraitis, VP-Human Resources Brian E. Kardell, CIO/VP-Production Gregory P. Schermer, Corp. Counsel Daniel K. Hayes, Dir.-Comm. Carl G. Schmidt, Treas. Greg R. Veon, VP-Publishing David Stoeffler, VP-News Gregory P. Schermer, VP-Interactive Media Nancy L. Green, VP-Circulation Mary E. Junck, Chmn.
Phone: 563-383-2100 Fax: 563-323-9609 Toll-Free: Address: 215 N. Main St., Davenport, IA 52801-1924 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $656,741 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $78,041 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $523,656 2002 Profits: $79,830 Stock Ticker: LEE 2001 Sales: $426,966 2001 Profits: $312,470 Employees: 6,700 2000 Sales: $431,500 2000 Profits: $83,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $413,800 1999 Profits: $68,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $700,000 Second Exec. Salary: $340,000 Renewed focus on newspaper publishing.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$950,000 $238,400
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.libertycorp.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 20
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Cable Advertising Sales Video Production Direct-Mail Advertising Broadcasting Equipment Web-Based Services
The Liberty Corporation is a holding company involved in television broadcasting, advertising services, direct mail and broadcasting equipment sales. The company’s Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation subsidiary owns 15 network-affiliated television stations principally located in the Southeast and Midwest. It also deals in cable advertising through the company CableVantage, Inc., a cable advertising sales group serving eight cable companies representing almost 500,000 subscribers. Moreover, the firm owns a video production company called Take Ten and a professional broadcast equipment dealership known as Broadcast Merchandising Corp. Eight of the company's television stations are affiliated with NBC, five with ABC and two with CBS. Liberty has operational partnerships and equity positions in MyWeather, a developer of innovative technologies for personalized weather on the web; iBlast, the nation’s largest wireless data broadcast distribution network; and WorldNow, the leading provider of Internet technology solutions for local media companies. Liberty stations are using the WorldNow platform to extend their local brands and content to create sustainable Internet-based businesses. Liberty stations also generate additional revenue streams through joint sales agreements, unique advertising opportunities in adjacent markets and cabledistributed stations that carry unique programming. The firm offers its employees medical and life insurance plans.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Take Ten SuperCoups USA Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. CableVantage, Inc. Broadcast Merchandising Corp. iBlast MyWeather WorldNow
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hayne Hipp, CEO James M. Keelor, Pres. James M. Keelor, COO Howard L. Schrott, CFO Mary Anne Bunton, VP-Human Resources Steven A. Smith, VP-Tech. Steven A. Smith, VP-Eng. Martha G. Williams, VP/Corp. Sec. Martha G. Williams, General Counsel Guy W. Hempel, VP-Oper. Ronald F. Loewen, VP-Strategic Dev. Leon D. Long, VP-Oper. Hayne Hipp, Chmn.
Phone: 864-241-5400 Fax: 864-241-5401 Toll-Free: Address: 135 S. Main St., Greenville, SC 29601 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $144,670 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $16,266 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $206,400 2002 Profits: $-14,400 Stock Ticker: LC 2001 Sales: $178,400 2001 Profits: $16,600 Employees: 1,380 2000 Sales: $173,700 2000 Profits: $53,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $154,000 1999 Profits: $44,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $499,989 Second Exec. Salary: $450,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$433,825 $469,977
Aggressive acquisition policy.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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LIBERTY MEDIA CORP Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.libertymedia.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 18
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: TV Programming Broadband Distribution Video Distribution Communications Services Equipment Manufacturing
Liberty Media is a holding company with interests in a broad range of globally branded entertainment networks, such as the Discovery Channel, USA Interactive, QVC, Encore and STARZ! Specifically, its principal assets include interests in Starz Encore Group, LLC; Ascent Media Group, Inc.; On Command Corporation; Discovery Communications, Inc.; UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.; Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.; QVC, Inc.; Court Television Network; Game Show Network; AOL Time Warner, Inc.; USA Interactive; Sprint PCS Group; and The News Corporation, Ltd. Liberty's assets also include interests in international video distribution businesses; international telephony and domestic wireless telephony; plant and equipment manufacturers; and other businesses related to broadband services. In recent news, Liberty Media acquired a controlling interest in UnitedGlobalCom, making it one of the largest broadband distribution companies in the world.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Starz Encore Group Court TV Discovery Communications, Inc. On Command Corp. USA Interactive Ascent Media Group Liberty Digital QVC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert R. Bennett, CEO Robert R. Bennett, Pres. Gary S. Howard, Exec. VP/COO Charles Y. Tanabe, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Charles Y. Tanabe, General Counsel David J. A. Flowers, Sr. VP/Treas. Miranda Curtis, Sr. VP/Pres.-Int'l Elizabeth M. Markowski, Sr. VP John C. Malone, Chmn.
Phone: 720-875-5400 Fax: 720-875-7469 Toll-Free: Address: 12300 Liberty Blvd., Englewood, CO 80112 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $1,005,000 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $-344,000 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $2,084,000 2002 Profits: $-5,330,000 Stock Ticker: L 2001 Sales: $2,059,000 2001 Profits: $-6,203,000 Employees: 7,460 2000 Sales: $1,526,000 2000 Profits: $2,569,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $964,000 1999 Profits: $-2,045,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $787,500 Owns some of the best media brands in the nation.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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LIN TV CORP Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.lintv.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 16
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 17
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting
LIN TV operates more than 20 television stations, primarily in the midwest and northeast regions of the United States, as well as two stations in Puerto Rico. LIN's stations cover approximately 6.7% of U.S. television households and all of the 1.2 million television households in Puerto Rico, ranking it among the top independent pure-play television station group operators. Its highest-ranking television stations include WISH-TV, WIIH-CA and WTNHTV, assuming the 25th, 27th and 28th positions in the rankings of the Direct Marketing Association. Broadcasts are generally composed of network-affiliated programming (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and UPN), combined with local news. The company generally has two stations in the markets where it operates, and this multi-channel strategy increases its share of the TV audience. Additionally, the company operates the number-one or number-two news stations in 90% of its markets. These two positions combined have lead to a lucrative relationship with local advertisers, which account for over 60% of the company's revenue. The company recently sold its WEYI television station in Flint-Saginaw, Michigan, primarily because the company did not own two stations in that area, and so it did not conform to the company's two-station strategy.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WISH-TV WIIH-CA WTNH-TV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gary R. Chapman, CEO Gary R. Chapman, Pres. Gary Schmidt, General Counsel Deb Jacobson, VP-Corp. Dev. Deb Jacobson, Treas. Paul Karpowicz, VP-Television Gary R. Chapman, Chmn.
Phone: 401-454-2880 Fax: 401-454-0089 Toll-Free: Address: 4 Richmond Sq., Ste. 400, Providence, RI 02906 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $349,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-90,400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $349,600 2002 Profits: $-47,300 Stock Ticker: TVL 2001 Sales: $271,000 2001 Profits: $-61,700 Employees: 1,919 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $370,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,170,000 $225,000
Top-ranking television holdings
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.lionsgate-ent.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 16
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Independent Film Production TV Production and Distribution Film Distribution Video-on-Demand Services Record Production
Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment is a leading producer and distributor of English- and French-language independent films through its subsidiaries. The firm releases approximately 15 motion pictures and over 150 hours of television programming per year. Despite its youth, the company has been very prolific and has released several critically acclaimed movies, including Buffalo 66, Love and Death on Long Island, Dogma, Monsters Ball and The Cooler. Lions Gate Motion Pictures is comprised of Lions Gate Films Corp. (Film) and Lions Gate Entertainment (Entertainment). Film acquires, produces and distributes independent, mainstream commercial and star-driven blockbuster feature films as well as managing the company’s library of approximately 2,000 motion pictures and television programs. Through its labels Trimark and Studio, Entertainment acquires and distributes a mix of A-list in-house feature film productions, genre movies, third-party acquisitions and library titles. Lions Gate Television (LGTV) produces movies-of-theweek, TV series and mini-series for cable networks such as The Dead Zone for USA Network and made-for-TV movies. One of LGTV’s divisions, Termite Art Productions, produces nonfiction programming for several networks, including The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. The firm owns 55% of CineGroupe, its Montrealbased strategic partner, one of the leading animation companies in North America. The company also owns 63% of CinemaNow, one of the only two major Internetdelivered video-on-demand services for feature films, at CinemaNow.com. It holds distribution rights to more than 3,000 feature film titles. Lions Gate Studios is one of the premier studio facilities in Canada and where the firm’s films and television shows are made. Recently, Lions Gate launched its new record label, Lions Gate Records, which will release select soundtrack albums for the company, beginning with the soundtrack to Monster’s Ball.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lions Gate Films Corp. Lions Gate Television Termite Art Productions Lions Gate Motion Pictures CinemaNow, Inc. CineGroupe Lions Gate Studios Lions Gate Records
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jon Feltheimer, CEO James Keegan, CFO Gordon Keep, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Wayne Levin, Exec. VP/General Counsel James Keegan, Chief Admin. Officer Marni Wieshofer, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev. John Dellaverson, Exec. VP Curt Marvis, CEO, CinemaNow, Inc. Kevin Beggs, Pres., Lions Gate Television Andre Link, CEO/Pres., Lions Gate Films Corp. Andre Link, Chmn. Nick Meyer, Co-Pres.-Lions Gate Films Int'l
Phone: 604-609-6100 Fax: 604-609-6149 Toll-Free: Address: 3 Bentall Center, 595 Burrard St., Ste. 3123, Vancouver, BC V7X 1J1 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $301,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $267,700 2002 Profits: $-46,200 Stock Ticker: LGF 2001 Sales: $176,800 2001 Profits: $-27,900 Employees: 13 2000 Sales: $169,900 2000 Profits: $- 700 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $74,100 1999 Profits: $-16,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $750,000 Second Exec. Salary: $500,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$150,000 $376,000
Growth through acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA Industry Group Code: 451220E Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.liquidaudio.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Internet-Based Music Retailing
Liquid Digital Audio is the successor to Liquid Audio, an online digital music business. After a harrowing bout of financial difficulties and a failed merger with Alliance Entertainment Corp., the company's assets were purchased by Anderson Merchandisers and its affiliate, Geneva Media, LLC. Anderson Merchandisers is one of the leading distributors of music and magazines and has among its clientele the biggest retail music outlet in the U.S., Wal-Mart. After gathering together employees from the old Liquid Audio, including the company's co-founder, Gerald W. Kearby, Liquid Digital re-launched its music service at Liquid.com. The site offers single-song downloads from over 300,000 titles for about $1.00 in the firm's new proprietary secure format that pays about 50 to 70 cents in royalties and wholesale prices. Anderson Merchandisers also signed the new company up with WalMart, and it recently launched a digital music service on Wal-Mart's web site, offering downloads for 88 cents.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Liquid Audio Liquid Music Network Anderson Merchandisers Geneva Media, LLC Liquid.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gerald W. Kearby, CEO Gerald W. Kearby, Pres. Ole Obermann, VP/General Mgr.
Phone: 650-549-2000 Fax: 650-549-2199 Toll-Free: Address: 999 Main St., Redwood City, CA 94063 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $310,198 Second Exec. Salary: $235,220 Has refocused on retailing recorded music online.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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LITTLEFIELD CORP Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.littlefield.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 15
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video Gaming and Charitable Bingo Events Party Supply Rental
Littlefield Corporation develops, owns and operates charitable bingo halls, operates gaming and amusement arcades and owns and operates party rental and catering companies. The company currently operates 27 bingo centers in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina. Littlefield Amusements operates a total of 180 video gaming machines in three different locations in and around Montgomery, Alabama, including 120 at its two bingo halls. Littlefield Hospitality plans and operates unique events for its clients as well as renting tents and party supplies. Littlefield’s revenues are primarily derived from rental fees received from participating charities that conduct bingo sessions at the company’s bingo centers. Additional revenues are derived from vending and concession operations located in the centers, as well as the sale of bingo paper, daubers and other supplies. In recent news, Alabama declared video gaming illegal resulting in the closing of Littlefield Amusements, the company’s second-biggest source of revenue.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: American Bingo and Gaming Corp. Littlefield Amusements Littlefield Hospitality Littlefield Real Estate Austin Tents and Events Premiere Party Rental Liberty Catering
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey Minch, CEO Jeffrey Minch, Pres. Kathryn L. Scanlon, CFO Kathryn L. Scanlon, Corp. Sec. Kathryn L. Scanlon, Treas.
Phone: 512-476-5141 Fax: 512-476-4680 Toll-Free: Address: 2501 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78705 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $7,391 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 19 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $11,400 2002 Profits: $-2,700 Stock Ticker: LTFD 2001 Sales: $10,600 2001 Profits: $1,500 Employees: 125 2000 Sales: $9,800 2000 Profits: $-1,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $13,100 1999 Profits: $-4,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $183,000 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $
Leader in the bingo gaming industry.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y Y
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LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.lodgenet.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 19
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service-Hospitality Industry Satellite TV Service Broadband Internet Access Network-Based Video Games Video-on-Demand
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation is the world’s largest provider of broadband interactive television services to the hospitality industry. It is a specialized communications company that provides on-demand digital movies, digital music and music videos, Nintendo video games, highspeed Internet access and other interactive television services designed to serve the needs of the lodging industry and the traveling public. The company serves more than 5,700 hotels or 970,000 rooms, resorts and casinos throughout the U.S. and Canada. The firm’s system architecture and technology is licensed to global firms in Latin America, Israel and Japan. LodgeNet provides both guest-pay and free-to-guest services to its clients. Guest-pay services are purchased by guests on a per-view, hourly or daily basis and include on-demand movies, network-based video games, Internet-enhanced television and high-speed Internet access. Service packages include satellite-delivered premium cable television programming and other interactive entertainment and information services that are paid for by the hotel. The company also has an agreement with DIRECTV that allows LodgeNet to provide the programming to its guests. LodgeNet’s clients include hotel chains such as Sheraton, Ritz-Carlton, Harrah’s Casino Hotels, La Quinta Inns, Red Roof Inns, Marriott, Holiday Inn, Hilton, Radisson, Westin, Doubletree and Embassy Suites. In recent news, the firm partnered with Zenith Electronics Corp., a leader in digital television technologies, to provide the lodging industry’s first digital high-definition television solution. The company also partnered with Worldspan, the leading technology provider for travel, to develop and distribute a real-time, searchable flight tracking service in hotel guest rooms. LodgeNet’s employees are offered health, dental, vision, life and short-term disability insurance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Online by LodgeNet
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Scott C. Petersen, CEO Scott C. Petersen, Pres. Gary H. Ritondaro, Sr. VP-Finance Stephen D. McCarty, Sr. VP-Sales and Hotel Rel. David M. Bankers, Sr. VP-Products and Tech. Gary H. Ritondaro, Sr. VP-Admin. and Info. Steven D. Truckenmiller, Sr. VP-Programming and Content Mgmt. Steven R. Pofahl, Sr. VP-Tech. Oper. Scott C. Petersen, Chmn.
Phone: 605-988-1000 Fax: 605-988-1511 Toll-Free: 888-563-4363 Address: 3900 W. Innovation St., Sioux Falls, SD 57107-7002 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $250,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-35,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $235,000 2002 Profits: $-29,100 Stock Ticker: LNET 2001 Sales: $216,900 2001 Profits: $-26,400 Employees: 807 2000 Sales: $196,817 2000 Profits: $-39,014 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $181,272 1999 Profits: $-36,428
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $411,539 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $320,577 ADVANTAGE: Second-largest provider of video services to the hotel industry.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$359,846 $179,022
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT
www.loewscineplex.com
Industry Group Code: 512131
Profits: 5
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters
Loews Cineplex Entertainment is the second-largest movie theater operator in the U.S. Loews Cineplex operates approximately 2,835 screens in 281 locations, primarily in major cities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. The theaters operate under the Loews, Cineplex Odeon and Star names. In addition, Loews Cineplex Entertainment is a co-venture partner in Magic Johnson Theatres. Internationally, the theater circuit is a partner in Yelmo Cineplex of Spain and the Megabox Theater in Korea. The company has a long history in the movie industry. Founder Marcus Loew, who had purchased a silent film studio named Metro, joined forces with Louis B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). After Loews Theatres and MGM became separate entities in the 1950s due to federal legislation, Loews continued to expand and eventually become the Loews Corporation. In 1985, the Loews Corporation sold its theater chain, which has since grown (under ownership by various corporations including Coca Cola and the Sony Corporation of America) into the Loews Cineplex known today. Loews Cineplex emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2002 and was acquired by an investor group comprised of Onex Corporation and Oaktree Capital Management, LLC.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cineplex Odeon Loews Cineplex Theatres, Inc. Onex Corporation Oaktree Capital Management, LLC Magic Johnson Theatres Yelmo Cineplex Star Theaters Megabox Theater
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Travis Reid, CEO Travis Reid, Pres. John J. Walker, CFO Bryan Berndt, Controller Mindy Tucker, Corp. Sec. John C. McBride, Jr., General Counsel Mindy Tucker, VP-Strategy John J. Walker, Treas. Michael Norris, Pres., Loews Cineplex Theatres, Inc. Sam DiMichele, Pres., Cineplex Odeon Corporation Miguel A. Davila, Pres., Cinemex, S.A. de C.V.
Phone: 212-833-6200 Fax: 212-833-6277 Toll-Free: Address: 711 5th Ave., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10022 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $856,200 2002 Profits: $-187,900 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $903,500 2001 Profits: $-436,200 Employees: 16,500 2000 Sales: $930,423 2000 Profits: $-51,390 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $851,160 1999 Profits: $-5,880
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $750,000 Second Exec. Salary: $486,686 Second-largest movie theater operator in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$296,000 $145,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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LOTTERY AND WAGERING SOLUTIONS INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 17
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Hotel Management
Lottery and Wagering Solutions, Inc. (LWS) operates a gaming casino in Suriname and is pursuing the development of a casino and hotel project in Sakhalin in the Russian Federation on an island north of Japan. This project will culminate in the development of a $140-million, 450-room hotel/casino complex, with 70 tables and 350 slot machines, on a 10-acre site. There is a further possibility of ski resorts in the nearby mountains. LWS requires further financing to complete the development of the Sakhalin project. The company owns Dorsett Hotel and Resorts, Inc., which manages the Suriname casino. This casino occupies two floors in the Plaza Hotel in downtown Paramaribo, the capital city, and features 20 gaming tables, 161 slot machines and a 50-seat restaurant. In addition to the casino division, the firm also has a hotel management division, but LWS currently has no hotel management activities. LWS hopes to acquire, develop and operate more international casinos. LWS has partially acquired Applied Gaming Solutions of Canada, which runs an online lottery in Hanoi.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Applied Gaming Solutions of Canada Suriname Palace Casino Dorsett Hotel and Resorts, Inc. Dorsett and Suriname Leisure Company
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Dallas R. Dempster, CEO Dallas R. Dempster, Pres. Miles R. Greenberg, Sr. VP-Finance/CFO Miles R. Greenberg, Corp. Sec. David A. Hartley, Pres.-Casino Div.
Phone: 954-916-2610 Fax: 954-916-2611 Toll-Free: Address: 8201 Peters Rd., Ste. 1000, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33324 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $7,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ 300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $7,100 2002 Profits: $ 600 Stock Ticker: LWSL.OB 2001 Sales: $5,500 2001 Profits: $- 500 Employees: 281 2000 Sales: $7,000 2000 Profits: $-15,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $5,500 1999 Profits: $-4,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $250,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Expansion into Russia.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
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Southeast: Y
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Y
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LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLCwww.lucasarts.com Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software/Games
LucasArts Entertainment, a subsidiary of Lucasfilm, produces game software for PCs, Xbox and Playstation. The company was founded in 1982 by George Lucas to produce games with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones brand names. Today there are more than 50 game titles in these series. Current titles include Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Jedi Knight and Star Wars: Battle Front. The company has branched out into many other titles including Wrath Unleashed, Armed and Dangerous and Secret Weapons Over Normandy. The company plans to expand its Star Wars franchise with future titles based on the Star Wars II movie release. In recent news, the company announced that IGN.com, the world's largest online computer game web site, chose Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic as the Overall Best Game 2003. LucasArts offers its employees medical, dental and life insurance as well as fitness programs, employee parties, child care, community activities, an observatory and access to the Sky Walker Ranch and company sailboat.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars: Jedi Knight Star Wars: Battle Front Wrath Unleashed Armed and Dangerous Secret Weapons Over Normandy Lucasfilm
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mike Nelson, VP-Finance Mary Bihr, VP-Worldwide Sales and Mktg. Mike Nelson, VP-Admin. Randy Breen, VP-Dev. George Lucas, Chmn.
Phone: 415-507-4545 Fax: 415-507-0300 Toll-Free: Address: PO Box 10307, San Rafael, CA 94912 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 4/30 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Founded by premier filmmaker George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
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Southeast:
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Northeast:
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LUCASFILM LTD Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.lucasfilm.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Film Production Special Effects Audio Services Digital Services Animation
Lucasfilm was created by George Lucas in 1971 after the release of his first feature film, THX1138. Since then the company has produced some of the most popular films in history, including Star Wars, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and American Graffiti. Lucas Digital, which is made up of Industrial Lights and Magic and Skywalker Sound, serves the digital postproduction needs of the film industry. The firm's subsidiary Industrial Lights and Magic (ILM) is a leader in cuttingedge special effects. ILM has received 31 Academy Award nominations and 14 awards. Skywalker Sound is a provider of digital sound effects and editing and has won 17 Academy Awards for its editing. LucasArts Entertainment is a computer software company. Lucas Online is the online extension of the Lucas empire, specializing in education and entertainment. In recent news, the company launched Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd. to enter the animated television and movie market.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Industrial Light and Magic Skywalker Sound Lucas Digital LucasArts Lucas Online Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. George Lucas, CEO Jim Ward, VP-Mktg. and Distribution Lynne Hale, Dir.-Comm.
Phone: 415-662-1800 Fax: 415-662-2437 Toll-Free: Address: 3210 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94912 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,200,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,350,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,500,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 1,800 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Founded by premier filmmaker George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
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International:
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MACROVISION CORP Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.macrovision.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Software-Video Copyright Protection Digital Rights Management Technologies
Macrovision Corporation designs, develops and markets digital rights management and software licensing technologies to fight against widespread casual digital piracy while offering solutions that enable its customers to electronically control the use of digital content and software. The company generates revenues from a variety of sources by licensing the use of these patented technologies and software solutions. The technologies include copy protection, electronic licensing and rights management, including product authentication and activation. Solutions are divided into four categories: video technology solutions, music technology solutions, PC games technology solutions and software technology solutions. Video technology solutions are used by movie studios, cable and satellite television operators, consumer electronic companies and computer manufacturers to prevent unauthorized copying and dissemination of copyrighted video and multimedia. Music technology solutions are composed of copy control and digital rights management technologies for music content. The firm’s CDS technologies have been applied to over 2 billion music tracks. PC games technology solutions include an integrated suite of tools allowing video game developers and publishers to protect, distribute and promote their products securely and effectively. Macrovision’s SafeDisc CD/DVD-ROM copy protection technology has been used in 70% of 2003’s top 20 PC games and has also been licensed to over 120 mastering and replication facilities worldwide. Software technology solutions consist of electronic license management and electronic license delivery solutions to over 3,500 independent software vendors worldwide and software asset management tools to global 2000 enterprises. Macrovision’s software licensing platform enables technology companies to easily price, package and deliver their software. In recent news, Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting signed an agreement to use the corporation’s technology to protect Near-Video-OnDemand programs from unauthorized duplication.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc. Macrovision Europe Limited Widevine Technologies Digital Fountain NTRU Cryptosystems iVAST, Inc. TTR Technologies SafeDisk
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William A. Krepick, CEO William A. Krepick, Pres. Ian Halifax, CFO Matt Christiano, Chief Tech. Officer John Adams, CIO Ian Halifax, Exec. VP-Admin. and Oper. Brian Dunn, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev./Chief Strategy Officer Masao Kumei, Managing Dir.-Macrovision Japan and Asia Colin Nunn, VP-Oper., Macrovision EMEA Daniel E. Stickel, Exec. VP/General Mgr.-Software Tech. Group Steve Weinstein, Exec. VP/General Mgr.-Entertainment Tech. Group John O. Ryan, Chmn.
Phone: 408-743-8600 Fax: 408-743-8610 Toll-Free: Address: 2830 De La Cruz Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 94089 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $88,480 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $19,005 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $102,300 2002 Profits: $12,100 Stock Ticker: MVSN 2001 Sales: $98,800 2001 Profits: $19,200 Employees: 283 2000 Sales: $80,100 2000 Profits: $13,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $52,100 1999 Profits: $12,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $210,000 Substantial investment in new technology.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$55,000 $39,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.magnaent.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 16
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Racetracks-Horse Racing Greyhound Racing Simulcasting Account Wagering Television Network
Magna Entertainment is North America's number-one owner and operator of thoroughbred racetracks and one of the world's leading suppliers, via simulcasting, of live racing content to the growing inter-track, off-track and account wagering markets. The company currently operates or manages 11 thoroughbred racetracks, one standardbred racetrack, one racetrack which runs both thoroughbred and standardbred meets and one greyhound racetrack, as well as the simulcast wagering venues at these tracks. The company operates Santa Anita Park, Bay Meadows, Flamboro Downs, Golden Gate Fields, Great Lakes Downs, Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park, Lone Star Park, The Meadows, Multnomah Greyhound Park, Pimlico Race Course, Portland Meadows, Remington Park and Thistledown. In addition, the company operates offtrack betting facilities and a national account wagering business known as XpressBet, which permits customers to place wagers by telephone and over the Internet on horse races at up to 70 racetracks in North America. Magna also owns and operates HorseRacing TV, a new television network focused exclusively on horse racing. HorseRacing TV is currently available to cable customers in the western Pennsylvania and San Diego areas, and the company is pursuing broader cable and satellite distribution. In recent news, the company purchased a 30% stake in AmTote, a pari-mutual wagering information technology company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: HorseRacing TV AmTote Bay Meadows Pimlico Race Course XpressBet Gulfstream Park Laurel Park Santa Anita Park
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jim McAlpine, CEO Jim McAlpine, Pres. Donald M. Amos, COO Blake Tohana, CFO Douglas R. Tatters, Controller Gary M. Cohn, General Counsel Frank DeMarco, VP-Regulatory Affairs
Phone: 905-726-2462 Fax: 905-726-7164 Toll-Free: Address: 337 Magna Dr., Aurora, Ontario L4G 7K1 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $549,200 2002 Profits: $-14,400 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $519,100 2001 Profits: $7,500 Employees: 5,100 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $409,600 Second Exec. Salary: $359,600
Bonus: Bonus:
$800,000 $350,000
Largest owner of racetracks
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y Y Y
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MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mandalayresortgroup.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel Riverboat Casinos Shopping Centers Property Management
Mandalay Resort Group, formerly Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc., owns and operates 12 hotel-casino properties in Nevada, with a total of more than 22,400 guest rooms. These properties include Mandalay Bay, Circus Circus, Luxor, Excalibur, Colorado Belle, Edgewater, Goldstrike, Railroad Pass and Nevada Landing. The casinos are located throughout Nevada in Reno, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Henderson and Jean. Mandalay also operates a dockside casino in Mississippi, the Slots-A-Fun casino on the Las Vegas Strip and the Grand Victoria riverboat casino in Elgin, Illinois. In addition, the company operates MotorCity Casino in Detroit in partnership with Atwater Casino Group. The group's Mandalay Bay Resort often offers high-profile entertainment, having featured Pavarotti in concert, boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya in the ring and the first-ever performance in Nevada of The Three Tenors. Consequently, the company has received some of the most prestigious awards given to fine hotels, such as the American Automobile Association Five Diamond award, which was presented to Mandalay’s Four Seasons Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in its first year of business, an honor no other hotel has received in its first year. Mandalay recently opened a three-level, 1.8-millionsquare-foot convention center adjacent to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The Hotel, a new 1,125 suite hotel styled to appeal to a younger customer base, opened as part of the Mandalay Bay casino resort in Las Vegas. In total, the Mandalay resort has 5,000 hotel rooms. It is targeted at convention business during weekdays, and hopes to earn a substantial two-thirds share of revenues from food, drink and hotel rooms rather than gambling. The company signed a revised development agreement with its Detriot affiliate to expand MotorCity Casino into a permanent destination property. The property will include a casino, hotel, theater, convention space, additional restaurants, retail shops and parking by the year 2005. The Mandalay Resort Group offers employees free meals, a health plan and a fun gaming environment.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: The Hotel Circus Circus Hotel and Casino Colorado Belle Hotel and Casino Edgewater Hotel and Casino Excalibur Hotel and Casino Luxor Hotel and Casino MotorCity Casino Nevada Landing
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael S. Ensign, CEO Glenn W. Schaeffer, Pres. Glenn W. Schaeffer, CFO John Marz, Sr. VP-Mktg. Les Martin, VP/Chief Acc. Officer Yvette E. Landau, VP/Corp. Sec. Yvette E. Landau, General Counsel Glenn W. Schaeffer, Treas. Michael S. Ensign, Chmn.
Phone: 702-632-6700 Fax: 702-632-6714 Toll-Free: Address: 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $2,354,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $115,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $2,461,800 2002 Profits: $53,000 Stock Ticker: MBG 2001 Sales: $2,524,200 2001 Profits: $119,700 Employees: 26,800 2000 Sales: $2,050,900 2000 Profits: $42,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $1,479,800 1999 Profits: $85,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $950,000 Focus on affordable hotels and middle-class casinos.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,750,000 $1,650,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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MARKETWATCH.COM INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.cbs.marketwatch.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Financial Information Television and Radio Programming
MarketWatch.com, Inc. is a leading financial media company providing comprehensive web-based, real-time business news, financial programming and analytic tools through its web sites, CBS.MarketWatch.com and BigCharts.com. In addition, the company licenses a wide array of content and tools in custom-designed formats for brokerages and other online businesses and sells subscription-based content for evaluating investment newsletters under the Hulbert Financial Digest brand. The company also produces the syndicated CBS MarketWatch Weekend television program, airs financial reports over the CBS television network and provides business and financial news updates every 30 minutes on the MarketWatch.com radio network. The firm maintains important strategic relationships with CBS Broadcasting and Pearson, its two largest shareholders, each owning approximately 34% of its stock. MarketWatch.com’s goal is to create the pre-eminent brand for real-time business news and financial information on the web and other media. The company’s web sites attract an average of 10.7 million visitors per month, generating approximately 832 million page views. In addition to business and financial news, the sites offer in-depth commentary on trends and events, personal finance commentary and data, community features and other services, designed to provide a one-stop-shop for audiences. Other features include a mutual fund center, a seasonal tax guide, market advisors and research columns. MarketWatch.com has entered into key distribution relationships with Yahoo!, America Online, Quicken.com and a number of firms in the wireless arena, including Sprint, AT&T and Palm. Recently, the company became the first provider of market news to Yahoo! Platinum, a new premium online video and audio service.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CBS Broadcasting Hulbert Financial Digest CBS MarketWatch Weekend BigCharts.com Pearson, PLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Larry S. Kramer, CEO Kathy Yates, Pres. Kathy Yates, COO Joan Platt, CFO Scot McLernon, Exec. VP-Sales and Mktg. Jamie Thingelstad, Chief Tech. Officer Douglas Appleton, General Counsel Bill Bishop, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. and Strategy Scott Kinney, Exec. VP-Licensing Thom Calandra, Chief Commentator David Callaway, Editor in Chief Larry S. Kramer, Chmn.
Phone: 415-733-0500 Fax: 415-392-1972 Toll-Free: Address: 825 Battery St., San Francisco, CA 94111 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $33,794 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $ 126 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $44,500 2002 Profits: $-9,700 Stock Ticker: MKTW 2001 Sales: $45,900 2001 Profits: $-76,500 Employees: 211 2000 Sales: $53,907 2000 Profits: $-91,263 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $24,900 1999 Profits: $-60,878
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Affiliation with CBS.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $300,683 Second Exec. Salary: $261,949
Bonus: Bonus:
$150,000 $97,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC www.marthastewart.com Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing TV Production Merchandise Web Sites
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSL) is an integrated content and commerce company that creates how-to content and related merchandise for homemakers and other consumers. The company leverages the wellknown Martha Stewart brand name across a broad range of media and retail outlets, focusing primarily on the domestic arts. Content and merchandise spans eight core areas: home (decorating, collecting and renovating), cooking and entertaining (recipes and techniques), gardening, crafts, holidays, housekeeping and organizing, weddings and baby and kids. MSL operates through four business segments: publishing, television, merchandising and Internet/direct commerce. The publishing segment currently publishes two regular magazines, Martha Stewart Living and Martha Stewart Weddings, as well as other special-interest books and publications, the syndicated askMartha radio program and newspaper column and compilation CDs. Recently, MSL launched the magazine Everyday Food: From the Kitchens of Martha Stewart Living. The television segment, Martha Stewart Living Television (MSLTV), produces Martha Stewart Living, a syndicated daily one-hour program; From Martha’s Kitchen, a daily program on the Food Network; and From Martha’s Home and From Martha’s Garden, on the Home & Garden Television Network. Recently, MSLTV launched a new program, Petkeeping with Marc Morrone. Merchandise is distributed under several labels, including Martha Stewart Everyday, the firm’s mass-market brand label, and Martha Stewart Signature, the company’s specialty-tier brand targeting higher-end customers. MSL also uses third-party retail channels such as SherwinWilliams, Shaw Industries, Inc. and Bernhardt Furniture Co. MSL’s direct commerce segment consists of a catalog, Martha Stewart: The Catalog For Living; MarthaStewart.com, the company’s main web site; and MarthasFlowers.com. In recent news, amid slumping sales and profits in mid-2003, the firm has been scrambling to create new material that does not bear Martha Stewart's name.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Martha Stewart Living From Martha’s Kitchen Martha Stewart Weddings askMartha MarthaStewart.com MarthasFlowers.com Martha Stewart Everyday Martha Stewart Signature
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sharon L. Patrick, CEO Sharon L. Patrick, Pres. James Follo, Exec. VP/CFO Suzanne Sobel, Exec. VP-Advertising Sales Gregory R. Blatt, General Counsel/Exec. VP-Bus. Affairs Dora Braschi Cardinale, Exec. VP-Print Production Heidi Diamond, Exec. VP/Pres.-Television Gael Towey, Sr. Exec. VP/Creative Dir. Lauren Stanich, Exec. VP/Pres.-Publishing Jeffrey W. Ubben, Chmn.
Phone: 212-827-8000 Fax: 212-827-8204 Toll-Free: Address: 11 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $174,986 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-7,415 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $295,000 2002 Profits: $7,300 Stock Ticker: MSO 2001 Sales: $295,600 2001 Profits: $21,900 Employees: 580 2000 Sales: $285,800 2000 Profits: $21,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $232,300 1999 Profits: $11,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $900,000 Second Exec. Salary: $844,369
Bonus: Bonus:
$680,600 $680,600
Name recognition.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 6 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
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MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.marvel.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Comic Book Publishing Toys Licensing
Marvel Enterprises, Inc. is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, with a proprietary library of over 4,700 characters. The company operates in the licensing, comic book publishing and toy businesses in both domestic and international markets. Marvel’s library of characters includes SpiderMan, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk. It is one of the oldest and most recognizable collections of characters in the entertainment industry. The company’s business is divided into three integrated and complementary operating divisions: licensing, publishing and Toy Biz. The licensing division licenses the company's characters for use in a wide variety of products, including toys, electronic games, apparel, accessories, footwear, collectibles and novelties. The division also receives fees from the sale of licenses to a variety of media, including feature films, television programs and destination-based entertainment, and from the sale of licenses for promotional use. The publishing business segment has been in business for over 60 years and publishes in many foreign countries and a variety of languages. Comic books are distributed through three channels: comic book specialty stores, traditional retail outlets and subscription sales. Toy Biz designs, develops, markets and distributes a limited line of toys to the worldwide marketplace. Toy Biz's products are based upon movies and television shows featuring Marvel characters including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, XMen and Daredevil and upon the movie trilogy Lord of the Rings. In recent news, the company announced upcoming movies featuring The Punisher, Spider-Man, Blade and Man-Thing.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toy Biz Marvel Comics Spider-Man X-Men Captain America Incredible Hulk Marvel Entertainment Group Encore, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Allen Lipson, CEO Peter Cuneo, Pres. William Jemas, COO Kenneth West, CFO Gui Karyo, Pres.-Publishing Alan Fine, Pres./CEO, Toy Biz Tim Rothwell, Pres.-Consumer Products Group Avi Arad, Chief Creative Officer
Phone: 212-576-4000 Fax: 212-576-8598 Toll-Free: Address: 10 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $261,878 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $138,153 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $299,000 2002 Profits: $31,000 Stock Ticker: MVL 2001 Sales: $181,200 2001 Profits: $5,200 Employees: 369 2000 Sales: $231,700 2000 Profits: $-89,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $319,600 1999 Profits: $-33,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $772,115 Second Exec. Salary: $450,000 Owns some of the best comic book characters in the business.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$500,000 $669,926
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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MATAV-CABLE SYSTEMS MEDIA LTD Industry Group Code: 513210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.matav.co.il
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable Television Broadband Internet Services Telephony Services
MATAV-Cable Systems Media operates digital and analog cable television systems and provides a variety of channels and programs as one of three cable television operators in Israel. In addition, the company provides cable-based high-speed Internet services. The company currently has approximately 186,000 subscribers out of a potential audience of 441,000. MATAV plans on expanding its existing cable network and offering increased access to the Internet and a new telephone service. The company also holds a minority interest in Partner Communications, a company providing mobile phone service to 29% of Israeli citizens, and Barak, Ltd., a provider of international phone service. In recent news, the three cable television providers in Israel agreed to merge into an operating partnership that will reduce cost and increase profits. The partnership will constitute a monopoly of cable TV services and will be regulated by the government.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Partner Communications Barak, Ltd.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Amit Levin, CEO Shalom Bronshtein, CFO Shlomi Ashkenazi, VP-Sales Meidad Katz, VP-Eng.
Phone: 972-9-860-2221 Fax: 972-9-860-2282 Toll-Free: Address: 42 Pinkas St., North Industrial Park, Netanya, 42134 Israel
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $106,600 2002 Profits: $7,300 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $101,700 2001 Profits: $-55,800 Employees: 743 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Upgraded digital networks.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mcclatchy.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Online Publishing
The McClatchy Company, the result of a merger between McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. and Cowles Media Company, publishes 12 daily and 18 community newspapers with a combined average circulation of 1.4 million daily and 1.9 million on Sundays. The firm’s large portfolio of publications includes The Sacramento Bee, The News & Observer, The Fresno Bee, Anchorage Daily News, The News Tribune, Tri-City Herald, The Beaufort Gazette, The Modesto Bee, The Island Packet, The Herald and the Star Tribune. Each of McClatchy's daily newspapers has the largest circulation of any newspaper servicing its particular metropolitan area. Over the decades, McClatchy newpapers' many honors have included 12 Pulitzer Prizes, three of which were gold medals for public service. These newspapers range from large dailies serving metropolitan areas to non-daily papers serving small communities. Its largest newspaper is the Star Tribune in Minneapolis-St. Paul, which it acquired in 1998. The company's oldest and secondlargest daily newspaper is The Sacramento Bee, originally published in 1857. McClatchy’s core newspaper business is supplemented by a growing array of niche products and direct marketing initiatives. The company also operates leading local web sites and regional online portals in each of its daily newspaper markets, offering readers information, news, advertising, e-commerce and other services. McClatchy also operates Nando Media, an online publishing business. Ecofaith.com, an advanced technology provider, recently selected Nando Media’s portal solution, Community Cornerstone, to host its online publishing portal. In other news, the firm entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the Merced Sun-Star, a daily newspaper in Merced, California, as well as five nearby non-dailies from Pacific-Sierra Publishing, Inc.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cowles Media Company Community Cornerstone Nando Media WebForums.com Sacramento Bee (The) Everstream Star Tribune (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gary B. Pruitt, CEO Gary B. Pruitt, Pres. Patrick J. Talamantes, CFO/VP-Finance Peter M. CaJacob, VP-Human Resources Karole Morgan-Prager, VP/Corp. Sec. Karole Morgan-Prager, General Counsel Robert J. Weil, VP-Oper. Patrick J. Talamantes, Treas. James B. McClatchy, Publisher Christian A. Hendricks, VP-Interactive Media Howard Weaver, VP-News Frank Whittaker, VP-Oper. Gary B. Pruitt, Chmn.
Phone: 916-321-1855 Fax: 916-321-1869 Toll-Free: Address: 2100 Q St., Sacramento, CA 95816 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $806,400 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $63,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,081,900 2002 Profits: $131,200 Stock Ticker: MNI 2001 Sales: $1,080,100 2001 Profits: $58,000 Employees: 9,332 2000 Sales: $1,142,100 2000 Profits: $88,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,087,900 1999 Profits: $82,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $850,000 Second Exec. Salary: $430,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$750,000 $260,000
Merger with Cowles Media.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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MCGRAW HILL COS INC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mcgraw-hill.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Publishing Television Broadcasting Magazine Publishing Online Data Financial Services Research Services
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. serves business, professional and educational markets around the world, offering information products and services. Its key markets are the finance, business, education, construction, medical, computers, communications, aerospace and defense industries. As a multimedia publishing and information company, McGraw-Hill employs a broad range of media, including books, magazines, newsletters, software, online data services, CD-ROMs, facsimiles and television broadcasts. The firm’s financial services segment, operating under the brand Standard & Poor’s, provides ratings, indexes and related financial and investment analysis and information. The company is the leading educational publisher in the United States, consistently ranking among the top sellers for Kindergarten through 12th-grade textbooks and holding leadership positions in 12 higher education disciplines, including accounting, biology, economics, finance and psychology. McGraw-Hill’s information and media segment is comprised of groups including construction, aviation, health care and broadcasting. The broadcasting group owns and operates four television stations, all of which are ABC affiliates. McGraw-Hill participates in enhancing its community and gives financial aid to charitable causes. For example, the company partnered with the National Council on Economic Education to launch a literacy program for young people.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, Inc. Construction-zone.com J. J. Kenny Company, Inc. BusinessWeek McGraw-Hill International Enterprises, Inc. Money Market Directories, Inc. Standard & Poor's International Ratings, Ltd. McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Harold W. McGraw, III, CEO Harold W. McGraw, III, Pres. Robert J. Bahash, Exec. VP/CFO David L. Murphy, Exec. VP-Human Resources Kenneth M. Vittor, Exec. VP/General Counsel Deven Sharma, Exec. VP-Global Strategy Glenn S. Goldberg, Sr. VP-Corp. Affairs Henry Hirschberg, Pres., McGraw-Hill Education Scott C. Marden, Pres.-Info. and Media Services Leo C. O'Neill, Pres.-Financial Services Harold W. McGraw, III, Chmn.
Phone: 212-512-2000 Fax: 212-512-4502 Toll-Free: Address: 1221 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,659,627 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $527,726 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,787,700 2002 Profits: $576,800 Stock Ticker: MHP 2001 Sales: $4,645,500 2001 Profits: $377,000 Employees: 16,505 2000 Sales: $4,281,000 2000 Profits: $403,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,992,000 1999 Profits: $425,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,017,500 Second Exec. Salary: $676,200 One of the world's largest, most successful publishers.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,169,200 $629,176
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MDI ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 541613 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mdientertainment.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Lottery-Focused Marketing
MDI Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of Scientific Games Corp., specializes in creating, marketing and implementing entertainment-based promotions to the worldwide lottery industry. Its strategic focus is to develop and market lottery ticket games based on well-known entertainment and pop cultural icon licensed properties. MDI's basic selling proposition to lotteries is that a licensed lottery game will create appeal and interest among a segment of consumers much better than a generic lottery game, which holds no value for some potential lottery customers. The company encourages lotteries to establish a constant stream of different licensed games, about one per quarter, as part of their overall product marketing program. Beginning with brands such as Star Trek, Wheel of Fortune and Twilight Zone, the firm’s licensed games division now includes over 20 brands to which it owns exclusive lottery marketing rights. The company’s revenue comes from two main sources, the sale of bonus prize products to lotteries using MDI-licensed games and license/royalty fees paid by lotteries for the rights to market the games in their jurisdictions. MDI purchases prize products resold to lotteries from other licensees of a particular brand, often becoming one of the largest customers of the suppliers. Products are sold to lotteries in bulk, and then MDI fulfills the prizes individually to lottery winners as designated by the lottery, which are packaged as elements of a full-service lottery promotion tied to licenses that the company acquires. In recent news, MDI signed a retail licensee partnership agreement with the Arena Football League (AFL). Under this agreement, the firm has the rights to market AFL-branded tickets for a period of three years starting in January 2004.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Scientific Games Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steven M. Saferin, CEO Steven M. Saferin, Pres. Kenneth M. Przysiecki, CFO Charles W. Kline, VP-Mktg. Kenneth M. Przysiecki, Sr. VP-Acc. and Admin. Jeff Schweig, VP-Creative Planning and Dev. Bob Kowalczyk, Sr. VP/General Mgr. Don Walsh, Sr. VP-Sales John Monaco, Mgr.-Purchasing and Fulfillment Glenda Brown, Exec. Asst./Grand Prize Fulfillment Coordinator Evelyn Yenson, Sr. VP-Int'l Sales and Mktg.
Phone: 770-664-3700 Fax: 770-343-8798 Toll-Free: Address: 1500 Bluegrass Lakes Pkwy., Alpharetta, GA 30004 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $14,700 2001 Profits: $3,300 Employees: 22 2000 Sales: $5,500 2000 Profits: $-2,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $7,200 1999 Profits: $1,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $330,750 Second Exec. Salary: $201,212
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on scratch ticket promotions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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MDU COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 23
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.mduc.com
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite Broadcasting High-Speed Internet Access
MDU Communications International, Inc. delivers state-ofthe-art digital satellite television and high-speed Internet solutions to the U.S. multi-dwelling unit residential market, serving 26 million residences. This market includes apartment buildings, condominiums, gated communities, universities, nursing homes, hospitals, hotels and motels. MDU seeks to balance the information and communication needs of residents with technology concerns of property managers and owners. The company’s revenues come from the sale of television programming and Internet services through long-term access agreements with owners and managers. MDU has a long-term system operator agreement with DIRECTV, which establishes and maintains distribution systems in non-rural U.S. states. MDU is also part of Cisco’s preferred network to provide broadband Internet products and services. Recent additions to the company’s list of customers include RitzCarlton hotels in Boston and New York and Springfield Crossing, a 15-building, 347-unit smart-living apartment community in Springfield, Virginia. In recent news, the firm announced the launching a subscriber acquisition program targeted at new multi-family properties and residents currently located within existing wired properties that MDU already has under long-term access agreement. Under this program, the company plans to roll out DIRECTV digital satellite programming services to multiple new properties, representing over 3,500 units.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MDTV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sheldon B. Nelson, CEO Patrick J. Cunningham, VP-US Oper. Sheldon B. Nelson, Chmn.
Phone: 973-237-9499 Fax: 973-237-9243 Toll-Free: 877-463-8728 Address: 60-D Commerce Way, Totowa, NJ 07512 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $4,124 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-2,118 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $3,016 2002 Profits: $-2,988 Stock Ticker: MDTV.OB 2001 Sales: $1,100 2001 Profits: $-2,400 Employees: 30 2000 Sales: $ 900 2000 Profits: $-7,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $ 400 1999 Profits: $-1,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $96,356 Second Exec. Salary: $90,871
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on multi-unit dwellings.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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MEDIA GENERAL INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.media-general.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 15
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 18
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Broadcast Television Online Services
Media General, Inc. is an independent communications company, situated primarily in the Southeast. The firm owns 25 daily newspapers and nearly 100 other publications, as well as 26 television stations. Media General also operates more than 50 online enterprises. Media General’s publishing operations include daily and Sunday newspapers in Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, as well as partial ownership of the Denver Post Corporation. The broadcast television division's stations are affiliated with networks such as NBC, ABC, CBS and WB and are located in Tampa, Florida; Birmingham, Alabama; and Greenville, South Carolina, among other cities in the southeast region of the U.S. The primary source of revenues for this division is the sale of time to national and local advertisers. The interactive media division builds upon the company’s newspapers, television stations and financial databases to create online enterprises. In the last three years the company has placed significant emphasis on convergence, combining the unique strengths of newspapers, television and the Internet to enable the firm to better gather and present news and information to its readers, viewers and users and on behalf of its advertisers. These efforts were initiated in the Tampa market, where The Tampa Tribune, WFLA-TV and TBO.com share the company’s News Center facility and work side by side to provide the most comprehensive news, information and entertainment in that market. The success of this initial venture led Media General to introduce convergence to five additional markets in the Southeast where it operates newspapers, television stations and web sites in contiguous regions. In recent news, the company sold its financial services subsidiary, Media General Financial Services, Inc., to CenterPoint Data, Inc. Media General offers employees a flexible benefits plan with a range of health and welfare programs, insurance programs, tuition reimbursement and counseling assistance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Park Acquisitions, Inc. Garden State Paper Company, Inc. Media General Cable of Fairfax County, Inc. Hoovers Online Mega Advertising, Inc. Richmond Newaspapers, Inc. Denver Post Corporation Spartan Communications
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. J. Stewart Bryan, III, CEO O. Reid Ashe, Jr., Pres. O. Reid Ashe, Jr., COO Marshall N. Morton, CFO H. Graham Woodlief, Jr., VP James A. Zimmerman, VP J. Stewart Bryan, III, Chmn.
Phone: 804-649-6000 Fax: 804-649-6066 Toll-Free: Address: 333 E. Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23219 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $614,400 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $24,400 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $836,800 2002 Profits: $-72,900 Stock Ticker: MEG 2001 Sales: $807,200 2001 Profits: $18,200 Employees: 7,800 2000 Sales: $830,600 2000 Profits: $53,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $692,900 1999 Profits: $881,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $875,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $525,000 ADVANTAGE: Diversified communications interests.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$558,683 $274,263
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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MEDIA SOURCE INC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.juniorlibraryguild.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Publishing and Distribution
Media Source, Inc., formerly Pages, Inc., performs its principal operations through its subsidiary MT Library Services, Inc. (MTLS), which distributes children’s literature throughout the United States under the name Junior Library Guild (JLG). Literature is distributed primarily through book subscriptions directly to librarians at public libraries and both private- and public-school libraries. Media Source focuses on literature for children in kindergarten through grade 12. MTLS markets the JLG name, which offers award-winning literature in nine reading levels, directly to libraries through a 12-month subscription program. Marketing is accomplished by a network of telephone sales representatives. Media Source also uses extensive promotions on a continual basis throughout the year as an enticement for book subscriptions. The company offers numerous book titles each year in addition to previously offered titles at a discount price. Titles are selected by the editorial department, located in New York City, from manuscripts and other sources submitted by children’s book publishers. Media Source also owns Pages Book Fairs, Inc. This subsidiary is no longer engaged in the book fair business but continues to sell its remaining inventory.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Children's Book World Junior Library Guild MT Library Services, Inc. Hamburger Press Willowisp Press Worthington Press Pages Book Fairs Pages, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. S. Robert Davis, Pres. Donald R. Hollenack, CFO Randall J. Asmo, Exec. VP S. Robert Davis, Chmn.
Phone: 614-793-8749 Fax: 614-889-7841 Toll-Free: Address: 5695 Avery Rd., Dublin, OH 43016 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $7,400 2002 Profits: $2,400 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $5,900 2001 Profits: $1,300 Employees: 49 2000 Sales: $4,300 2000 Profits: $1,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,300 1999 Profits: $- 400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $192,243 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on products for schools.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
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MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mediacomcc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Internet Service Digital Cable
Mediacom Communications, the eighth-largest cable television company in the United States, provides customers with a wide array of broadband products and services. Specializing in smaller cities and towns, the company serves about 1.6 million subscribers in 23 states with networks passing approximately 2.7 million homes. Approximately 60% of the company’s customers are located within the top 100 television markets in the country. The firm offers its customers a full array of traditional analog video services including traditional cable television services. Through these services, customers can access several digital cable programming packages that include up to 41 digital basic channels, 61 multichannel premium services, 60 pay-per-view movie and sports channels, 45 channels of digital music and an interactive on-screen program guide to help them navigate their viewing choices. In addition, Mediacom offers advanced broadband products and services such as digital cable television and high-speed Internet access to a large portion of its customer base. Recently, the company deployed a limited high-definition television service. Moreover, Mediacom is exploring other opportunities in interactive video, Internet protocol telephony, or IP telephony, and other broadband services. In recent news, the firm announced that it will double the maximum speed currently enjoyed by its broadband Internet subscribers at no additional cost. The firm offers it employees medical, dental, vision, shortand long-term disability and group life coverage, in addition to tuition reimbursement.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MidAmerican Cable Systems Rapid Communications Cable Systems At Home Network Solutions, Inc. Mediacom Online Mediacom, LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rocco B. Commisso, CEO Mark E. Stephan, Exec. VP/CFO Italia Commisso-Weinand, Sr. VP-Human Resources Joseph Van Loan, Sr. VP-Tech. William I. Lees, Jr., Sr. VP/Corp. Controller Joseph E. Young, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Joseph E. Young, General Counsel John G. Pascarelli, Exec. VP-Oper. Calvin G. Craib, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev. Mark E. Stephan, Treas. Brian M. Walsh, Sr. VP-Financial Oper. Charles J. Bartolotta, Sr. VP-Customer Oper. Italia Commisso-Weinand, Sr. VP-Programming Rocco B. Commisso, Chmn.
Phone: 845-695-2600 Fax: 845-695-2699 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Crystal Run Rd., Middletown, NY 10941 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $746,096 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-69,587 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $923,000 2002 Profits: $-161,700 Stock Ticker: MCCC 2001 Sales: $590,000 2001 Profits: $-190,800 Employees: 3,582 2000 Sales: $332,100 2000 Profits: $-149,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $176,100 1999 Profits: $-81,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $220,000 Second Exec. Salary: $210,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$5,500 $5,500
A leading cable television provider.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
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MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.medianewsgroup.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 17
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 15
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting Commercial Printing Electronic Advertising Online Publishing
MediaNews Group, Inc controls 40 market dominant daily, and approximately 65 non-daily newspapers in nine states (including suburban markets in close proximity to the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore and Boston). The company also owns metropolitan daily newspapers, the Denver Post and Salt Lake Tribune. The company’s principal sources of revenue are print advertising and circulation. Other sources of revenue include commercial printing and electronic advertising. The company's newspapers have a combined daily and Sunday paid circulation of approximately 1.7 million and 2.3 million, respectively. In addition the company owns a television station in Anchorage, Alaska and four radio stations in Texas. The company also owns MediaNews Group Interactive, which provides the company’s newspapers with the tools, technologies and services that its newspapers need to maintain their presence as the leading Web sites in each of the communities that they serve. Those services include: hosting, online publishing/site delivery, maintenance, ongoingdevelopment, training, advertisement delivery, site analytics and business development support. The company also has investments in Power One Media, a provider of newspaper/internet classified advertising solutions; CareerSite, which develops and sells Internet based application tools that allow job seekers and employers to search job opportunities and resumes for the best match; and SeeitBuyit, incorporated as Mortgage Rate Watch, which is a marketing and promotional services company focused on providing the real estate industry listing and selling tools to participating realtors and newspaper affiliates. In recent news, MediaNews and Gannett Co., Inc. formed the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership. MediaNews contributed substantially all the operating assets and current liabilities of its New Mexico newspapers while Gannett contributed the El Paso Times.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Denver Post Salt Lake Tribune Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership Media News Group Interactive Power One Media CareerSite SeeitBuyit Mortgage Rate Watch
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William Singleton, CEO Joseph J. Lodovic, Pres. Gerald E. Grilly, COO Ronald A. Mayo, CFO Michael J. Koren, Controller Patricia Robinson, Corp. Sec. Anthony F. Tierno, VP-Oper. James L. McDougald, Treas. Eric J. Grilly, Pres.-MediaNews Group Interactive
Phone: 303-563-6360 Fax: 303-894-9327 Toll-Free: Address: 1560 Broadway, Ste. 2100, Denver, CO 80202 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $738,598 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $40,828 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $711,130 2002 Profits: $12,365 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $852,180 2001 Profits: $25,227 Employees: 10,700 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 5/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $830,250 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $547,350 Bonus: Dominant newspaper holdings/Diversification into other printing businesses
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$200,000 $200,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
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MEREDITH CORP Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.meredith.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Broadcast Television Stations CD-ROM Development Book Publishing Web Sites
Meredith Corporation began in agricultural publishing and has since expanded to include mass-audience and special-interest publications designed to serve the home and family market. The company is one of the nation’s leading media and marketing companies with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing and interactive media. Meredith's publishing group features 17 magazine brands, including Better Homes & Gardens and Ladies’ Home Journal, as well as approximately 160 special-interest publications, roughly 300 books in print, 25 web sites and strategic alliances with leading Internet destinations. The firm's broadcasting group owns and operates 12 television stations throughout the United States, including the operation of FOX-, CBS- and NBC-affiliated television stations, as well as properties in top-25 markets such as Atlanta, Phoenix and Portland. Meredith has the largest domestic database among media companies, with approximately 75 million consumer names, which enables magazine and television advertisers to precisely target their marketing campaigns. The firm’s largest source of revenues is magazine and television advertising. The company has established marketing relationships with some of America’s leading companies, including The Home Depot, DaimlerChrysler and Carnival Cruise Lines. In recent news, Meredith acquired American Baby magazine and its related properties from Primedia, Inc. The firm also entered into a licensing agreement with Advanced Relational Technology, Inc., the parent of Chief Architect, a leading professional home software developer. Under the agreement, both companies will collaborate to create a consumer software series for home design and architecture. Meredith’s competitive compensation package includes tuition reimbursement, insurance and subscription discounts.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ladies' Home Journal Better Homes and Gardens Multicom Publishing, Inc. Meredith Cable, Inc. Country Home Successful Farming American Baby
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William T. Kerr, CEO Suku V. Radia, VP/CFO Steven Cappaert, Controller John Zeiser, Corp. Sec. John Zeiser, General Counsel Art Slusark, VP-Corp. Comm. Jim Jacobson, Dir.-Investor Rel. Suku V. Radia, Treas. Kevin P. O'Brien, Pres.-Broadcasting Group Stephen M. Lacy, Pres.-Publishing Group Jack Griffin, Pres.-Magazine Group John Zeiser, VP-Corp. and Employee Services William T. Kerr, Chmn.
Phone: 515-284-3000 Fax: 515-284-2700 Toll-Free: Address: 1716 Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50309-3023 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,080,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $5,400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $987,800 2002 Profits: $91,400 Stock Ticker: MDP 2001 Sales: $1,053,200 2001 Profits: $71,300 Employees: 2,569 2000 Sales: $1,097,200 2000 Profits: $71,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $1,036,000 1999 Profits: $89,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $765,000 Second Exec. Salary: $545,000 Owns some of the best names in consumer magazines.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,235,000 $1,425,177
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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METRO INTERNATIONAL SA Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.metro.lu
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Free Daily Newspapers
Metro International publishes 30 editions of a free daily newspaper in 17 markets across Europe, North and South America and Asia, attracting about 13 million daily readers in more than 60 countries. The newspapers are published on weekdays in the morning, with a weekend edition in Stockholm, and distributed in the morning in high-traffic commuter zones or on public transport networks. All Metro editions carry headline local, national and international news in a standardized, accessible format and design. This is intended to enable commuters to read the newspaper during a typical journey time of approximately 16.7 minutes. The newspapers are distributed through self-service racks or by hand distributors located in or around public transport networks (such as subways, trains, buses and trams), office buildings and retail outlets; at key distribution points on busy streets; or in other highdensity population areas such as college campuses. Revenue is derived solely from selling space for display or classified advertisements in the newspapers. The timing and method of Metro's distribution enables it to target a high proportion of young, professional and female readers, attractive for advertisers due to their share of purchasing power. Metro attracts a high average of 2.8 readers per copy. Furthermore, 40% of daily readers are under the age of 30, and 50% are female. In recent news, Metro launched its 30th edition and became the second-largest national newspaper in France.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Pelle Törnberg, CEO Pelle Törnberg, Pres. Jens Torpe, Sr. VP/COO Robert Patterson, CFO Steve Nylundh, Sr. VP-Oper. and Contract Negotiation Vigo Carlund, Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7016-1300 Fax: 44-20-7016-1400 Toll-Free: Address: Interpark House, 7 Down St., 3rd Fl., London, W1J 7AJ UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Niche market newspaper publishing
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC (MGM) Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Y Y Y Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.mgm.com Profits: 17
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Film Production and Distribution TV, Video and Music Production and Distribution
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM) is involved in the worldwide production and distribution of entertainment products, including motion pictures, television programming, home video, interactive media, music and licensed merchandise. The company has accumulated a library of more than 4,000 theatrically released films and a significant television library. Films in the company’s library have won over 200 Academy Awards. The company has won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Annie Hall, The Apartment, The Best Years of Our Lives, Dances With Wolves, Hamlet, In the Heat of the Night, Marty, Midnight Cowboy, Platoon, Rain Man, Rocky, The Silence of the Lambs, Tom Jones and West Side Story. The company also owns the 22 James Bond films and the Rocky and Pink Panther film franchises. The company’s library includes titles from United Artists, Orion, Polygram, Goldwyn, Epic Films and the recently formed MGM Pictures productions. The library also includes over 10,200 episodes from television series previously broadcast on prime-time network television, including episodes of The Addams Family, Pink Panther and In the Heat of the Night. Television programs in the firm’s library have won 114 Emmy awards and 17 Golden Globe awards. Moreover, MGM has a 20% ownership interest in Rainbow Media’s national cable networks, including American Movie Classics (AMC), The Independent Film Channel (IFC) and WE: Women’s Entertainment. The company’s television production studio produces the current shows Stargate, She Spies and The Outer Limits. The firm also holds equity interest in 14 international television channels. In recent news, the company sold the Bravo television channel. MGM’s corporate headquarters in the heart of Santa Monica, California, features restaurants, a child care center, a health club, dry cleaners, a barbershop and a credit union as well as basketball, volleyball and tennis courts.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MGM Rainbow Media MGM Pictures Orion Pictures Corporation United Artists Corporation American Movie Classics (AMC) Independent Film Channel WE: Women's Entertainment
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Alex Yemenidjian, CEO Chris McGurk, COO Daniel J. Taylor, CFO Steve Shaw, Sr. VP-Human Resources William A. Jones, Corp. Sec. Jay Rakow, General Counsel Stephen Hendry, Sr. VP-Financial Planning
Phone: 310-449-3000 Fax: 310-449-8750 Toll-Free: Address: 2500 Broadway St., Santa Monica, CA 90404 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,883,044 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-161,714 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,654,100 2002 Profits: $-142,200 Stock Ticker: MGM 2001 Sales: $1,387,500 2001 Profits: $-438,000 Employees: 1,150 2000 Sales: $1,237,400 2000 Profits: $51,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,142,400 1999 Profits: $-530,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $2,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $2,198,750 Massive film library/Respected name.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,298,909 $1,078,094
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MGM MIRAGE Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mgm-mirage.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotels and Resorts Online Gaming Casino, Hotel & Resort Management
MGM Mirage, one of the world's leading hotel and gaming companies, owns and operates 14 casino resorts located in Nevada, Mississippi, Michigan and Australia, with investments in two other casino resorts in Nevada and New Jersey. The company, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, offers an unmatched collection of casino resorts with a limitless range of choices for guests. Guest satisfaction is paramount, and the company has approximately 43,000 employees committed to that result. Its portfolio of brands include AAA Five Diamond awardwinner Bellagio, MGM Grand Las Vegas, The Mirage, Treasure Island, New York-New York, Boardwalk Hotel and Casino and 50% of Monte Carlo, all located on the Las Vegas Strip; Whiskey Pete's, Buffalo Bill's, Primm Valley Resort and two championship golf courses at the California/Nevada state line; the exclusive Shadow Creek golf course in North Las Vegas; Beau Rivage on the Mississippi Gulf Coast; and MGM Grand Detroit Casino in Detroit, Michigan. The company has entered an agreement to sell Golden Nugget Las Vegas and Golden Nugget Laughlin pending finalization. MGM Mirage is also a 50% owner of Borgata, a destination casino resort at Renaissance Pointe in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Internationally, the firm owns and operates MGM Grand Australia in Darwin, Australia and holds a 25% interest in casino developer Metro Casinos, Ltd. of Great Britain. Employee benefits at MGM include medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, employee assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, flexible spending accounts and an on-site child development program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Treasure Island Golden Nugget MGM Grand Monte Carlo Bellagio Borgata Primm Resorts New York-New York
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. J. Terrence Lanni, CEO James J. Murren, CFO Gary N. Jacobs, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Gary N. Jacobs, General Counsel John T. Redmond, Pres./CEO, MGM Grand Resorts Robert Baldwin, Pres./CEO, Mirage Resorts, Inc. J. Terrence Lanni, Chmn.
Phone: 702-693-7120 Fax: 702-693-8626 Toll-Free: Address: 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $3,908,800 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $243,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $4,031,300 2002 Profits: $292,500 Stock Ticker: MGG 2001 Sales: $4,009,600 2001 Profits: $169,800 Employees: 43,000 2000 Sales: $3,105,500 2000 Profits: $160,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,336,900 1999 Profits: $86,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,557,692 Bonus: $2,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,278,846 Bonus: $2,000,000 Mirage is one of the world's leading developers and operator of casino-based resorts.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MICROSOFT CORP Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.microsoft.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Diversified Internet Access Provider Online Services Portal Book Publishing Entertainment and Cable TV Interests Computer Peripherals Personal Game Players Venture Capital
Microsoft Corp., the world’s leading (and largest) software firm, develops, manufactures, licenses, sells and supports a wide range of some of the most globally critical software existing today. The company offers online services; computer books and input devices, including operating systems for intelligent devices, PCs and servers; server applications for client/server environments; business and consumer productivity applications; software development tools; and Internet and intranet software and technologies. The company has also made an investment in cable operator Comcast. Windows CE software is one of the operating systems for millions of cable modems purchased by major cable television operators worldwide. Microsoft now jointly operates MSNBC news programming with the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). Microsoft is making a serious move into web services with its .Net initiative. Other initiatives include Passport.net, Office.net and VisualBasic.net. These programs are based on the XML language, and about 50% of the firm's $4 billion annual research budget is currently slotted for these products. XML offers several advantages for categorizing and shaping information. The company’s popular Xbox video game system, which sold 3.9 million units during fiscal 2002, represents a significant move into the computer hardware market. Microsoft’s real-time embedded Automotive v3.5 operating system can be found in the new flagship BMW 7 Series model line. This combination of telecommunications and computing will benefit the auto industry as the complexity of automotive systems continues to evolve. The firm recently announced plans to launch a comprehensive line of wireless networking products for home and office. Microsoft expects that these new products will make the conversion to wireless from a modem, cable or DSL Internet connection more consumer-friendly. Microsoft provides its workforce with relocation expenses, health club membership, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance. Restricted stock awards are granted to qualified employees, a 2003 shift from the firm's longstanding stock option plan.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Windows Comcast MSNBC Passport.net Xbox .Net WebTV Hotmail
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steve Ballmer, CEO John Connors, CFO Orlando Ayala, Group VP-Worldwide Sales and Mktg. Ken DiPietro, Sr. VP-Human Resources Eric Rudder, VP-Tech. Strategy Rick Devenuti, CIO Scott Boggs, VP/Corp. Controller Bill Neukom, Corp. Sec. Brad Smith, General Counsel Richard Emerson, Sr. VP-Corp. Dev. Strategy Bruce Leak, Pres., WebTV Networks, Inc. Blake Irving, VP-Corp. Comm. Carla Lewis, Sr. Dir.- Investor Rel. Brent Callinicos, Treas. William Gates, III, Chief Software Architect Linda Stone, VP-Corp. and Industry Initiatives William Gates, III, Chmn.
Phone: 425-882-8080 Fax: 425-936-7329 Toll-Free: 800-285-7772 Address: One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $32,187,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $9,993,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $28,365,000 2002 Profits: $7,829,000 Stock Ticker: MSFT 2001 Sales: $25,296,000 2001 Profits: $7,346,000 Employees: 55,000 2000 Sales: $22,956,000 2000 Profits: $9,421,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $19,747,000 1999 Profits: $7,785,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $568,723 Bonus: $350,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $547,500 Bonus: $205,810 ADVANTAGE: Owns industry-standard PC operating systems, Internet browsers and office applications.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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MIKOHN GAMING CORP Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mikohn.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Y Y Y Y
Profits: 15
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Jackpot Systems Casino Networking Systems Surveillance and Security Systems Signage Services
Mikohn Gaming Corp.'s operations are concentrated in two principal business segments: gaming operations and product sales. The company’s gaming operations segment includes proprietary branded and non-branded slot machines and table games. Mikohn’s product sales segment includes interior signage, progressive jackpot systems and player tracking and accounting systems for slot machines and table games. The company’s gaming segment owns or licenses from third parties the rights to several categories of proprietary games, which Mikohn places in casinos under lease arrangements. These leases provide for either fixed rental payments or participation in the game's operating results. Some of Mikohn’s proprietary games include Yahtzee, Battleship, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Clue, Trivial Pursuit and MoneyTime. Other casino operations include the development and installment of security, surveillance and communications systems. In addition, Mikohn designs, manufactures, installs and maintains interior and exterior signage for casinos. The company’s MikohnVision technology consists of LED displays that enable users to produce spectacular displays on huge outdoor screens using up to 16.7 million colors. In recent news, the company signed an agreement with two major Russian gamming equipment suppliers, Alliance Gaming Services and Jetgames, to distribute their products. More than 40% of Mikohn’s employees work in manufacturing; about 15% work in service and installation; and another 15% work in administration. The remaining positions are in art and design, sales, management and research and development.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SuperLink Casino Excitement, Inc. Trans Sierra Communications Tablelink MikohnVision
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Russel H. McMeekin, CEO John M. Garner, CFO Mike Dreitzer, General Counsel Robert J. Parente, VP-North American Sales Dennis A. Garcia, Exec. VP Olaf Vancura, VP-Games Dev.
Phone: 702-896-3890 Fax: 702-896-2461 Toll-Free: 800-336-8449 Address: 920 Pilot Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $66,798 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-11,678 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $102,600 2002 Profits: $-37,900 Stock Ticker: MIKN 2001 Sales: $111,100 2001 Profits: $-9,700 Employees: 425 2000 Sales: $100,800 2000 Profits: $-22,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $106,900 1999 Profits: $ 900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $342,641 Second Exec. Salary: $289,832
Bonus: Bonus:
$219,222 $50,000
Broad range of products for casinos.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MILLBROOK PRESS INC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.millbrookpress.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Children's Book Publishing
Millbrook Press, Inc. is a publisher of children’s nonfiction books, in hardcover and paperback, for the school and library market and the consumer market. The company has published over 1,500 hardcover and 700 paperback books under its Millbrook, Copper Beech and Twenty-First Century imprints. Millbrook’s books have been placed on numerous recommended lists by libraries, retail book stores and educational organizations. Books range from information-intensive school and library books to graphic, colorful general-interest titles. Twenty-First Century titles are published primarily for the educational market at a secondary-school level. Children’s books are purchased by traditional book stores such as Barnes and Noble and Borders, educational stores such as the Discovery Store and non-traditional channels such as direct sales, catalogs, book clubs and fairs and non-book retail stores such as museums, gift shops and toy stores.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Copper Beech Millbrook Twenty-First Century
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David Allen, CEO David Allen, COO David Allen, Exec. VP/CFO Richard McCullough, Sr. VP-Mktg. and Sales David Allen, Corp. Sec. Simon Boughton, VP/Publisher Jean E. Reynolds, Exec. VP/Publisher
Phone: 203-740-2220 Fax: 203-740-2223 Toll-Free: 800-462-4703 Address: 2 Old New Milford Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $9,270 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-3,680 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $18,600 2002 Profits: $- 700 Stock Ticker: MILB 2001 Sales: $21,600 2001 Profits: $ 100 Employees: 46 2000 Sales: $21,400 2000 Profits: $1,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 7/31 1999 Sales: $18,800 1999 Profits: $- 700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $153,000 Second Exec. Salary: $146,000 Award-winning line of children's books.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$30,000 $15,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mtg.se
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting Television and Film Production Internet Businesses Home-Shopping Network Subtitle Services Electronic Games Magazines
Modern Times Group is a major player in European television, radio and media services. The company is organized into five divisions: Viasat Broadcasting, radio, TV-Shop, SDI Media and Modern Studios. Viasat Broadcasting is arranged into three segments: Free TV Scandinavia, Free TV Eastern Europe and pay-TV. Free TV Scandinavia owns three free channels in Sweden and two in Denmark and Norway. Free TV Eastern Europe owns four channels in Lithuania, three channels in Latvia, Estonia and Hungry and two channels in Russia. The payTV division owns one channel that is distributed in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Moldavia, Belorussia and Georgia and six channels that are distributed in Sweden, Norway and Finland. In addition, the company distributes 20 third-party channels. Modern Time’s radio segment operates seven radio networks operating approximately 33 radio stations in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The company's TV-Shop business operates a home-shopping network that reaches 100 million homes in 24 countries and the second-largest Internet CD retailer in Sweden. SDI Media provides subtitles for movies in Europe, the Middle East, the United States and Asia and provides foreign subtitles for 80% of DVDs produced by Hollywood. Modern Studio produces television programming, movies, electronic games and magazines through seven subsidiaries. In recent news, the company has launched two new sports channels and purchased a 20% share in an online casino.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SDI Media TV-Shop Viasat Broadcasting Modern Studios
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hans-Holger Albrecht, CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht, Pres. Andrew Barron, COO Mia Brunell, CFO
Phone: 46 8 562 000 50 Fax: 46 8 205 074 Toll-Free: Address: Skeppsbron 18, Box 2094, Stockholm, SE-103 13 Sweden
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $694,500 2002 Profits: $-7,700 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $611,000 2001 Profits: $12,000 Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Diverse holdings, with dominance in the markets where it competes.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.monarchcasino.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Hotel
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc., owns and operates the tropically themed Atlantis Casino Resort, a hotel/casino facility in Reno, Nevada. Golden Road is located in the generally more affluent southwest area of Reno and features three high-rise hotel towers with an adjoining low-rise structure containing additional casino and public space and an enclosed overhead skywalk. The property has over 51,000 square feet of casino space interspersed with waterfalls, palm trees, thatched roof huts, nine food outlets, a nightclub, enclosed and outdoor pools, a health club and retail outlets. The casino features roughly 40 table games, including blackjack, craps and roulette; 1,500 slot and video poker machines; a race and sports book; keno; and a poker room. The majority of the casino’s revenue comes from slot and video poker machines. Atlantis is the closest hotel/casino to the 370,000-square-foot Reno Sparks Convention Center and the only hotel/casino within walking distance. Marketing is directed towards potential casino customers in three consumer groups: Reno area residents, conventioneers and non-conventioneer visitors to the Reno area. In recent news, the company decided to build a new 13-acre casino in southern Reno.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Atlantis Casino Resort Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John Farahi, CEO Bob Farahi, Pres. John Farahi, COO Ben Farahi, CFO Ben Farahi, Treas.
Phone: 775-825-3355 Fax: 775-825-7705 Toll-Free: 800-723-6500 Address: 1175 W. Moana Ln., Ste. 200, Reno, NV 89509 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $87,686 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $7,834 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $111,000 2002 Profits: $8,600 Stock Ticker: MCRI 2001 Sales: $104,500 2001 Profits: $4,600 Employees: 1,820 2000 Sales: $97,000 2000 Profits: $1,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $78,900 1999 Profits: $- 600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Excellent Reno location.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $280,000 Second Exec. Salary: $240,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$75,000 $75,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
Y
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MONSTER WORLDWIDE Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.tmp.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Advertising Services-Human Resources Yellow Pages Advertising Placement Fulfillment Services Online Career Sites Executive Recruiting Call Center Operations
Monster Worldwide, formerly TMP Worldwide, Inc., operates in four business lines: Monster, advertising and communications, directional marketing and Monstermoving.com. Monster, or monster.com, is the company's flagship brand and the nucleus of its intern-toCEO strategy, as well as the leader in the online recruitment and career management market. The site is the number one destination for career seekers and the 24th most visited property overall on the Internet. Through Monster, employers have access to over 20 million resumes in a database growing by more than 26,000 resumes daily. The firm has added content that goes beyond the traditional job search, including MonsterLearning and career management services for college students. The Monster network also includes MonsterTRAK and Flipdog, as well as ChiefMonster, which pre-screens applicants for senior-level positions. Through the advertising and communications segment, the company offers planning and production of recruitment advertising campaigns; media planning and buying in traditional media and on the Internet; planning and execution of on-campus recruitment programs; design and development of project management solutions; and development of employee communications strategies. Through its directional marketing division, the firm develops yellow page directory advertising programs for national accounts. Monstermoving.com is one of the world's largest online marketplaces for relocation information and services and moving-related support tools. In recent news, Monster Worldwide spun off its eresourcing and executive search units and underwent its name change. Monster Worldwide holds about a 35% to 40% market share of online recruiting revenues in the U.S.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Monster.com Flipdog ChiefMonster TMP Worldwide MonsterTRAK
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Andrew J. McKelvey, CEO James J. Treacy, Pres. James J. Treacy, COO Michael Sileck, Sr. VP/CFO Paul M. Camara, Exec. VP-Creative, Sales and Mktg. Margaretta Noonan, Sr. VP-Global Human Resources Brian Farrey, Pres.-Tech. Myron F. Olesnycki, Sr. VP/Sec. Myron F. Olesnycki, General Counsel Andrew Banks, Global Dir.-e-Resourcing and Exec. Search Harold Levy, Global Dir.-Advertising and Comm. Jeff Taylor, Global Dir.-Interactive and Monster.com Peter Dolphin, Group Pres.-Europe Stuart McKelvey, Group Pres.-Asia Pacific David Rosa, VP-Global Brands
Phone: 212-351-7000 Fax: 646-658-0540 Toll-Free: Address: 622 3rd Ave., New York, NY 10017 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $508,862 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-93,996 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,114,622 2002 Profits: $-534,896 Stock Ticker: TMPW 2001 Sales: $1,448,100 2001 Profits: $69,000 Employees: 8,500 2000 Sales: $1,291,700 2000 Profits: $56,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $909,000 1999 Profits: $- 800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $508,365 Bonus: $850,000 Second Exec. Salary: $500,031 Bonus: $118,750 World's largest yellow pages ad agency/Owns the industry-leading Monster.com site.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION www.morriscomm.com Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Radio Stations Magazine Publishing Book Publishing Outdoor Advertising Online Publishing Printing Services Internet Access Services
Morris Communications is one of the most widespread publishing groups in the United States. With operations in almost 30 states, as well as in the U.K. and Monaco, Morris has a number of publishing activities, from its core newspaper business to magazines, book publishing, online publishing and specialty printing services, with additional business in radio broadcasting and outdoor advertising. The Morris newspaper business is comprised of 38 newspapers published in 14 states, 26 of which are dailies, with a total circulation of 700,000. Most notable among these papers are The Augusta Chronicle, The Florida Times-Union, Savannah Morning News and Athens Banner-Herald. The magazine group of publications includes 25 magazines, most of which are focused on outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing, and the rapidly expanding Cowboy Publishing Group, which specializes in equine activities. Morris publishes books through its Globe Pequot Press subsidiary, which has over 3,000 titles in print, with a focus on travel guides and recreational publications. Other printing activities include commercial printing, 23 free community papers and visitor publications for tourists and travelers. Radio broadcasting operations include 33 stations and two networks, most notably the Desert Radio Group in California and Pioneer Broadcasting in Washington. Morris made its first foray into the Internet in 1995, starting its own Internet service provider (ISP) business, and has developed online publishing platforms through its Morris Digital Works subsidiary. The company recently acquired six radio stations in the Kansas area.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Augusta Chronicle (The) Florida Times-Union (The) Savannah Morning News Athens Banner-Herald Globe Pequot Press Desert Radio Group Cowboy Publishing Group Morris Digital Works
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William S. Morris, III, CEO William S. Morris, IV, Pres. Craig S. Mitchell, Sr. VP-Finance Craig S. Mitchell, Corp. Sec. Craig S. Mitchell, Treas. Carl N. Cannon, Exec. VP-Newspapers James C. Currow, Exec. VP-Newspapers Susie Morris Baker, VP J. Tyler Morris, VP-Cowboy Publishing Group William S. Morris, III, Chmn.
Phone: 706-724-0851 Fax: 706-722-7125 Toll-Free: 800-622-6358 Address: 725 Broad St., Augusta, GA 30901 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 6,000 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ National and international media holdings.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MOVIE GALLERY INC Industry Group Code: 532230 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.moviegallery.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Y Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video Rental Stores Online Sales
Movie Gallery, Inc. owns and operates over 2,050 video specialty stores located in 50 states through its whollyowned subsidiary M.G.A., Inc. The stores rent and sell videocassettes, DVDs and video games. The company is the leading video specialty store in rural and secondary markets in the United States. Movie Gallery maintains a flexible store format, tailoring the size, inventory and look of each store to local demographics. The firm uses market development funds, cooperative allowances from suppliers and movie studios and internal funds to purchase radio advertising, direct mail, newspaper advertising, in-store visual merchandising and in-store media to promote new releases. Movie Gallery also prepares a customized video program, MGTV, which plays on televisions in the stores. Stores offer over 15,000 movie titles and 1,000 video games for Nintendo, Sony, Xbox and Sega game systems. The company’s web site sells new and used movies and used video games, as well as providing movie news and reviews and information on upcoming releases.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Video Update HomeVision Entertainment M.G.A., Inc. Video Buzz MGTV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Joe T. Malugen, CEO Joe T. Malugen, Pres. J. Steven Roy, Exec. VP/CFO S. Page Todd, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. S. Page Todd, General Counsel Jeffrey S. Stubbs, Sr. VP-Store Oper. H. Harrison Parrish, Sr. VP
Phone: 334-677-2108 Fax: 334-677-1169 Toll-Free: Address: 739 W. Main St., Dothan, AL 36301 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $528,988 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $20,934 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $529,000 2002 Profits: $20,900 Stock Ticker: MOVI 2001 Sales: $369,100 2001 Profits: $14,300 Employees: 14,500 2000 Sales: $318,936 2000 Profits: $9,486 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $276,945 1999 Profits: $5,017
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $415,247 Second Exec. Salary: $302,669
Bonus: Bonus:
$263,561 $185,636
Growth through acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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MP3.COM INC Industry Group Code: 451220E Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mp3.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Portal-Music Music Sales and Distribution Audio Hosting
MP3.com, Inc. (a subsidiary of VUNet USA, in turn a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal) enables users to listen to over 1.6 million songs on the Internet. Many are downloadable free-of-charge. Others can be purchased and downloaded. MP3.com specializes in regional and lesser-known artists. Currently over 250,000 artists agree to provide the songs at no cost, in exchange for contractfree exposure and wide distribution. Artists also receive a free web page, including disk space and unlimited downloads. In addition, artists can utilize MP3.com's Digital Audio Music program, which allows them to sell and market their music with no startup costs and a 50% share of proceeds. The web site also offers users a customizable homepage, top 40 charts covering a variety of genres and business-to-business services like audio hosting. MP3.com sells albums and custom compilation CDs, but the majority of revenues are from online and offline advertising and e-commerce. MP3.com currently receives more than 15 million visitors to its site each month. The company did not create and does not own the MP3 technology. The corporate headquarters features an on-site fitness center and masseuse, offering free massages. An education assistance plan is also offered, and employees are free to set their own hours.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: My.MP3 Digital Audio Music Instant Listening NetCds Vivendi Universal VUNet USA
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Derrick R. Oien, Pres., VUNet USA Music and Media Group
Phone: 858-623-7000 Fax: 858-623-7323 Toll-Free: Address: 4790 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, CA 92121 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 308 2000 Sales: $80,100 2000 Profits: $-279,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $21,899 1999 Profits: $-42,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $283,851 Second Exec. Salary: $246,160 Pioneer in delivery of Internet-based music/Acquired by Vivendi Universal.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$302,250 $302,250
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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MTR GAMING GROUP INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mtrgaming.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Horse Racing Hotels Outdoor Sports Casinos
MTR Gaming Group, Inc. owns and operates Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Chester, West Virginia. The company also operates Speedway Casino at the Ramada Inn in North Las Vegas, which has more than 300 slot and video games. MTR’s third resort, the Ramada Inn and Speakeasy Casino, is located in Reno, Nevada. Mountaineer Park, a 606-acre site on the Ohio River, features an entertainment complex and destination resort with hotel, dining and lounge facilities and outdoor activities, including golf, swimming and tennis. The facility offers live thoroughbred horse racing with expansive clubhouse and grandstand viewing areas with enclosed seating for year-round racing. The track also conducts simulcast thoroughbred and greyhound racing from other prominent racetracks. In addition to live and simulcast pari-mutuel wagering, Mountaineer offers video lottery gaming through 3,200 video lottery terminals located in the racetrack clubhouse, grandstand and lodge. The site also includes a theater and events center and a new 39,000square-foot convention center. The Ramada Inn and Speakeasy casino features a 131-room hotel and a casino complex. The casino employs an auto-racing theme due to its close proximity to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. MTR opened a $25-million hotel expansion at Mountaineer, creating 250 jobs and generating additional business. The facility features 258 new rooms, including 22 suites. The company offers employees benefits including discounts and medical, dental, prescription, vision and life insurance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mountaineer Park, Inc. Mountaineer Racetrack and Gaming Resort Speedway Casino Ramada Inn and Speakeasy Casino
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Edson R. Arneault, CEO Edson R. Arneault, Pres. David R. Hughes, COO John W. Bittner, Jr., CFO Rose Mary Williams, Corp. Sec. Roger M. Szepelak, VP/COO-Nevada Properties Edson R. Arneault, Chmn.
Phone: 304-387-5712 Fax: 304-387-2167 Toll-Free: 800-804-0468 Address: State Rte. 2 S., Chester, WV 26034 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $223,172 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $12,860 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $266,300 2002 Profits: $17,900 Stock Ticker: MNTG 2001 Sales: $218,400 2001 Profits: $15,600 Employees: 1,860 2000 Sales: $170,600 2000 Profits: $15,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $113,400 1999 Profits: $6,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $804,023 Second Exec. Salary: $292,115 Expansion into video lottery and other services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$100,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y Y
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MTS INC
www.towerrecords.com
Industry Group Code: 451220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Music Stores Video and DVD Sales Music Magazines Online Sales Toys and Collectibles
Founded in 1960, MTS, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of recorded music. The firm currently operates 119 stores, as well as 58 franchised stores throughout the world. MTS stores, under the Tower Records name, offer assorted music and video products, including audio cassettes, recorded video cassettes, DVDs and other complementary products, such as books, magazines, blank tapes, software titles, personal electronics and accessories. A typical Tower Records store features more than 50,000 music titles, extended hours, in-store listening stations and trained sales personnel. Flagship stores, which are located in major metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, London and New York, typically exceed 20,000 square feet and carry between 80,000 and 120,000 music titles. MTS also sells and markets its products through its Towerrecords.com ecommerce site. The site features several store categories, such as music, video/DVD, classical, specials and extras, which offers entertainment collectibles and toys. The Try It Now section of the site features free downloads, recommendations and a classical music school. The firm additionally publishes complementary music magazines, including the Pulse! magazine. The company’s distribution centers are run by subsidiary Three A’s Holdings, LLC, which also does business as Bayside Entertainment Distribution. In 2002, MTS sold its Japanese operations to Nikko Principal Investments Japan, Ltd. In accordance with its restructuring plan, the company is selling its stand-alone or combination bookstores and converting several of its foreign stores into franchised operations. The firm filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2004 after enduring losses and intense pressure from such retailers as Best Buy and WalMart. The company offers its employees medical, dental and vision coverage; merchandise discounts; a casual environment; and employee assistance programs.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tower Records TowerRecords.com Pulse! Tower Direct, LLC Three A's Holdings, LLC Bayside Entertainment Distribution
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael T. Solomon, CEO Michael T. Solomon, Pres. Stanley L. Goman, Exec. VP/COO DeVaughn D. Searson, Exec. VP/CFO DeVaughn D. Searson, Corp. Sec. DeVaughn D. Searson, Treas. Keith Cahoon, Sr. VP-Far East Oper. Andy D. Lown, Sr. VP-European Oper. Russell M. Solomon, Chmn.
Phone: 916-373-2500 Fax: 916-373-2535 Toll-Free: Address: 2500 Del Monte St., West Sacramento, CA 95691 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $982,800 2002 Profits: $-57,200 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $1,079,500 2001 Profits: $-90,300 Employees: 4,828 2000 Sales: $1,099,900 2000 Profits: $-10,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 7/31 1999 Sales: $1,026,400 1999 Profits: $-8,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $632,780 Second Exec. Salary: $360,400 Owns the Tower Records brand name.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $100,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.multimediagames.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronic Bingo Games Video Lottery Machines Bingo Game Shows
Multimedia Games, Inc. is a leading gaming technology provider to Native American tribes across the U.S. It has supplied more than 7,500 electronic player stations to more than 100 independently owned gaming facilities across the country. The company's live television bingo show, MegaBingo, is played nationwide, offering players a chance at a must-go million-dollar prize. The firm designs and develops interactive high-speed video lottery games, related electronic player stations and equipment. Multimedia Games operates its interactive bingo games on behalf of its tribal customers through a multi-channel telecommunications network called BetNet. Employing combinations of frame relay, intranets, satellite, telephone, Internet and local area networks, BetNet enables players to simultaneously participate in the same game and compete for common pooled prizes in progressive jackpotstyle games. The company also produces high-stakes TV bingo game shows that are televised live to multiple participating Native American bingo halls linked via closed-circuit satellite and broadband telephone communications networks. Company brands include MegaBingo, MegaCash, MegaBingo Lite, MegaMania, FlashCash, Big Cash Bingo, Flash 21 Bingo and Evergreen. Multimedia Games recently introduced a new Black&White bingo game, its first to use a theme from Bally Gaming and Systems, a business unit of Alliance Gaming Corp. In other news, the firm installed approximately 194 new standard-sequence bingo game player stations at the Greenetrack Greyhound Racing facility in Greene County, Alabama. The firm offers its employees performance-based incentives as well as health and life insurance benefits.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: MegaBingo MegaCash MegaBingo Lite MegaMania BetNet Gamebay.com FlashCash Flash 21 Bingo
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Clifton E. Lind, CEO Clifton E. Lind, Pres. Craig Nouis, VP/CFO Tommy Le Gassick, Sr. VP-Sales Scott A. Zinnecker, VP-Human Resources Brendan O'Connor, Exec. VP/Chief Tech. Officer Dirk D. Heinen, Sr. VP-Oper. P. Howard Chalmers, Sr. VP-Planning P. Howard Chalmers, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. Robert F. Lannert, Exec. VP-Class II Gaming Gary Loebig, Exec. VP-Sales Glenn J. Goulet, Sr. VP-Market Research Valerie Siegrist, VP-Regulatory Compliance and Gov't Affairs
Phone: 512-334-7500 Fax: 512-334-7695 Toll-Free: Address: 206 Wild Basin Rd., Bldg. B, Ste. 400, Austin, TX 78746 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $368,766 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $31,655 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $291,000 2002 Profits: $25,300 Stock Ticker: MGAM 2001 Sales: $131,800 2001 Profits: $6,700 Employees: 336 2000 Sales: $96,800 2000 Profits: $2,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $88,900 1999 Profits: $-2,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Cutting edge network technology.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $360,577 Second Exec. Salary: $350,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$501,800 $501,800
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.mathmadeeasy.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 20
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Education Video Production Telemarketing Services e-Commerce
Multi-Media Tutorial Services (MMTS) produces, acquires and markets a variety of products to educational institutions and consumers using direct marketing through television, radio and print advertising. The company’s principal product to date has been proprietary tutorial education programs on videotape for use by adults and children in homes, workplaces, schools, libraries and other locales. This line, marketed under the brand Math Made Easy, consists of a series of over 100 videotapes and supplemental materials on mathematics, using colorful computer graphics and real-life vignettes. MMTS also offers customized telemarketing services on a project-byproject basis to companies and institutions that wish to outsource their telemarketing needs. The firm specializes in telemarketing generated by its own television and radio advertisements, which it places on a direct-response basis at the lowest available rates. MMTS intends to expand the scope of its telemarketing business with new product offerings, by developing, licensing or acquiring new educational products. The company also operates an ecommerce web site, mathmadeeasy.com, featuring tutorial programs. In recent news, the company entered into a marketing agreement with Abacus, a division of DoubleClick, and Sight and Sound Technologies, an audio download and file-sharing company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: TheTutorialChannel.com EduClick.com Math Made Easy Video Tutorial Services, Inc. Gaspra, Inc. 1800MATHUSA.com mathmadeeasy.com Homeroom.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Barry Reichman, CEO Barry Reichman, CFO
Phone: 718-234-0404 Fax: 718-234-0550 Toll-Free: 800-872-6284 Address: 205 Kings Hwy., Brooklyn, NY 11223 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $- 700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $2,200 2002 Profits: $- 800 Stock Ticker: MMTS 2001 Sales: $2,100 2001 Profits: $-1,200 Employees: 57 2000 Sales: $2,706 2000 Profits: $-1,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $5,400 1999 Profits: $- 800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $100,000 Second Exec. Salary: $100,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Unique products/Focus on education.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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NAPSTER LLC Industry Group Code: 451220E Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.napster.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Internet-Based Music Retailing
Napster, the infamous music sharing software, was purchased by Roxio in 2002 and has now been relaunched as a legitimate music subscription service. The actual system that drives the new music service is based on Pressplay, which was also acquired by Roxio from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. After numerous revamping of the software, making deals with major record companies and a great deal of marketing, Napster is back. Napster is now a subscription or pay-per-play service, with an online library of over 500,000 song titles, which can be searched in various ways. Users can either pay a monthly fee of $9.95 a month, $.99 a song or $9.95 a CD. Monthly subscribers are also allowed to tap into the Napster radio service, which can be customized to the user's tastes. Napster has also been making deals with several other companies, either brand-use or other trade agreements, and working with companies such as Case Logic and Samsung. The company has also begun offering Napster Cards, which have a set value and can be used on the Napster site in place of a credit card to purchase music. Napster Cards are now offered in numerous retail stores, such as Kroger, BestBuy, ExxonMobil and RadioShack.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Roxio Pressplay Napster Cards
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Laura Goldberg, Pres. Brad Duea, COO Bill Pence, Chief Tech. Officer Dana Harris, Sr. Mgr.-Corp. Comm.
Phone: 917-342-6900 Fax: 212-333-8212 Toll-Free: Address: 9044 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, CA 90069 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Refocusing on legal recorded music downloads.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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NASPERS LIMITED Industry Group Code: 513210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.naspers.co.za
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pay Television Internet Subscriber Platforms Print Media Content Protection Services Book Publishing Private Education
Naspers is a multinational media company with its principal operations in pay-television and Internet subscriber platforms, print media, book publishing, private education and technology markets. Naspers' most significant operations are located in South Africa, where it generates approximately 64% of its revenues, with other significant operations located elsewhere in Africa, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands and Asia. The subscriber platforms segment comprises pay-television and Internet activities and is operated mostly through MIH Holdings. This segment also encompasses the Internet activities of Media24 and Nasboek, most notably Media24 Digital and Kalahari.net. Media24 is the firm's newspaper and magazine publishing and printing business. Media24 is the largest publisher of magazines, one of the largest publishers of newspapers and the largest printer and distributor of magazines and related products in Africa. Irdeto Access provides content protection technologies to 91 operators in more than 37 countries worldwide. Its products enable pay-media operators to encrypt and decrypt their broadcast or multicast signals. Naspers' book publishing activities are conducted through Nasboek, a leading African publisher, with an extensive portfolio of fiction, non-fiction, reference, academic, religious and illustrated books. Naspers also has a small business of offering private education in a number of formats.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Media24 Nasboek Media24 Digital Kalahari.net Irdeto Access MIH Holdings Educor
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Koos Bekker, CEO Steve Pacak, CFO Salie de Swardt, CEO, Media 24 Cobus Stofberg, CEO, MIH Holdings Antonie Roux, CEO-Internet Oper. Rob Katz, CEO, Educor Ton Vosloo, Chmn.
Phone: 27-21-406-2121 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 40 Heerengrarcht, Cape Town, 8001 South Africa
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,396,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $40,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 13,992 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
World-wide media conglomerate
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
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NATIONAL LAMPOON INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.nationallampoon.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Comedic Name Licensing Comedy Web Site Cable Network
National Lampoon, Inc., formerly J2 Communications, owns the legendary comedy franchise National Lampoon and produces National Lampoon-themed merchandise. The firm is currently positioning itself as a leading provider of comedy on the Internet. J2 acquired National Lampoon in 1990 and has since broadened the scope of the humor franchise, expanding into cable, video, interactive and audio entertainment and book publishing. The company’s web site, NationalLampoon.com, features Word of the Week, an animated adventures parody; NewsFlash, which adds twisted stories to authentic photos; and News on the March, a parody of current events. NationalLampoon.com also contains the best of National Lampoon’s archives, including back issues of the magazine and movie rights. Moreover, visitors to the web site can purchase a variety of National Lampoon-themed merchandise, including apparel, ceramics, audio entertainment and movies, through the firm’s online store. The company also purchased the Burly Bear network, a cable network serving 219 college campuses. National Lampoon is depending on its web site as a central base of operations to launch future comedy projects, including television programming, multimedia, books, audio, video and a wide array of merchandise.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: National Lampoon Word of the Week NewsFlash Burly Bear Netwok NationalLampoon.com News on the March
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James P. Jimirro, CEO James P. Jimirro, Pres. Daniel Lanikin, COO Jim Toll, CFO Scott Rubin, Editor In Chief-National Lampoon Mason Brown, Managing Editor-National Lampoon Steven Brykman, Managing Editor-National Lampoon
Phone: 310-474-5252 Fax: 310-474-1219 Toll-Free: Address: 10850 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90024-4322 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $1,000 ( months) 2003 Profits: $-5,900 ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 940 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: NLPN 2001 Sales: $ 306 2001 Profits: $-3,076 Employees: 34 2000 Sales: $1,480 2000 Profits: $ 826 Fiscal Year Ends: 7/31 1999 Sales: $1,246 1999 Profits: $-1,299
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $190,750 Second Exec. Salary: $117,500
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Unique focus on National Lampoon.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
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NBC UNIVERSAL Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.nbc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Online News and Information Search Portals Internet Investments Interactive Online Content Cable Television Programming Theme Parks Movie Production
NBC Universal, formerly National Broadcasting Company, Inc., is a subsidiary of General Electric. It is the result of the merger of Vivendi Universal Entertainment with NBC. The new company is 20%-owned by Vivendi and 80%owned by GE. Assets merged into the new company include Universal Studios, Universal Television, the USA Network and the Universal Studios theme parks. In addition, the firm continues to own the NBC Television Network, which is the top U.S. television network among adults under age 50. The firm also operates cable channels Bravo, CNBC and MSNBC and has partial ownership in the cable channel A&E. NBC Internet, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of NBC, operates web sites that include NBCi.com, Snap.com and Xoom.com. With more than 20 million visitors to its sites on a monthly basis, the company integrates major media platforms, including Internet, broadcast and cable television and radio, to enable its partners and affiliates to connect with users. NBCi offers a variety of services online, including homepage building, chat rooms, software download options, message boards and greeting cards. The firm also provides online content for popular NBC shows, including web sites for Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. NBCi‘s AllBusiness.com subsidiary has formed a partnership with GE Small Business Solutions to create a one-stop resource for small business owners that delivers a wide range of services, including financial solutions and the online purchase of office supplies. NBC Sports is a leader in the coverage of major sporting events around the world. It is the exclusive home to the Olympic Games in 2004, 2006 and 2008, the PGA Tour, Notre Dame Football, Wimbledon and French Open Tennis, The Ryder Cup and The Triple Crown. NBC’s Telemundo, a U.S. Spanish-language television network, reaches roughly 91% of U.S. Hispanic viewers. The company reaches viewers in over 100 countries.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: A&E Telemundo NBC Universal Entertainment Universal Studios MSNBC.com CNET Networks General Electric Company
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert C. Wright, CEO Robert C. Wright, Pres. Mark W. Begor, Exec. VP/CFO Keith G. Turner, VP-Mktg. and Sales, NBC Television Networks Eileen Whelley, VP-Human Resources Alan Wurtzel, VP-Research and Media Dev. Lawrence Tu, General Counsel John Eck, Pres.-Broadcast and Network Oper. Brandon Burgess, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. Patricia Steele, VP-Comm. Ted Harbert, Pres., NBC Studios Kenneth Schanzer, Pres., NBC Sports Neal Shapiro, Pres., NBC News William L. Bolster, CEO-Int'l
Phone: 212-664-4444 Fax: 212-664-4085 Toll-Free: Address: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $6,871,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ (12 months) 2002 Sales: $7,149,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $5,769,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 7,000 2000 Sales: $6,797,000 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,790,000 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $615,393 Second Exec. Salary: $336,549
Bonus: Bonus:
$450,000 $367,103
Merger with Universal Entertainment.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
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NETCREATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.netcreations.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Marketing-Opt-In E-Mail Lists
NetCreations, Inc., a subsidiary of the Consodata Group, is the leading provider of e-mail acquisition marketing solutions to Fortune 500 clients. In 1996, the firm pioneered the double opt-in list-building process, which anti-spam groups, Internet service providers, legislators, industry trade groups, marketers and consumers agree is the highest form of permission. Today, the company manages the largest database of double opt-in addresses. Its three divisions, PostMasterDirect, SurveyDirect and ITProsDirect, deal with over 1,000 active clients in the business-to-consumer, business-to-business, market research and technology markets. The firm’s PostMasterDirect database service is a collection of over 50 million e-mail addresses organized into various interest areas that clients can rent. NetCreations has arrangements with hundreds of web site operators to sign up more e-mail recipients; as per these agreements, the operators share the revenues generated by the addition of new e-mail addresses. NetCreations works on behalf of over 2,000 direct marketing clients, which include Dell Computer, J. Crew, Compaq and Ziff-Davis. The company continues to partner with various corporations to help build its PostMasterDirect database. NetCreations currently partners with over 350 web sites and has developed relationships with hundreds of major advertisers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Consodata Group PostMasterDirect SurveyDirect ITProsDirect
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Mayor, Pres. Michael Mayor, COO Robert Mattes, CFO Tim Skennion, VP-Sales Elizabeth Lloyd, Dir.-Mktg.
Phone: 212-625-1370 Fax: 212-625-1481 Toll-Free: Address: 379 W. Broadway, Ste. 202, New York, NY 10012 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 40 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Expertise in e-mail marketing.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $157,292 Second Exec. Salary: $157,292
Bonus: Bonus:
$60,000 $60,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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NETFLIX
www.netflix.com
Industry Group Code: 532230 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Y Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online DVD Movie Rental
Netflix is the world's largest online DVD movie rental subscription service. Members pay a moderate monthly fee which allows them to logon to the Netflix web site, select up to three movie or television titles using the company's CineMatch technology and receive the programs on DVD via first class mail. There is no time limit for keeping selected titles, and members are provided with prepaid mailers for returns. Members may also create a list of desired titles, and the next in line is automatically shipped once a return is received, as long as the three-title limit is maintained. CineMatch technology tracks web site use and previous selections in order to provide members with title recommendations. Netflix primarily uses pay-for-performance marketing programs and free trial offers to acquire new subscribers. After a couple of false starts, the company filed for initial public offering, and went public in mid 2002. Netflix maintains an inventory of more than 5 million DVDs covering 15,000 unique movie titles, housed in 20 strategically located distribution centers nationwide. The average customer rents 5 titles monthly. The firm had about 1.5 million customers at the beginning of 2004. Long term goals include reaching 5 million customers and $1 billion in revenues by 2007, expanding into rental of video games and eventual rental of movies downloaded over the Internet. Blockbuster and Wal-Mart have both created services that compete with Netflix. In recent news, the company opened two new distribution centers in Illinois and Missouri, and now provides approximately 70 percent of its subscribers with next-day delivery. The company offers employees a range of benefits that includes stock options, medical, dental and vision insurance. Netflix describes its corporate culture as collaborative, entrepreneurial and ethical.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CineMatch
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Reed Hastings, CEO Reed Hastings, Pres. W. Barry McCarthy, CFO Leslie J. Kilgore, VP-Mktg. Patricia J. McCord, VP-Human Resources Michael Osier, VP-IT Oper. W. Barry McCarthy, Sec. David Hyman, General Counsel Thomas R. Dillon, VP-Oper. Neil Hunt, VP-e-Commerce Ted Sarandos, VP-Content Acquisition
Phone: 408-399-3700 Fax: 408-399-3737 Toll-Free: Address: 750 University Ave., Ste. 100, Los Gatos, CA 95032 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $191,100 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-1,100 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $152,800 2002 Profits: $-21,900 Stock Ticker: NFLX 2001 Sales: $75,912 2001 Profits: $-38,258 Employees: 495 2000 Sales: $35,894 2000 Profits: $-57,353 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,005 1999 Profits: $-29,845
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $190,000 Largest online video rental company in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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NETRATINGS INC Industry Group Code: 541512 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.netratings.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Internet Audience Information and Analysis Marketing Services
NetRatings, Inc. provides technology-driven Internet audience information solutions through Nielsen/NetRatings services. Nielsen/NetRatings targets its services to the advertising, media, e-commerce, financial, consumer goods and travel industries. NetRatings’ products and services include NetView, @Plan, AdRelevance, WebRF and Analytical Services. These products and services enable customers to make informed business-critical decisions regarding their Internet strategies. NetRatings delivers accurate and timely information about Internet user behavior, collected directly and automatically from representative samples of users throughout the world and then augments this data with detailed reporting and in-depth analysis. The firm is involved in several strategic relationships including joint ventures with Nielsen Media Research, ACNielsen and VNU, a world leader in publishing. In France, NetRatings is marketed by MEDIAMETRIE. The company is marketed in Japan via NetRatings Japan and in Latin America via IBOPE. NetRatings partners include Autometrics, Claritas, DoubleClick, Engage, Forrester, Interactive Market Systems and Scarborough. The company’s affiliations include the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), American Electronics Association, the Association for Interactive Media, the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), Emerging Interest Group, ESOMAR, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Wireless Audience Measurement Council. NetRatings’ activity tracking technology gathers information regarding site visit, advertising exposure and response, commerce transactions and streaming media usage information. In recent news, NetRatings introduced SiteCensus, which is a census-based site measurement that presents valid, detailed information concerning web site circulation.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nielsen/NetRatings Nielsen Media Research ACNielsen VNU SiteCensus NetView AdRelevance WebRF
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William Pulver, CEO William Pulver, Pres. Todd Sloan, CFO George Durney, Sr. VP-Sales Amy Cruz, Human Resources Barbara Jarzab, VP/Chief of Meas. Science David Muir, Sr. VP-Eng. and Oper. Charles L. Meadows, Exec. VP-Products & Services Jason L. Gray, Asst. Sec. Jason L. Gray, General Counsel Todd Sloan, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev. David J. Toth, Pres. & CEO Sean Kaldor, VP-Corp. Mktg. Manish Bhatia, Sr. VP-Mktg. & Bus. Dev. David A. Norman, Chmn. Fred O'Connell, Managing Dir.-Int'l
Phone: 408-941-2900 Fax: 408-942-9114 Toll-Free: 888-634-1222 Address: 890 Hillview Ct., Suite 300, Milpitas, CA 95030 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $29,834 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-17,859 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $29,700 2002 Profits: $-38,900 Stock Ticker: NTRT 2001 Sales: $23,500 2001 Profits: $-17,600 Employees: 305 2000 Sales: $20,400 2000 Profits: $-14,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,000 1999 Profits: $-17,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $350,000 Second Exec. Salary: $209,295 Relationships with Yahoo and Nielsen.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$212,500 $82,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.nytco.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing World Wide Web Sites Broadcast TV Newsprint and Paper Manufacturing Broadcast Radio Forest Products
The New York Times Company is a diversified media company with operations including newspapers, television and radio stations, electronic information and publishing, as well as interests in forest products companies. The company has classified its businesses into three primary segments: newspapers, broadcasting and New York Times Digital. The newspaper group includes The New York Times; the New England newspaper group, consisting of the Boston Globe, the Boston Sunday Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette; and the regional newspaper group, consisting of 14 daily and 12 Sunday newspapers throughout the U.S. Additional operations within this segment consist of newspaper distributors in the New York City and Boston metropolitan areas as well as news, photo and graphic services. The broadcasting group involves eight network-affiliated TV stations in various states and two radio stations in New York. Five of the television stations are ranked number one in their markets, while the others are in strong number-two positions. New York Times Digital is the Internet division of the firm, featuring web sites such as NYTimes.com, Boston.com and an archive distribution business. In addition to its major operating segments, The New York Times Company has equity interests in a Canadian newsprint company and a paper mill that manufactures supercalendered paper, which is used primarily in magazines.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: New York Times (The) Boston Globe (The) New York Times Digital NYTimes.com International Herald Tribune NYTimes.com Boston.com Worcester Telegram & Gazette
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Russell T. Lewis, CEO Russell T. Lewis, Pres. Leonard P. Forman, Sr. VP/CFO Jyll F. Holzman, Sr. VP-Advertising Cynthia H. Augustine, Sr. VP-Human Resources Michael G. Williams, VP/CIO Stuart Stoller, VP/Corp. Controller Rhonda L. Brauer, Corp. Sec./Sr. Counsel Solomon B. Watson, IV, General Counsel Janet L. Robinson, Sr. VP-Newspaper Oper. James C. Lessersohn, VP-Finance and Corp. Dev. Catherine J. Mathis, VP-Corp. Comm. R. Anthony Benton, Treas. Martin A. Nisenholtz, CEO, New York Times Digital Janet L. Robinson, Pres., The New York Times Bill Keller, Exec. Editor-The New York Times Ann S. Kraus, VP-Compensation and Benefits Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 212-556-1234 Fax: 212-556-7389 Toll-Free: Address: 229 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $3,227,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $302,700 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $3,079,000 2002 Profits: $299,700 Stock Ticker: NYT 2001 Sales: $3,016,000 2001 Profits: $444,700 Employees: 12,150 2000 Sales: $3,489,500 2000 Profits: $397,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,156,800 1999 Profits: $310,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $956,800 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $956,800 Bonus: ADVANTAGE: One of the best names in the newspaper business/Significant Internet operations.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$1,532,794 $1,532,794
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 22
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 17
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Community Newspapers
News Communications, Inc. (NCI) is primarily engaged, through wholly and partly owned subsidiaries, in the publication and distribution of advertiser-supported, community-oriented newspapers and related targetedaudience publications. Community newspapers are directed at specific geographic communities and are mostly distributed free of charge to selected residences and business establishments in those communities. Publications focus on local news, entertainment, politics, social issues, lifestyle, culture and arts. Some of the papers publish different editions, with variations in content and advertising, which are distributed to each community in the target group. NCI’s principal source of revenues is the sale of advertising space. The company’s publications include The Hill, a bi-daily paper covering the U.S. Congress and Dan Papers, a free publication distributed in Manhattan and the Hamptons. The company is having financial difficulty and sold some of its community papers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Dan's Papers Capitol Hill Publishing, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jerry Finkelstein, CEO Jerry Finkelstein, Pres. E. Paul Leishman, VP/CFO
Phone: 212-689-2500 Fax: 212-689-1998 Toll-Free: Address: 2 Park Ave., Ste. 1405, New York, NY 10016 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $8,311 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 574 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $11,200 2002 Profits: $- 700 Stock Ticker: NCOM 2001 Sales: $13,600 2001 Profits: $-2,600 Employees: 83 2000 Sales: $18,700 2000 Profits: $-1,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $18,300 1999 Profits: $-3,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $153,577 Second Exec. Salary: $95,000 Large network of community newspapers.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$15,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED (THE) Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.newscorp.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 24
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting and Distribution Film and Television Production Newspaper Publishing Satellite TV Distribution Advertising Services Magazine Publishing Online Programming
The News Corporation, Ltd. (NCL) is a diversified international communications company engaged in producing and distributing motion pictures and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadcasting; newspaper, magazine and book publishing; producing and distributing promotional and advertising products and services; developing digital broadcasting; developing conditional access and subscriber management systems; and creating and distributing online programming. NCL’s activities are conducted largely in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and the Pacific Basin. The company's filmed and broadcast media segment includes 82% ownership of the Fox Entertainment Group, including 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox International, 20th Century Fox Television, Fox Searchlight, 20th Century Fox Espanol and Fox Television Studios. NCL’s television segment includes British Sky Broadcasting, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Televisions Stations and Star, the leading Asian media company. The company’s cable segment includes Fox Movie Channel, Fox News Channel, Fox Sports Enterprise, Fox Digital Sports, the Fuel channel, FX, the National Geographic channel and the Speed channel. The firm's magazine holdings include Inside Out, Donna Hay, News America Marketing, the Weekly Standard and TV Guide. NCL’s newspapers include The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and New York Post. The company’s book publishing segment includes Harper Collins, ReganBooks and Zondervan. Other assets include Broadsystem, Festival Records, Fox Interactive, Mushroom Records, National Rugby League, NDS and News Interactive. The company also owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodger Stadium and associated media and trademarks. NCL programing reaches approximately 300 million television viewers a day. In December 2003, the Fox Entertainment Group unit acquired a 34% interest in Hughes Electronics, thereby gaining effective control of Hughes' DirecTV satellite television system and its 12 million subscribers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fox Entertainment Group British Sky Broadcasting HarperCollins Hughes Electronics 20th Century Fox New York Post TV Guide DirecTV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Keith Rupert Murdoch, CEO Peter Chernin, Pres. Peter Chernin, COO David F. DeVoe, CFO Roger Fishman, Exec. VP-Mktg. Ian Moore, Exec. VP-Human Resources Arthur M. Siskind, Group General Counsel Gary Ginsberg, Exec. VP-Corp. Comm. Gary Ginsberg, Exec. VP-Investor Rel. Anthea Disney, Exec. VP-Content Lachlan Murdoch, Deputy COO Paul Haggerty, Exec. VP-Latin American Div. Romulo Pontual, Exec. VP-Television Platforms
Phone: 212-852-7017 Fax: 212-852-7145 Toll-Free: Address: 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $17,474,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,046,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $16,344,000 2002 Profits: $-6,738,000 Stock Ticker: NWS 2001 Sales: $13,099,500 2001 Profits: $-111,600 Employees: 37,000 2000 Sales: $11,493,900 2000 Profits: $-168,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $11,151,300 1999 Profits: $493,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ One of the largest and most influential media companies in the world.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y Y
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NEWSEDGE CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.newsedge.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Syndicated Online News Content Business News and Information
NewsEdge Corporation, a subsidiary of the Thomson Corporation, is a leading supplier of syndicated content services and electronic business publishing technologies. The company’s services allow customers to create content for millions of users through a variety of high-technology mediums such as intranets, web sites, portals, extranets and distribution channels. Products such as Newsedge Live, Newsedge Insight and Newsedge Workgroups, deployed as part of the infrastructure of large organizations, help companies convey news and information to large numbers of their employees over intranets and local area networks (LANs). A separate company unit, the Newsedge Refinery, fashions highly targeted news pieces on more than 2,000 business topics from over 2,000 sources. The unit also serves thousands of sites and companies with customized content solutions including industry-specific topics, wireless services and live news feeds and applications. The firm uses human editors to assist in the editing process, winnowing out the less pertinent stories for its industry-specific readership. End users can be split into two groups: employees of large organizations that depend on news for competitive advantage and visitors to web sites that content providers compete to retain. The company has over 1,400 customers, including more than 80% of Business Week’s 100 largest global companies. Working side by side with its corporate clientele, the company’s services and content are designed to appeal to specialized audiences, encourage return visits and result in increased purchases and business traffic.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Newsedge Refinery Newsedge Live Newsedge Insight Newsedge Workgroups Thomson Corporation
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Clifford M. Pollan, CEO Clifford M. Pollan, Pres. Clifford M. Pollan, COO Alton Zink, VP-Worldwide Human Resources Larry Kramer, Controller Thomas Karanian, VP-Client Services and Oper. Sandy Scherer, VP-Corp. Comm. Charles White, VP-e-Content Services
Phone: 781-229-3000 Fax: 781-229-3030 Toll-Free: 800-255-3343 Address: 80 Blanchard Rd., Burlington, MA 01803 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 309 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $232,496 Second Exec. Salary: $182,313 Well-designed, customizable news content filter/Large customer base.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$89,780 $65,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP INC www.nexstarbroadcasting.tv Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 24
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 16
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting
Nexstar Broadcasting Company is a television broadcasting company focused exclusively on the acquisition, development and operation of television stations in medium-sized markets in the United States, primarily markets that rank from 50 to 150, as reported by A.C. Nielsen Company. The firm currently owns and operates 14 stations and provides management, sales or other services to an additional six stations. In six of the 13 markets that the company serves, it operates or provides services to more than one station. Nexstar has doubled the size of its portfolio over the last four years, having acquired seven stations and begun providing services to four additional stations. The stations that the company operates or provides services to are clustered in three regions: the Northeast, consisting of five stations in Pennsylvania and New York; the Midwest, consisting of eight stations in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri; and the Southwest, consisting of seven stations in Texas and Louisiana. These stations are diverse in their network affiliations: 18 have primary affiliation agreements with one of the four major networks; six with NBC, five with CBS, four with ABC, three with Fox and the remaining two with UPN. In recent news, Nexstar made an initial public offering and is being traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NXST.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nexstar Finacial Holdings Nexstar Finance, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Perry A. Sook, CEO Perry A. Sook, Pres. Shirley E. Green, VP-Finance Duane A. Lammers, VP-Mktg. and Sales Susana G. Schuler, VP/Corp. News Dir. Richard Stolpe, VP/Corp. Chief Eng. Jay M. Grossman, VP Peggy Koenig, VP
Phone: 972-373-8800 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: 909 Lake Carolyn Pkwy., Ste. 1450, Irving, TX 75039 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $91,543 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-46,606 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $133,839 2002 Profits: $-46,796 Stock Ticker: NXST 2001 Sales: $110,729 2001 Profits: $39,485 Employees: 1,106 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Targeted acquisition strategy
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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NINTENDO OF AMERICA Industry Group Code: 334111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.nintendo.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronic Games Software Toys
Nintendo, based in Japan, is the number-one maker of handheld video games and the number-three maker of video game consoles. The company’s main products are Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP and GameCube video game systems and related software and merchandise. The Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP are handheld video game systems. The GameCube is a video game console system which is selling slightly behind Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation 2. The company offers a large number of wellknown video game titles including Final Fantasy, Mario Brother’s, Donkey Kong, Pokemon and The Legend of Zelda. In recent news, sales of GameCube have accelerated due to its price reduction to $99 and the release of several long-anticipated games including Final Fantasy XIII.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GameCube Game Boy Pokeman Mario Brother’s Final Fantasy Legend of Zelda Donkey Kong Game Boy Advance
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Tatsumi Kimishima, Pres. George Harrison, Sr. VP-Mktg. Jim Cannataro, Exec. VP-Admin. George Harrison, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm.
Phone: 81-756629600 Fax: 81-756629620 Toll-Free: Address: 11-1 Kamitoba hokotate-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 6018501 Japan
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $4,206,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $561,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $4,183,300 2002 Profits: $802,500 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $3,661,200 2001 Profits: $764,700 Employees: 2000 Sales: $5,279,400 2000 Profits: $531,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Brand recognition
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE) Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.goodtv.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Programming
The Nostalgia Network, Inc. operates a television programming service, the GoodLife TV Network, which offers a variety of entertainment, information and lifestyle programming exemplifying traditional American culture, values and sense of community. This programming mix targets America’s boomer-and-over audience. As part of its branding efforts, the network adopted the GoodLife name, which was deemed to be more descriptive of the network’s emphasis on values-oriented programming, free of sex and violence. In an effort to differentiate itself from its many competitors, and in response to comments from cable system operators, the network has continued its efforts to increase original programming. Such programming includes shows like American Family, Volunteers: For the Sake of Others and Embassy Chefs. The company saw a dramatic increase in viewership through the service transmission agreement between Nostalgia and National Digital Television Center, which provides for the digital distribution of the network’s signal through the Headend in the Sky program. To more closely align its sales and marketing activities, the company consolidated these efforts at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Consistent with this decision, the company determined to close its Englewood, Colorado and Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania offices. Nostalgia Network went private after accepting an offer from Crown Communications Corporation to enter into a cash merger that resulted in the elimination of the network’s publicly held shares of common stock. On September 11, 2003, the company launched a new series entitled Homefront America. This series will focus on providing behind-thescenes information on America’s quest to preserve its security. The show is hosted by a veteran CNN Pentagon correspondent.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GoodLife TV Network Crown Communications Corporation American Family Volunteers: For the Sake of Others Embassy Chefs Homefront America
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Douglas D.M. Joo, CEO Lawrence R. Meli, Pres. Lawrence R. Meli, COO Diane C. Fuller, CFO Gaye Dyer, Sr. Dir.-Mktg. Todd Messer, Web Dir. Mark Ringwald, VP-Programming and Production Douglas D.M. Joo, Chmn.
Phone: 202-289-6633 Fax: 202-289-6632 Toll-Free: Address: 650 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 27 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,400 1999 Profits: $-21,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Merger with Crown Communications Corporation.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
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NTL INCORPORATED Industry Group Code: 513300A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ntl.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Local Telephone Service High-Speed Internet Services Business Telecommunications Television and Radio Broadcasting Cable Services Telephony Services
NTL, Inc. is a leading communications company in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, as well as a telecommunications provider in Switzerland, France and Australia and a broadband cable operator in Germany and Sweden. The company provides residential, business and wholesale customers with residential telecommunications and television services, national telecommunications services and broadcasting services. Residential telecommunications and television services include residential telephony, cable television and Internet access services. National services include national business telecommunications, national and international carrier services, Internet services and satellite and radio communications services. Broadcasting services include digital and analog television and radio broadcast transmission services. NTL provides its services over local, national and international network infrastructure. The company operates advanced local broadband networks serving entire communities throughout NTL's regional franchise areas. The broadcast transmission network provides national, regional and local analog and digital transmission services to customers throughout the U.K. The firm also operates the U.K.'s first synchronous digital hierarchy backbone telecommunications network, as well as satellite earth stations and radio communications facilities from NTL's tower sites across the U.K. Management's objective is to exploit the convergence of the telecommunications, entertainment and information services industries to become a premier communications company in the U.K. and will offer these services to residential, business and wholesale customers on a national scale. NTL recently expanded through the acquisition of the residential cable, business cable, indirect residential telephony, residential Internet and digital television development and services businesses of Cable & Wireless Communications. In other news, the company announced that it will broadband-enable the Sandfields Young Business Centre and provide a broadband demonstration facility free of charge for a year in support of Neath Port Talbot Council’s broadband initiative.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cable & Wireless Communications
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Barclay Knapp, CEO Barclay Knapp, Pres. John F. Gregg, Sr. VP/CFO Richard J. Lubasch, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Richard J. Lubasch, General Counsel George S. Blumenthal, Treas. Stephen A. Carter, COO/Sr. VP-UK and Ireland Oper. Bret Richter, Sr. VP-Finance George S. Blumenthal, Chmn.
Phone: 44-1256-752-000 Fax: 44-1256-752-100 Toll-Free: Address: NTL House, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UP UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,516,662 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-320,431 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $3,265,100 2002 Profits: $-2,375,800 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $3,189,600 2001 Profits: $-11,837,000 Employees: 15,130 2000 Sales: $2,484,200 2000 Profits: $-2,388,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,537,100 1999 Profits: $-716,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $467,290 Bonus: $470,000 Second Exec. Salary: $449,500 Bonus: $450,000 Operates the U.K.'s first synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) backbone telecommunications network.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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NTN COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ntn.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 16
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Interactive TV Production Interactive Sports and Trivia Games On-Site Communications Products and Services
NTN Communications, Inc. develops interactive sports and trivia games through its Buzztime.com subsidiary and maintains two major networks to broadcast its games across the country through its NTN Networks subsidiary. The NTN Networks division provides entertainment services and on-site communications products to the hospitality industry. The entertainment services represent a wide variety of popular interactive games, advertisements and informational programming delivered daily via satellite and Internet to consumers in 3,171 restaurants, sports bars and taverns throughout the United States, as well as hotels, cruise ships and active adult communities. The division's on-site communications products (primarily guest and server paging products that tell customers when their table or food is ready) are distributed to another 2,800 locations in the United States. Buzztime operates the company's live broadcast studio, produces its trivia and live sports play-along content to both the NTN Network and new consumer interactive platforms and is developing the Buzztime interactive television channel. In recent news, NTN Communications acquired NTN Interactive Network, the company's licensee in Canada. NTN offers its employees stock options.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: NTN Networks Buzztime.com NTN Interactive Network
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stanley B. Kinsey, CEO V. Tyrone Lam, Pres. V. Tyrone Lam, COO James B. Frakes, CFO Kathy Miles, Human Resources Darlene French-Porter, Controller Kathy Miles, Corp. Sec. Kathy Miles, VP-Oper. Dan Sweeney, Sr. VP-Distribution, Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. Mark deGorter, Pres./COO, NTN Networks Steve Riccabona, VP-Sales and Mktg., NTN iTV
Phone: 619-438-7400 Fax: 619-438-7470 Toll-Free: Address: 5966 La Place Ct., Ste. 100, Carlsbad, CA 92008 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $21,307 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-1,819 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $25,600 2002 Profits: $-2,200 Stock Ticker: NTN 2001 Sales: $22,600 2001 Profits: $-3,700 Employees: 174 2000 Sales: $22,000 2000 Profits: $-9,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $23,700 1999 Profits: $-2,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $313,542 Second Exec. Salary: $222,538
Bonus: Bonus:
$24,000 $60,000
Leading-edge technology.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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NUCENTRIX BROADBAND NETWORKS INC Industry Group Code: 513390A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: High-Speed Access Provider-Wireless Cable Service
Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc. provides fixedwireless broadband services using radio spectrum between 2.1 and 2.5 GHz in medium and small markets across Texas, Oklahoma and the midwestern U.S. The firm is authorized and capable of conducting business in 93 markets covering an estimated 8.4 million total households. Nucentrix currently provides high-speed wireless Internet access primarily to medium-sized and small businesses in addition to small and home offices. The firm’s current service offerings include Internet access from 128 Kbps to 1.54 Mbps, or up to 50 times faster than service provided over standard dial-up telephone lines. Historically, Nucentrix has used its spectrum to provide wireless subscription television services, commonly referred to as wireless cable. However, as part of the company’s long-term plan to shift the use of its spectrum from wireless cable to broadband Internet and other advanced wireless services, Nucentrix is in the process of converting substantially all of its wireless cable subscribers to programming provided by DIRECTV, Pegasus Satellite Television, Inc. and an affiliate of Time Warner Cable. In addition to the conversion of its wireless cable subscribers discussed above, the firm has marketed and sold DIRECTV digital broadcast satellite programming as a commissioned sales agent for DIRECTV since 1998. Under an agreement with DIRECTV, the company receives up-front and residual commissions for DIRECTV subscriptions that it sells. Moreover, Nucentrix receives certain equipment subsidies from DIRECTV-approved equipment providers. The corporation’s ultimate goal is to provide fixed, portable and mobile broadband Internet access and other information services using its highcapacity MMDS radio spectrum to medium-sized and small markets. In recent news, the company declared bankruptcy for the second time in five years.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Nucentrix Internet Services
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Carroll D. McHenry, CEO Carroll D. McHenry, Pres. Carroll D. McHenry, CFO J. Curtis Henderson, Sr. VP/General Counsel Russel A. Wiseman, Sr. VP-Internet Oper. Frank H. Hosea, Sr. VP-Video Oper. Carroll D. McHenry, Chmn.
Phone: 972-662-4000 Fax: 972-662-3800 Toll-Free: 877-682-3687 Address: 4120 International Pkwy., Ste. 2000, Carollton, TX 75007 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 3 months. 2003 Sales: $4,000 ( 3 months) 2003 Profits: $-4,300 ( 3 months) 2002 Sales: $35,200 2002 Profits: $-31,400 Stock Ticker: NCNX 2001 Sales: $49,800 2001 Profits: $-40,900 Employees: 100 2000 Sales: $61,046 2000 Profits: $-22,079 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $70,475 1999 Profits: $148,939
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $185,000 Leading-edge technology for high-speed wireless Internet access.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$213,750 $92,269
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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OMNICOM GROUP INC Industry Group Code: 541810 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.omnicomgroup.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Advertising Services Corporate Communications Services Market Research
Omnicom Group, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, provides corporate communications services to clients worldwide on a global, national and local basis. Operations cover the major regions of North America, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Latin America, the Far East, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. The corporate communications services offered by the company include advertising in various media, such as television, radio, newspaper, magazines, outdoor and the Internet, as well as public relations, specialty advertising, direct-response and promotional marketing, strategic media planning and buying, Internet and digital media development. Omnicom Group also offers its clients additional services such as marketing consultation, consumer market research, design and production of merchandising, sales promotion and interactive marketing. Clients of Omnicom include major consumer product companies; industrial, financial and service industry companies; as well as smaller, panregional, national and local companies. Omnicom Group's subsidiaries include Carlson and Partners, GSD&M, Brodeur Worldwide, BBDO Worldwide, TBWA Worldwide, Matthews Media Group, Adelphi Group, Alcone Marketing Group, Bernard Hodes Group and many others. Omnicom Group's ad campaigns have included Budweiser’s Whassup ads and The Joy of Cola spots for Pepsi.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BBDO Worldwide Network Brodeur Worldwide TBWA International Network Carlson and Partners Bernard Hodes Group Matthews Media Group GSD&M Adelphi Group
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John D. Wren, CEO John D. Wren, Pres. Randall J. Weisenburger, CFO Phillip J. Angelastro, Controller Barry J. Wagner, Corp. Sec. Barry J. Wagner, General Counsel Dennis E. Hewitt, Treas. Thomas H. Carey, Exec. VP Philip J. George, Tax Counsel Robert A. Profusek, Exec. VP Thomas W. Watson, Exec. VP Bruce Crawford, Chmn.
Phone: 212-415-3700 Fax: 212-415-3530 Toll-Free: Address: 437 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $8,621,404 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $675,883 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $7,536,000 2002 Profits: $644,000 Stock Ticker: OMC 2001 Sales: $6,889,000 2001 Profits: $503,000 Employees: 57,600 2000 Sales: $6,154,200 2000 Profits: $498,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,130,500 1999 Profits: $362,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $985,000 Second Exec. Salary: $925,000 Highly diversified corporate communications services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$2,200,000 $2,025,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ON COMMAND CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.oncommand.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 18
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service-Hospitality Satellite Television Service Video-on-Demand High-Speed Internet Access
On Command Corporation, a leading provider of hotel pay-per-view entertainment and information services, serves a number of well-known hotels, including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and Embassy Suites. As a provider of hotel entertainment, the company offers a variety of free channels, including Disney, HBO, ESPN and Showtime (depending on the hotel’s preferences) with anywhere from 25 to 55 recently released movies for pay-per-view purposes. Unlike other pay-per-view systems, On Command’s system allows a customer to order and view a movie instantly, without the hassle of a schedule. Through a partnership with DIRECTV, On Command is able to provide more entertainment choices than any other system. The company’s newer systems enable a number of hotels to provide their guests with Sony PlayStation video games. As a provider of in-room Internet access, On Command leads the industry in high-speed Internet access service, with installation in over 235,000 hotel rooms. The firm operates such services through packages called @Hotel TV and @Hotel PC, which enable guests to surf the web using the televisions in their rooms. In addition, the company’s high-speed, two-way digital communications capability allows video checkout, through which a customer can use the TV in their room to view their bill and check out of the hotel. The company aggressively promotes its OCX multimedia services platform, which features an improved graphical user interface for movies and games and TV-based Internet with a keyboard. On Command also sells its systems to other providers of in-room entertainment, such as Hospitality Network, Inc., which is licensed to use the systems for on-demand, in-room entertainment and information services to certain gaming-based hotel properties, and ALLIN Interactive, which is licensed to install its systems on cruise ships. In recent news, the company announced that it will be acquired by Liberty Media Group. On Command offers its employees medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as an education reimbursement program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: @Hotel TV @Hotel PC OCX Liberty Media Group
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Christopher Sophinos, CEO Christopher Sophinos, Pres. Bernard G. Dvorak, CFO Larry Smith, VP-Sales and Oper. David A. Simpson, Chief Tech. Officer Debi Srdoc, Controller Brian Barnett, VP-Software Eng. John Johnson, VP-Mfg. and Materials Pamela Strauss, General Counsel Wiley Reed, VP-Oper. Chris Bracken, VP-Corp. Dev. Rick Swift, VP-Bus. Dev. Tad Walden, VP-Mktg. Stephen Guillot, VP-Sales, Corp. Accounts
Phone: 720-873-3200 Fax: 720-873-3299 Toll-Free: 800-797-7654 Address: 4610 S. Ulster St., Tower II, 6th Fl., Denver, CO 80237 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $177,238 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-25,315 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $238,397 2002 Profits: $-42,607 Stock Ticker: ONCO 2001 Sales: $239,400 2001 Profits: $-85,700 Employees: 620 2000 Sales: $265,380 2000 Profits: $-39,043 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $252,948 1999 Profits: $-29,394
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $324,989 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $299,063 ADVANTAGE: Provides service to more than 235,000 hotel rooms.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$50,000 $90,312
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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ON STAGE ENTERTAINMENT Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.onst.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 17
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Theatrical Productions Dinner Theaters
On Stage Entertainment produces and markets live theatrical productions and operates live theaters and dinner theaters. The company markets its productions directly to audiences at theaters in resort and urban tourist locations. On Stage also markets its productions to commercial clients, which include casinos, corporations, fairs and expositions, theme and amusement parks and cruise lines. On Stage has also performed for major corporate clients, such as McDonald’s, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Pitney Bowes, Levi Strauss and Texaco. The company’s flagship production is called Legends in Concert and features impersonators who perform as Elvis Presley, the Blues Brothers and Marilyn Monroe. On Stage also sells souvenirs, such as clothing and videotapes, from the Legends in Concert production. Another major production is Wild Bill’s Dinner Extravaganza, a two-hour dinner show that features performances from the Wild West. The company recently negotiated the live production licensing rights to Ripley’s Believe It or Not for the U.S. and Canada, excluding New York. On Stage also purchased the production Country Tonite, a country-music showcase based in Las Vegas, Nevada; Branson, Missouri; and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, from BounceBackTechnologies.com.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Legends in Concert Country Tonite Wild Bill's Dinner Extravangaza
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Timothy J. Parrott, CEO Jeffery Victor, Pres. Jeffery Victor, COO Margaret Freman, CFO Chris Angelo, Dir.-Sales and Mktg. Timothy J. Parrott, Chmn.
Phone: 702-253-1333 Fax: 702-253-1122 Toll-Free: Address: 4625 W. Nevso Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89103 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $21,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ (12 months) 2002 Sales: $22,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: ONST 2001 Sales: $23,800 2001 Profits: $-1,700 Employees: 400 2000 Sales: $24,100 2000 Profits: $-4,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $28,500 1999 Profits: $-2,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $308,333 Second Exec. Salary: $114,400
Bonus: Bonus:
$87,500 $
Focus on resort and tourist locations.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC www.onesource.com Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Business Information
OneSource Information Services, Inc. delivers in-depth company and industry information to business individuals and organizations via the Internet. OneSource’s Business Browser product line provides reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive business and financial information on over 1.7 million companies from over 2,500 sources through 30 information providers, including the SEC, Comtex, Dun & Bradstreet and Market Guide. OneSource’s information offers professionals quick access to corporate, industry and market intelligence, with such information as news, trade press, executive biographies, analyst reports, company financial results, stock quotes and industry statistics. Customers access the information over standard web browsers at fixed annual subscription rates. The fixed rate is particularly attractive to large corporations because the cost decreases as the number of company users increases. With the use of standard web technology, end users require minimal training and minimal installation and systems support. Customers have full access to the products anytime from anywhere over the Internet. The Business Browser product line includes the U.S., U.K., Global and European Business Browser. The Business Browser features special applications integrated into the product including a company profiler, which delivers integrated reports on a company’s history, products, competition, executives, current news articles and financials; WatchList Update, which automatically keeps track of news articles, news stories, financial filings and research reports on companies specified by the user; and a topic search, which screens news stories, research reports, business descriptions and trade articles for information by topic. OneSource’s AppLink software package allows customers access to Business Browser content in HTML and XML formats via their internal applications. The firm also offers Synergy Solutions, an internal data optimization service. The firm’s customers include American Express, Bank One, Gillette, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, HP, Motorola, SAP America and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The firm will be acquired and taken private by ValueAct Capital Partners during 2004 at a price of about $65 million.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Business Browser WatchList Update ValueAct Capital Partners AppLink Synergy Solutions
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Martin Kahn, Interim CEO Roy D. Landon, CFO Philip J. Garlick, Sr. VP-Global Sales David DeSimone, Chief IT Officer Yvonne Cekel, VP-Bus. Dev. Patti Purcell, Sr. VP-Products and Solutions Bill Schumacher, Sr. VP-Content Martin Kahn, Chmn.
Phone: 978-318-4300 Fax: 978-318-4690 Toll-Free: 800-554-5501 Address: 300 Baker Ave., Concord, MA 01742 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $57,300 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $2,500 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $57,800 2002 Profits: $4,400 Stock Ticker: ONES 2001 Sales: $59,000 2001 Profits: $4,700 Employees: 242 2000 Sales: $51,889 2000 Profits: $ 858 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $35,548 1999 Profits: $-4,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $270,000 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $190,000 Bonus: Gathers business data from a wide variety of sources into a single web site.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$37,800 $24,296
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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OVERTURE SERVICES INC Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.overture.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Portal-Bid-Based Search Engine Online Marketing and Advertising
Overture Services, Inc., formerly GoTo.com, Inc., offers paid search results advertising services. A subsidiary of Yahoo!, it makes introductions between the customers of its web site partners and the Internet’s leading businesses, products and services via its online marketplace. Its core product, Pay-For-Performance, offers a real-time marketplace where its 80,000 advertisers can bid for placement in search results that the company distributes to affiliate partners such as MSN, Yahoo!, CNN.com and InfoSpace. Advertisers pay for service only when users click on their listings. Overture is headquartered in Pasadena, California, and has offices in New York and San Francisco with international subsidiary offices in the U.K., Germany, Ireland, France, Japan and South Korea. In recent news, the company announced plans to acquire AltaVista Company and the web search unit of Fast Search and Transfer.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GoTo.com Pay-For-Performance AltaVista Company Fast Search and Transfer Yahoo!
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ted Meisel, CEO Ted Meisel, Pres. Jaynie Studenmund, COO Todd Tappin, CFO Stephanie A. Sarka, Sr. VP-Mktg. Jackie DeMaria, Chief People Officer Paul T. Ryan, Chief Tech. Officer Dan Morefield, Chief Info. Officer Ken Ross, Chief Comm. Officer Lisa Morita, Sr. VP/Co-Head-Editorial and Customer Oper. Johannes B. Larcher, Gen. Mgr.-Overture Intl. Joshua Metzger, Sr. VP-Bus. Affairs Shigehito Suzuki, Pres.-Overture K.K. Bob Kavner, Chmn.
Phone: 626-685-5600 Fax: 626-685-5601 Toll-Free: Address: 74 N. Pasadena Ave. 3rd Fl., Pasadena, CA 91103 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $490,057 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $18,761 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $667,700 2002 Profits: $73,100 Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $288,100 2001 Profits: $20,200 Employees: 876 2000 Sales: $103,052 2000 Profits: $-458,620 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $26,809 1999 Profits: $-29,261
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $98,750 Bonus: $37,500 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $85,000 Bonus: $ ADVANTAGE: Operates the largest pay-for-performance search and advertising network on the Internet.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.easyriders.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Merchandise Sales
Paisano Publications, LLC, formerly Easyriders, Inc., focuses on three principal lines of business: magazine publishing in the motorcycle, automotive and tattoo lifestyle sectors; retail sales of Easyriders-branded merchandise, via its Roadware catalog and network of stores; and other trademark licensing activities, including long-term arrangements with respect to Easyriders Events, Inc. and Bros Club, Inc. The company publishes Easyriders, V-Twin, Tailgate, Highbeams, Tattoo, Street Customs, Biker, In The Wind, Tattoo Flash and Tattoo Savage magazines. Bros Club is engaged in the business of soliciting memberships for an association of motorcycle enthusiasts and provides services for members through a licensing agreement with ISP Insurance Services, Inc. The company also has a wholesale product licensing agreement with Southern Steel Streetwear, Inc., located in Florida, which manufactures and distributes branded merchandise. In recent news, the company was acquired by Joseph Teresi and changed its name to Paisano Publications.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Biker V-Twin In the Wind Savage Tattoo Easyriders Franchising Easyriders, Inc. ISP Insurance Services, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Joseph Teresi, Publisher
Phone: 818-889-8740 Fax: 818-889-4726 Toll-Free: 800-247-6246 Address: 28210 Dorothy Dr., Agoura Hills, CA 91301 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $15,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 100 2000 Sales: $27,600 2000 Profits: $-43,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $33,200 1999 Profits: $-14,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $185,000 Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $150,000 Bonus: $ Focus on rapidly-growing, pop culture markets that include fans of tattoos and motorcycles.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
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PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.speedzone.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Family Entertainment Centers Scaled Grand Prix Style Racetracks
Palace Entertainment owns and operates multipleattraction entertainment centers for families. The company operates a total of 38 parks and has over 12 million visitors a year. It primarily operates facilities that feature water parks, miniature golf courses, go-karts, bumper boats, batting cages, video game rooms, souvenir concession stands and, in some parks, scaled grand-prixstyle racetracks utilizing the company’s proprietary Malibu Grand Prix race cars. Palace has also introduced a new type of entertainment center called SpeedZone. Designed for teens, these centers include the Grand Prix attraction and the new Top Eliminator dragster attraction with other regular attractions. The Grand Prix and Top Eliminator attractions have cars designed by professionals in the racing industry. The company also operates Wet ‘N Wild in Las Vegas, Nevada and Greensboro, North Carolina; Raging Waters in San Dimas and San Jose, California; Splish Splash in Riverhead, New York; Big Kahuna’s in Destin, Florida; Water Country in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Mountain Creek in Vernon, New Jersey; and Wild Waters in Ocala, Florida. Palace Entertainment also owns Boomers, Castle Park, Silver Springs, Malibu Grand Prix, Mountasia and SpeedZone family entertainment parks in California, Texas, Florida, Georgia and New York.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Malibu Grand Prix Mountasia Entertainment International SpeedZone MEI Holdings Top Eliminator Mountasia Boomers Raging Waters
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Vince Lupinacci, CEO Doug Honey, CFO
Phone: 949-261-0404 Fax: 949-261-1414 Toll-Free: Address: 18300 Von Karman Ave., Ste. 900, Irvine, CA 92612 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 871 2000 Sales: $42,200 2000 Profits: $-10,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $42,300 1999 Profits: $-58,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $310,577 Second Exec. Salary: $147,404
Bonus: Bonus:
$317,779 $86,332
Excellent name recognition.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
Y
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PANAMSAT CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.panamsat.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 15
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite Broadcasting-Private Communications Satellite-Based Internet Access Services Satellite Television Broadcasting Webcasting Services Content Distribution via Satellite Technical Support Services
PanAmSat Corporation, majority-owned by Hughes Electronics (a unit of GM), operates satellites around the globe, providing links for broadcasters, news organizations and telecommunications companies worldwide. It also transmits programming for home television services, provides technical support for live broadcasts and services private corporate networks. The company provides services in the United States, Latin America, Africa, South Asia, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Europe. The firm’s video services provide long-term, fulltime, part-time and occasional satellite services for transmission of news, sports, entertainment and educational functions. PanAmSat’s telecommunications services support networks that relay voice, video and data communications throughout the world. With 31 satellites in orbit today, 24 of which are wholly owned, the company has the world’s largest commercial geostationary satellite network, giving the firm the capability of reaching 98% of the world's population. The firm’s satellites were the first commercial satellites dedicated to video distribution in the U.S. and international markets, resulting in long-standing relationships with premier video content providers. It offers programming and broadcasting support for television companies such as Discovery, Disney and Time-Warner. Corporations such as Hughes Network Systems and General Motors, which operate private business communication networks, also receive satellite support from PanAmSat. In addition, the firm provides satellite services to news organizations, ISPs and government agencies. In recent news, the company acquired Sonic Telecom, Ltd., a videoconferencing services provider. The firm also acquired Esatel Communications, a Virginia/Maryland telecommunications firm that specializes in providing full and end-to-end services and solutions to the U.S. Government. PanAmSat employees are eligible for participation in a GM vehicle purchase program and credit union membership. The company has a variety of awards programs for employee performance and team project efforts.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: General Motors Hughes Electronics Galaxy Satellites NET/36 Sonic Telecom, Ltd. Esatel Communications
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Joseph R. Wright, Jr., CEO Joseph R. Wright, Jr., Pres. James B. Frownfelter, COO Michael Inglese, Exec. VP/CFO Thomas E. Eaton, Jr., Exec. VP-Global Mktg. and Sales James W. Cuminale, Corp. Sec. James W. Cuminale, General Counsel James W. Cuminale, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev. Jack A. Shaw, Chmn.
Phone: 203-210-8000 Fax: 203-210-9163 Toll-Free: 800-726-2672 Address: 20 Westport Rd., Wilton, CT 06897 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $831,011 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $99,532 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $812,300 2002 Profits: $85,000 Stock Ticker: SPOT 2001 Sales: $870,100 2001 Profits: $30,600 Employees: 714 2000 Sales: $1,023,600 2000 Profits: $125,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $810,617 1999 Profits: $122,237
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $625,000 Bonus: $770,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $415,000 Bonus: $332,000 Vast satellite network keyed to the distribution of streaming entertainment and Internet access. ADVANTAGE:
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.parkplace.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Restaurants Hotels Shopping Center Property Management
Park Place Entertainment is a leading casino, hotel, resort and shopping center owner. With approximately 29 gaming properties and 29,000 hotel rooms, the firm is one of the largest gaming companies in the world and the only such company with a leading presence in Nevada, New Jersey and Mississippi, the three largest gaming markets in the U.S. Park Place Entertainment owns some of the most famous casinos in America, including Caesars Palace, the Las Vegas Hilton and the Grand Casinos. In addition, the company operates seven international casino resorts on four continents: Australia, North America, South America and South Africa. Its Caesars Palace at Sea casinos operate on two international Crystal Cruises cruise ships, the Symphony and the Harmony. In addition, Caesars Entertainment holds interests in Baluma Holdings, S.A. in Uruguay, which manages the Conrad Punta del Este Resort and Casino; Windsor Casino, Ltd., which operates Casino Windsor in Ontario, Canada; the Metropolitan Entertainment Group in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and the Caesars Gauteng in Johannesburg, South Africa. In addition to world-class casinos, Park Place resorts feature more than 170 restaurants and cafes; 71 theaters, showrooms and amphitheaters; 19 spas; as well as five championship golf courses, a best-in-class sports shooting range, easy access to skiing, boating, deep sea fishing and other outdoor adventures. In recent news, the firm will increase its 500,000-square-foot shopping center at Caesars Palace by 175,000 square feet in late 2004. In addition, the company plans to change its name to Caesars Entertainment, Inc., effective in January 2004. The company offers employee benefits including life, medical, dental and vision plans and employee assistance programs.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bally's Las Vegas Grand Casino Biloxi Paris Las Vegas Caesars Palace Flamingo Hilton Dover Downs Las Vegas Hilton Baluma Holdings SA
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Wallace R. Barr, CEO Wallace R. Barr, Pres. Harry C. Hagerty, Exec. VP/CFO Steven N. Rosen, Sr. VP-Mktg. Steve Bell, Sr. VP-Human Resources Bernard E. DeLury, Jr., General Counsel
Phone: 702-699-5000 Fax: 702-699-5202 Toll-Free: Address: 3930 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89109 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,550,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $130,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,652,000 2002 Profits: $-824,000 Stock Ticker: PPE 2001 Sales: $4,631,000 2001 Profits: $-24,000 Employees: 54,000 2000 Sales: $4,896,000 2000 Profits: $143,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,176,000 1999 Profits: $136,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $862,500 Second Exec. Salary: $823,846
Bonus: Bonus:
$780,000 $814,357
Massive property base.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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PAUL-SON GAMING CORP Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.paulsongaming.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Table Game Equipment
Paul-Son Gaming Corporation is the leading manufacturer of casino table game equipment in the U.S., producing casino chips, table layouts, playing cards, dice, gaming furniture and miscellaneous table accessories such as chip trays, drop boxes and dealing shoes. The company also continually develops and tests its products, incorporating the latest technology to ensure that they are durable, artistic and easy-to-use. Headquartered in Las Vegas, the firm sells its products anywhere gambling is legal, with major branch offices in New Jersey, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oregon and Florida. While casinos are the firm’s primary customers, Paul-Son also operates several retail outlets at its branch offices that sell gambling items for personal use. The company has focused its domestic expansion toward acquiring equipment contracts with newly constructed casinos and with existing operations in Europe, Canada and the U.S.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Paul-Son Gaming Supplies, Inc. Paul-Son Mexicana Authentic Products, Inc. Paul-Son's Draw Poker
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gérard P. Charlier, CEO Gérard P. Charlier, Pres. Melody J. Sullivan, CFO Gérard P. Charlier, Corp. Sec. Laura McAllister Cox, Chief Legal and Gaming Compliance Officer
Phone: 702-384-2425 Fax: 702-384-1965 Toll-Free: 800-728-5766 Address: 1700 S. Industrial Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $25,259 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 104 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $21,900 2002 Profits: $-2,200 Stock Ticker: PSON 2001 Sales: $20,500 2001 Profits: $- 900 Employees: 480 2000 Sales: $22,700 2000 Profits: $-1,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $23,900 1999 Profits: $- 700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $108,037 Second Exec. Salary: $46,154 Leading maker of casino table game equipment in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$43,215 $1,200
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.pax.tv
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 17
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 22
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting
Paxson Communications Corp. owns the largest broadcast television station group in the U.S., owning and operating 61 stations. The company utilizes its stations and affiliates to broadcast its PAX TV network to about 94 million homes, reaching 88% of U.S. primetime television sets in 41 of the top 50 U.S. markets. A large percentage of the company’s revenue comes from selling advertising to major U.S. corporations, which it does through its sales representative NBC. The network is a prime broadcaster of family-oriented programming promoting traditional values and positive role models. Among its most popular shows are Hope Island, Chicken Soup for the Soul and Twice in a Lifetime, as well as syndicated episodes of Touched By an Angel and Diagnosis Murder. The firm’s business strategy focuses on providing quality familyoriented programming which is free of excessive violence, explicit sexual themes and foul language. As its PAX TV brand's recognition grows, Paxson believes that PAX TV will increasingly be a destination channel to which viewers turn regularly for family programming. In recent news, Paxson sold its KAPX-TV television station to Telefutura Television Group, Inc.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: America 51, LP PAX TV Hope Island Chicken Soup for the Soul Twice in a Lifetime
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Lowell Bud Paxson, CEO Dean Goodman, Pres. Dean Goodman, COO Thomas E. Severson, Sr. VP/CFO Seth Grossman, Exec. VP/Chief Strategic Officer Tony Morrison, Exec. VP/Chief Legal Officer Bill Scott, Pres., PAX Television Network Steve Friedman, Pres., PAX Cable Doug Barker, Pres.-TV Station Group Lowell Bud Paxson, Chmn.
Phone: 561-659-4122 Fax: 561-659-4252 Toll-Free: Address: 601 Clearwater Park Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33401 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $200,657 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-35,853 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $276,900 2002 Profits: $-303,900 Stock Ticker: PAX 2001 Sales: $265,300 2001 Profits: $-203,800 Employees: 530 2000 Sales: $271,900 2000 Profits: $-178,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $214,200 1999 Profits: $-160,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $744,150 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $664,125 Bonus: The nation's largest broadcast TV station group/Large infomercial business
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$75,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INCwww.peacearch.com Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 18
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Production Film Licensing and Distribution Contract Production Services Web Casting
Peace Arch Entertainment Group, Inc., based in Canada, develops, produces and distributes high-quality, proprietary television programming for markets worldwide. The firm also provides production services for third parties on a contract basis, as well as film distribution with such feature films as Now and Forever. Peace Arch develops television programming that has domestic and international appeal and produces episodic series, movies and documentaries. The company also produces training, education, foreign language and information programming services for network television. The company’s web casting and streaming media division agreed to provide live event web-casting services to Sharp’s Audio-Visual, Ltd. Sharp’s is an industry leader in video-conferencing, event staging and meeting/presentation and convention services in Western Canada. Peace Arch produced a 22episode season of a science fiction thriller called First Wave, in association with Francis Ford Coppola. The series landed an unprecedented 66-episode sale from USA Networks’ Sci-fi Channel. The company also produces a western-themed television series called Dead Man’s Gun, which has won the Western Heritage Award for Best Western Dramatic Script. Peace Arch also produces The Immortal, a 22-episode, hour-long action adventure television series, and Big Sound, a comedy starring Greg Evigan. The company also owns The Eye, a Vancouver-based firm that specializes in documentary broadcast production.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GFT Entertainment Peace Arch Films Eye (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gary Howsam, CEO Gary Howsam, Pres. Mara Di Pasquale, COO Mara Di Pasquale, CFO Tasha Pearson, Public Rel. Lewin Webb, Pres., GFT Entertainment Charlie Bloye, Managing Dir.-Peace Arch Films Blair Reekie, Pres., The Eyes
Phone: 604-681-9308 Fax: 604-681-3299 Toll-Free: 888-588-3608 Address: 1710 Columbia St., 2nd Fl., Vancouver, BC VSY 3C6 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $12,500 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $4,100 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $4,200 2002 Profits: $-4,500 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $35,700 2001 Profits: $-9,200 Employees: 10 2000 Sales: $24,100 2000 Profits: $ 600 Fiscal Year Ends: 8/31 1999 Sales: $34,500 1999 Profits: $1,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $108,333 Second Exec. Salary: $200,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Excellent customer base.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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PEARSON PLC Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.pearson.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Publishing Educational Products Newspaper Publishing Online Publishing Testing Services
Pearson is one of the foremost publishers in the world. The Pearson group of companies is comprised of the Penguin group, The Financial Times and Pearson Education. Penguin publishes several different genres of books, including classics, new authors, children's books and reference books. Classics is one of the publisher's largest categories, with more than 1,600 titles. Penguin also publishes under the Avery, Putnam, Viking and Puffin imprints, among others. The Financial Times Group provides financial and business information through The Financial Times Newspaper, as well as FT.com, its online partner. The Financial Times specializes in international and global issues, and its readership has been growing rapidly along with interest in the global economy; it is now published in 18 major cities. Pearson Education offers textbooks, software and testing material for students in preschool through college, as well as a number of web sites for online assessment tests and digital courseware. Pearson's imprints are some of the best-known in education and include Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Longman and Allyn & Bacon. Pearson is also the leading commercial testing company in the U.S., with 40 million tests processed per year. Pearson offers its employees a variety of benefits, including flexible health plans, vacations and holidays and maternity and paternity leave, as well as flexible work policies and an employee assistance plan.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Penguin Financial Times (The) Pearson Education Putnam Viking Prentice Hall FT.com Puffin
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Marjorie Scardino, Chief Exec. Rona Fairhead, CFO David Bell, Dir.-People William B. Gauld, CIO Peter Jovanovich, Chief Exec., Pearson Education John Makinson, Chmn./Chief Exec., Penguin Oliver Fleurot, Managing Dir., The Financial Times Dennis Stevenson, Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7010-2000 Fax: 44-20-7010-6060 Toll-Free: Address: 80 Strand, London, WC2R ORL UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $6,962,000 2002 Profits: $-179,000 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $6,152,000 2001 Profits: $-569,000 Employees: 30,359 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $960,750 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $766,770 ADVANTAGE: One of the largest publishers in the world.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$499,590 $510,570
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.pgtv.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite TV Service Satellite-Based High-Speed Internet Access Broadcast TV Stations Digital TV Services
Pegasus Satellite Communications, Inc. is the largest independent provider of DIRECTV direct broadcast satellite service, with over 1.3 million subscribers. Pegasus holds the exclusive rights to broadcast DIRECTV service to over 8.2 million rural households in 41 states. The Pegasus Retail Network, consisting of over 3,500 independent retailers, enables the distribution of DIRECTV in the company’s exclusive territories. The firm also operates 11 TV stations that are affiliated with FOX, UPN, CBS or WB. The company also owns six other DIRECTV providers scattered across the midwestern and western portions of the country. The area covered in rural areas by Pegasus encompasses roughly 85% of the total landmass of the United States. The company recognizes the rural U.S. as a significant portion of the nation’s market for digital services and has set its sights on becoming the leading provider of future digital satellite services, such as digital audio, satellite broadband multimedia and mobile satellite services, to homes and businesses that operate in these areas. In recent news the company has been involved in litigation against DIRECTV and has sold two of its broadcast television stations. Pegasus offers its employees a comprehensive benefits package, customized to the employee, which may include medical, dental and vision plans; prescription drug coverage; life, disability and AD&D insurance; vacation and sick pay; and 401(k) and stock purchase plans. In addition, the company offers all employees complimentary DIRECTV programming.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Golden Sky Bride Communications, Inc. Henry County MRTV, Inc. Pegasus Express MCT Cablevision, Ltd. Portland Broadcasting, Inc. Pegsattv.com DIRECTV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Marshall W. Pagon, CEO Marshall W. Pagon, Pres. Ted S. Lodge, COO Joseph Pooler, Sr. VP-Finance Karen M. Heisler, VP-Human Resources Scott Blank, Corp. Sec. Scott Blank, General Counsel Rory J. Lindgren, Exec. VP-Oper. William Dorran, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. Cheryl Crate, VP-Public Affairs Howard E. Verlin, Exec. VP-Bus. Affairs John Hane, Sr. VP-Bus. Dev.
Phone: 610-934-7000 Fax: 610-934-7054 Toll-Free: 888-438-7488 Address: 225 City Line Ave., Ste. 200, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $641,949 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-116,467 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $901,800 2002 Profits: $-185,100 Stock Ticker: PGTV 2001 Sales: $872,600 2001 Profits: $-228,800 Employees: 1,310 2000 Sales: $617,508 2000 Profits: $-159,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $322,768 1999 Profits: $-188,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $475,000 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $358,654 Bonus: ADVANTAGE: Largest independent provider of DIRECTV/Focus on serving rural customers.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$2,061,325 $2,169,215
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.pngaming.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Horse Racing Casinos Casino Management
Penn National Gaming, Inc. is a leading diversified, multijurisdictional owner and operator of gaming properties, as well as horse racetracks and associated off-track wagering facilities. The company owns or operates eight gaming properties, located in Canada, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia, which are focused primarily on serving customers within driving distance of the properties. The company also owns two racetracks and 11 off-track wagering facilities in Pennsylvania and operates, through a joint venture, Freehold Racetrack in New Jersey. The company intends to continue to expand its gaming operations through the implementation of a disciplined capital expenditure program at its existing properties, as well as, to the extent capital is available, the continued pursuit of strategic acquisitions of gaming properties in attractive regional markets. In recent news, Penn announced the acquisition of Hollywood Casino Corporation, located in Illinois with additional gaming properties in Louisiana and Mississippi.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Charles Town Races Bryant Development Company Pocono Downs Racetrack Penn National Race Course CRC Holdings, Inc. Casino Rouge Casino Rama Hollywood Casino Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Peter M. Carlino, CEO Kevin DeSanctis, Pres. Kevin DeSanctis, COO William Clifford, CFO George Connolly, Human Resources Robert E. Abraham, Controller Robert S. Ippolito, Corp. Sec. Joseph A. Lashinger, Jr., General Counsel Steven T. Snyder, VP-Corp. Dev. Robert S. Ippolito, Treas. Peter M. Carlino, Chmn.
Phone: 610-373-2400 Fax: 610-376-2842 Toll-Free: Address: 825 Berkshire Blvd., Ste. 200, Wyomissing, PA 19610 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $491,838 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $23,238 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $657,500 2002 Profits: $30,800 Stock Ticker: PENN 2001 Sales: $519,400 2001 Profits: $23,800 Employees: 13,608 2000 Sales: $294,100 2000 Profits: $12,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $171,500 1999 Profits: $6,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $575,000 Expansion into Louisiana and Canada/Rapid growth.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$550,000 $525,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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PENTON MEDIA INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.penton.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Trade Magazine Publishing Trade Shows and Conferences Online Media Products Research and Marketing
Penton Media, Inc. is a leading global business-tobusiness media company that publishes 53 specialized trade magazines, produces 64 trade shows and conferences and offers a broad range of online media products to 12 distinct industry sectors. These sectors include manufacturing, design/engineering, mechanical systems/construction, supply chain, government/compliance, aviation, natural products, Internet/broadband, information technology, electronics, food/retail and leisure/hospitality. Penton is especially known for its wildly popular Internet World trade shows that feature Internet business summits and companies presenting a variety of online services and applications, including AOL, Microsoft and Real NetWorks. Among the publications put out by the company are Business Finance, e-Pro Magazine, Electronic Design, Government Products News, IndustryWeek, Internet World, Modern Baking, New Equipment Digest, SQL Server Magazine, Windows and .NET Magazine and Wireless Systems Design. Penton’s expansion in recent years has been centered on Internet and e-commerce possibilities. Penton recently acquired the Streaming Media trade shows as part of its strategy to expand that area. It also purchased Duke Communications, which provided the company with a leadership position in the Windows 2000 and AS/400 operating systems markets. Other acquisitions include Meko, Ltd., a U.K. provider of newsletters, market studies and European computer display information; Group Computing, a magazine and online resource serving Lotus professionals; Professional Trade Shows, the producer of 50 regional trade shows for the plant engineering and maintenance, buildings and facilities maintenance and machine tool industries; National Advisory Group, a trade group serving the convenience store and petroleum marketing industry; and Profit.Net, Inc., which includes bakery-net.com, a web site for the commercial baking market. The company offers employees medical, dental vision, AD&D, short- and long-term disability, business travel accident and life coverage, as well as transportation and tuition reimbursement and a casual work environment.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Streaming Media Duke Communications ComMunic Meko, Ltd. Group Computing Professional Trade Shows National Advisory Group Profit.Net, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas L. Kemp, CEO Daniel J. Ramella, Pres. Daniel J. Ramella, COO Preston L. Vice, CFO Katherine P. Torgerson, Sr. VP-Human Resources R. Thomas Jensen, Chief Tech. Officer Preston L. Vice, Corp. Sec. Katherine P. Torgerson, Sr. VP-Exec. Admin. Mary E. Abood, VP-Corp. Comm. Mary E. Abood, VP-Investor Rel. Darrell Denny, Exec. VP/Pres.-Penton Lifestyle Media Div. William C. Donohue, Exec. VP/Pres.-Penton Retail Media Div. David B. Nussbaum, Exec. VP/Pres.-Tech. and Lifestyle Media Div. James W. Zaremba, Exec. VP/Pres.-Penton Industry Media Div. Thomas L. Kemp, Chmn.
Phone: 216-696-7000 Fax: 216-696-1752 Toll-Free: Address: 1300 E. 9th St., Cleveland, OH 44114 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $158,977 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-775,843 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $235,100 2002 Profits: $-286,300 Stock Ticker: PME 2001 Sales: $371,600 2001 Profits: $-104,100 Employees: 980 2000 Sales: $404,600 2000 Profits: $79,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $300,800 1999 Profits: $8,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $577,500 Second Exec. Salary: $433,125 Growing Internet interests/Worldwide expansion.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$50,000 $35,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC inc.com Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.pinnacle-entertainment-
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 18
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Riverboat Casinos Pari-Mutuel Racing
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., formerly Hollywood Park, Inc., is a gaming, sports and entertainment company engaged in the ownership and operation of card club casinos, pari-mutuel racing facilities and the development of other gaming, sports and entertainment opportunities. Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, the company owns five gaming facilities in the U.S., located in southeastern Indiana; Reno, Nevada; Bossier City and New Orleans, Louisiana; and Biloxi, Mississippi. These facilities are respectively named Belterra Casino Resort, Boomtown Reno, Boomtown Bossier City, Boomtown New Orleans and Casino Magic Biloxi. Belterra is a 38,000-square-foot dockside riverboat casino with approximately 1,441 slot machines, 43 table games and 308 hotel rooms. Boomtown Reno is a 318-guestroom, 45,000-square-foot, land-based facility with about 1,198 slot machines and 30 table games. The Bossier City facility features a dockside riverboat casino and hotel tower with 1,138 slot machines, 36 table games and 188 hotel rooms. Boomtown New Orleans, located in Harvey, Louisiana, features 1,435 slot machines and a 350-seat nightclub. Finally, Casino Magic Biloxi features 378 hotel rooms and 49,260 square feet of space with 1,285 slot machines and 31 table games. In addition, the firm operates two casinos in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Altogether, the company owns over 7,226 slot machines and 1,192 hotel rooms. The company is currently developing a 700-room hotel and casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Belterra Casino Resort Boomtown, Inc. Casino Magic Biloxi Hollywood Park, Inc. Boomtown Reno Boomtown Bossier City Boomtown New Orleans
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Daniel R. Lee, CEO Wade W. Hundley, Exec. VP/COO Stephen H. Capp, Exec. VP/CFO Kim Townsend, VP-Mktg. Humberto Trueba, Sr. VP-Human Resources Bart Lewin, VP-Corp. IT Chris Plant, Controller John A. Godfrey, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. John A. Godfrey, General Counsel Sarah Lee Tucker, VP-Oper. Jim Barich, Sr. VP-Public Affairs Chris Plant, Treas. Art Goldberg, Sr. VP-Risk Mgmt. and Benefits Cliff Kortman, Sr. VP-Construction and Dev. Paul Contesse, VP/Regional Dir.-South American Oper.
Phone: 702-784-7777 Fax: 702-784-7778 Toll-Free: Address: 3800 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Ste. 1800, Las Vegas, NV 89109 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $388,986 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-62,936 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $496,500 2002 Profits: $-69,600 Stock Ticker: PNK 2001 Sales: $528,600 2001 Profits: $-28,600 Employees: 5,994 2000 Sales: $584,600 2000 Profits: $76,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $706,900 1999 Profits: $44,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $435,616 Second Exec. Salary: $400,000 Focus on casino gaming/Sale of horse racing interests.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$266,667 $275,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y Y
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PINNACOR INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.pinnacor.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Information Service Web Content Solutions
Pinnacor, Inc., formerly ScreamingMedia, is a leading content solutions provider. Spanning the United States, European and Latin American markets, the company, headquartered in New York City, has offices in San Francisco, London and Jerusalem. The three primary market segments it serves are financial services, business information and wireless carriers. The company licenses its infrastructure platform and tools for the assembly, processing and integration of content across web and wireless networks for content providers. In addition, it collects licensed content like news, stock quotes, weather reports, photos and audio from publications and delivers it to clients such as portals, wireless networks and Fortune 500 companies. The firm’s platform supports most formats and is designed to mesh with in-demand technologies such as flash animation and PDF documents while also supporting multiple languages and character sets. Pinnacor’s clients include Verizon Wireless, Barclays Global Investors, Tribune Media Services and Virgin Mobile. The company recently announced the introduction of three new planning tools regarding retirement, education and financial planning. These tools allow customers to plan for major life events through the availability of important and resourceful information.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ScreamingMedia
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kevin C. Clark, CEO Kevin C. Clark, Pres. David Obstler, CFO Michael Donnelly, Sr. VP-Sales William Staib, Exec. VP-Tech. David Obstler, Exec. VP-Corp. Dev. and Strategy Steven Spencer, Exec. VP-Access Solutions Kevin C. Clark, Chmn.
Phone: 212-691-7900 Fax: 212-691-1483 Toll-Free: 877-870-0001 Address: 601 W. 26th St., 13th Fl., New York, NY 10001 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $25,128 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 838 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $34,600 2002 Profits: $-5,300 Stock Ticker: PCOR 2001 Sales: $31,000 2001 Profits: $-29,000 Employees: 160 2000 Sales: $21,865 2000 Profits: $-40,144 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,985 1999 Profits: $-13,166
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $256,000 Bonus: $50,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $237,500 Bonus: $100,000 ADVANTAGE: Excellent proprietary technology that assigns appropriate content and news to clients.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.pixar.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer-Animated Film Production Software
Pixar Animation Studios is a leading digital animation studio with the creative, technical and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films and related products. Pixar’s objective is to create, develop and produce computer-animated feature films with a three-dimensional appearance. Pixar has released five films to date: Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo. Finding Nemo in the number-one grossing animated film of all time in the U.S., and the eighth-highest grossing film ever. All of these features were created and produced by the company and marketed and distributed by The Walt Disney Company. Pixar’s relationship with Disney provides that the two companies will co-finance and co-brand five computeranimated feature films. Monsters, Inc. and A Bug’s Life were the only two releases thus far that were governed by this agreement, with the three remaining in various stages of production. Along with box office revenues, Pixar generates revenue through the sale of home videos, children’s merchandise and soundtracks. Pixar also makes short films that help the company develop new ideas and win the company acclaim, which further establishes the Pixar brand. Pixar’s short film, Geri’s Game, won an Academy Award for Best Short Film. The RenderMan software manufactured by the firm has helped create visual special effects for films such as Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, The Matrix and Gladiator. The creators of the software won an Oscar for significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering. In recent news, Pixar has announced that it will begin discussions with other movie studios about the distribution of Pixar films, possibly ending its alliance with Walt Disney. Every Pixar employee has a stake in the company through a stock option program, and the company provides a comprehensive benefits package.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Toy Story Geri's Game A Bug's Life Disney Toy Story 2 Monsters, Inc. Finding Nemo RenderMan
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steve Jobs, CEO Edwin E. Catmull, Pres. Ann Mather, Exec. VP/CFO Loren Carpenter, Sr. Scientist Rob Cook, VP-Software Eng. Lois Scali, Exec. VP/General Counsel John Lasseter, Exec. VP-Creative Dev. Sarah McArthur, Exec. VP-Production Steve Jobs, Chmn.
Phone: 510-752-3000 Fax: 510-752-3151 Toll-Free: Address: 1200 Park Ave., Emeryville, CA 94608 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $97,716 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $40,895 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $201,700 2002 Profits: $90,000 Stock Ticker: PIXR 2001 Sales: $70,200 2001 Profits: $36,200 Employees: 700 2000 Sales: $172,300 2000 Profits: $78,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $121,000 1999 Profits: $49,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $879,567 Second Exec. Salary: $400,005 Relationship with Disney/State-of-the-art digital animation.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$600,000 $250,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
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PLATO LEARNING INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.plato.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Software-Education Online Information
PLATO Learning, Inc., formerly TRO Learning, offers more than 4,200 hours and 12,500 learning objectives of comprehensive academic and applied skills computerbased instructional courseware designed for both adolescents and adults. The company’s learning systems are marketed to middle schools, high schools, colleges, job training programs, correctional institutions, military education programs, corporations and consumers. PLATO’s courseware works in a variety of settings, including alternative education programs, mandated state accountability test preparation, graduation standards prep labs, school-to-work programs, adult basic education, GED preparation, developmental studies, employment preparation and workplace training programs. PLATO delivers its self-paced instructional technology via the Internet (on the company’s web site), private intranets and CD-ROM to over half a million users each year. The company has offices throughout the U.S., in the U.K. and in Canada. Additionally, PLATO has international distributors in Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. In recent news, the company plans to be acquired by Lightspan, a leading provider of curriculum-based software. PLATO will continue functioning as a wholly-owned subsidiary. PLATO offers its employees a variety of programs, including flexible spending accounts for dependent day care or health expenses, tuition reimbursement, additional life insurance, dependent life insurance and long-term disability insurance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Lightspan Wasatch Interactive Learning Corp. TeachMaster Technologies, Inc. LearningElements, Inc. NetSchools Corp. CyberEd, Inc. TRO Learning
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John Murray, CEO John Murray, Pres. Gregory J. Melsen, CFO Robert M. Kilgarriff, Exec. VP-Sales and Mktg. Nancy L. Hanna, VP-Human Resources Frank Preese, Chief Tech. Officer Mary Jo Murphy, Controller/Chief Acc. Officer David H. LePage, Sr. VP-Oper. John C. Super, VP-Strategy and Bus. Dev. John Murray, Chmn.
Phone: 952-832-1000 Fax: 952-832-1200 Toll-Free: 800-869-2000 Address: 10801 Nesbitt Ave. S., Bloomington, MN 55437 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $54,800 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-4,600 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $74,400 2002 Profits: $-1,100 Stock Ticker: TUTR 2001 Sales: $70,100 2001 Profits: $3,500 Employees: 493 2000 Sales: $56,100 2000 Profits: $4,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31 1999 Sales: $44,100 1999 Profits: $15,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $263,815 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $188,923 ADVANTAGE: Unique multimedia educational products.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$73,333 $36,667
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.playboyenterprises.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Movie, Video and Multimedia Production Product Marketing Cable TV Online Sales and Subscriptions Internet Gaming
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is a multimedia entertainment company that was organized in 1953 to publish Playboy magazine. Today, the company publishes Playboy magazine worldwide, operates the Playboy and Spice television networks and distributes programming via home video and DVD. The firm’s businesses are classified into four segments: entertainment, publishing, Playboy Online and licensing. The entertainment group's operations include the production and marketing of adult television programming for domestic and international TV and worldwide home video products. It operates multiple domestic TV networks, which include Playboy TV, Playboy TV en Espanol and seven Spice-branded movie networks. In addition, it operates or licenses 13 Playboy, Spice and locally branded movie networks in Europe and the Pacific Far East and distributes its original programming on DVD and VHS. The publishing group consist of Playboy magazine and several other related publications. Playboy magazine continues to be the best-selling monthly men's magazine in the world, based on the combined circulation of the U.S. and international editions. Almost 10 million American adults read the magazine monthly on a circulation of 3.15 million copies. The 18 international editions of the magazine are read by another 5 million adults outside the U.S., bringing global readership to 15 million. Playboy Online, a majority-owned subsidiary, operates a network of Playboy-branded web sites targeting the entertainment and lifestyle interests of young men, including Playboy.com, Playboy Cyber Club, the Playboy Store, Playboy Auctions, PlayboyGaming.com, PlayboySportsBook.com, PlayboyRacingUSA.com and PlayboyCasino.com. Playboy.de, Playboy.nl and Playboy.com.tw offer similar content in German, Dutch and Taiwanese, with a Brazilian site currently under development. The licensing group licenses Playboy’s trademarks, images and artwork for use on more than 1,500 Playboy-related products sold in over 125 countries. Licensed product lines include men's and women's apparel, men's underwear and women's lingerie, slot machines and interactive video games.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Playboy Magazine Playboy Channel (The) Spice Entertainment Playboy Online Playboy Auctions PlayboyGaming.com PlayboyRacingUSA.com PlayboyCasino.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Christie Hefner, CEO Linda G. Havard, CFO/Exec. VP-Finance Helen Isaacson, Sr. VP-Product Mktg. Group Carol A. Devine, VP-Human Resources Danielle Barcilon, Sr. VP/Chief Tech. Officer Michael S. Dannhauser, Sr. VP/Corp. Controller Howard Shapiro, Corp. Sec./Exec. VP-Admin. Howard Spario, General Counsel Linda G. Havard, Exec. VP-Oper. Robert D. Campbell, Sr. VP-Strategic Planning Randy A. Nicolau, Pres.-Playboy Online Martha O. Lindeman, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. Martha O. Lindeman, Sr. VP-Investor Rel. Robert D. Campbell, Treas./Sr. VP-Strategic Planning Hugh M. Hefner, Editor-in-Chief James L. English, Exec. VP/Pres.-Entertainment Group Alex Vaickus, Exec. VP/Pres.-Global Licensing Cleo F. Wilson, VP-Public Affairs Christie Hefner, Chmn.
Phone: 312-751-8000 Fax: 312-751-2818 Toll-Free: Address: 680 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60611 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $74,448 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 610 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $277,600 2002 Profits: $-17,100 Stock Ticker: PLA 2001 Sales: $291,200 2001 Profits: $-33,500 Employees: 580 2000 Sales: $307,700 2000 Profits: $-47,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $347,800 1999 Profits: $-5,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $750,000 Second Exec. Salary: $600,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$30,000 $60,000
Name recognition/Diversification.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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POINT.360
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Industry Group Code: 512191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video and Film Management Services Advertising Distribution Postproduction Services
Point.360, formerly VDI MultiMedia, specializes in postproduction services, including film-to-video transferring, digital editing, audio and video duplicating, DVD services, closed captioning, syndication and content distribution. For the distribution of its clients’ products, the company relies on a massive distribution network of fiberoptic cables, satellites and the Internet. Furthermore, the company focuses on the security of its clients’ materials with large security vaults and elaborate systems of internal controls designed to limit and monitor access. Among the firm’s biggest clients are DreamWorks SKG, MGM, Disney, BBC, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers Studios and Paramount Pictures. Point.360 also works with the advertising industry to distribute video and audio commercials to radio and television broadcast outlets worldwide. Point.360’s newest digital initiative, Live.360, eliminates the time-lag of requesting copies of videos, duplicating them and shipping them to clients. Once assets are Live.360-enabled, a client can access its own digital library through a web browser (Live.Point360.com), allowing the client to access and play spots and promos in a variety of digital forms. The client can also view additional information about its assets, such as production data like film stock, shoot dates and creative personnel.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: VDI MultiMedia Creative Digital, Inc. Live.Point360.com Live.360
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Haig Bagerdijan, CEO Haig Bagerdijan, Pres. Alan R. Steel, CFO/Exec. VP-Finance Harry Ekmekjian, Exec. Dir.-IT Alan R. Steel, Corp. Sec. Alan R. Steel, Exec. VP-Admin Haig Bagerdijan, Chmn.
Phone: 323-957-7990 Fax: 323-957-7999 Toll-Free: Address: 7083 Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 200, Hollywood, CA 90028 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $50,516 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $1,897 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $68,400 2002 Profits: $2,800 Stock Ticker: PTSX 2001 Sales: $69,600 2001 Profits: $-1,500 Employees: 441 2000 Sales: $74,800 2000 Profits: $1,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $78,200 1999 Profits: $6,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $218,000 Second Exec. Salary: $190,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$40,000 $38,000
Postproduction niche.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PRESIDENT CASINOS INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.presidentcasino.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 17
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Riverboat Casinos Hotels and Resorts
President Casinos, Inc. is an operator of dockside casinohotels and resorts. The company operates the President Casino Broadwater Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, which includes the President Casino-Broadwater riverboat; and the President Casino Laclede’s Landing in St. Louis, Missouri, which includes the Admiral riverboat. Combined, the two casinos have over 2,000 slot machines and more than 70 gaming tables. In addition to its gaming operations, the company owns and manages certain hotel and ancillary facilities associated with its casino operations in Biloxi. In 2002, President Casinos together with its subsidiary, President Riverboat Casino-Missouri, Inc., which owns and operates the St. Louis operations, filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: President Broadwater Hotel, LLC President Casino Broadwater Resort President Casino-Broadwater Riverboat President Casino Laclede’s Landing Admiral Riverboat President Riverboat Casino-Missouri, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John E. Connelly, CEO John S. Aylsworth, Pres. John S. Aylsworth, COO Ralph J. Vaclavik, CFO James A. Zweifel, Exec. VP
Phone: 314-622-3000 Fax: 314-622-3029 Toll-Free: 800-772-3647 Address: 800 N. First St., St. Louis, MO 63102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $123,721 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-9,079 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $129,200 2002 Profits: $-20,700 Stock Ticker: PREZ 2001 Sales: $152,100 2001 Profits: $- 200 Employees: 1,800 2000 Sales: $188,500 2000 Profits: $-13,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 2/28 1999 Sales: $192,200 1999 Profits: $-14,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $205,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$168,751 $76,125
Popular Mississippi riverboats.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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PRIMACOM AG Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.primacom.de
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 20
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 10
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Video-on-Demand Internet Services
PrimaCom is the fourth-largest private cable network provider in Germany and The Netherlands. With a market share of over 5% in these countries, the company serves about 1.3 million subscribers. Customers connected to the upgraded 862-MHz networks have access to more than 100 TV and radio programs, interactive video-on-demand and high-speed Internet. Concentrating its operations on small and rural areas of Germany, the company’s largest consumer base is drawn from citizens of the formerly communist eastern section of Germany. PrimaCom’s networks are located primarily in small to medium-sized cities in 10 Federal German states and in The Netherlands, through the firm’s subsidiary, Multikabel. Its core regions are Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Rheinland-Pfalz and The Netherlands. Being a multimedia services supplier, PrimaCom is not in direct competition with satellite or conventional cable television operators, as these companies are unable to offer a comparable interactive package. In order to achieve an above-average growth rate in the broadband market, the company plans to continue expanding existing networks until it has converted the entire revenue-earning spectrum of its twoway channel capable network. In recent news, PrimaCom reached an agreement with Spacecom, an international satellite provider, to market several digital packages via the satellite AMOS II. This agreement allows the firm to offer digital TV including Pay-TV channels and voice-ondemand services to more than half of its established cable networks simultaneously.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Multikabel N.V. Primacom Management GmbH
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jens Kircher, COO Stefan Schwenkedel, CFO Klaus von Dohnanyi, Vice Chmn. Peter Hinkelmann, Managing Dir./Regional Mgr. Marco Koep, Managing Dir./Regional Mgr. Gabriele Lindemann, Managing Dir./Regional Mgr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Chmn.
Phone: 49-0-6131-944-0 Fax: 49-0-6131-944-501 Toll-Free: Address: An der Ochsenwiese 3, Mainz, 55124 Germany
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $57,673 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $-26,891 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $190,800 2002 Profits: $-145,000 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $147,300 2001 Profits: $-71,400 Employees: 785 2000 Sales: $109,100 2000 Profits: $-92,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $93,000 1999 Profits: $-25,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Large European market share.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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PRIMEDIA INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.primediainc.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Business Directories Databases Educational Videos Housing Guides TV Programming Magazine Distribution
With over 125 magazine titles, Primedia, Inc. is a major magazine publisher. Its titles include Florida Sportsman and New York, and it is the largest publisher of teen magazines in the U.S. Primedia also publishes 44 automotive enthusiast magazines, including Automobile and Lowrider. The company also has significant magazine holdings in the outdoor recreation market; apartment guides and special interest guides; business-tobusiness magazines; and special-interest videos. Most of its sales come from retail locations. Subsidiary RetailVision is the largest magazine distribution company in the U.S., distributing over 700 company titles and 98 other publishers' titles to independent niche retailers such as craft shops, tackle shops, record/music stores and health food shops. Primedia also operates the Channel One Network, a television network with educational programming seen by approximately 8 million students in classrooms across the U.S. Primedia merged with About.com, a leading producer of original Internet content on a wide variety of business and consumer topics. The merger attempted to create a targeted media company, which would provide a vast array of marketing solutions to advertisers and niche content to users. However, the company had difficulty creating online synergies between its units. A controlling interest in Primedia has been acquired by the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Primedia plans to divest itself of many major assets and reduce debts. During 2003, the company sold Seventeen magazine and its companion properties including a number of Seventeen-branded assets, Teen magazine, seventeen.com, teenmag.com and Cover Concepts to the Hearst Corporation, one of the world’s largest diversified media companies.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts About.com RetailVision Channel One Network Lowrider American Baby New York Magazine Florida Sportsman
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kelly P. Conlin, CEO Kelly P. Conlin, Pres. Matthew Flynn, CFO Michaelanne C. Discepolo, Exec. VP-Human Resources Robert J. Sforzo, Controller Beverly C. Chell, Corp. Sec. Beverly C. Chell, General Counsel Scott P. Kurnit, Chief Internet Officer Jim Magrone, VP-Investor Rel. Matthew A. Flynn, Treas. Robert J. Sforzo, Sr. VP/Chief Acc. Officer Martin E. Maleska, Pres./CEO-Business-to-Business Group Christopher A. Fraser, Sr. VP-Law Robert C. Metz, Pres./CEO-Consumer Guides Group Dean B. Nelson, Chmn.
Phone: 212-745-0100 Fax: 212-745-0121 Toll-Free: Address: 745 5th Ave., New York, NY 10151 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,345,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $38,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,587,600 2002 Profits: $-599,400 Stock Ticker: PRM 2001 Sales: $1,742,300 2001 Profits: $-1,111,600 Employees: 5,100 2000 Sales: $1,691,000 2000 Profits: $-346,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,716,100 1999 Profits: $-120,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,290,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $699,998 ADVANTAGE: Plans to sell several divisions in order to refocus and downsize.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$660,000 $32,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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PROQUEST COMPANY Industry Group Code: 511140 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.proquestcompany.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Publisher of Databases in Digital Form Automotive Maintenance Information Internet Portals Course Materials for Higher Education Microfiche Archives Business Publishing Solutions and Services Automotive Databases Education Portal
ProQuest Co. is a leading provider of information and content to the education, powersports and transportation industries. It operates in two business segments: information and learning, through ProQuest Information and Learning Co., and publishing services, through Bell & Howell Publishing Services. Within each segment, the company develops and markets information services and systems that are focused on the needs of its customers in select vertical niches, including libraries of all kinds and transportation and vehicle dealers. The information and learning segment integrates information and learning applications from periodicals and newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books and other scholarly collections. This information can be accessed via the Internet, in other electronic media, such as CD-ROM and magnetic tape or on microfilm and paper. The publishing services segment provides electronic delivery of technical and schematic information (including database content, information updates, service, software and hardware) used to manage the parts area of automotive dealerships and to provide total information systems for motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealerships. ProQuest Online allows users to search and find useful information from full-text articles of thousands of newspapers and periodicals. ProQuest SiteBuilder helps librarians by providing easy-to-use templates, copy-and-paste technology and step-by-step help. Librarians can link selected ProQuest content to their online catalogs, library web sites and other web-based resources. Durable Links ensures that subscribers will have continuous access to its content. ProQuest also owns bigchalk.com, an educational online reference database. The company recently announced agreements with GM and DaimlerChrysler to develop online electronic parts catalogs for both automotive giants. The company offers employees medical, dental and life insurance, as well as tuition and adoption assistance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ProQuest Information and Learning Co. ProQuest Business Solutions ProQuest Online ProQuest SiteBuilder Durable Links Bell & Howell Publishing Services XanEdu bigchalk.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Alan Aldworth, CEO Alan Aldworth, Pres. Kevin G. Gregory, VP/CFO Linda Longo-Kazanova, VP-Human Resources Bruce Rhoades, Sr. VP-Strategy and Tech. Todd W. Buchardt, Corp. Sec. Todd W. Buchardt, General Counsel Mark Trinske, VP-Investor Rel. Andrew Wyzskowski, Pres., ProQuest Business Solutions Ron Klausner, Pres., ProQuest Information and Learning Bruce E. Rhoades, CEO, ProQuest Business Solutions Alfred De Seta, Pres., ProQuest Education James P. Roemer, Chmn.
Phone: 734-761-4700 Fax: 734-997-4944 Toll-Free: Address: 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1553 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $343,600 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $23,500 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $428,300 2002 Profits: $22,800 Stock Ticker: PQE 2001 Sales: $401,600 2001 Profits: $17,800 Employees: 2,514 2000 Sales: $374,000 2000 Profits: $-68,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $359,500 1999 Profits: $18,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $675,002 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $398,077 Bonus: Over 40,000 installations worldwide/Aggregates data from 8,500 publishers. ADVANTAGE:
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
$323,022 $134,470
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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PULITZER INC Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.pulitzerinc.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 19
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Electronic Publishing
Pulitzer, Inc., formerly Pulitzer Publishing, Inc., is engaged in newspaper publishing and related new media businesses. Its newspaper operations consist of two major metropolitan dailies: the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the only major daily newspaper serving the St. Louis metropolitan area, and The Arizona Daily Star, serving the Tucson metropolitan area. The company’s Pulitzer Community Newspaper group includes 12 daily papers that serve smaller markets, primarily in the West and Midwest, as well as a number of weekly and bi-weekly publications. Upon changing names, the company sold its television and radio holdings to Hearst-Argyle Television. Pulitzer’s new media operations are designed to enhance, complement and add value to its traditional newspaper publishing businesses by providing subscriber and advertiser services through various forms of electronic distribution. The company provides full Internet access to each newspaper’s electronic publication web site in St. Louis and Tucson. Pulitzer owns all but 5% of the remaining stock in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The company also owns the assets of Suburban Newspapers of Greater St. Louis, LLC and the stock of The Ladue News, Inc. The two companies serve the St. Louis, Missouri area.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Pulitzer Publishing Arizona Daily Star (The) St. Louis Post-Dispatch Suburban Newspapers of Greater St. Louis, LLC Ladue News, Inc. (The) Pulitzer Community Newspaper
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert C. Woodworth, CEO Robert C. Woodworth, Pres. Alan G. Silverglat, Sr. VP-Finance James V. Maloney, Corp. Sec. James V. Maloney, VP-Investor Rel. Terrance C.Z. Egger, VP Mark G. Contreras, VP Michael F. Pulitzer, Chmn.
Phone: 314-340-8000 Fax: 314-340-3125 Toll-Free: 800-365-0820 Address: 900 N. Tucker Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63101 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $308,596 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $27,863 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $416,000 2002 Profits: $34,700 Stock Ticker: PTZ 2001 Sales: $413,500 2001 Profits: $10,700 Employees: 3,900 2000 Sales: $407,500 2000 Profits: $34,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $334,200 1999 Profits: $1,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $699,930 Second Exec. Salary: $393,404 Excellent newspaper properties/Growth through acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$774,873 $201,578
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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International:
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Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Broadcasting Television Network
Radio One, founded in 1980, is the seventh-largest radio broadcasting company in the United States that primarily targets African-Americans. The company owns 63 radio stations, 36 of which are located in 14 of the top 20 largest African-American markets. Radio One's strategy is to expand within its existing markets and into new markets that have a significant African-American presence. The radio station clusters that Radio One owns or manages are ranked in the top three in their markets in combined audience and revenue share among radio stations primarily targeting African-Americans. The company's acquisition strategy consists of acquiring and turning around underperforming radio stations that are principally in the top 40 African-American markets. Radio One also makes acquisitions in existing markets, where expanded coverage is desirable, and in new markets, where it is advantageous to establish a presence. Historically, the company has entered a market by acquiring a station or stations that have little or negative broadcast cash flow. Radio One acquired 12 radio stations from Clear Channel and AMFM located in several major African-American markets, such as Los Angeles, Houston and Miami. The company also acquired Blue Chip Broadcasting, Inc., which owns and/or operates 16 radio stations in the Midwest, opening that area of the country to Radio One. The broadcasting firm plans to continue capitalizing on the growing influence of African-American culture, the concentrated presence of African-Americans in urban markets and the rapid African-American population growth. In mid-2003, the company reached a joint venture agreement with Comcast to lauch TV One, a television network featuring entertainment, news, opinion and sports-related programming.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Blue Chip Broadcasting, Inc. TV One
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Alfred C. Liggins, III, CEO Alfred C. Liggins, III, Pres. Mary Catherine Sneed, COO Scott R. Royster, CFO Leslie J. Hartmann, Corp. Controller Catherine L. Hughes, Corp. Sec. Linda J. Eckard Vilardo, General Counsel Alfred C. Liggins, III, Treas. Catherine L. Hughes, Chairperson
Phone: 301-306-1111 Fax: 301-306-9426 Toll-Free: Address: 5900 Princess Garden Pkwy., 7th Fl., Lanham, MD 20706 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $218,945 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-2,553 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $295,900 2002 Profits: $7,100 Stock Ticker: ROIA 2001 Sales: $243,800 2001 Profits: $-55,200 Employees: 1,725 2000 Sales: $155,700 2000 Profits: $-4,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $81,700 1999 Profits: $ 100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Bonus: $600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $399,000 Bonus: $200,000 Excellent, major market broadcasting properties/Focus on the African-American market.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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RADIO UNICA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 15
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.radiounica.com Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Broadcasting
Radio Unica Communications Corporation produces and broadcasts Spanish-language radio programming in the United States. Radio Unica is the only national Spanishlanguage AM radio network in the U.S., broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With 15 companyowned and/or operated stations and 33 affiliated stations, Radio Unica's network reaches approximately 75% of the U.S. Hispanic population. The company-operated stations are located in 13 of the top 25 U.S. markets in terms of Hispanic listeners, which collectively account for approximately 62% of the total U.S. Hispanic population. Popular Hispanic television personalities host Radio Unica's programs, and their broad appeal extends beyond Hispanic cultural and geographical boundaries. These national personalities include Dr. Isabel Gomez-Bassols, Jorge Ramos, Ricardo Brown, Hugo Cadelago, Paul Bouche, Guillermo Descalzi and Mauricio Zeilic. Radio Unica also airs segments featuring Cristina, the most popular Hispanic talk show host in the U.S., and Maria Elena Salinas, the most recognized Hispanic female news anchor. The company's programming includes contemporary talk, entertainment and information programs, news programs, hourly local and national newscasts, sports talk and broadcasting and other programming relevant to the audience. Radio Unica has acquired the Spanish-language radio rights for many popular sporting events, such as the Copa America Soccer Tournament through 2005; the Summer Olympics in 2004; and Mexican National Team and Mexican soccer league games.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES:
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Joaquin F. Blaya, CEO Jose C. Cancela, Pres. Steven E. Dawson, CFO Blaine R. Decker, Exec. VP-Network Sales Roy Pressman, VP-Eng. Steven E. Dawson, Corp. Sec. Andrew C. Goldman, Exec. VP-Bus. Affairs Adriana Grillet, VP-Affiliate Rel. Manuel Borges, VP-Finance Joaquin F. Blaya, Chmn.
Phone: 305-463-5000 Fax: 305-463-5001 Toll-Free: Address: 8400 NW 52nd St., Ste. 101, Miami, FL 33166 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $35,232 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-20,966 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $45,700 2002 Profits: $-24,600 Stock Ticker: UNCA 2001 Sales: $37,500 2001 Profits: $-42,600 Employees: 305 2000 Sales: $30,100 2000 Profits: $-32,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $16,200 1999 Profits: $-54,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $550,000 Second Exec. Salary: $385,000 Focus on the Spanish-language market.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$27,500 $65,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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RADIOSHACK CORPORATION www.radioshackcorporation.com Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Electronics Stores Cellular Telephone Sales and Distribution Internet Services Sales and Distribution Audio and Video Equipment Distribution Personal Computer Sales Franchising
RadioShack operates 7,213 company-owned stores located throughout the United States, comprising the country’s third-largest consumer electronics store chain. These stores average approximately 2,400 square feet and are located in major malls and strip centers, as well as individual storefronts. Product lines include electronic parts, batteries and accessories; wireless and conventional telephones; audio and video equipment; direct-to-home satellite systems; and personal computers and related products, as well as specialized products such as home air cleaners and unique toys. Radio Shack also provides access to third-party services such as cellular and PCS phone and DTH satellite activation, longdistance telephone service, prepaid wireless airtime and extended service plans. The firm maintains strong partnerships with leading technology companies such as DirecTV, Dish Network, Sprint and Verizon to strengthen its product offerings. Products, services and information are also available through RadioShack.com. Online customers can purchase, return or exchange products available on the site or at their neighborhood RadioShack location. The company has a network of 2,052 dealer/franchise outlets, including 58 located outside of the U.S. RadioShack’s eight manufacturing facilities produce a variety of products, primarily sold through RadioShack’s retail outlets, including telephony, antennas, wire and cable products and a wide variety of parts and accessories for consumer electronics products. RadioShack International Procurement, LP (RSIP), a wholly-owned subsidiary, serves the company’s wideranging international import/export, sourcing, evaluation, logistics and quality control needs. RadioShack plans to invest heavily in remodeling stores in 2003 and beyond, making it more convenient for customers to quickly pick up such items as fuses, batteries and small replacement parts. The newest stores are 2,700 square feet, about 20% bigger than old stores. This allows for wider aisles and larger display areas, as well as improved traffic flow around new centralized cash register stations.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tandy Sprint Store at Radio Shack RadioShack International Procurement, LP RadioShack.com RadioShack@Speedway
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Leonard H. Roberts, CEO David J. Edmondson, Pres. David J. Edmondson, COO Michael Newman, Sr. VP/CFO Evelyn V. Follit, Sr. VP/CIO Arvin Goldberg, Sr. VP/Chief Bus. Oper. Officer Laura K. Moore, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. Edmond Chan, Sr. VP/Chief Product Sourcing Optimization Officer Evelyn V. Follit, Chief Organizational Enabling Services Officer Mark C. Hill, Sr. VP/Chief Admin. Officer Leonard H. Roberts, Chmn. Mike Kowal, Sr. VP/Chief Supply Chain Officer
Phone: 817-415-3700 Fax: 817-415-2647 Toll-Free: 800-843-7422 Address: 100 Throckmorton St., Ste. 1800, Fort Worth, TX 76102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,158,900 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $171,200 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $4,577,200 2002 Profits: $263,400 Stock Ticker: RSH 2001 Sales: $4,775,700 2001 Profits: $166,700 Employees: 39,100 2000 Sales: $4,794,700 2000 Profits: $368,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $4,126,200 1999 Profits: $297,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Bonus: $204,350 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $600,000 Bonus: $148,049 Nationwide chain/Alliances with major name-brand manufacturers and service providers. ADVANTAGE:
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP
www.rainbow-media.com
Industry Group Code: 513210
Profits:
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable Television Broadcasting Local News Network Sports Teams
Rainbow Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, manages a number of national cable channels, including American Movie Classics (AMC), Bravo, Independent Film Channel, Women’s Entertainment, Fuse and Mag Rack. With one of the most comprehensive libraries of films from the 1930s through the 1980s, AMC attempts to recreate the charmed lifestyle of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Bravo’s programming features American and international movies, theater, dance, music, documentaries and original shows that profile the creative process. The Independent Film Channel, Bravo’s sister network, presents a blend of unedited feature-length television premieres, documentaries, shorts and animation. These independent productions are not interrupted by commercials. The company’s Fuse cable channel airs popular music videos, live concerts and a diverse mix of music from both newcomers and established artists. The channel’s web site allows viewers to create videos for their favorite new artists, submit their opinions and new music suggestions and choose which emerging artists will play on-air. Women’s Entertainment, which currently airs in 37 million homes, features a mix of popular films, original series and topical specials that appeal to women. The firm’s Mag Rack channel allows customers to choose from a wide selection of special-interest video magazines. The company also owns News 12 Networks, the nation’s largest local news network, and Metro Channels, a combination of news, culture and traffic channels delivered to the greater New York metropolitan area. Rainbow also owns 50% of Fox Sports Net, a provider of home-town professional sports programming. Additionally, the company owns 60% of Madison Square Gardens, which own the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cablevision Systems Corp. American Movie Classics Bravo Independent Film Channel Women's Entertainment Fuse News 12 Networks Mag Rack
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Josh Sapan, CEO Josh Sapan, Pres. Arthur Minson, Sr. VP-Finance Jim Weiss, Sr. VP-Mktg. David Deitch, General Counsel Mike DiPasquale, Sr. VP-Oper. Nora Ryan, Sr. VP-Strategy Jim Weiss, Sr. VP-Comm. Kathleen Dolan, Pres.-Entertainment Services Patrick Dolan, Pres., News 12 Network Andrea Greenberg, Pres., Rainbow Media Distribution Matthew Strauss, Exec. VP-Mag Rack
Phone: 516-803-3000 Fax: 516-803-3003 Toll-Free: Address: 200 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho, NY 11753 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 499 2000 Sales: $484,800 2000 Profits: $-8,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $361,800 1999 Profits: $-19,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Owns several highly successful specialty cable networks, including AMC and Bravo.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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RANDOM HOUSE INC
www.randomhouse.com
Industry Group Code: 511130
Profits:
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Publishing
Random House, a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, is the world's largest trade book publisher. The Random House publishing group includes Bantam, Ballantine, Doubleday and Alfred A. Knopf, among others, and has locations all over the world. All of the company's publishing houses have complete editorial freedom, and the whole company works off of a decentralized business structure, meaning that each house has the freedom to publish whatever it wants to, without having to go through its parent company. Publishing under the Random House name, the company releases a broad variety of titles, including fiction, nonfiction and reference books (such as the widely popular Random House Webster's College Dictionary). Other divisions of the publishing house devote themselves to children's books, discount books, large print and audio books. Ballantine Books publishes some of the bestknown writers in fiction, such as Anne Rice, John Irving and Stephen King, with other activities in the areas of health, history, psychology and biography. Bantam's author list includes Dean Koontz, Tom Robbins and Tami Hoag. Doubleday specializes in some of the best-known authors in recent history, such as Rudyard Kipling, Aldous Huxley and Bram Stoker, as well as modern authors such as John Grisham and Margeret Atwood. Alfred A. Knopf is one of the most respected publishing houses in America, and its published authors have collected more Nobel Prizes, National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes and National Book Critics Circle Awards than almost any other book publisher.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bertelsmann Alfred A. Knopf Ballantine Doubleday Broadway Pantheon Bantam Dell Crown
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Peter Olson, CEO Edward Volini, CFO Edward Volini, Chief Admin. Officer Richard Sarnoff, Corp. Dev., Random House Ventures Joerg Pfuhl, Verlagsgruppe Random House Gail Rebuck, UK Group Peter Olson, Chmn.
Phone: 212-782-9000 Fax: 212-302-7985 Toll-Free: Address: 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $2,096,200 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $1,771,600 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 6,100 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Publishes diverse authors, from bestsellers to Pulitzer prize winners.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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RANK GROUP PLC (THE) Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.rank.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Gambling Resorts and Casinos Restaurants Film Processing Services Video Duplication and Distribution Hotels
The Rank Group (Rank) is one of the U.K.’s leading leisure and entertainment companies with international interests, measured in terms of market capitalization and number of outlets, and, through its Deluxe division, a provider of services to the film industry. The company has strong market positions in U.K. gaming with Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos, totaling 122 bingo clubs and 34 gambling licensed facilities. In addition, Rank acquired Bluesquare in 2003, which is one of the largest Internet and phone betting services in the United Kingdom, with stakes of almost $750 million every year. Rank’s leisure businesses include Hard Rock, which owns and franchises cafes worldwide and controls the rights to the Hard Rock brand internationally. There are presently more than 100 Hard Rock Cafes operating in 38 countries worldwide. The firm's film processing, video duplication and distribution and DVD replication businesses operate under the Deluxe name across North America and in Europe. Rank also owns a vacation business in America, Resorts USA; a 25% interest in Universal Hotels; and a 10% investment in Universal Studios Japan. The company recently sold its Rank Leisure Machine Services and Rank Seasonal Amusements businesses to Gamestec, Ltd. for approximately $55 million.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mecca Bingo Grosvenor Casinos Bluesquare Hard Rock Café Deluxe Film Services Deluxe Media Services Resorts USA Universal Hotels
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mike Smith, Chief Exec. Ian Dyson, Dir.-Finance Christine Ray, Dir.-Group Human Resources Charles Cormick, Company Sec. David Boden, Managing Dir.-Gaming Cyril Drabinsky, Pres., Deluxe Film Worldwide Peter Pacitti, Pres., Deluxe Media Services Worldwide Alan Cathcart, Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7706-1111 Fax: 44-20-7262-9886 Toll-Free: Address: 6 Connaught Pl., London, W2 2EZ UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $2,360,200 2002 Profits: $1,990,500 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $220,300 2001 Profits: $183,900 Employees: 21,862 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $980,000 Second Exec. Salary: $555,000 Diverse interests in gaming, resorts and the Hard Rock Café.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$380,000 $215,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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RCN CORP
www.rcn.com
Industry Group Code: 513300A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Local & Long Distance Telephone Service High-Speed Internet Access Cable Television Service
RCN Corporation is a U.S. facilities-based competitive provider of bundled phone, cable TV and high-speed Internet services delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to consumers in densely populated markets. RCN has more than 1 million customer connections and provides service in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. RCN’s Megaband network is a unique broadband fiber-optic platform capable of offering an array of communications services, including voice, video and high-speed Internet, to residential customers. The network employs SONET ring backbone architecture and localized nodes to ensure RCN’s fiber optics travel to within 900 feet of RCN customers and provide lower maintenance costs than local networks. Starpower is a joint venture between RCN Corporation and Pepco Communications, LLC, an affiliate of Potomac Electric Power Company. Starpower is building an advanced fiber-optic network to serve Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland. The company provides fiber rings in New York City and Washington, D.C. through a multi-million-dollar agreement with Qmedia, Inc. RCN recently completed the sale of its New Jersey cable systems to Patriot Media and Communications, LLC, for approximately $245 million. In addition, the firm has begun offering MegaModem in seven markets. MegaModem is a high-speed Internet service that downloads at 3 Mbps, twice as fast as the industry standard of 1.5 Mbps. n February 2004, the company announced that it will file for bankruptcy with the hope of converting $1.7 billion in current debt into an equity stake in the reorganized firm.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Megaband Network Starpower MegaModem
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David C. McCourt, CEO John S. Dubel, Pres. John S. Dubel, COO Patrick T. Hogan, CFO David C. McCourt, Chmn.
Phone: 609-734-3700 Fax: 609-734-6164 Toll-Free: 800-746-4726 Address: 105 Carnegie Ctr., Princeton, NJ 08540 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $457,400 2002 Profits: $-1,408,200 Stock Ticker: RCNC 2001 Sales: $456,000 2001 Profits: $-684,800 Employees: 3,856 2000 Sales: $333,450 2000 Profits: $-768,714 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $275,993 1999 Profits: $-355,028
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $300,000 Bonus: Fiber optic networks in large metro areas/More than 1 million customer connections.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$950,000 $250,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.rd.com Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Book Publishing Television and Video Production Music Collections Electronic Media
Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. is a global leader in publishing and direct marketing, producing magazines, books, music collections and home videos. Reader’s Digest Magazine is a monthly general-interest publication consisting of original and previously published articles in condensed form, as well as a condensed version of a previously published or soon-to-be published full-length book. Reader’s Digest has a worldwide circulation of about 23 million, is published in 48 editions in 19 different languages and is sold in over 60 countries. The company also publishes specialty magazines such as Family Handyman, American Woodworker, Taste of Home, Light & Tasty, Quick Cooking, Birds & Blooms, Country Woman, Country Discoveries, Country, Reminisce, Farm & Ranch Living and Crafting Traditions. Other books and home entertainment products consist of Reader's Digest Select Editions, series books, general books, recorded music collections and series and home video products and series. The company also sells books and magazines as fund raisers for schools through its QSP, Inc. subsidiary. Reader's Digest Select Editions, which were formerly called Condensed Books in many markets, are a continuing series of condensed versions of current popular fiction. The company's general books consist primarily of reference books, cookbooks, how-to and do-it-yourself books and children's books, some of which the company publishes in series. The firm also publishes books on subjects such as history, travel, religion, health, nature, home, computers and puzzles. Reader's Digest’s music collections of about 10,000 titles, released on compact discs and cassettes in the United States and 30 other countries, span a broad range of musical styles, ranging from classical to pop, from local folk to relaxation music. The company also sells home video products and series such as travel, natural history, history and children's animated programs. Benefits offered to employees include tuition reimbursement for qualified programs, charitable matching gift contributions and adoption assistance. Additionally, the main company headquarters features an on-site cafeteria, fitness facility, dry cleaner, auto mechanic and hair salon.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Reader’s Digest Magazine American Woodworker Reiman Publications Country Discoveries QSP, Inc. Family Handyman Taste of Home, Reader's Digest Select Editions
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas O. Ryder, CEO Michael S. Geltzeiler, CFO Gary S. Rich, Sr. VP-Human Resources Jeffery Spar, VP/CIO Clifford H.R. DuPree, VP/Corp. Sec. Clifford H.R. DuPree, General Counsel Albert L. Perruzza, Sr. VP-Global Oper. Elizabeth G. Chambers, Sr. VP-Global Strategy and Bus. Dev. Elizabeth I. Board, VP-Global Comm. Richard E. Clark, VP-Investor Rel. William H. Magill, Treas. Eric W. Schrier, Sr. VP/Global Editor-in-Chief Robert E. Raymond, VP-Consumer Bus. Services Thomas D. Gardner, VP-Int'l
Phone: 914-238-1000 Fax: 914-238-4559 Toll-Free: Address: Reader's Digest Rd., Pleasantville, NY 10570-7000 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $2,474,900 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $61,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $2,368,600 2002 Profits: $91,200 Stock Ticker: RDA 2001 Sales: $2,518,200 2001 Profits: $132,100 Employees: 5,000 2000 Sales: $2,553,700 2000 Profits: $173,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $2,532,200 1999 Profits: $151,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $775,385 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $413,846 ADVANTAGE: Large, worldwide customer base/Respected name.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$656,125 $240,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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READING ENTERTAINMENT Industry Group Code: 512131 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.readingcinemas.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters Property Management
Reading Entertainment used to own railroad properties under the name Reading Railroad, known now for being the first rail stop in the Monopoly board game. Now the company is out of the railroad business and is engaged in the operation of movie theaters. The firm operates approximately 30 movie theatres under a number of brand names. In Australia the company operates under Reading Cinemas, as well as operating the refurbished Classic Cinema in Melbourne. In the U.S., Angelika Film Center and Café has locations in New York, Dallas and Houston. The company also owns or operates theatres in Puerto Rico and New Zealand. Currently, Reading owns and operates 13 cinemas in Australia, making it the largest independent cinema operator in the country. Regency Cinelounge is the company’s most recent venture, with five Australian locations. Cinelounges are ritzy screening buildings that feature lounge chairs and a full bar.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Reading Cinemas CineVista Regency Cinelounge Angelika Film Center and Café Reading International Classic Cinema
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. James J. Cotter, CEO Andrzei Matyczynski, CFO S. Craig Tomkins, Corp. Sec. S. Craig Tomkins, Dir.-Bus. Affairs Andrzei Matyczynski, Treas.
Phone: 213-235-2226 Fax: 213-235-2229 Toll-Free: Address: 550 S. Hope St., Ste. 1825, Los Angeles, CA 90071 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $35,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $22,100 2001 Profits: $-15,800 Employees: 553 2000 Sales: $42,200 2000 Profits: $-15,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $38,500 1999 Profits: $-41,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ State-of-the-art movie theater design and layout.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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REALNETWORKS INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.realnetworks.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Streaming Audio & Video Digital Media Services
RealNetworks, Inc. is a leading global provider of networkdelivered digital media services and the technology that enables digital media creation, distribution and consumption. The company plans to capitalize on its position in three ways: as an electronic retailer of digital content to consumers; as a business-to-business services provider to third parties who wish to distribute their content to consumers over digital networks; and as a supplier of the underlying technology used by content owners and network operators to create and distribute digital content. The company’s main products are RealPlayer and RealOnePlayer. Over 280 million people worldwide have downloaded the company's RealPlayer software. The company also offers a RealOne subscription service that provides consumers with a broad range of programming, including content provided by ABCNEWS.com, CNN, E! Networks, FOXSports.com, iFILM, MLB Advanced Media, NASCAR.com, NBA, SI.com, The Wall Street Journal Online and The Weather Channel. The service has over 1 million subscribers. RealNetworks is also AOL-Time Warner’s exclusive provider of software for broadcasting music over the web. The company also produces Helixbrand products, which allow content creators, web site owners and network operators to create, secure and distribute digital media content to PCs and non-PC devices. In recent news, RealNetworks filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft over the incorporation of Microsoft’s media player in every Microsoft operating system, whether the buyer wants it or not.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: RealSystem iQ RealOne RealVideo RealPlayer RealServer RealSystem Server Plus RealJukebox RealNetworks Helix
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert Glaser, CEO Larry Jacobson, Pres. Roy B. Goodman, CFO Dan Sheeran, VP-Mktg. Robert Kimball, Corp. Sec. Robert Kimball, General Counsel Dave Richards, VP-Media Web Services Dan Schwartz, VP-Advertising Sales Carla Stratfold, Sr. VP-North American Sales Martin Plaehn, Sr. VP-Products and Services Robert Glaser, Chmn.
Phone: 206-674-2700 Fax: 206-674-2699 Toll-Free: 888-768-3248 Address: 2601 Elliott Ave., Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA 98121 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $202,400 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-21,500 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $182,700 2002 Profits: $-38,400 Stock Ticker: RNWK 2001 Sales: $188,900 2001 Profits: $-74,800 Employees: 696 2000 Sales: $241,500 2000 Profits: $-110,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $131,242 1999 Profits: $6,926
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $350,016 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $234,360 ADVANTAGE: Subscriber growth at new RealOne service.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$277,478 $80,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.reedelsevier.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Information Publishing Textbooks Scientific Journals Business Magazines Legal Database Assessment Tests
Reed Elsevier is a specialist in providing students and professionals with valuable information. The company publishes its information mainly online, but it also publishes textbooks, journals and magazines relating to four main fields: science and medical; legal; education; and business. Elsevier Science and Technology publishes 1,200 journals, 900 books and numerous online products annually, including ScienceDirect, MDL, Academic Press, BioMedNet and ChemWeb. Elsevier Health Sciences offers a library of 8,000 clinical references and 500 journals under the Mosby, Churchill Livingstone, Harcourt and WB Saunders imprints. The legal segment of the company, LexisNexis, maintains one of the largest databases in the world and is the leading online source for legal matters and public records, with additional resources for news and business information. This information is marketed to legal professionals, law firms and schools, corporations and governments. The education division of the company is composed of the Harcourt group, publishing textbooks and assessment tests. Harcourt has the leading market position in K-6 education publishing in the U.S., with additional operations internationally in Britain and Australia. The Reed Business Information segment of the company publishes business, trade, contact and other information through magazines, directories, exhibitions and other channels and holds the leading market position for business-related publishing in Europe. Reed Elsevier has been expanding its holdings and position aggressively, in both Europe and the U.S., through acquisitions of similar companies.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Elsevier Science and Technology Elsevier Health Sciences LexisNexis Academic Press Harcourt Reed Business Information ScienceDirect BioMedNet
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Crispin Davis, CEO Mark Armour, CFO Jean-Luc Augustin, Dir.-Human Resources Keith McGarr, Chief Tech. Officer Stephen Cowden, Corp. Sec. Stephen Cowden, General Counsel Nick Baker, Chief Strategy Officer Gerard van de Aast, CEO, Reed Business Information Andrew Prozes, CEO, LexisNexis Patrick Tierney, CEO, Harcourt Education Morris Tabaksblat, Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7222-8420 Fax: 44-20-7227-5799 Toll-Free: Address: 25 Victoria St., London, SW1H 0EX UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $2,685,910 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $283,182 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $8,051,600 2002 Profits: $290,300 Stock Ticker: Joint Venture 2001 Sales: $6,616,600 2001 Profits: $182,800 Employees: 36,800 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,650,000 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $1,100,000 Bonus: International publications in science, medicine, law, education and business
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$54,000 $18,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Industry Group Code: 512131 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.regalcinemas.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Movie Theaters In-Theater Advertising Theater Rental
Regal Entertainment Group (REG) is the largest motion picture exhibitor in the world. The firm’s nationwide network of theaters, comprised of Regal Cinemas, United Artists Theaters and Edwards Theaters, operates 6,119 screens in 562 locations in 39 states. These screens constitute about 17% of all screens in the U.S., nearly twice as many as the nearest competitor, and represent over 20% of domestic box office receipts. Approximately 83% of REG’s screens are located in film licensing zones in which it is the sole exhibitor, providing the firm with access to all films distributed by major distributors and eliminating its need to compete with other exhibitors for films in that zone. Furthermore, REG operates theaters in 46 of the top 50 demographic market areas, drawing over 250 million annual attendees. The firm’s strengths include its expertise in acquisitions and integration; its quality theater portfolio; its flexible, reorganized circuit; and its distinctive opportunity in ancillary revenues. The company also operates Regal CineMedia, a seller of in-theater advertising. Subsidiary The Satellite Theater Network rents out theaters for business functions and other events. REG’s business plan includes the creation of a digital video and communications network among domestic exhibitors, which will generate additional revenue from onscreen and in-lobby advertising and corporate communications services. The firm’s three theater companies were undergoing bankruptcy proceedings prior to their purchase by investors led by Philip Anschutz. Anschutz, through his company The Anschutz Corporation, controls the majority of the voting power of REG. In recent news, REG acquired 52 Hoyts Theaters, adding 554 screens to its network. At the corporate level, Regal offers paid vacations, free movies and dental and medical insurance. Movie theater salaries will vary based on location, with medical and dental insurance available for full-time salaried managers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Regal Cinemas United Artists Theaters Edwards Theaters Regal CineMedia Satellite Theater Network (The) Anschutz Corporation (The) Anschutz Entertainment Group Hoyts Theaters
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael L. Campbell, Co-CEO Gregory W. Dunn, Exec. VP/COO Amy E. Miles, Exec. VP/CFO Peter B. Brandow, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Peter B. Brandow, General Counsel Amy E. Miles, Treas. Kurt C. Hall, Co-Chmn./Co-CEO Michael L. Campbell, CEO, Regal Cinemas Kurt C. Hall, CEO/Pres., Regal CineMedia Michael L. Campbell, Co-Chmn.
Phone: 865-922-1123 Fax: 865-922-3188 Toll-Free: Address: 7132 Mike Campbell Dr., Knoxville, TN 37918 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,806,100 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $126,600 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $2,140,200 2002 Profits: $120,200 Stock Ticker: RGC 2001 Sales: $2,027,100 2001 Profits: $58,300 Employees: 22,797 2000 Sales: $1,818,500 2000 Profits: $132,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $589,100 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $377,169 Bonus: Backed by movie theater mogul Philip Anschutz/Largest theater owner in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$883,650 $377,169
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.regentcomm.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Station Owner/Operator
Regent Communications owns and operates approximately 73 radio stations, 53 FM and 20 AM, in 17 markets across the U.S., including California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. The company offers a variety of programming that ranges from adult contemporary music to news talk programs and country music. Regent depends almost solely on advertising revenues, which consist of close to 90% of the firm’s total revenues. Regent Communications’ primary expansion strategy is to focus on the acquisition of radio stations in small and mid-sized markets, where reduced competition facilitates the purchase of stations for sale. Ownership of multiple stations in the same market places the company in a better position to grow steadily and encompass a broader range of demographic groups, a strategy aimed at raising advertising revenues. Furthermore, this makes the firm less susceptible to economic downturns due to advertising revenues being localized. In recent news, the company acquired 12 radios stations from Brill Media and exchanged four stations in Duluth, Minnesota for five stations in Evansville, Indiana.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Regent Broadcasting of Chico, Inc. Regent Broadcasting of Erie, Inc. Regent Broadcasting of Flagstaff, Inc. Regent Broadcasting of Mansfield, Inc. Regent Broadcasting of Palmdale, Inc. Regent Broadcasting of Redding, Inc. Covenant Communications, Inc. ComCorp of Lafayette, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Terry S. Jacobs, CEO William L. Stakelin, Pres. William L. Stakelin, COO Anthony Vasconcellos, VP/CFO David J. Remund, VP-Eng. William L. Stakelin, Corp. Sec. Fred L. Murr, Sr. VP-Oper. Terry S. Jacobs, Treas. Robert J. Ausfeld, VP-Regional Matthew A. Yeoman, VP-Oper. Robert Allen, Jr., VP-Acc. and Finance
Phone: 859-292-0030 Fax: 606-292-0352 Toll-Free: Address: 100 E. RiverCenter Blvd., Ste. 900, Covington, KY 41011 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $59,539 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $4,171 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $70,400 2002 Profits: $-6,400 Stock Ticker: RGCI 2001 Sales: $53,700 2001 Profits: $-1,700 Employees: 890 2000 Sales: $44,100 2000 Profits: $13,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $23,900 1999 Profits: $-6,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $332,800 Second Exec. Salary: $301,600
Bonus: Bonus:
$199,680 $180,960
Focus on smaller markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP Industry Group Code: 711310 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.recfair.com Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Renaissance Entertainment Events Private-Label Credit Cards
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation (REC), the only publicly traded company in the Renaissance fair industry, owns and operates Renaissance fairs in the U.S. The company serves four of the largest metro areas in the country: New York with the New York Renaissance Faire; Chicago/Milwaukee with the Bristol Faire in Kenosha, Wisconsin; Los Angeles with the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Devore, California; and San Francisco/Sacramento with the Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire. The Renaissance fair is an outdoor family entertainment event that romanticizes the ambiance of a Renaissance-era marketplace and includes craft shops, period food, dancers, jousters, musicians and historical characters from Elizabethan England. The fairs run from six to eight weekends; all day long, comedies and dramas are enacted on multiple stages, minstrels and troubadors walk about singing and dancing and more than 100 foods and desserts are offered, including shepherd’s pie, roasted turkey legs, crepes and strawberries and cream. Each year, the fairs bring in approximately 700,000 people. For Halloween, the New York fair site is turned into the Forest of Fear, a haunted house with various Halloween-inspired games, such as an axe toss, as well as various attractions such as Circus of the Damned and the Slaughter House. The firm’s major sponsors include Anheuser-Busch, Miller Brewing Co., Aquafina Water, Hard Core Cider, Red Hook Ale, Andis Systems, Pepsi Cola Co., Grand Pacific Resorts, Canandaigua Wines, Samuel Adams and Guinness Import Co. Together with First USA Bank, REC offers a Renaissance Faire credit card with no annual fee that features merchandise, admission-related discounts and a low introductory APR. The firm’s results have been affected by a recent slump in the tourism industry, although is at an advantage in serving a niche market.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bristol Renaissance Faire Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire New York Renaissance Faire Creative Faires, Ltd. Forest of Fear
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Charles S. Leavell, CEO J. Stanley Gilbert, Pres. J. Stanley Gilbert, COO Charles S. Leavell, CFO Sue Brophy, Controller/Chief Acc. Officer Charles S. Leavell, Chmn.
Phone: 303-664-0300 Fax: 303-664-0303 Toll-Free: Address: 275 Century Cir., Ste. 102, Louisville, CO 80027 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $8,166 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $ 606 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $12,000 2002 Profits: $- 500 Stock Ticker: FAIR 2001 Sales: $12,400 2001 Profits: $- 500 Employees: 36 2000 Sales: $12,500 2000 Profits: $ 100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $14,500 1999 Profits: $-3,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $160,000 Second Exec. Salary: $120,000 Unique operations in growing specialty niche.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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RENTRAK CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.rentrak.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Video Distribution Online Services Video Sales e-Fulfillment Services Software Development
Rentrak Corporation’s primary business is the distribution of videocassettes, DVDs and video games to home video specialty stores and other retailers using its Pay-PerTransaction (PPT) system. Under this system, home video specialty stores and other retailers that rent videocassettes to consumers, including grocery stores and convenience stores, lease videocassettes and other media from Rentrak for a low up-front fee and share a portion of each retail rental transaction with the company. Through subsidiary Formovies.com, Rentrak offers web site services for video retailers and a video locator service for consumers of videocassettes. Consumers can search for a movie by title, genre, actor or director and then find a nearby store that has the movie available for rental. The site stores over 160,000 video titles. Another subsidiary, Blowout Video, Inc., sells videocassettes and discs through BlowoutVideo.com and five retail outlets. 3PF.COM, Inc. is the e-fulfillment subsidiary of Rentrak Corp. and is concerned with third-party fulfillment, order processing and inventory management services for ecommerce businesses. Rentrak introduced video-ondemand (VOD) reporting and auditing services through its software for electronically delivered entertainment products. The DigiTrak software solution provides movie studios and other content providers with a reliable online system to track VOD rentals, whether delivered through cable, telephone, satellite, the Internet or private network. Rentrack has a revenue-sharing agreement with MGM Home Entertainment Group, allowing MGM’s releases to be obtained in the increasingly popular DVD format. Rentrak and Hip Interactive recently announced a multiyear revenue sharing deal that will allow video-gamers to rent new video game titles from Xicat, ARUSH, CDV and Groove at more that 6,000 video store locations served by Rentrak’s revenue-sharing program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: DigiTrak Pay-Per-Transaction System 3PF.com, Inc. Formovies.com Blowout Video, Inc. BlowoutVideo.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Paul A. Rosenbaum Paul A. Rosenbaum, CEO F. Kim Cox, Pres. Mark Thoenes, CFO Christopher Roberts, VP-Mktg. and Sales Amir Yazdani, CIO F. Kim Cox, Corp. Sec. Craig Berardi, VP-Product Dev. Oper. Kenneth Papagan, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. and Strategic Planning Timothy Erwin, VP-Customer Rel. F. Kim Cox, Treas. Ron Giambra, Sr. VP-Theatrical Marty Graham, Sr. VP-Studio Rel. Paul A. Rosenbaum, Chmn.
Phone: 503-284-7581 Fax: 503-282-9017 Toll-Free: Address: 7700 NE Ambassador Pl., Portland, OR 97220 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $86,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $- 500 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $102,600 2002 Profits: $9,000 Stock Ticker: RENT 2001 Sales: $116,400 2001 Profits: $-7,600 Employees: 284 2000 Sales: $113,400 2000 Profits: $3,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $123,800 1999 Profits: $2,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $257,361
Bonus: Bonus:
$50,000 $28,815
Unique revenue-sharing model.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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REUTERS GROUP PLC Industry Group Code: 514100 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.reuters.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Information Publishing Online Stock Trading
Reuters Group is an international news media corporation focused on providing business information. Providing information through a variety of channels, including online forums, a magazine and books, Reuters also provides direct data feed to a number of customers. Information is catered to professionals in the corporate, financial and media environments and includes analyses that can help them make important business decisions. In addition to this core business, Reuters has a 63% interest in Instinet, an online stock trading service that is linked to the company's site and provides investors with instantaneous transactions. The company recently acquired the assets of fellow business information provider Multex Investor and incorporated the firm into its existing services.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Instinet ITHoldings Corp. Lynch, Jones & Ryan, Inc. Montag, Popper & Partners ProTrader Multex Investor Reuters 3000 Xtra
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas Glocer, CEO Philip Green, COO David Grigson, Dir.-Group Finance Alexander Hungate, Chief Mktg. Officer Michael Sayers, Chief Tech. Officer Stephen Mitchell, General Counsel/Risk Mgmt. Susan Taylor Martin, Dir.-Corp. Strategy Simon Walker, Dir.-Corp. Comm. Graham Albutt, Pres.-Bus. Programs Geert Linnebank, Editor-in-Chief David Wenig, Pres.-Customer Segments Christopher Hagman, Managing Dir.-Sales and Focus Group Accounts Christopher Hogg, Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7250-1122 Fax: 44-20-7542-4064 Toll-Free: 800-435-0101 Address: 85 Fleet St., London, EC4P 4AJ UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $9,576,580 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $92,374 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $5,761,000 2002 Profits: $-651,000 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $5,657,000 2001 Profits: $67,000 Employees: 15,900 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,493,280 Second Exec. Salary: $823,500 A leading provider of investor information
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,119,960 $473,970
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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REX STORES CORP Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.rexstores.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronics Stores Appliances Furniture Online Sales
REX Stores Corporation is a leading specialty retailer in the consumer electronics and appliance industry. The firm operates 264 stores of about 11,300 square feet each in 37 states, serving over 200 small to medium-sized towns with populations between 20,000 and 300,000. REX stores offer a broad selection of brand-name products within selected major product categories, including bigscreen and standard-sized televisions; audio and video equipment, such as VCRs, DVD players, stereos, camcorders and radios; ready-to-assemble furniture; and major household appliances, such as air conditioners, microwaves, washers, dryers and refrigerators. REX also provides extended service contracts. Leading brands sold by the firm include General Electric, Hitachi, Hotpoint, JVC, Panasonic, Phillips, Pioneer, RCA, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba and Whirlpool. The company sells approximately 1,000 products produced by approximately 50 manufacturers. Stores are supplied by three large regional distribution centers. The company often offers customers special sales and promotions through its retail stores and e-commerce site, www.rexstores.com. Advertisements are primarily concentrated in newspapers, with additional television and radio marketing strategies in select markets with populations under 85,000. The firm’s strategy involves continuing to open stores in small to mediumsized markets. It plans to focus on markets with a newspaper circulation that can efficiently and costeffectively utilize print advertising materials. The firm believes these markets are underserved by competitors. The company offers its employees extensive training through on-the-job experience, sales commission, a detailed manual and in-house training sessions.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: www.rexstores.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stuart A. Rose, CEO Lawrence Tomchin, Pres. Lawrence Tomchin, COO Stuart A. Rose, Chmn.
Phone: 937-276-3931 Fax: 937-276-8643 Toll-Free: Address: 2875 Needmore Rd., Dayton, OH 45414 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $428,600 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $22,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $464,500 2002 Profits: $22,400 Stock Ticker: RSC 2001 Sales: $473,020 2001 Profits: $18,736 Employees: 1,049 2000 Sales: $464,300 2000 Profits: $18,293 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $416,673 1999 Profits: $11,195
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $154,500 Bonus: $882,800 Second Exec. Salary: $137,500 Bonus: $46,200 Features high-quality, brand-name products at low prices/Focus on small to midsize markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORP Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.theriviera.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel Casino Management Online Reservation & Retail Services
Riviera Holdings Corporation owns and operates the Riviera Hotel and Casino, which is located on Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Black Hawk Casino, located in Black Hawk, Colorado. The Riviera Hotel opened in 1955 and has a reputation for delivering highquality, traditional Las Vegas-style gaming, entertainment and other amenities. The casino has 110,000 square feet of gaming space with 1,450 slot machines and 31 gaming tables, including blackjack, craps, roulette and poker. The Riviera also offers live entertainment shows such as An Evening at La Cage and Splash. Black Hawk Casino, located about 40 miles west of Denver, is one of the largest full-service casinos in Colorado, with 1,000 stateof-the-art slot machines and nine blackjack tables. Through the company’s web site, travelers to Las Vegas can book rooms, buy souvenirs, check Player’s Club point balances and make other reservations before their trip. At its convention center, Riviera recently introduced the first fully interactive multi-kiosk workgroup on the Las Vegas Strip. TouchNSurf provides hardware and proprietary software for the five-kiosk workgroup. The kiosks consist of an interface that enables users to check and receive web-based or pop e-mail, surf the web, send video e-mail and print web and e-mail content to laser printers, as well as other options. In other news, due to the soft tourism industry, the company has embarked upon a strategy of spending more marketing dollars in order to increase demand for its services. Riviera is also planning to continue to aggressively pursue its incentives program in order to increase the number of customers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Riviera Hotel and Casino Black Hawk Casino Riviera Gaming Management
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William L. Westerman, CEO William L. Westerman, Pres. Duane R. Krohn, Exec. VP-Finance Julie Di Betta, VP/Corp. Controller Tullio J. Marchionne, Corp. Sec. Tullio J. Marchionne, General Counsel Jerome P. Johnson, Exec. VP-Oper. Duane R. Krohn, Treas. Ronald P. Johnson, Exec. VP-Gaming Oper. Jan Catalino, VP-Tour and Travel Michael L. Falba, VP-Casino Oper. Ronald P. Johnson, Pres., Riviera Black Hawk, Inc. William L. Westerman, Chmn.
Phone: 702-734-5110 Fax: 702-794-9442 Toll-Free: 800-634-3420 Address: 2901 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $144,792 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-7,748 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $188,300 2002 Profits: $-24,700 Stock Ticker: RIV 2001 Sales: $202,000 2001 Profits: $-6,400 Employees: 1,350 2000 Sales: $206,800 2000 Profits: $-4,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $158,200 1999 Profits: $-2,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $300,000 ADVANTAGE: Well-situated on the Las Vegas Strip.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$400,000 $69,491
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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RODALE INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.rodale.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Book Publishing
Rodale publishes magazines and books related to health and lifestyles. The company's magazines includes Prevention, Men’s Health, Runner’s World, Organic Style, Organic Gardening, Backpacker, Bicycling, Mountain Bike and Scuba Diving. Prevention, Men’s Health and Runner’s World are distributed in 130 countries. The company maintains a web site for each magazine. The company also publishes about 100 books a year, including the popular South Beach Diet, Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss and 8 Minutes in the Morning. Rodale’s book publications include memoirs, biographies, narrative nonfiction, self-help, science and nature, psychology, current events and personal finance. In recent news, the company published My Prison Without Bars, Pete Rose’s autobiography. Rodale offer its employees healthy meals, on-site athletic facilities and on-site day care.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Prevention Men’s Health Runner’s World Organic Style Organic Gardening Mountain Bike South Beach Diet Backpacker
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Steven P. Murphy, CEO Steven P. Murphy, Pres. Steven Kalin, COO Thomas Harbeck, Sr. VP-Mktg. Paul McGinley, General Counsel Camille Johnston, VP-Corp. Comm. Ben Roter, Sr. VP/Exec. Advisor Sara Levinson, Pres.-Women's Group Thomas F. X. Beusse, Pres.-Men's Health and Sports Gianni Crespi, Pres.-Rodale Int'l
Phone: 610-967-5171 Fax: 610-967-8963 Toll-Free: Address: 33 E. Minor St., Emmaus, PA 18098-0099 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Expertise in publishing health and lifestyle magazines and books
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES Industry Group Code: 483112 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.rccl.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cruise Line On-Board Casinos Land Excursions
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. is a global cruise vacation company that operates Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises, with a combined total of 28 modern ships and two new ships planned by 2006. The firm’s vacation destinations are concentrated primarily in the Caribbean Sea, but the company also offers cruises to western Europe, Australia and eastern Asia. The ships operate worldwide with a selection of itineraries that call on approximately 200 destinations. The company’s continued introduction of new ships means that it has one of the youngest fleets in the cruising industry. Its ships offer a wide range of activities, services and amenities, including swimming pools, sun decks, salons, gyms, spas, ice skating rinks, rock climbing walls, casinos, lounges, bars, onboard entertainment, retail shopping and movie theaters. Royal Celebrity Tours, a subsidiary, operates land-tour vacations in Alaska, using the world's largest glass-domed train cars; in Canada, in conjunction with Rocky Mountaineer Railtours; and in Europe. It also operates a joint venture cruise line with First Choice, a U.K.-based tour operator that offers land-based tours. The company’s travel-agent-only web site, CruisingPower.com, allows agents to benefit from many features, such as CruiseMatch 2000 Online. It was the industry's first Internet-browser-based cruise-booking system to include all the powerful features of other computerized reservations systems. In recent news, Royal Caribbean International introduced a new program, Royal Reunion, designed to enhance family and group gatherings such as high school and college reunions. Computerworld selected the firm as one of the top workplaces for information technology professionals in its 10th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey. The firm offers special rates for its employees, immediate family and other relatives aboard its vessels. For seabased employees, Royal operates on a 14-weeks-on, 14weeks-off plan.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rocky Mountaineer Railtours Celebrity Cruises Royal Celebrity Tours First Choice CruisingPower.com CruiseMatch 2000 Online Royal Reunion Royal Caribbean International
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard D. Fain, CEO Luis E. Leon, Exec. VP/CFO Michael J. Smith, VP/Corp. Sec. Michael J. Smith, General Counsel Bonnie S. Biumi, Sr. VP/Treas. Jack L. Williams, Pres./COO, Royal Caribbean Int'l Jack L. Williams, Pres./COO, Celebrity Cruises Adam M. Goldstein, Exec. VP-Brand Oper., Royal Caribbean Int'l Richard D. Fain, Chmn. Jeff Danis, VP-Supply Chain Mgmt.
Phone: 305-539-6000 Fax: 305-374-7354 Toll-Free: Address: 1050 Caribbean Way, Miami, FL 33132 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $2,906,204 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $300,713 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $3,434,300 2002 Profits: $351,300 Stock Ticker: RCL 2001 Sales: $3,145,300 2001 Profits: $254,500 Employees: 27,800 2000 Sales: $2,865,800 2000 Profits: $445,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,546,200 1999 Profits: $383,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $ Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $ ADVANTAGE: One of the most financially stable cruise firms.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC www.royalolympiccruises.com Industry Group Code: 483112 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cruise Line
Based in the Greek Islands, Royal Olympic Cruises, Ltd. is one of the largest cruise operators in Europe, offering cruises ranging from three to 14 days, concentrated primarily in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as well as 19day transatlantic voyages to and from the U.S. and one voyage dedicated to a 58-day circumnavigation of South America. Cruises depart either from Athens or Rome and traverse to major tourist destinations in southeast Europe, the Middle East and northeast Africa, including Istanbul, Delphi, Rhodes, Cairo and Jerusalem, as well as Los Angeles, San Diego, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco and general stops in South America. Noticeable by their blue or white colors (the colors of the Greek flag), Royal Olympic ships are moderate in size by industry standards, holding between 300 to 1,000 passengers each. The company’s cruises generally focus on cultural enrichment, seeking to incorporate historical sights in program itineraries as well as offering lectures, seminars and round-table discussions featuring experts in world affairs and diplomacy, academia, archaeology and anthropology, space science and technology. Many cruises also offer classical music concerts by artists of international acclaim and culinary demonstrations by world-renowned chefs. The company prides itself on providing expert guides for all of its ports-of-call. In recent news, two of Royal Olympic’s subsidiaries, Olympia Explorer and Olympia Voyager, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Olympic Voyager Triton Stella Solaris Odysseus World Renaissance Stella Oceanis Olympic Countess Olympia Explorer
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Yiannos Pantazis, CEO Stelios Kiliaris, Pres. George Kassapis, CFO George Strathopoulos, VP-Mktg. and Sales Cy Hopkins, VP Harry Haralambopoulos, Chmn.
Phone: 30-1-429-1000 Fax: 30-1-429-0862 Toll-Free: 800-872-6400 Address: Akti Miaouli 87, Piraeus, 18538 Greece
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $128,800 2001 Profits: $-25,500 Employees: 1,960 2000 Sales: $128,200 2000 Profits: $1,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30 1999 Sales: $98,200 1999 Profits: $-10,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on European markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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RSTAR CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.rstar.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Educational Satellite-Based Internet Service Satellite-Based Telephony Services
RSTAR Corporation, a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd., provides two-way, always-on, high-speed Internet access and telephony to residential and smalloffice/home-office customers in Latin America via satellite. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, StarBand Latin America N.V., the firm also provides satellite-enabled rural telephony and Internet services and related network operations in certain Latin America countries in connection with long-term contracts awarded to affiliates of Gilat Satellite Networks. It also operates and is expanding the largest broadband Internet media network specializing in education in the United States. Utilizing satellite technology, it delivers the latest tools and educational resources at no cost to schools, providing PCs, software, installation, support and broadband connectivity to the Internet. Each school that participates in its network receives from five to 15 high-end, multimedia PCs that are satellite-ready and have broadband access to the Internet. The computers that are donated come equipped with selected hardware, such as a laser printer, as well as software that includes Microsoft Office products. The computers provide access to over 13,000 pre-selected, indexed third-party educational Internet sites and other content and services. The company’s network provides students, parents, teachers and administrators with access to Internet-based educational content, costeffective school e-commerce solutions and school fundraising opportunities. In connection with many of these core activities, the RSTAR network has established strategic alliances with a wide range of companies, including Ask Jeeves, Classroom Connect, Dell, Gilat Satellite Networks, Inacom, Microsoft, New Sub Services, School Specialty, Sylvan Learning Systems, Toshiba, Xerox and Yahoo!, to further enhance the educational experience. RSTAR recently sold its eFundraising.com subsidiary to Quality Service Programs, Inc. of Canada, a subsidiary of The Reader's Digest Association.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: StarBand Latin America ZapMe! Corp. Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. ACEplanet.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Samer F. Salameh, CEO Doron Gefen, CFO William A. Kirkner, Chief Tech. Officer Estrella Levinsky, VP-Oper. Oren Most, Chmn.
Phone: 954-858-1600 Fax: 954-858-1777 Toll-Free: Address: 1560 Sawgrass Corporate Pkwy., Ste. 200, Sunrise, FL 33323 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $35,931 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $4,334 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $25,800 2002 Profits: $-25,900 Stock Ticker: RSTRC 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $-22,100 Employees: 125 2000 Sales: $ 100 2000 Profits: $-110,955 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $-27,127
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,273,990 Second Exec. Salary: $312,627
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Focus on school markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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International: Y
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RTL GROUP SA Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.rtlgroup.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 19
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Television Production Radio Broadcasting Web Sites
RTL Group is the largest television and radio broadcaster in Europe, owning 23 television stations and 22 radio stations in eight countries. The company's television segment, which reaches 140 million viewers, includes RTL in Germany, M6 in France, RTL TVI in Belgium and Five in the U.K. RTL also produces 9,000 hours of programming every month, shown in 39 countries and reaching 250 million viewers. The company also runs about 85 web sites, most of which contain forums and schedules for television programs. RTL Group is 90.2% -owned by Bertelsmann AG, which also owns BMG and Random House. The remainder of the company's stock is traded publically.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Bertelsmann AG RTL TVI RTL Radio FremantleMedia M6 Five
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gerhard Zeiler, CEO Thomas Rabe, CFO Romain Manelli, Exec. VP-Corp. Human Resources Vincent de Dorlodot, General Counsel Elmar Heggen, Sr. VP-Strategy and Controlling Andrew Buckhurst, VP-External Comm. and Investor Rel. Tony Cohen, CEO, FremantleMedia Robin Leproux, CEO, RTL Radio Jane Lighting, CEO, Five Philippe Delusinne, CEO, RTL TVI
Phone: 352-2486-5130 Fax: 352-2486-5139 Toll-Free: Address: 45 Blvd. Pierre Frieden, Luxembourg, L-1543 Luxembourg
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $4,571,800 2002 Profits: $-58,700 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $3,591,000 2001 Profits: $-2,213,600 Employees: 8,208 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Largest television and radio broadcaster in Europe
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sagacommunications.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 25
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting
Saga Communications, Inc. is a broadcast company operating radio and television stations and state radio networks in mid-sized markets. The company concentrates its broadcast operations in 23 markets across the U.S. A significant portion of its revenue depends on the sale of local advertising. Saga's portfolio currently consists of three LPTV stations, four TV stations, one farm radio network, two state radio networks, 27 AM radio stations and 49 FM stations. The firm’s radio stations play a variety of music, ranging from classical to country, and the television stations maintain affiliations with CBS, ABC, FOX and Spanish-speaking Univision. Saga is also the main producer of the local news shown on these affiliate stations. In operating its stations, Saga concentrates on the development of strong decentralized local management, which is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the stations in their market area and is compensated based on financial performance as well as other performance factors that are deemed to effect the long-term ability of the stations to achieve financial objectives. Saga recognizes mergers and acquisitions as an important factor in its growth plan. Consequently, the firm has continued its focus on mid-sized markets with significant populations and economic growth potential, as is reflected in its recent agreement to acquire three radio stations, including WRSI-FM in Turners Falls, Massachusetts; WPVQ-FM in Greenfield, Massachusetts; and WRSY-FM in Marlboro, Vermont.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Illinois Radio Network Des Moines Radio Group Mitchell Broadcasting
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Edward K. Christian, CEO Edward K. Christian, Pres. Samuel D. Bush, Sr. VP/CFO Marcia K. Lobaito, Dir.-Human Resources Catherine A. Bobinski, VP/Corp. Controller/Chief Acc. Officer Warren S. Lada, Sr. VP-Oper. Marcia K. Lobaito, Dir.-Bus. Affairs Samuel D. Bush, Treas. Steven J. Goldstein, Exec. VP/Group Program Dir. Edward K. Christian, Chmn.
Phone: 313-886-7070 Fax: 313-886-7150 Toll-Free: Address: 73 Kercheval Ave., Ste. 201, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $88,364 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $9,345 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $114,800 2002 Profits: $14,000 Stock Ticker: SGA 2001 Sales: $104,000 2001 Profits: $8,600 Employees: 1,126 2000 Sales: $101,700 2000 Profits: $8,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $90,000 1999 Profits: $8,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $436,435 Second Exec. Salary: $312,769
Bonus: Bonus:
$731,119 $80,000
Focus on local news programming.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP www.salemcommunications.com Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Religious and Family Radio Broadcasting Internet Portal Radio Advertising Magazines
Salem Communications Corp. is among the largest radio broadcasting companies in the U.S., operating 89 radio stations in 36 markets, of which 57 stations function in the top 25 markets of the country. It also owns Salem Radio Network, which develops and produces religious and family-issue oriented talk, news and music programming. It is also affiliated with more than 1,500 radio stations. Salem Radio Representatives is a sales representation company specializing in placing national advertising on religious-format radio stations. Its Internet business division, Salem Web Network, is involved with Crosswalk.com, an Internet portal that offers religiousbased content including bible studies, devotionals, family material and music. Subsidiary CCM Communications, Inc. publishes CCM Magazine, a monthly music magazine offering interviews with artists, issue-oriented features, album reviews and concert schedules. Salem recently launched Homecoming Magazine, a publication that contains a wide variety of features and regular columns focusing on such topics as relationships, spirituality and health and fitness.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: OnePlace, Ltd. CCM Communications, Inc. CCM Magazine Crosswalk.com Salem Web Network Salem Radio Representatives Homecoming Magazine Salem Radio Network
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Edward G. Atsinger, III, CEO Edward G. Atsinger, III, Pres. David A. R. Evans, Sr. VP/CFO Jonathan L. Block, VP/Corp. Sec. Jonathan L. Block, General Counsel Russell R. Hauth, Sr. VP-Admin. Russell R. Hauth, Sr. VP-Public Affairs Rob Adair, Sr. VP-Oper. Roger Kemp, VP-National Program Dev. and Ministries Rel. Eileen Hill, VP-Finance and Acc. Joe D. Davis, Exec. VP-Radio Stuart W. Epperson, Chmn.
Phone: 805-987-0400 Fax: 805-384-4520 Toll-Free: Address: 4880 Santa Rosa Rd., Ste. 300, Camarillo, CA 93012 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $121,218 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $14,679 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $164,300 2002 Profits: $14,000 Stock Ticker: SALM 2001 Sales: $142,000 2001 Profits: $4,400 Employees: 1,234 2000 Sales: $118,000 2000 Profits: $10,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $93,500 1999 Profits: $-8,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $700,000 Second Exec. Salary: $600,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $100,000
Focus on Christian markets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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SALON MEDIA GROUP INC Industry Group Code: 514191 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.salon.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Portal-News and Media Online Communities
Salon Media Group, Inc., formerly Salon.com, is an Internet media company providing online news and information. Salon's 10 sites feature news, interviews and regular columnists on specific topics, from arts and entertainment to parenting and health. Salon Media Group’s other media offerings consist of Table Talk, an interactive forum, and The Well, a paid subscription community. The site's online communities allow users to interact and discuss salon content with other users and with Salon's editorial staff. Salon has introduced a Brand Blast strategy in which an advertiser will be entitled to all the advertising space within Salon's web sites for a specified period of time. The company also created a front page roadblock and splash page through which an advertiser owns all the advertising space on Salon's home page for a given period of time. Salon Premium, a paid subscription service, offers subscribers access to exclusive new content; the option to view Salon content without advertising banners, pop-ups or other forms of advertising; access to select unabridged content that is currently offered for free; and the ability to easily download content in text format. Recently, the company entered into an alliance with HBO Films. Through this alliance, HBO Films will generate stories to appear on Salon’s web site.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Salon.com Table Talk Well (The) Salon Premium
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael O'Donnell, CEO Michael O'Donnell, Pres. Robert O'Callahan, CFO/VP-Finance and Admin. Chad Dickerson, Chief Tech. Officer Robert O'Callahan, Corp. Sec. Patrick Hurley, Sr. VP-Bus. Oper. Robert O'Callahan, Treas. David Talbot, Editor-in-Chief Scott Rosenberg, Sr. VP-Editorial Oper.
Phone: 415-645-9200 Fax: 415-625-9204 Toll-Free: Address: 22 4th St., 16th Fl., San Francisco, CA 94103 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $4,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-5,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $3,600 2002 Profits: $-8,000 Stock Ticker: SALNC 2001 Sales: $7,200 2001 Profits: $-19,200 Employees: 61 2000 Sales: $8,000 2000 Profits: $-21,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $2,900 1999 Profits: $-6,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $191,250 Second Exec. Salary: $148,750 Trendy topics/Excellent editorial content.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$50,507 $30,507
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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SANDS REGENT Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sandsregency.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel Casino & Hotel Management
Sands Regent operates the Sands Regency Casino and Hotel in Reno, Nevada. The complex, with over 800 hotel rooms and 27,000 square feet of gaming space, is one of the top attractions in the city. While the company derives most of its revenues from its 20 game tables, it also offers a comedy club, cocktail lounges, a video arcade and a music lounge. Sands Regent also operates beauty and gift shops and restaurants and fast-food establishments that cater to the dining public in the complex. In addition, the property includes a 12,000-square-foot convention and meeting center for 1,000 people. The firm’s strategy is to integrate entertainment with accommodations and eating facilities to maximize convenience for its guests, a service not seen at most smaller casinos. The diversification of services offered also enables the company to better withstand an economic downturn. Future expansion plans are concentrated on upgrading the complex and consolidating its holdings. In recent news, Sands Regent agreed to acquire the Gold Ranch Casino and RV Resort, a move that is in line with its goal to expand operations in northern Nevada. Gold Ranch is strategically located in a prime area along Interstate 80. It is the first casino gaming attraction that travelers encounter when entering Nevada from California, and the last when leaving. The facilities include an 8,000-square-foot casino that offers over 300 slot machines, a video arcade, a coffee shop, a fast food restaurant, two bars and a convenience store. Gold Ranch also owns an ARCO gas station, a State of California lottery outlet and a 105-space RV park. Gasoline sales from its ARCO station have ranked it among the top five ARCO stations in the United States.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Zante, Inc. Sands Regency Casino and Hotel Gold Ranch Casino and RV Resort
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ferenc B. Szony, CEO Ferenc B. Szony, Pres.
Phone: 775-348-2200 Fax: 775-348-6241 Toll-Free: 800-648-3553 Address: 345 N. Arlington Ave., Reno, NV 89501 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $55,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $34,100 2002 Profits: $- 200 Stock Ticker: SNDS 2001 Sales: $35,800 2001 Profits: $1,200 Employees: 815 2000 Sales: $36,400 2000 Profits: $1,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $43,500 1999 Profits: $-1,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $369,978 Second Exec. Salary: $170,000 Owns a well-known Las Vegas property.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$450,181 $76,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
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SBS BROADCASTING SA Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sbsbroadcasting.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 15
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 15
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting
SBS is a rapidly growing broadcasting company in Europe. The company owns 11 television stations in seven countries and 53 radio stations in four countries. SBS owns and operates television and radio stations that broadcast in or into Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Flemish Belgium, The Netherlands, Finland, Greece and Hungary, in addition to minority interests in television stations in Poland, Romania and Austria. SBS also owns the Veronica brand name in The Netherlands and takes advantage of cross marketing in TV, radio, magazines and the Internet. The company believes its potential combined television and radio audience reach is among the largest of the European commercial broadcasting groups. The combined population in its markets is approximately 140 million. The company derives revenue primarily through sales of advertising to multinational, national, regional and local advertisers. In recent news, the company sold 30% of its Polish TV network TVN for $157.5 million.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Veronica
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Markus Tellenbach, CEO Markus Tellenbach, Pres. Jurgen von Schwerin, CFO
Phone: 352-26-12-15-01 Fax: 352-26-12-33-01 Toll-Free: Address: 8-10 rue Mathias Hardt, Luxembourg, L-1717 Luxembourg
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $536,600 2002 Profits: $-37,500 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $429,600 2001 Profits: $-101,900 Employees: 1,688 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Rapidly growing European radio and broadcasting company
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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SCHOLASTIC CORP Industry Group Code: 511130 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.scholastic.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Children's Book Publishing Children's TV Programming Educational Software Educational Magazines Book Fairs and Clubs
Selling more than 320 million books annually, Scholastic Corporation is a leading publisher of children’s books. Its success is based on traditional favorites, including the Babysitters’ Club and Clifford the Big Red Dog series, as well as on newcomers, most notably the wildly popular Harry Potter series. The company has gone on to produce children’s television programming based on some of its successful titles, such as the Magic School Bus and Goosebumps series. Scholastic also specializes in educational materials, publishing 34 magazines that are read by more than 35 million elementary and high school students in the United States alone. At the same time, it operates 10 school-based book clubs and 120,000 book fairs worldwide, both of which facilitate the purchase of books for families. The company also produces multimedia educational software for children, such as Math Shop and Fun With Writing. Some of Scholastic’s other products and services include television shows, videos and toys, which are marketed through sales channels that include the Internet, schools and sales agents. The firm has global operations in several countries including Canada, Australia, Singapore, India, Argentina, Ireland, Mexico and the U.K. Scholastic has made several acquisitions in the past five years that have grown its business significantly, including Grolier, Tom Snyder Productions and Klutz. The firm provides its employees with vision care, tuition reimbursement and leave programs that include child care, military and compassionate leaves.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc. Tom Snyder Productions Klutz Scholastic Productions, Inc. Magic School Bus (The) Harry Potter Babysitters' Club (The) Grolier
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard Robinson, CEO Richard Robinson, Pres. Kevin J. McEnery, CFO Richard M. Spaulding, Exec. VP-Mktg. Larry V. Holland, Sr. VP-Human Resources Karen A. Maloney, VP/Controller Charles B. Deull, Corp. Sec. Charles B. Deull, General Counsel Beth Ford, Sr. VP-Global Oper. Kevin J. McEnery, VP-Strategic Planning Judy Corman, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm. and Media Rel. Deborah A. Forte, Pres.-Entertainment Donna M. Iucolano, Pres.-Internet Group Barbara A. Marcus, Pres.-Children's Book Publishing Margery W. Mayer, Pres.-Education Richard Robinson, Chmn. Hugh Roome, Pres.-Int'l Group
Phone: 212-343-6100 Fax: 212-343-6934 Toll-Free: Address: 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,958,300 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $58,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,917,000 2002 Profits: $93,500 Stock Ticker: SCHL 2001 Sales: $1,962,300 2001 Profits: $36,300 Employees: 10,800 2000 Sales: $1,402,500 2000 Profits: $51,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 5/31 1999 Sales: $1,165,500 1999 Profits: $36,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $818,307 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $690,431 ADVANTAGE: Well-known line of publications for children.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 7 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$562,500 $460,525
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.scientificgames.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Gambling Equipment-Pari-Mutuel Wagering Systems Satellite Broadcast Services Computer-Based Lottery Systems Telecommunications Products Off-Track Betting Facilities Management Lottery Services Race Simulcasting Prepaid Phone Cards
Scientific Games Corp., formed by the merger of Scientific Games Holdings and Autotote Corp., is a leading worldwide provider of services, systems and products to both the instant ticket lottery industry and the pari-mutuel wagering industry, offering some of the most technologically advanced products and services in these industries. Scientific Games consists of four business segments: the lottery group, the pari-mutuel group, the venue management group and the telecommunications products group. The lottery group is a leading worldwide provider of services, systems and products to the instant ticket lottery industry. It is the world's only fully integrated lottery service provider, offering online lottery systems, instant tickets and related facilities management programs to lottery authorities. The group’s instant ticket and related services account for approximately 65% of all U.S. retail lottery ticket sales. Instant ticket customers include 28 of the 40 jurisdictions in the U.S. that currently sell instant lottery tickets. The firm also provides lotteries with related value-added services through its cooperative services program, including game design, sales and marketing support, inventory management and warehousing and fulfillment services. The pari-mutuel group is a leading worldwide provider of computerized wagering systems for horse and greyhound racetracks, off-track betting sites, casinos, jai alai, frontons and other establishments. The group also provides ancillary services including race simulcasting, telecommunications services, video gaming terminals and telephone and Internet account wagering. The venue management group operates a number of offtrack pari-mutuel wagering facilities in Connecticut, including two simulcasting teletheaters, as well as telephone account wagering in 31 states. The telecommunications products group is a leading manufacturer of prepaid phone cards in Europe and the largest supplier of paper-based prepaid phone cards in the world. The company offers employees medical, dental, vision and life insurance, as well as tuition reimbursement, shortand long-term disability and credit union membership.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Autotote Corporation Autotote Systems, Inc. Autotote Enterprises, Inc. Scientific Games Holdings Sports Haven SGI AccountPlay PlayandWin, Inc. Scientific Games International
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. A. Lorne Weil, CEO DeWayne E. Laird, VP/CFO Martin E. Schloss, VP/General Counsel Sally Conkright, VP-Organizational Dev. Brooks H. Pierce, Pres., Autotote Systems John L. Ponzio, Pres., Autotote Enterprises William J. Huntley, Pres.-Lottery Systems Cliff O. Bickell, Pres.-Printed Products
Phone: 212-754-2233 Fax: 212-754-2372 Toll-Free: 800-367-9345 Address: 750 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $336,391 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 674 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $455,300 2002 Profits: $52,100 Stock Ticker: SGMS 2001 Sales: $440,200 2001 Profits: $- 600 Employees: 2,780 2000 Sales: $233,300 2000 Profits: $-31,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $211,100 1999 Profits: $ 400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $767,176 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $306,870 ADVANTAGE: A leading InfoTech supplier to government and private lotteries.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$767,176 $153,436
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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SCIOTO DOWNS INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sciotodowns.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Horse Racing Simulcasting
Scioto Downs, Inc.’s sole business is the ownership and operation of a harness horse racing facility in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to the racetrack itself, the facility features parking, a grandstand, clubhouse and eating facilities for the customers, as well as barn and stable facilities. The company’s revenues are derived primarily from commissions on pari-mutuel wagering, net of pari-mutuel taxes, admission fees to enter the facilities, concessions, programs and parking. The number of horse races conducted during a live racing program varies during the week and tends to increase on weekends. Scioto Downs offers live harness racing May through September. During the off-season, Scioto conducts simulcasting for harness and thoroughbred races, which includes signals from West Coast thoroughbred tracks such as Santa Anita and Del Mar. The implementation of year-round simulcasting has increased profits and extended track hours. However, competition from online wagering and increased state regulation has negatively affected profits.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Mid-America Racing Association, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ed Ryan, Pres. Ed Ryan, COO
Phone: 614-491-2515 Fax: 614-491-4626 Toll-Free: Address: 6000 South High St., Columbus, OH 43207 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $13,000 2001 Profits: $-1,200 Employees: 350 2000 Sales: $7,860 2000 Profits: $- 230 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31 1999 Sales: $8,100 1999 Profits: $- 32
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $135,000 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Offers year-round simulcasting.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y Y
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SHAW COMMUNICATIONS Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.shaw.ca
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Internet Services Satellite Services Digital Cable Services
With over 2.9 million customers, Shaw Communications is Canada’s second-largest cable operator. Its core business consists in providing broadband cable television, Internet and satellite direct-to-home services. Its steadily growing digital cable services, featuring the most advanced cable technology available, offer over 200 channels with highresolution picture quality. The company’s digital music sector maintains 40 of these channels, offering non-stop play for a variety of music in high-quality sound. Shaw’s cable network is almost completely digital and two-way capable, allowing for services such as video-on-demand, which allows customers to view programming with full VCR/DVD functionality including pause, rewind and fast forward. The firm anticipates this value-added service will provide it with a competitive advantage over satellite, which does not have two-way network capability. In addition to its cable television services, Shaw has been working its way into the Internet access arena with its new Shaw@Home high-speed service, which is 100 times faster than conventional modems. The service has proven to be popular, adding almost 100,000 new subscribers annually. Shaw also continues to expand its digital cable services network and has plans to launch a televisionbased Internet service that will allow consumers to surf the web with their TVs and take advantage of interactive advertising. In recent news, Shaw launched an HDTV product for customers in the Thompson Okanagan and Chilliwack regions. This is the first time the firm’s customers will be able to see programs like Monday Night Football, According to Jim, CSI, Everybody Loves Raymond, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and special PBS programming in full HDTV.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: StarChoice Shaw@Home Shaw Lite-Speed Internet Reliance Distributors Canadian Satellite Communications
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jim Shaw, CEO Peter J. Bissonette, Pres. Ronald D. Rogers, Sr. VP/CFO Bradley S. Shaw, Sr. VP-Oper. J. R. Shaw, Exec. Chmn.
Phone: 403-750-4500 Fax: 403-750-4501 Toll-Free: Address: 630 3rd Ave. SW, Ste. 900, Calgary, Alberta T2P 4L4 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $2,879,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-66,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,211,500 2002 Profits: $-184,900 Stock Ticker: SJR 2001 Sales: $1,014,400 2001 Profits: $-95,100 Employees: 6,000 2000 Sales: $608,200 2000 Profits: $41,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 8/31 1999 Sales: $456,200 1999 Profits: $-21,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $721,787 Second Exec. Salary: $673,981 Expansion in Canada/New technology and new Internet services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$4,958,252 $3,134,796
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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SHUFFLE MASTER INC
www.shufflemaster.com
Industry Group Code: 713290
Profits: 7
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Diversified Gaming Machines Automated Card Shufflers Table and Video Slot Games
Shuffle Master, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets automatic card shuffling equipment, table and video slot machine games for use in the gaming industry. The company's shufflers are marketed under the trademarks Shuffle Master Gaming, ACE, King, MD, QuickDraw and Deck Mate. Shuffle Master’s shufflers offer several benefits to casino customers, including enhanced security resulting from reduced dealer control and increased productivity due to very short shuffling times. The company also produces innovative table games including Let It Ride, Three Card Poker, Side-Bet Table System and others. Three Card Poker is the nation’s fastest-growing specialty table game. Shuffle Master has acquired a portfolio of game theme licenses such as Let's Make a Deal, The Three Stooges, Press Your Luck, The Honeymooners, Hollywood, Rubik's Cube and the Marvel Comics library, among others, which it has used to develop and commercialize slot games independently and cooperatively with other licensed manufacturers. Shuffle Master is also developing a promising proprietary, openaccess slot machine operating system that runs on standard PC computer boards. The company’s Press Your Luck offering is its first game developed and launched on this operating system. The company believes that by providing a standard software and hardware environment, which may be used either in new slot games or with a specific interface board to retrofit older slot games, it will attract the commercial interest of gaming machine manufacturers, game developers and casino operators. The standardized development environment is expected to allow game developers to bring new slot games to the market in a more cost-effective and timely manner. Shuffle Master's service, sales and marketing efforts span most of the regulated gaming jurisdictions worldwide. In recent news, the company bought the Sega Gaming segment from Sega Corporation of Japan.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Let It Ride Deck Mate Shuffle Master Gaming QuickDraw Side-Bet Table System Three Card Poker Sega Gaming Press Your Luck
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark L. Yoseloff, CEO Mark L. Yoseloff, Pres. Gerald W. Koslow, CFO
Phone: 702-897-7150 Fax: 702-270-5161 Toll-Free: Address: 1106 Palms Airport Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89119 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $47,800 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $11,900 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $56,100 2002 Profits: $14,000 Stock Ticker: SHFL 2001 Sales: $48,000 2001 Profits: $11,600 Employees: 228 2000 Sales: $38,900 2000 Profits: $8,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 10/31 1999 Sales: $28,900 1999 Profits: $3,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $245,000 Second Exec. Salary: $230,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$157,000 $118,000
Innovative products.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sbgi.net
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 23
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio and TV Station Owner/Operator Broadcasting and Programming Services Internet Development e-Business Services
Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc., which owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 62 stations in 39 markets, reaches roughly 24% of all American households, concentrating primarily in the Midwest and in the Northeast Corridor. The firm’s subsidiary, Sinclair Television Group, Inc., controls most of Sinclair’s broadcast assets including its television groups, which include 20 FOX, 19 WB, eight ABC, three CBS and six UPN affiliates and two independent stations. The company recently launched a local news network of 37 stations, operating in conjunction with a centralized news operation. This model allows the firm to build its local news franchise and local market share in 31 markets by introducing local new programming in markets that otherwise could not support news. Through its Sinclair Ventures, Inc. subsidiary, Sinclair also seeks to take advantage of the World Wide Web, by having equity interest in several Internet-based companies such as VisionAIR, Inc., which designs, develops and markets public safety software as well as wireless and web-based enterprise applications. The firm owns almost 90% of G1440 Holdings, Inc., which provides e-business solutions that include web design, web hosting and e-commerce applications. The company also owns 83% of Acrodyne Communications, Inc., a leading producer of high-quality television transmitters and television broadcast equipment. In addition, Sinclair owns 18% of Summa Holdings, Ltd., one of the fastest-growing automotive groups in the midAtlantic and northeastern Pennsylvania markets. The firm also owns equity interest in Jadoo Power Systems, Time Domain, Inc. and AppForge, Inc., as well as in Sterling Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, and Allegiance Capital, LP, a private mezzanine venture capital fund. The Millennium Sales and Marketing division of the Katz Media Group maintains exclusive rights to represent Sinclair's 62 television stations with national advertisers through 2006.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sinclair Ventures, Inc. Sinclair Television Group, Inc. Acrodyne Communications, Inc. G1440 Holdings, Inc. AppForge, Inc. VisionAIR, Inc. Summa Holdings, Ltd. Millennium Sales and Marketing
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David D. Smith, CEO David D. Smith, Pres. David B. Amy, Exec. VP/CFO Darren Shapiro, VP-Sales Donald H. Thompson, VP-Human Resources Nat S. Ostroff, VP-New Tech. David R. Bochenek, Controller/Chief Acc. Officer Delbert R. Parks, III, VP-Eng. J. Duncan Smith, VP/Corp. Sec. Barry M. Faber, VP/General Counsel Delbert R. Parks, III, VP-Oper. Mark E. Hyman, VP-Corp. and Gov't Rel. Lucy A. Rutishauser, Treas./VP-Corp. Finance Frederick G. Smith, VP Leonard J. Ostroff, COO-Sinclair Ventures, Inc. Steven M. Marks, COO-Sinclair Television Group, Inc. David D. Smith, Chmn.
Phone: 410-568-1500 Fax: 410-568-1533 Toll-Free: Address: 10706 Beaver Dam Rd., Hunt Valley, MD 21030 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $545,889 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $5,785 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $731,400 2002 Profits: $-564,400 Stock Ticker: SBGI 2001 Sales: $710,300 2001 Profits: $-127,700 Employees: 3,179 2000 Sales: $788,900 2000 Profits: $77,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $733,600 1999 Profits: $167,700
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $340,000 Affiliation with Millennium Sales and Marketing.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$50,000 $522,640
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO Industry Group Code: 513111A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.siriusradio.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite Radio Broadcasting
SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Inc. owns and operates a subscription-based satellite radio service featuring highquality digital audio music and news. The company’s three orbiting satellites broadcast 60 channels of commercialfree music and 40 channels of news, sports, weather, comedy, talk, public radio and children’s programming. Music channels include multiple pop, rock, country, hip hop, rhythm and blues, dance, jazz, classical and world music streams. Notably, various musicians stop by the company’s New York Rockefeller Center facilities on a daily basis for live broadcast sessions. Non-music streams feature programming by major media networks such as CNBC, ABC, FOX, NPR, The Weather Channel, C-SPAN, BBC, ESPN, E!, A&E and The Discovery Channel. Moreover, SIRIUS has begun broadcast radio coverage of NFL, NHL and NBA games. The service is available nationwide, but subscribers must install satellite receivers and pay a monthly service fee to use it. SIRIUS has entered into agreements with numerous consumer electronics manufacturers, including Alpine Electronics, Clarion Co., Delphi Corporation, Kenwood Corporation, Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation, Recoton Corporation, Sony Electronics and Visteon Automotive Systems, to develop SIRIUS receivers. These receivers boast features such as song and artist title display unavailable on conventional radio. Receivers are available at over 5,000 national and regional retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Ultimate Electronics, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Crutchfield and Good Guys. Receivers are designed to be installed in cars, houses and boats. Business owners can use the service in a commercial environment without paying royalty fees to collection agencies such as ASCAP and BMI, as SIRIUS pays these fees on behalf of the business. SIRIUS is also partnering with Ford Motor Company, DaimlerChrysler, BMW of North America and Volkswagen of America to begin planning the manufacture and sale of vehicles that include SIRIUS radios pre-installed.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CD Radio, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Joseph P. Clayton, CEO Joseph P. Clayton, Pres. David J. Frear, Exec. VP/CFO Guy Johnson, Exec. VP-Sales and Mktg. John H. Schultz, Sr. VP-Human Resources Terry Smith, Sr. VP/Chief Tech. Officer William C. Pratt, CIO Michael S. Ledford, Exec. VP-Eng. Patrick L. Donnelly, Corp. Sec. Patrick L. Donnelly, General Counsel Larry Pesce, Sr. VP-Product Dev. and Strategic Planning Jim Collins, VP-Corp. Comm. Mary Pat Ryan, Exec. VP-Mktg. Stan Kozlowski, Sr. VP-Retail Distribution Douglas Wilsterman, Sr. VP-OEM and Special Markets Larry Rebich, VP-Programming and Market Dev.
Phone: 212-584-5100 Fax: 212-584-5200 Toll-Free: 888-539-7474 Address: 1221 Ave. of the Americas, 36th Fl., New York, NY 10020 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $7,922 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-78,437 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $ 800 2002 Profits: $-422,500 Stock Ticker: SIRI 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $-235,800 Employees: 304 2000 Sales: $ 100 2000 Profits: $-134,744 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $-62,822
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $394,103 State-of-the-art technology/Relationships with Ford and DaimlerChrysler.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $200,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
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SIX FLAGS INC Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sixflags.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Theme Parks
Six Flags, Inc. is the largest regional theme park operator in the world, with 39 parks in operation in eight countries and yearly attendance over 44 million. After Walt Disney, it is the second-largest amusement park operator in the world. The firm’s parks include 15 of the 50 most popular theme parks in North America with a total of 31, the largest paid-admission theme park in Mexico and eight theme parks in Europe. Approximately two-thirds of the U.S. population lives within 150 miles of a Six Flags Park. Six Flags Parks also serve the 10 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. In addition, the company is developing a new theme park in Spain. The company holds the exclusive long-term licenses for theme park usage of Warner Bros. and DC Comics characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, Batman and Superman. The firm's overseas parks also have the licensing rights to Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network characters, including Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo and the Flintstones. Six Flags' parks are located in geographically diverse markets and offer a complete family-oriented entertainment experience, generally including a selection of state-of-the-art thrill rides, water attractions, themed areas, concerts and shows, restaurants, game venues and merchandise outlets. Gate receipts account for 55% of sales. In general, the parks feature more than 1,455 rides, including over 190 roller coasters, making Six Flags the industry leader in thrill rides. The company's theme parks include Six Flags Marine World, which features marine mammals and exotic land animals; Six Flags Wild Safari, which is the largest drive-through safari outside of Africa with a total of 350 acres; Six Flags Great Adventure, the firm’s largest park and the 16th largest theme park in North America; Six Flags Belgium; and the newest addition, Six Flags New Orleans, formerly Jazzland theme park.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Premier Parks, Inc. Frontier City Six Flags Great Adventure Waterworld USA White Water Bay Wyandot Lake Six Flags Belgium Six Flags New Orleans
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Kieran E. Burke, CEO Gary Story, Pres. Gary Story, COO James F. Dannhauser, CFO Charles Salemi, Sr. VP-Mktg. Walter S. Hawrylak, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. James M. Coughlin, General Counsel William Muirhead, Exec. VP-Europe Hue W. Eichelberger, Exec. VP-Eastern Region John E. Bement, Exec. VP-Corp. Retail Thomas Iven, Exec. VP-Western Region Kieran E. Burke, Chmn.
Phone: 405-475-2500 Fax: 405-475-2555 Toll-Free: Address: 11501 Northeast Expy., Oklahoma City, OK 73131 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $565,483 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $140,173 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,037,900 2002 Profits: $-105,700 Stock Ticker: PKS 2001 Sales: $1,046,000 2001 Profits: $-58,100 Employees: 47,160 2000 Sales: $1,007,000 2000 Profits: $-52,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $927,000 1999 Profits: $-19,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $850,510 Second Exec. Salary: $648,710
Bonus: Bonus:
$894,700 $765,900
Name recognition.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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SKILLSOFT CORP Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.skillsoft.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software-Educational Online Courses and Seminars Online Mentoring Program Administrative and Reporting Tools Training Assessment Tools
SkillSoft Corporation provides comprehensive, integrated e-learning solutions that help businesses deploy knowledge across their extended enterprise of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors and other business partners. The firm’s primary learning tool is e3, the industry’s first object-based e-learning application architecture. Key components of the e3 architecture include a fully integrated rules-based learning object repository and personalization technologies that support push-and-pull models of content management, delivery and customization. The company's platform allows organizations to customize their e-learning environment to meet corporate objectives and to train their employees and business partners quickly, efficiently and effectively. The company, which recently completed its merger with SmartForce PLC, now boasts the world’s largest elearning library, with over 20,000 objectives totaling over 5,000 hours of learning. SkillSoft’s customers include AT&T, British Airways, Compaq, Dell, Deloitte & Touche, E-Trade, United States Air Force, Lucent Technologies, Bank of America and Sprint. The company operates the Virtual Sales University SolutionSet for the development of sales professionals. The program is targeted toward helping companies drive business growth and competitive advantage through greater sales force productivity. Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leader in the development of global defense electronics, recently signed a five-year contract with SkillSoft that allows Northrop access to SkillSoft’s entire library of IT and business elearning solutions. In other news, the company signed an agreement with Drexel University, under which students can obtain college credit towards their degrees by completing SkillSoft’s e-learning courses. This agreement is the first to allow the achievement of a degree by use of the software, instead of just job-related skills.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: SmartForce Books24X7.com Virtual Sales University SolutionSet e3
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Charles E. Moran, CEO Charles E. Moran, Pres. Thomas J. McDonald, CFO Jerry Nine, VP-Mktg. and Sales Colm Darcy, Exec. VP-Research and Dev. Thomas J. McDonald, Corp. Sec. Thomas J. McDonald, VP-Oper. Greg Priest, Chief Strategy Officer Mark Townsend, Exec. VP-Software Dev. Tim Ellinger, VP-Sales, Americas Jerry Nine, General Mgr.-Content Solutions Glenn Nott, Managing Dir.-Asia Pacific Greg Priest, Chmn.
Phone: 603-324-3000 Fax: 603-324-3009 Toll-Free: 877-545-5763 Address: 107 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua, NH 03062 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $101,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-284,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $44,271 2002 Profits: $-9,640 Stock Ticker: SKIL 2001 Sales: $19,297 2001 Profits: $-21,960 Employees: 1,364 2000 Sales: $4,191 2000 Profits: $-19,183 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $197,754 1999 Profits: $15,626
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $225,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $150,000 ADVANTAGE: Developer of the first object-based e-learning architecture.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$339,320 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.sky.co.nz
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 21
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite TV Broadcast UHF TV Pay Per View TV Rugby Team Radio Stations Newspapers
SKY Network Television is the largest provider of paytelevision services in New Zealand. The company has over 542,000 satellite subscribers, approximately 39% of New Zealand households. SKY offers a UHF package that includes four channels, which require a decoder rented form the company to view, reaching 73% of New Zealand households. SKY also offers over 40 satellite channels available in a variety of packages. The company also owns a rugby team and the rights to broadcast international rugby in New Zealand, a lucrative market and a significant incentive for customers to subscribe. SKY also offers six channels in various Asian languages in the hopes of attracting a broader customer base and providing service to the growing number of international travelers from Asia. In addition, the company operates nine radio stations. In recent news, the company acquired Independent Newspaper, Ltd. The company is 50%owned by international media giant News Corporation.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Independent Newspaper, Ltd. SKY Music
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John Fellet, CEO Mike Watson, Dir.-Mktg. Brian Green, Dir.-Tech. and Interactive Broadcasting Martin Wrigley, Oper. Mgr. Tony O'Brian, Dir.-Comm. John Simmons, General Mgr. Kevin Cameron, Dir.-Sport Travis Dunbar, Dir.-Movies and Entertainment Richard Last, Dir.-Advertising
Phone: 64-9-579-9999 Fax: 64-9-579-0910 Toll-Free: Address: 10 Panorama Rd., Mt. Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $227,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ 400 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $167,700 2002 Profits: $-14,700 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $121,800 2001 Profits: $-17,100 Employees: 500 2000 Sales: $122,900 2000 Profits: $-12,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $64,000 1999 Profits: $-2,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Largest provider of pay TV in New Zealand.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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SKYLINE MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INCwww.skylinenyc.com Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Interactive Tourist Attractions Motion Simulator Rides
Skyline Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., headquartered in New York City, specializes in virtual reality entertainment. The company operates the Skyride in the Empire State Building. The Skyride is a motion simulator theater, taking visitors on a simulated whirlwind tour of New York City. New York Skyride features two 40-passenger flight simulators and related computer-controlled projection technologies to provide visitors with a complete New York experience, including an extensive pre-show area featuring interactive multimedia exhibits depicting the various tourist sites and attractions in and around the New York Metropolitan area, and culminating in a 10-minute aerial adventure in and around New York City. Passengers not only experience the sensations of an actual aerial flight, but also experience visual images projected on screens within the simulator that envelop the viewer with a variety of sights and sounds. The ride takes customers from atop the Empire State Building through the Manhattan skyline, past the Statue of Liberty, in and out of traffic at Times Square, through Wall Street and onto the Coney Island Cyclone amusement park ride, all without leaving the theater.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: New York Skyride Skyline Virtual Reality, Inc. New York Skyline, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Leeb, Pres. Michael Leeb, COO Michael Leeb, CFO Michael Leeb, Treas.
Phone: 212-564-2224 Fax: 212-229-4932 Toll-Free: Address: 350 5th Ave., Ste. 612, New York, NY 10118 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $6,400 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-1,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $7,300 2002 Profits: $- 600 Stock Ticker: SKYL 2001 Sales: $8,000 2001 Profits: $- 600 Employees: 60 2000 Sales: $10,200 2000 Profits: $ 200 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $9,600 1999 Profits: $-4,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $165,000 Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$87,500 $
Unique virtual reality technology.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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SONY CORPORATION Industry Group Code: 334310 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.world.sony.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Y Y Y Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Film and Television Production Music Production Personal Computers Personal Computer Peripherals Entertainment Units Video Games
Sony Corporation, the largest consumer electronics firm in the world, produces a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic products including semiconductors, DVD players, cameras, home video game systems, stereo systems, televisions and VCRs. In addition, the company also owns movie and television studio Columbia TriStar and record labels Columbia and Epic. The firm is the creator of the PlayStation video game consoles, one of its most profitable units, and operates an online game web site at www.station.sony.com. Sony has focused much of its expansion plans toward building up its Internet operations. Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group formed Pressplay, a joint venture that offers subscription-based online digital music that can be streamed, downloaded and burned onto a compact disc. Sony Music hopes to merge with BMG to create a new music joint venture to be called Sony BMG. In another significant development, Sony Pictures Entertainment entered into a joint venture for a video-on-demand distribution service called Movielink. It is offered through cable, satellite or broadband Internet and makes high quality feature film content available in a reliable and secure manner. Other methods of distribution are being explored. Movielink offers consumers a selection of recently released theatrical films, as well as additional content from film libraries that cover all genres. In recent news, Sony released a recordable DVD receiver, the BDZS77, using Blu-Ray technology in Japan. The highcapacity DVD-like optical disk can store up to 50 gigabytes of information and offers real-time content editing features. In other news, game players around the world are anticipating the release of PlayStation 3 in 2005. In late 2003, the firm announced that it will restructure in an effort to boost profits. It will cut 20,000 jobs and close 30% of its factory space by 2006.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: PlayStation BDZ-S77 Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Sony Music Entertainment Movielink Pressplay Columbia Music Sony Pictures Entertainment
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Nobuyuki Idei, CEO Kunitake Ando, Pres. Kunitake Ando, COO Teruhisa Tokunaka, CFO Jeff Blake, VP-Worldwide Marketing Kenichiro Yonezawa, Exec. VP-Human Resources Katsuaki Tsurushima, Chief Tech. Officer Teruo Masaki, Exec. VP-General Counsel Kenji Kitatani, Exec. VP-Bus. Planning Masayoshi Masayoshi, Exec. VP-Investor Rel. Akira Kondoh, Corp. Treas. Sir Howard Stringer, CEO-Sony Corporation of America Ken Kutaragi, Pres.-Sony Computer Entertainment Emily Susskind, Pres.-Broadband Services Robert Wiesenthal, Exec. VP-Strategy, Sony Broadband Nobuyuki Idei, Chmn.
Phone: 81-3-5448-2111 Fax: 81-3-5448-2244 Toll-Free: Address: 7-35, Kitashinagawa, 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-0001 Japan
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $63,264,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $978,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $57,117,000 2002 Profits: $115,000 Stock Ticker: SNE 2001 Sales: $58,518,000 2001 Profits: $134,000 Employees: 168,000 2000 Sales: $63,082,000 2000 Profits: $1,149,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $51,059,400 1999 Profits: $1,343,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Wide diversification and expertise/Large research budget/Prime consumer brands.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC www.spanishbroadcasting.com Industry Group Code: 513111 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 11
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Spanish Radio Station Owner/Operator Online Music Broadcasting
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. owns and operates 27 radio stations located in massive Hispanic markets, including Los Angeles, New York, Puerto Rico, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and San Antonio, broadcasting a variety of Hispanic programs from news to traditional to contemporary music. The company also operates LaMusica.com, a web site featuring Latino music and entertainment. In recent news, the company agreed to sell its San Francisco stations to Three Point Media and San Antonio stations to Border Media Partners for a total of $54 million. Due to the cultural diversity of the Hispanic population from region to region in the United States, most decisions regarding day-to-day programming, sales and promotional efforts are made by local managers. This approach improves flexibility and responsiveness to changing conditions in each of the firm's unique markets.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: LaMusica.com Rodriguez Communications
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Raul Alarcon, Jr., CEO Raul Alarcon, Jr., Pres. Joseph A. Garcia, Exec. VP/CFO Joseph A. Garcia, Corp. Sec.
Phone: 305-441-6901 Fax: 305-446-5148 Toll-Free: Address: 2601 S. Bayshore, Coconut Grove, FL 33133 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $101,205 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-87,744 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $140,200 2002 Profits: $-89,900 Stock Ticker: SBSA 2001 Sales: $134,300 2001 Profits: $-7,600 Employees: 555 2000 Sales: $122,700 2000 Profits: $-10,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $97,400 1999 Profits: $5,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $306,722 Second Exec. Salary: $148,625 Largest owner of Spanish-speaking radio stations in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$1,000,000 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INCwww.speedwaymotorsports.com Industry Group Code: 713990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Automobile Race Tracks Motorsports Entertainment Race Car Manufacturing and Distribution Concession Operations
Speedway Motorsports, Inc. owns and operates Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Infineon Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Charlotte and Texas Motor Speedway. It is a leading promoter, marketer and sponsor of motorsports activities in the United States. Through subsidiary Finish Line Events, Speedway also offers event food, beverage and souvenir merchandising services. In addition, the company manufactures and distributes smaller-scale, modified racing cars and parts through its 600 Racing subsidiary. Speedway principally derives revenues from the sale of tickets to automobile races and other events held at its speedway facilities, food and beverage concession sales and souvenir sales, the sale of sponsorships to companies desiring to advertise or sell products or services and the licensing of television, cable network and radio rights to broadcast events. The company currently plans to promote the following annual racing events in the coming year: 10 NASCAR-sanctioned Winston Cup stock car racing series, seven NASCARsanctioned Busch Series racing events, five NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racing events, two Indy Racing League Series racing events, four major National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) racing events and six World of Outlaws racing events, among other races and events.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Atlanta Motor Speedway Bristol Motor Speedway Infineon Raceway Las Vegas Motor Speedway 600 Racing Lowe's Motor Speedway Finish Line Events Performance Racing Network
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. O. Bruton Smith, CEO H. A. Wheeler, Pres. H. A. Wheeler, COO William R. Brooks, VP/CFO Marylaurel E. Wilks, General Counsel William R. Brooks, Treas. Edwin R. Clark, General Mgr.-Atlanta Motor Speedway M. Jeffrey Byrd, General Mgr.-Bristol Motor Speedway William E. Gossage, General Mgr.-Texas Motor Speedway Steve Page, General Mgr.-Infineon Raceway
Phone: 704-455-3239 Fax: 704-455-2168 Toll-Free: Address: 5555 Concord Pkwy. S., Concord, NC 28027-0600 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $319,898 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $47,485 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $376,000 2002 Profits: $56,200 Stock Ticker: TRK 2001 Sales: $376,700 2001 Profits: $57,600 Employees: 781 2000 Sales: $354,300 2000 Profits: $46,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $317,500 1999 Profits: $41,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $375,000 Bonus: $650,000 Second Exec. Salary: $275,000 Bonus: $600,000 Growing list of products and services/Extensive broadcasting and radio programming operations.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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SPORTS CLUB CO INC (THE) Industry Group Code: 713990 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.thesportsclubla.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Sports & Fitness Clubs Health Programs
The Sports Club Company, Inc. develops and operates high-end athletic clubs that offer a wide range of fitness and recreation options and amenities. The company targets affluent, health-conscious individuals who desire a service-oriented, state-of-the-art club. The company’s 10 clubs range in size from 90,000 to 140,000 square feet and typically include fitness centers with facilities that house weight training, cardiovascular and flexibility/balance center equipment, as well as swimming pools, basketball, volleyball, racquetball, squash and paddle tennis courts. The clubs also offer aerobic classes featuring dance, muscle conditioning, boxing and martial arts. Initiation fees and monthly membership dues are higher than those charged by most other sports and fitness clubs. In addition to basic fees, extra fees are charged for personal trainers, spa services (such as facials and full body treatments), sports boutiques and physical therapy facilities. Additionally, the clubs offer The Sports Club/LA Splash, providing complete spa programs and services such as massages, full body treatments, facials, microdermabrasion, Endermologie, acupuncture, energy balancing and hair/nail salon services, as well as unique Destination Spa (day and week) BodyMind packages. Through its subsidiary, The SportsMed Company, the firm offers physical therapy at certain clubs and at other locations. The company has gym locations in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, Miami and San Francisco. The Sports Club/LA Splash also serves guests of the adjacent Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C. and Boston, in addition to guests of the Four Seasons in San Francisco. The Sports Club plans to expand The Sports Club/LA brand in major metropolitan markets. In recent news, the firm opened its newest club in Miami. The company recently became the first club in the United States to offer Gyrokinesis, a class which works the entire body through seven natural elements of spinal movements to increase flexibility, grace and posture.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: BodyGem Sports Club/LA (The) Sports Club/LA Splash (The) Destination Spa BodyMind Packages SportsMed Company (The)
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. D. Michael Talla, Co-CEO Philip J. Swain, Pres. Philip J. Swain, COO Timothy M. O'Brien, CFO Lois Barberio, Corp. Sec. Mark S. Spino, Sr. VP-Dev. Rex A. Licklider, Co-CEO Nanette Pattee Francini, Exec. VP D. Michael Talla, Chmn.
Phone: 310-479-5200 Fax: 310-479-8350 Toll-Free: Address: 11100 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 300, Los Angeles, CA 90025 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $96,311 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-12,896 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $122,500 2002 Profits: $-16,800 Stock Ticker: SCY 2001 Sales: $102,000 2001 Profits: $-38,100 Employees: 2,223 2000 Sales: $76,900 2000 Profits: $-12,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $87,300 1999 Profits: $1,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $200,000 Second Exec. Salary: $200,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$70,000 $60,000
Focus on affluent customer base.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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SPORTSLINE.COM INC
www.cbs.sportsline.com
Industry Group Code: 514191
Profits: 11
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Sports Information Online Sports Programming
SportsLine.com, Inc. is a leading Internet-based sports media company that provides interactive information, programming, community and merchandise to sports enthusiasts worldwide. SportsLine produces and distributes original sports content, including editorials and analyses, radio shows, contests and fan clubs, along with up-to-date news, scores, player and team statistics obtained from CBS and other leading sports news organizations. Its flagship web site, CBS.Sportsline.com, gained its name as part of an exclusive promotional and content agreement with CBS Sports. The extensive network television advertising and on-air promotion has been instrumental in building the company’s brand. SportsLine’s Sports.com subsidiary has become the leading sports content provider in Europe. With over 1 million pages on its sites drawing a highly desirable demographic audience of males ages 18 to 54, the company has used its position of strength to form additional partnerships with USA Networks, the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the PGA Tour. It is also the primary sports content provider for America Online, Excite and Netscape. The company’s main revenue streams are advertising and marketing services revenue, which accounts for approximately 77% annually, and subscription and premium products revenue, representing roughly 23%. The company has created a wireless delivery format for Baseball Live, an animated graphical representation of Major League Baseball games, and forged a whole series of services for cell phones and PDAs. The company, through an agreement with GSI, also hosts MVP.com, an online sports and outdoors ecommerce site. SportsLine.com offers employees medical, dental and vision coverage and discount purchase programs. The company promotes a casual work environment.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sports.com, Ltd. CBS Sports GolfWeb.com NFL.com Superbowl.com MVP.com PGAtour.com NCAAsports.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Levy, CEO Michael Levy, Pres. Kenneth W. Sanders, Pres.-Finance/CFO Mark J. Mariani, Pres.-Sales and Mktg. Peter Pezaris, Pres.-Oper. and Product Dev. Andrew S. Sturner, Pres.-Corp. and Bus. Dev. Kenneth W. Sanders, Pres.-Admin. Michael Levy, Chmn.
Phone: 954-351-2120 Fax: 954-351-8823 Toll-Free: Address: 2200 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $34,886 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-35,264 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $62,100 2002 Profits: $-48,200 Stock Ticker: SPLN 2001 Sales: $64,500 2001 Profits: $-61,200 Employees: 294 2000 Sales: $95,900 2000 Profits: $-106,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $60,300 1999 Profits: $-17,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Affiliation with CBS.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $450,000 Second Exec. Salary: $370,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$120,000 $100,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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SRS LABS INC Industry Group Code: 334310 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.srslabs.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audio and Video Equipment, Manufacturing Integrated Circuits
SRS Labs, Inc. is a leading developer and provider of application-specific integrated circuits, standard integrated circuits and audio and voice technology solutions for the home theater, portable audio, wireless, computer, game, automotive, broadcast, Internet and telecommunications markets. The company's WOW product is a playback enhancement technology that improves the dynamics and bass performance of mono or stereo audio, especially when used with smaller speakers or headphones that are not capable of achieving a high-fidelity experience, or when the audio has been digitally compressed into formats such as MP3 and Windows Media Audio. WOW is an ideal audio solution for manufacturers of mobile or portable devices, in addition to products in which speakers are located close together, such as televisions. Hardware and software products that feature WOW include mobile phones from Sharp, Microsoft's Windows Media Player software products, car CD receivers from Kenwood and televisions from Sony and Sharp. To date, over 300 million hardware or software products have been shipped or downloaded that include the powerful WOW audio feature. TruSurround is the company’s virtual audio solution that solves the problem of playing 5.1 multichannel content over two speakers. It delivers a compelling, surroundsound-type experience through any two-speaker playback system, including internal television speakers and headphones. TruSurround has been adopted by many of the leading home theater manufacturers and has been included in millions of DVD players and televisions from Emerson, Hitachi, Hughes, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, RCA, Sony, Toshiba and Yamaha.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WOW TruSurround
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas C.K. Yuen, CEO Janet M. Biski, CFO Alan D. Kraemer, VP-Eng. David M. Lanthier, VP-Strategy Jennifer A. Drescher, VP-Corp. Comm. Theodore A. Franceschi, VP-Licensing
Phone: 949-442-1070 Fax: 949-852-1099 Toll-Free: Address: 2909 Daimler St., Santa Ana, CA 92705 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $13,882 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $ 127 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $19,000 2002 Profits: $ 800 Stock Ticker: SRSL 2001 Sales: $15,400 2001 Profits: $-3,900 Employees: 101 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $300,000 Second Exec. Salary: $188,180
Bonus: Bonus:
$15,000 $6,522
Alliance with Windows Media Player.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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STAR CITY HOLDINGS LTD Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.starcity.com.au
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos Hotel Apartments
A major subsidiary of TABCORP Holdings, StarCity Holdings, Inc. owns and operates the popular StarCity Casino located in Sydney, Australia. Featuring over 1,500 slot machines and 200 tables, the entertainment complex also offers luxurious hotel accommodations at its top with views overlooking Sydney Harbor. StarCity's Lyric Theater stages a variety of shows ranging from musicals to circus performances. Additionally, the company owns an apartment complex and a large banquet and convention facility. As part of its community awareness initiative, StarCity encourages people who recognize that they have a gambling problem to take advantage of its self-exclusion program. Once enrolled in the program, patrons ban themselves from returning to the casino in order to reduce their likelihood to gamble. Employee benefits include discounted local parking and light rail travel, child care services, an employee assistance program and discounts on travel rates and entertainment. Additionally, structured training and development programs are offered.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: TABCORP Holdings StarCity Casino Lyric Theater
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. David L. Banks, CEO Xavier Walsh, CFO
Phone: 61-2-9777-9000 Fax: 61-2-9657-7570 Toll-Free: Address: 80 Pyrmont St., Pyrmont, 2009 Australia
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Well-known Australian casino property.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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STAR CRUISES LIMITED Industry Group Code: 483112 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.starcruises.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cruise Lines
Star Cruises, Ltd. is the leading cruise line in the AsiaPacific region, in which it specializes, and one of the three largest cruise lines in the world. The firm has more than 200 cruise destinations worldwide and a fleet of 19 ships with over 2,400 lower berths, operating under the Star Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Cruise Ferries and Orient Lines brands. The Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) group operates a fleet of 11 ships under two brands: Norwegian Cruise Line, with nine ships, which offers mainstream cruises in the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Bermuda and Asia-Pacific; and Orient Lines, with two ships, which offers cruises in Europe in the summer months and worldwide, as far as Antarctica, in the fall-through-spring season. In recent news, the Pride of America, the first of two Project America vessels, is presently under completion at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Germany. It is expected to commence its Hawaii inter-island cruising next year with a Best of America theme. The second Project America vessel, which is currently sailing as Norwegian Sky, will be renamed Pride of Aloha and will be refurbished to have a strong Hawaiian theme. Both ships will sail under NCL’s new U.S. flag brand, NCL America. The company has several types of vessels under its Star Cruises brand, including the Star Series, its smallest ships; the MegaStar Series, a group of ships ideal for private charters for weddings, company conferences or as a personal yacht; and the SuperStar Series, which are the firm’s larger and more luxurious ships. Lim Goh Tong, the founder of Star Cruises and the head of Malaysian conglomerate the Genting Group, and his family control 55% of the company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Norwegian Cruise Line Orient Lines Cruise Ferries Pride of America NCL America Star Series MegaStar Series SuperStar Series
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Dato' Lim Kok Thay, CEO Dato' Lim Kok Thay, Pres. Chong Chee Tut, COO Michael L.J. Soon, Sr. VP-Finance Louisa Tam Suet Lin, Corp. Sec. William Ng Ko Seng, Exec. VP David C.S. Veitch, Pres./CEO, Norwegian Cruise Line Dato' Lim Kok Thay, Chmn.
Phone: 852-2378-2000 Fax: 852-2314-3809 Toll-Free: Address: Ocean Center, 5 Canton Rd., Ste. 1501, Kowloon, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong China
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $1,573,600 2002 Profits: $50,900 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $1,381,600 2001 Profits: $-16,000 Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
International Cruise Lines
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC www.starwood.com Industry Group Code: 721110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Hotels Casinos Resorts Resort & Casino Management
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. operates full-service hotels in the luxury and upscale segments of the lodging industry. Starwood owns, leases, manages or franchises approximately 748 hotels containing 227,000 rooms in 79 countries and relies on its strong brand leadership as a key part of its global recognition strategy. The company’s brand names include Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection, St. Regis, W, Ciga and Four Points. Starwood created the new W hotel brand to appeal to upscale business travelers and others seeking fullservice boutique hotels in major markets such as New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles and New Orleans. W Hotels recently opened its flagship property in Times Square, New York, making it the 16th W to open in just three years. The firm’s earnings are mainly derived from its hotel and leisure operations, the receipt of franchise fees and the development, ownership and operation of vacation ownership resorts. Additionally, Starwood provides financing to customers who purchase interests in resorts. The company’s frequent guest loyalty program, unique in the hotel industry for its lack of capacity controls and blackout dates, enables members to redeem stays where and when they desire. The company’s growth strategy is focused on innovations in its Westin hotel chain, Internet initiatives and the successful launch of two new Westin projects in Hawaii and Palm Springs. The firm offers its employees a vision plan, tuition assistance and a hotel-room discount program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Sheraton W Hotels Four Points Westin Luxury Collection St. Regis Ciga STARS
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert F. Cotter, COO/Pres. Robert F. Cotter, COO/Pres. Vasant Prabhu, CFO John Mims, Sr. VP- Worldwide Marketing David K. Norton, Exec. VP-Human Resources Tom Conophy, Sr. VP/Chief Tech. Officer William G. Oates, CIO Alan M. Schnaid, Sr. VP/Controller Kenneth S. Siegel, Corp. Sec. Kenneth S. Siegel, General Counsel Steven R. Goldman, Exec. VP-Acquisitions and Dev. Tad Smith, Sr. VP-e-Commerce F. Daniel Gibson, Sr. VP-Corp. Affairs Jeff S. Drew, Treas. Theodore W. Darnall, Pres.-North American Hotel Oper. Dene Rogers, Sr. VP-Strategic Planning Roeland Vos, Pres.-Europe, Africa and Middle East Barry S. Sternlicht, Chmn.
Phone: 914-640-8100 Fax: 914-640-8310 Toll-Free: Address: 1111 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10604 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $4,075,500 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $268,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $4,659,000 2002 Profits: $355,000 Stock Ticker: HOT 2001 Sales: $3,967,000 2001 Profits: $145,000 Employees: 105,000 2000 Sales: $4,345,000 2000 Profits: $403,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,862,000 1999 Profits: $-741,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,008 Second Exec. Salary: $637,500 Luxury reputation known around the world.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$2,209,750 $316,300
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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STATION CASINOS INC Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.stationcasinos.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel Casino Management
Station Casinos, Inc. is a Nevada-based gaming and entertainment company. Its operations are especially concentrated in the Las Vegas area, as the firm seeks to target tourists, as well as the local area residents. Station’s properties include various amenities such as restaurants, entertainment venues, movie theaters, bowling and convention banquet space, as well as traditional gaming offerings such as video poker, slot machines, table games, bingo, race and sports wagering. The company owns and operates Palace Station Hotel and Casino, Boulder Station Hotel and Casino, Texas Station, Sunset Station, Santa Fe Station, Fiesta Rancho, Fiesta Henderson and Wild Wild West Gambling Hall and Hotel within Las Vegas. The firm also has a stake in Barley’s Casino and Brewing Company and Green Valley Ranch Station Casino, both located in Henderson, Nevada. In recent news, Station Casinos opened the Thunder Valley Casino in Sacramento, California.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Palace Station Texas Station Boulder Station Santa Fe Station Green Valley Ranch Station Sunset Station Fiesta Rancho Thunder Valley Casino
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Frank J. Fertitta, III, CEO Lorenzo J. Fertitta, Pres. Stephen L. Cavallaro, COO Glenn C. Christenson, CFO Valerie Murzl, VP-Human Resources Scott M. Nielson, Corp. Sec. Scott M. Nielson, General Counsel Glenn C. Christenson, Treas. Mark E. Brown, Exec. VP John V. Finamone, Pres.-Midwest Oper.
Phone: 702-367-2411 Fax: 702-367-2424 Toll-Free: 800-544-2411 Address: 2411 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $628,236 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $52,991 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $792,900 2002 Profits: $17,900 Stock Ticker: STN 2001 Sales: $839,400 2001 Profits: $19,300 Employees: 10,200 2000 Sales: $991,700 2000 Profits: $93,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $942,500 1999 Profits: $-43,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,144,000 Second Exec. Salary: $748,000 Expansion into online gaming/Unique entertainment themes in its casinos.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$858,000 $523,600
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
Y
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SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC Industry Group Code: 454110B Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.shopathometv.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Assorted Merchandise, TV Shopping Online Sales Television Stations
Summit America Television, Inc., formerly Shop At Home, Inc., operates five television stations and holds a 30% interest in Shop At Home Network, LLC, a nationally televised home shopping channel. The Shop At Home Network (The Network) is a retail seller of a variety of consumer products through interactive electronic media including broadcast, cable and satellite television and the Internet. The Network’s jewelry and lifestyle products include high-end jewelry and gemstones, health and beauty aids, exercise equipment and electronics. Additionally, the firm’s sports and collectible products, which account for about 57% of sales, include sports and entertainment memorabilia, trading cards, coins and knives. Summit America's television programming is available to over 70 million households through cable, satellite dishes and five company-owned television stations in San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Raleigh and Bridgeport. The advertisements use a show host approach, whereby the host conveys information about the merchandise and demonstrates various uses for each product. The Network seeks to differentiate itself from other televised shopping programmers by using an informal, personal style of presentation and by offering unique mail-oriented products. The firm has the studio and broadcasting capability to produce multiple live shows simultaneously, and it occasionally provides multiple broadcasts to differing viewer groups during peak viewing times. In recent news, the company merged with E.W. Scripps Co., which brought about the name change from Shop At Home. An E.W. Scripps subsidiary owns the remaining 70% of the Shop at Home Network. The company offers its employees disability benefits, life insurance, flexible spending accounts and merchandise discounts.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: KCNS WMFP WOAC WRAY WSAH E.W. Scripps Co. Shop At Home, Inc. Shop At Home Network, LLC
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. George R. Ditomassi, CEO George R. Ditomassi, Pres. Charles W. Bone, Corp. Sec.
Phone: 786-206-0047 Fax: 239-643-3682 Toll-Free: 800-224-9739 Address: 400 5th Ave. S., Ste. 205, Naples, FL 34102 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $5,031 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-1,746 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $195,800 2002 Profits: $-22,600 Stock Ticker: SATH 2001 Sales: $177,600 2001 Profits: $-10,300 Employees: 15 2000 Sales: $200,062 2000 Profits: $-13,493 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $151,966 1999 Profits: $-3,304
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $200,000 Bonus: $73,050 Second Exec. Salary: $176,923 Bonus: $75,000 Owns five TV stations/Shopping programs reach a potential audience of 70 million households.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.telewest.co.uk
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 9
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 22
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Telephony Services High-Speed Internet Service Interactive Content and Services Travel Services
Telewest Communications owns a cable network that runs by over 4.9 million homes in the U.K. It provides cable television, telephone and high-speed Internet services to more than 1.72 million of these homes. The company’s content division, Flextech, offers entertainment, information and interactive content and services to the multi-channel television and online markets. The division’s portfolio includes the Bravo, Living, Trouble and Challenge TV channels. Telewest’s Eurobell subsidiary is a regional telecommunications company that supplies telephone, television, data and Internet services to residential and business customers in southern England. Moreover, Telewest runs an IP virtual private network (VPN) service, which enables companies to connect geographically dispersed sites and send voice, video and data through a single connection. With this service, customers are able to avoid the congestion and time delays associated with online VPNs. Through the acquisition of Rapid Travel Solutions, Ltd., a supplier of multi-channel applications to the travel industry. Telewest provides faster interactive functionality and access to greatly enhanced information over an advanced travel platform. The company’s Telewest Carrier Services division owns Telewest OnLine, a service that allows customers to request feasibility studies and place orders via the Internet. A unique tracking number is provided with each feasibility study and order placed, allowing the customer to follow the progress of an order at every stage. In recent news, the firm commenced the formal implementation of its planned financial restructuring.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Flextech Eurobell Rapid Travel Solutions, Ltd. Telewest Carrier Services Telewest OnLine Bravo Living Challenge
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Charles J. Burdick, Managing Dir. Howard Watson, Group Finance Dir. Howard Watson, Managing Dir.-Tech. Howard Watson, Managing Dir.-Networks and IT Stephen Cook, General Counsel Stephen Cook, Group Strategy Dir. Chad Raube, Dir.-Internet Tony Grace, Managing Dir.-Bus. Div. Lisa Opie, Managing Dir.-Content Div. Anthony Stenham, Chmn.
Phone: 44-1483-750-900 Fax: 44-1483-750-901 Toll-Free: Address: Genesis Business Park, Albert Dr., Woking, Surrey GU21 5RW UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $1,038,000 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $-244,000 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $2,065,000 2002 Profits: $-4,468,000 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $1,824,000 2001 Profits: $-2,531,000 Employees: 10,661 2000 Sales: $1,518,000 2000 Profits: $-1,072,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,115,600 1999 Profits: $-768,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $480,794 Second Exec. Salary: $451,098 Leading broadband and cable provider in the U.K.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$199,388 $267,265
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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THOMAS NELSON INC
www.thomasnelson.com
Industry Group Code: 511130
Profits: 8
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Book Publishing Gifts and Stationery Inspirational Conferences Web Portal
Thomas Nelson, Inc. is a leading publisher, producer and distributor of books emphasizing Christian, inspirational and family-value themes. It claims to be the single largest commercial publisher of the Bible in English-language translations. The company also designs and markets a broad line of gift and stationery products. Thomas Nelson’s book publishing division publishes and distributes hardcover and trade paperback books under several imprints, including Word, J. Countryman, Tommy Nelson and Rutledge Hill Press. Books are distributed through Christian book stores, general book stores, mass merchandisers and direct sales to customers. The firm’s Women of Faith subsidiary hosts inspirational conferences and an Internet portal, www.womenoffaith.com, designed to foster community spirit among Christian women. The site receives over 2 million hits per month. Thomas Nelson’s gift division designs and distributes journals and gift books, photo albums, baby and wedding memory books, scrapbooks, kitchen accessories, stationery and candles. In recent news, the company acquired the assets of World Bible Publishers.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Women of Faith Stepping Stones Rutledge Hill Press J. Countryman Nelson Bibles Nelson World Direct Thomas Nelson Gifts Tommy Nelson
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sam Moore, CEO Michael S. Hyatt, Pres. Michael S. Hyatt, COO Vance Lawson, Sr. VP-Finance Lee Gessner, Exec. VP-Sales and Conferencing Joe L. Powers, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Eric Heyden, VP/General Counsel Vance Lawson, Sr. VP-Oper. Michael S. Hyatt, Exec. VP-Book Group Phil Stoner, Exec. VP-Bible and Reference Group
Phone: 615-889-9000 Fax: 615-391-5225 Toll-Free: 800-933-9673 Address: 501 Nelson Pl., Nashville, TN 37214 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $217,200 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $10,200 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $215,600 2002 Profits: $-49,500 Stock Ticker: TNM 2001 Sales: $298,000 2001 Profits: $-2,800 Employees: 700 2000 Sales: $265,500 2000 Profits: $9,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $270,600 1999 Profits: $8,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: ADVANTAGE: Focus on the Christian market.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $400,000 Second Exec. Salary: $240,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$196,300 $53,200
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Industry Group Code: 511140 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.thomson.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Information Solutions Online Databases News Services Reference Books Legal Publications Financial Services Scientific Data Publishing Health Care Information Publishing
Thomson Corp. is a global e-information and solutions company in the business and professional marketplace, with operations in 46 countries. Previously involved in print media, Thomson has transitioned into electronic media such as online information, CD-ROMs and computer software. To accomplish this operational shift, the firm sold the majority of its 130 newspaper holdings. Thomson currently operates in four global market groups serving more than 20 million information users. The legal and regulatory group operates in 24 countries and is a leading provider of information and software-based solutions for legal, tax, accounting, intellectual property, compliance and business professionals. It is the firm’s primary source of revenues and contains most of its employees. In the financial group, Thomson provides integrated information and technology applications to the worldwide financial community. Working in partnership with its clients, the group develops individual workflow solutions that answer their specific data and analysis needs. The learning group is among the world's largest providers of tailored learning solutions. In the academic marketplace, it serves secondary, post-secondary and graduate-level students, teachers and learning institutions in both traditional and distance-learning environments. In the professional and corporate training marketplaces, it offers adult education and certification materials for corporations, training centers and individuals. The scientific and health care group offers information and services to researchers and other professionals in the health care, academic, scientific and government marketplaces. Specifically, Thomson Scientific databases assist professionals at every stage of research and development, including discovery, analysis product development and distribution. The health care group provides an array of drug, education and clinical information tools, primarily at the point of care. Additionally, the firm’s Medstat business provides decision support to employers, health care providers, insurers and others in order to help manage the cost and quality of health care.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Gardiner-Caldwell Communications, Ltd. NewsEdge Corp. Gale Group Dialog West Publishing Disclosure, Inc. First Call Corp. Medstat
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard J. Harrington, CEO Richard J. Harrington, Pres. Robert D. Daleo, Exec. VP/CFO John J. Raffaeli, Jr., Sr. VP-Human Resources Joe Rhyne, Sr. VP-Tech. Linda Walker, Corp. Controller Deirdre Stanley, Sr. VP/General Counsel Andrew Perrin, VP-Planning and Analysis Janey Loyd, VP-Comm. John Kechejian, VP-Investor Rel. Stephane Bello, Sr. VP/Treas. Brian H. Hall, Pres./CEO-Legal and Regulatory Group Robert C. Cullen, Pres./CEO-Scientific and Health Care Group Ronald H. Schlosser, Pres./CEO-Learning Group David H. Shaffer, CEO-Financial Group David K.R. Thomson, Chmn.
Phone: 416-360-8700 Fax: 416-360-8812 Toll-Free: Address: Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower, Ste. 2706, Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A1 Canada
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $3,438,000 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $155,000 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $7,756,000 2002 Profits: $615,000 Stock Ticker: TOC 2001 Sales: $7,237,000 2001 Profits: $776,000 Employees: 42,000 2000 Sales: $6,514,000 2000 Profits: $1,223,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,752,000 1999 Profits: $532,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,200,000 Bonus: $1,840,800 Second Exec. Salary: $950,000 Bonus: $1,365,150 Has successfully made the transition from a newspaper publisher to a highly diversified specialty publisher including many digital formats
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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THOUSAND TRAILS INC Industry Group Code: 721211 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.thousandtrails.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: RV Parks & Campsites Magazine Publishing Park Concession Services Construction and Engineering Services Campground Management
Thousand Trails, now a subsidiary of Kohlberg, LLC, is one of the nation's largest owners and operators of private campgrounds. With approximately 117,000 members and 59 camping grounds in 17 states and British Columbia, Thousand Trails is a premier owner of campgrounds. While the company manages 241 public campgrounds for the U.S. Forest Service, its private campgrounds are solely for its members. Members are given the option of bringing their own camping equipment or renting one of the cabins or lodges located on the properties. Among the company’s most popular campgrounds are Yosemite Lakes, Chesapeake Bay and Rainier. Thousand Trails also provides a variety of services to both the public and private sectors, which include management and concession services at public parks and construction and engineering advice for maintenance purposes. The firm also publishes Trailblazer, an award-winning camping magazine with over 65,000 subscribers. In addition, the company maintains a web site, RVlinker.com, that networks RV-related sites.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Kohlberg, LLC Leisure Time Resorts of America Birch Bay Resort Park, Inc. Virginia Landing Corp. Lake Tansi Village Natchez Trail Wilderness Rvlinker.com Trailblazer
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. William J. Shaw, CEO William J. Shaw, Pres. Brian D. Reed, VP/CFO R. Gerald Gelinas, VP-Sales and Mktg. David McCrum, Dir.-Human Resources Brian D. Reed, Chief Acc. Officer Walter B. Jaccard, VP/Corp. Sec. Walter B. Jaccard, General Counsel William F. Dawson, CEO, Resort Parks Int'l, Inc.
Phone: 972-243-2228 Fax: 972-488-5008 Toll-Free: Address: 3801 Parkwood Blvd., Ste. 100, Dallas, TX 75034 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $82,600 2002 Profits: $8,300 Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $79,400 2001 Profits: $4,300 Employees: 2,393 2000 Sales: $70,800 2000 Profits: $9,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $67,900 1999 Profits: $5,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $271,154 Second Exec. Salary: $169,750
Bonus: Bonus:
$259,637 $30,000
Large membership base.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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THQ INC
www.thq.com
Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Interactive Entertainment Software
THQ, Inc. is a premier worldwide publisher, marketer and developer of proprietary and licensed video game software for Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, PCs and THQ Wireless gaming devices. The company’s titles are developed both internally and under contract with independent developers and are typically based on properties licensed from third parties. The company continually seeks to identify and exploit for development titles based upon entertainment projects (such as movies, television programs and arcade games), sports and entertainment personalities or popular sports, trends or concepts that have high public visibility or recognition or that reflect the trends of popular culture. Licensed brands include Hot Wheels, Power Rangers, Scooby-Doo, Sonic Advance, SpongeBob SquarePants, World Wrestling Entertainment and several Disney/Pixar properties. The company believes that the success of software is dependent on the graphic look and feel of the software, the depth and variation of game play and the popularity of the property on which the software is based. In recent news, the company’s WWE Smackdown: Here Come’s the Pain won Best Fighting Game 2003, and Full Spectrum Warrior won Best Strategy Game 2003.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: GAMEFX, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Brian J. Farrell, CEO Brian J. Farrell, Pres. Eric Doctorow, COO Fred Gysi, CFO Peter Dille, S. VP-Worldwide Mktg. Bill Goodman, Sr. VP-Human Resources Jim Kennedy, Sr. VP-Legal Affairs Jack Sorensen, Exec. VP-Worldwide Studios Tiffany Ternan, Sr. VP-North American Sales and Distribution Tim Welsh, Pres.-THQ Wireless
Phone: 818-871-5000 Fax: 818-591-1615 Toll-Free: Address: 27001 Agoura Rd., Ste. 325, Calabasas Hills, CA 91301 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $291,400 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-11,300 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $480,500 2002 Profits: $13,000 Stock Ticker: THQI 2001 Sales: $379,000 2001 Profits: $36,000 Employees: 747 2000 Sales: $347,000 2000 Profits: $18,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $302,400 1999 Profits: $31,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $540,594 Second Exec. Salary: $294,982 Commitment to development of new products.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$393,750 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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TICKETMASTER Industry Group Code: 454110A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ticketmaster.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Performance Event Ticket Sales Online City Directories Event Management Event Management Tools Online
Ticketmaster, a subsidiary of USA Interactive, is the world’s leading ticket vendor, local online city network and online paid personal site as measured by ticket sales, revenue and number of unique users. Through a seamless network of 3,500 retail Ticket Center outlets, 20 worldwide telephone call centers and the ticketmaster.com site, the company sells 95 million tickets a year with a dollar worth of $4 billion. With 6,200 clients worldwide and a virtual lock on ticket services to arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues and theaters, the Los Angeles-based company is the undisputed heavyweight of its industry. Revenue stems chiefly from convenience and handling charges for tickets sold on customers' behalf. The company uses a locked-in arrangement where it serves as the exclusive agent for its clients and generally bears no financial risk for unsold tickets. It expects continued revenue growth from an increase in the number of concerts, theatrical and family shows, the construction of new and larger facilities, an increase in the number of professional sports teams and the development of new sports leagues. Ticketmaster's other online businesses include city guides, personals sites and reservations. Holdings include CitySearch, a nationwide city guide; Match.com, a profitable matchmaking service with nearly 9 million registrations and 1.5 million unique users; TicketWeb, a web-based ticketing software and service provider; 2b Technology, an event management company; and LiveDaily, a content provider for music aficionados. Ticketmaster.com sells tickets to more than 350,000 events each year. The company recently acquired Evite.com, a provider of online activity planning solutions.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: USA Interactive CitySearch Match.com TicketWeb Evite LiveDaily Reserve America 2b Technology
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Terry Barnes, CEO Edwin S. Friendly, III, COO Susan Bracey, CFO Brad Serwin, General Counsel Terry Barnes, Chmn.
Phone: 213-639-6100 Fax: 213-386-1244 Toll-Free: Address: 8800 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90010 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $811,200 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $675,200 2001 Profits: $-164,500 Employees: 4,600 2000 Sales: $220,644 2000 Profits: $-224,211 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $105,303 1999 Profits: $-121,368
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $600,000 Second Exec. Salary: $387,500 Relationship with USA Networks/World's leading ticket vendor.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$250,000 $157,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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TICKETS.COM INC Industry Group Code: 454110A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.tickets.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Entertainment Event Ticket Sales
Tickets.com, Inc. is a leading ticket provider for live events. Thousands of entertainment organizations, such as performing arts centers, professional sports organizations and stadiums and arenas in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and Latin America, rely on its products to facilitate mass ticket vending and distribution. The company’s proprietary software, retail outlets, call centers and voice response systems deliver an array of services for client ticketing needs. For firms seeking a more in-depth solution, the Ticketing Gateways ecommerce distribution platform enables a full suite of services. In addition, the company sells tickets directly to consumers and provides ticketing options for travel on its web site, including such options as plane reservations, tickets for museums and other attractions and e-mail reminders about upcoming events. Tickets.com was the exclusive ticketing services provider for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, representing the first time that tickets for the Olympics have been sold online. The company is also an official ticketing partner of MLB.com. Through a partnership with EncrypTix, Inc., the firm develops secure technology to print event tickets at home for online users.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Ticketing Gateways
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ron Bension, CEO Eric P. Bauer, CFO Eric P. Bauer, Exec. VP-Admin. David Codiga, Exec. VP-Oper. Christopher Goodhart, Div. Pres.-Int'l Group W. Thomas Gimple, Chmn.
Phone: 714-327-5400 Fax: 714-327-5410 Toll-Free: Address: 555 Anton Blvd., 12th Fl., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: TIXXE.OB 2001 Sales: $56,100 2001 Profits: $-56,400 Employees: 878 2000 Sales: $58,700 2000 Profits: $-105,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $45,917 1999 Profits: $-60,400
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $282,000 Second Exec. Salary: $236,400
Bonus: Bonus:
$275,000 $
Broad international customer base.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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TIME WARNER INC
www.aoltimewarner.com
Industry Group Code: 513210
Profits: 5
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Internet Access Service Television Production Cable TV Networks Magazine Publishing Entertainment Investments Film Production E-Commerce
Time Warner, Inc., the result of the merger of America Online and Time Warner, is the world’s leading media and entertainment company. (The merged firm was formerly known as AOL Time Warner, Inc.) Its principal business objective is to create and distribute branded information and entertainment throughout the world. In addition to AOL, one of the world's largest Internet services providers, Time Warner’s business classifications are entertainment, including interests in filmed entertainment, television production and television broadcasting; cable networks, including cable television programming and sports franchises; publishing, including magazine publishing, book publishing and direct marketing; and cable systems. With 12.7 million cable subscribers, Time Warner is the second-largest cable television provider in the nation, and through its cable systems, it is a major provider of cable modem-based Internet access service. The company also operates New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., Home Box Office, Cinemax, the Time, Inc. family of over 200 magazines, CompuServe, MapQuest, Netscape, ISP Road Runner, Turner Broadcasting, CNN, the Cartoon Network, Looney Tunes, DC Comics and Elektra Entertainment Group, among others. Since the merger with AOL, Time Warner has struggled to achieve the media synergy it sought. The AOL unit has launched an interface for broadband customers that features enhanced multimedia and access by multiple users at once. The unit will launch many value-added features during 2004 in an effort to boost subscriber income. At the same time, it forecasts large drops in online advertising revenues over previous years. The firm sold its Warner Music unit to an investor group led by Edgar Bronfman.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: AOL Time Warner Warner Bros. America Online (AOL) Home Box Office (HBO) Turner Broadcasting System Cable News Network (CNN) Time, Inc. Netscape
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Richard D. Parsons, CEO Wayne H. Pace, Exec. VP/CFO William J. Raduchel, Exec. VP/Chief Tech. Officer James W. Barge, Sr. VP/Controller Paul T. Cappuccio, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Paul T. Cappuccio, General Counsel Patricia Fili-Krushel, Exec. VP-Admin. Adolf R. DiBiasio, Exec. VP-Strategy and Investments Edward I. Adler, Exe. VP-Corp. Comm. John K. Martin, Jr., VP-Investor Rel. Robert M. Kimmitt, Exec. VP-Global and Strategic Policy Jonathan F. Miller, CEO, America Online Don Logan, Chmn.-Media and Comm. Michael Kelly, Pres.-Global Mktg. Solutions Stephen M. Case, Chmn. Michael Lynton, Pres.-Int'l
Phone: 212-484-8000 Fax: 212-489-6183 Toll-Free: Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $39,565,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $2,639,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $41,065,000 2002 Profits: $-98,686,000 Stock Ticker: TWX 2001 Sales: $38,234,000 2001 Profits: $-4,921,000 Employees: 91,250 2000 Sales: $7,703,000 2000 Profits: $1,152,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $4,804,000 1999 Profits: $754,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Bonus: $10,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Bonus: $6,000,000 Owner of leading names in Internet access, e-mail, publishing and programming/Major cable and Internet assets/Over 25 million AOL subscribers.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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TIVO INC
www.tivo.com
Industry Group Code: 334310 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Program Home Recording Technology
TiVo, Inc. is a pioneer in the personal television industry and has created a unique personal television service that allows viewers to watch what they want when they want. TiVo's service not only gives viewers more control, choice and convenience but also allows television programmers and advertisers to reach a broader audience by making shows more accessible. Using TiVo's unique program recording product, television viewers can pause, rewind and play back live or recorded broadcasts as well as search for, watch and record programs. Listings, daily suggestions and special viewing packages are also provided. Service is subscription-based and enabled by a personal video recorder designed and developed by the company. As part of the package, the firm provides the TiVo remote control and broadcast center. The firm is part of a strategic marketing and promotional campaign with AOL Time Warner. TiVo has also partnered with ASI Entertainment and Nielsen Media Research to create the National In-Home TV Lab, designed to help the television industry understand how viewers embrace and use emerging technologies. The company’s business strategy includes continuing to establish relationships with network operators, programmers and content distributors as well as consumer electronic manufacturers and advertisers. TiVo recently integrated RealOne Player and RealOne Music (created by RealNetworks, Inc.) into its digital video recorders, giving viewers access to music recorded by over 10,000 artists. The company also recently paired with AT&T Broadband to introduce digital video recorders to cable customers. TiVo offers its employees benefits including incentive stock options, medical and dental insurance and a casual work environment. The company conducts weekly townhall meetings on Friday afternoons that also may feature a band and an espresso machine.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: National In-Home TV Lab
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael Ramsay, CEO Morgan P. Guenther, Pres. David H. Courtney, VP-Finance/CFO Joe Miller, VP-Mktg. and Sales Karrin Nicol, VP-Human Resources James Barton, Sr. VP-Research and Dev./Chief Tech. Officer Mark Roberts, CIO/VP-Oper. Luther Kitahata, VP-Software Eng. Matthew Zinn, General Counsel David Courtney, Exec. VP-Worldwide Oper. and Admin. Morgan P. Guenther, VP-Bus. Dev. Susan Cashen, VP-Corp. Comm. Ed Lockwood, Dir.-Investor Rel. Stacy Jolna, VP-Programming and Network Rel. Andrew Cresci, VP/General Mgr.-Europe Ta-Wei Chien, Sr. VP/General Mgr.-Tech. and Licensing Brodie Keast, Sr. VP/General Mgr.-Media and Services
Phone: 408-519-9100 Fax: 408-519-5330 Toll-Free: 877-367-8486 Address: 2160 Gold St., Alviso, CA 95002-2160 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $96,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-80,600 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $19,400 2002 Profits: $-154,700 Stock Ticker: TIVO 2001 Sales: $4,636 2001 Profits: $-214,665 Employees: 248 2000 Sales: $3,600 2000 Profits: $-204,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 200 1999 Profits: $-66,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $300,644 Second Exec. Salary: $250,285
Bonus: Bonus:
$22,500 $20,000
Interactive TV pioneer.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV Industry Group Code: 541810 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.trader.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Advertising Services Classified Ad Publications Web Sites
Trader Classified Media N.V., formerly Trader.com, is a leader in classified advertising with strong local brands servicing local markets. It owns more than 350 classified ad publications and more than 60 classified ad web sites in 21 countries worldwide, including Australia, France, Italy, Switzerland, the U.S., Canada, Russia, Spain and Taiwan. The firm’s printed publications have more than 9 million readers per week, while its web sites attract 5.6 million visitors per month. The company’s web sites include AutoTrader.com.au, BuySell.com.au, LaCentrale.fr, secondamano.it, hebdo.net, us.trader.com, CanadaTrader.com, i2i-personals.com, job.ru and Trader.pl. Trader handles the listing of over 25 million items of content annually in 80 million ads. The firm offers content in multiple categories such as jobs, personal ads, computers, production equipment and leisure but concentrates largely on its core categories, automotive, real estate and general merchandise.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Trader.com AutoTrader.com.au BuySell.com.au LaCentrale.fr secondamano.it hebdo.net i2i-personals.com job.ru
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John H. MacBain, CEO John H. MacBain, Pres. Didier Breton, COO Francois Jallot, CFO Peter Reese, VP-Mktg. William Clark, VP-Human Resources Zouhaire Sekkat, CIO Bert van der Meer, Financial Controller Elizabeth Pauchet, General Counsel Bjorn Lindberg, VP-Oper. Christopher Jorgensen, VP-Corp. Strategy, Acquisitions and Divestitures Stephanie Gruter, Media Rel. Catherine Isnard, Analyst and Investor Rel. Paul Gest, VP-Finance Oper.
Phone: 31-20-575-56-00 Fax: Toll-Free: Address: Overschiestraat 61, Amsterdam, 1062 XD The Netherlands
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $464,000 2002 Profits: $365,000 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $11,000 2001 Profits: $-66,800 Employees: 6,400 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Worldwide cruise lines
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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TRAFFIX INC Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.traffixinc.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Direct Marketing
Traffix, Inc. is a leading database marketing company that uses its online media network to generate leads, customers and sales for itself and for its corporate clients. The firm provides complete end-to-end marketing solutions for companies seeking to increase sales and customers through online marketing programs, database development and enhancement programs. Traffix offers a wide range of services, including the development of a complete creative promotion to be used to market the client's product to consumers; broadcasting a promotion online in order to generate new customers for the client; delivery of data files from the results of campaigns; creating and hosting the customized web sites or web pages necessary to effect the consumer transaction that drives the client's sales; and generating comprehensive reporting in order for the client to analyze the effectiveness of a promotion. Traffix uses its vast database of consumers and information from its web sites to generate revenue from direct marketing activities and also generates revenues from the sales and rentals of its proprietary, profiled databases. Moreover, it provides more traditional marketing services to companies such as Qwest Communications and Talk America. The firm has enhanced its web site to acquire opt-in consumers for its e-mail and other direct marketing programs, as well as to create marketing opportunities on the site.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Quintel Communications, Inc. GroupLotto.com Prizecade.com Thanksmuch, LLC Infiknowledge Justatip.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey L. Schwartz, CEO Andrew Stollman, Pres. Daniel Harvey, CFO Joshua B. Gillon, Exec. VP/General Counsel Jeffrey L. Schwartz, Chmn.
Phone: 914-620-1212 Fax: 914-620-1717 Toll-Free: Address: One Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River, NY 10965 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $25,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $- 300 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $44,000 2002 Profits: $2,700 Stock Ticker: TRFX 2001 Sales: $32,200 2001 Profits: $ 400 Employees: 47 2000 Sales: $26,100 2000 Profits: $5,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 11/30 1999 Sales: $42,800 1999 Profits: $3,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $450,000 Shift from traditional direct marketing to Internet-based services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$185,707 $185,707
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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TRANS WORLD CORP Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 15
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 14
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casinos
Trans World Corporation (TWC), formerly Trans World Gaming Corp., is in the business of acquiring, developing and managing niche casinos around the world. The firm currently owns and operates three casinos in the Czech Republic: one in Ceska Kubice, located near the border of Germany, with 16 gaming tables and 50 slot machines; another in Rozvadov, also catering to a primarily German clientele, with nine tables and 30 slot machines; and a third near Znojmo, with an American Old West theme, drawing customers from Vienna, Austria. It has recently downsized, closing or selling many of its operations.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Trans World Gaming Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rami S. Ramadan, CEO Rami S. Ramadan, Pres. Rami S. Ramadan, CFO
Phone: 212-983-3355 Fax: 212-563-3380 Toll-Free: Address: 545 5th Ave., Ste. 940, New York, NY 10017 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $14,200 2002 Profits: $-3,300 Stock Ticker: TWCP.OB 2001 Sales: $12,800 2001 Profits: $2,400 Employees: 366 2000 Sales: $14,400 2000 Profits: $-6,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $12,300 1999 Profits: $-6,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Focus on European market.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $350,000 Second Exec. Salary: $99,959
Bonus: Bonus:
$126,000 $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Industry Group Code: 451220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.twec.com Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Music Stores Video Stores Online Sales
Trans World Entertainment Corp. operates a chain of retail entertainment stores and an e-commerce site. It is one of the largest specialty retailers of compact discs, prerecorded audiocassettes and videocassettes, DVDs and related products in the United States. The company currently operates nearly 900 stores in 46 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Trans World owns 100% of Record Town, Inc., through which it conducts most of its operations, as well as Wax Works, Inc., SecondSpin.com and Camelot Music Holdings, Inc. Mall stores include Record Town, Camelot Music, Saturday Matinee and FYE stores, which also carry games, portable electronics, accessories and boutique items. Free-standing and combination stores are also in operation. The firm has implemented a re-branding of its mall-based stores and web site under the name FYE (For Your Entertainment). FYE.com is an online hub for the retail stores and features all of the products available in the stores. Trans World and Microsoft have a broad-based business, technology and marketing alliance to integrate technology both in retail stores and on the web site. Trans World added a Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger Tab to its site to enable users to sample and purchase music and video selections, browse genres, set preferences and receive personalized e-mail alerts. In recent news, the company announced its acquisition of the 145 remaining recorded music stores operated by the bankrupt Wherehouse Entertainment. Trans World will liquidate 34 of these stores.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Record Town Wherehouse Music Camelot Music Holdings, Inc. Wax Works, Inc. FYE Planet Music Saturday Matinee SeconSpin, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert J. Higgins, CEO John J. Sullivan, Exec. VP/CFO Fred Fox, Exec. VP-Mktg. Fred Fox, Exec. VP-Merch. John J. Sullivan, Corp. Sec. John J. Sullivan, Treas. Bruce J. Eisenberg, Sr. VP-Real Estate Robert J. Higgins, Chmn.
Phone: 518-452-1242 Fax: 518-452-3547 Toll-Free: Address: 38 Corporate Cir., Albany, NY 12203 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $1,281,900 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-45,500 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $1,388,000 2002 Profits: $16,800 Stock Ticker: TWMC 2001 Sales: $1,414,600 2001 Profits: $40,200 Employees: 8,700 2000 Sales: $1,358,100 2000 Profits: $61,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $698,500 1999 Profits: $40,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,066,000 Second Exec. Salary: $307,875 Massive chain of music stores/Growth through acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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TRANSWESTERN PUBLISHING Industry Group Code: 511140 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.worldpages.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Yellow Pages Publishing Print and Internet Directories
TransWestern Publishing is one of the largest independent yellow pages directory publishers in the United States. The company owns 333 directories that serve communities in 25 states, including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. The company's revenues are derived from the sale of advertising to a diversified base of approximately 265,000 accounts consisting primarily of small to medium-sized local businesses. The company also owns WorldPages.com. WorldPages.com enables users to search for businesses or individuals by various options including location, distance, phone number, category or name. The site also provides maps, driving directions, email lookup, links to international directories and TransWestern's corporate information. In recent news, the company purchased three directories form Telfax, Inc., including Walla Walla Valley Regional, Umatilla-Morrow Counties and Northeast Oregon Regional. TransWestern offers its employees medical, dental, vision and family/dependent insurance coverage and a prescription plan.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WorldPages.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ricardo Puente, CEO Ricardo Puente, Pres. Joan M. Fiorito, CFO Steve Sparks, Exec. VP-Sales Cynthia M. Hardesty, VP-Human Resources Laurence H. Bloch, Corp. Sec. Marybeth Brennan, VP-Oper. Richard Larkin, VP-Internet Bus. Dev. Dennis Reimert, Exec. VP-Sales Michael Bynum, Exec. VP-Sales
Phone: 858-467-2800 Fax: 858-292-4125 Toll-Free: 800-333-1111 Address: 8344 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92111 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $335,400 2002 Profits: $26,200 Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $242,400 2001 Profits: $-50,700 Employees: 1,941 2000 Sales: $102,300 2000 Profits: $-14,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $50,000 1999 Profits: $-62,600
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $307,500 Second Exec. Salary: $254,609 Fourth-largest independent yellow pages publisher in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$150,000 $124,200
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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TRIBUNE CO Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.tribune.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Book Publishing Electronic Publishing Educational Products TV and Radio Broadcasting Syndication Professional Sports Teams Media Marketing
Tribune Company is a media and entertainment company engaged through its subsidiaries in newspaper publishing, television and radio broadcasting and entertainment and the development and distribution of information and entertainment through the Internet. The company’s primary newspapers are the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel and The Baltimore Sun. Others include The Advocate and Greenwich Time. Tribune also owns entertainment listings, newspaper syndication, a media marketing company and a Chicago-area cable television news channel, among other related businesses. The firm’s broadcasting segment includes WB-, Fox- and ABCaffiliated stations across the United States, in addition to several radio stations, the Chicago Cubs baseball team and Tribune Entertainment, a television programming development company. The interactive segment manages the web sites of the company’s daily newspapers and television stations. Tribune recently acquired the syndication rights for Sex and the City, a popular comedy sitcom, and the show will be broadcast as a six-day-aweek strip. In other news, Tribune will be introducing Hoy, a Spanish-language newspaper, to Chicago. The company hopes it will enjoy the same success it experienced in New York, and further hopes to offer a fullrange, quality newspaper to the under-served Hispanic market. Tribune’s employee benefits include tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, a group legal plan, reimbursement accounts and a gift matching program.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Tribune Publishing Company Chicago Tribune Times Mirror Company Tribune Interactive, Inc. Tribune Broadcasting Company Educational Publishing Corp. Los Angeles Times Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Dennis J. FitzSimons, CEO Dennis J. FitzSimons, Pres. Donald C. Grenesko, Sr. VP-Finance Luis E. Lewin, Sr. VP-Human Resources Jeff R. Scherb, Sr. VP/Chief Tech. Officer Crane H. Kenney, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Crane H. Kenney, General Counsel Donald C. Grenesko, Sr. VP-Admin. Andrew J. Oleszczuk, Sr. VP-Dev. Ruthellyn Musil, VP-Corp. Rel. Jack W. Fuller, Pres., Tribune Publishing David D. Hiller, Pres., Tribune Interactive Patrick J. Mullen, Pres., Tribune Broadcasting Dennis J. FitzSimons, Chmn.
Phone: 312-222-9100 Fax: 312-222-1573 Toll-Free: Address: 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $4,125,100 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $370,600 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $5,384,000 2002 Profits: $443,000 Stock Ticker: TRB 2001 Sales: $5,253,400 2001 Profits: $111,100 Employees: 23,900 2000 Sales: $4,910,400 2000 Profits: $224,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,221,900 1999 Profits: $1,480,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $951,154 Second Exec. Salary: $713,365
Bonus: Bonus:
$2,000,000 $885,000
Highly diversified media group.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y Y
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TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.trump.com
Profits: 11
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Casino Hotel Casino Management
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. (THCR), together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates four casino properties, three of which are located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and one of which is a riverboat casino docked in Buffington Harbor on Lake Michigan, in the state of Indiana. The Atlantic City casinos are the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort and the Trump Marina Hotel Casino. The riverboat casino, Trump Indiana, is a 280-foot luxury yacht, located approximately 25 miles from Chicago, Illinois. These four properties comprise one of the largest casino entertainment companies in the United States. Each property features thousands of slot machines and between 50 and 210 gaming tables. Trump Plaza has two hotel towers, a cabaret theater and a health spa. The Taj Mahal features 65,000 square feet of ballroom, meeting room and pre-function area space, as well as an Asian-themed game area with 15 tables. The Trump Marina features a rooftop helipad and operates a 645-slip marina adjacent to the hotel. The company's strategy is to attract patrons who tend to wager more frequently and in larger denominations than the typical Atlantic City gaming customer. The firm offers complimentary drinks, meals, accommodations and/or travel arrangements to select patrons. The casinos also offer live entertainment. THCR is also in the process of developing the Trump Spotlight 29 Casino on tribal land in southern California. Trump 29 Casino is managed and directed by the company but owned by the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. It is located on their reservation in Coachella, 20 miles east of Palm Springs and 140 miles east of Los Angeles. In recent news, THCR announced its intent to pursue an Illinois gaming license for a riverboat gaming facility in south suburban Chicago.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino Trump Hotel Casino at Buffington Harbor Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort Trump Marina Hotel Casino Trump Indiana Delmonico Hotel Trump 29 Casino Taj Associates
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Donald J. Trump, CEO Donald J. Trump, Pres. Mark A. Brown, COO Francis X. McCarthy, Jr., CFO/Exec. VP-Corp. Finance Robert M. Pickus, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Robert M. Pickus, General Counsel Scott C. Butera, Exec. VP/Dir.-Corp. and Strategic Dev. Joseph A. Fusco, Exec. VP-Gov't Rel. and Regulatory Affairs John P. Burke, Exec. VP/Corp. Treas. Donald J. Trump, Chmn.
Phone: 609-449-6515 Fax: 609-449-6586 Toll-Free: Address: 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $945,956 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $5,291 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,229,000 2002 Profits: $-12,000 Stock Ticker: DJT 2001 Sales: $1,203,400 2001 Profits: $-25,300 Employees: 9,955 2000 Sales: $1,351,400 2000 Profits: $-37,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $1,411,200 1999 Profits: $-133,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,128,608 Owns well-positioned Atlantic City casinos.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $350,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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TV AZTECA SA DE CV Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.tvazteca.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 4
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Spanish-Language Television Networks Wireless Telephone Services Internet Services Soccer Team
TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. is a Spanish-language media company. The company is one of the largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world. The company is diversifying its position in a variety of media, including wireless phone service and the Internet. It controls the TV Azteca 7 and TV Azteca 13 networks. The programming inlcludes a broad selection of news, sports and entertainment programs. These consist of Spanish-language versions of programs from the U.S. and original programming such as news programs that focus on the Latin American market. The company also controls Azteca America Network. In addition, TV Azteca has interests in Unefon, Todito.com and Monarcas Morelia. Unefon, a mobile phone company, serves the Mexican wireless market. Unefon serves more than 15 cities in Mexico and currently has more than 600,000 subscribers. Todito.com is a Spanish-language Internet portal site. Monarcas Morelia is a professional soccer team.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Todito.com Unefon Movil@ccess Azteca America Telecosmo Fundacion Azteca Monarcas Morelia
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mario Flores, COO Carlos H. Flores, CFO Francisco X. Borrego, General Counsel Ricardo Salinas, Chmn.
Phone: 52-55-5420-1313 Fax: 52-55-5420-1400 Toll-Free: Address: Periferico Sur 4121, Colonia Fuentes del Pedregal, Mexico City, 14141 Mexico
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $458,000 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $6,000 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $644,000 2002 Profits: $95,000 Stock Ticker: TZA 2001 Sales: $632,600 2001 Profits: $155,800 Employees: 3,947 2000 Sales: $564,100 2000 Profits: $36,600 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $434,700 1999 Profits: $-15,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Diversified businesses both north and south of the border that focus on the Spanish-language market/One of the world's largest Spanish-language television producers.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INCwww.tweeter.com Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 9
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Audio & Video Equipment Stores Installation Services
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc. is a specialty retailer of mid- to high-end audio and video consumer electronics products. It owns and operates 174 stores across New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast, Texas, California, greater Chicago, Florida and Arizona under a number of names, including Tweeter, HiFi Buys, Showcase Home Entertainment, Hillcrest High Fidelity, Sound Advice and Electronic Interiors. Stores feature an extensive selection of home and car audio systems and components, portable audio equipment and home video products, including large-screen plasma and LCD televisions, global positioning satellite systems, DVD players, digital satellite systems, cell phones, automobile security systems, VCRs and camcorders. Tweeter’s stores display products in sound rooms architecturally and acoustically designed to simulate the customer’s home or car environment. With a more consistent acoustic experience between the store and the home, customers can more confidently choose high-fidelity audio components. Tweeter’s Automatic Price Protection Plan automatically sends a check to a customer that purchases a product if a competitor within 25 miles of the store advertises a lower price within 30 days, without requiring the customer to request payment. The company’s 25 Sound Advice stores in Florida and Arizona specialize in cutting-edge high-end products. Sound Advice's technicians provide custom installation services for premium entertainment equipment in homes, businesses and cars, in addition to serving as consultants to customers. Recently, Tweeter opened two new stores in Saratoga Springs, New York and Orange County, California. The firm provides employees with medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D coverage, in addition to short- and longterm disability, paid discretionary time, tuition reimbursement, significant merchandise discounts and free concert tickets.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Electronic Interiors Showcase Home Entertainment Automatic Price Protection Bang and Olufson HiFi Buys Hillcrest High Fidelity, Inc. Sound Advice
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jeffrey Stone, CEO Jeffrey Stone, Pres. Joseph McGuire, Sr. VP/CFO Dave Malin, VP-Home Audio Peter Beshouri, Sr. VP Samuel Bloomberg, Chmn.
Phone: 781-830-3000 Fax: 781-821-9956 Toll-Free: 877-893-3837 Address: 40 Pequot Way, Canton, MA 02021 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $786,996 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-11,662 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $796,100 2002 Profits: $-165,100 Stock Ticker: TWTR 2001 Sales: $540,100 2001 Profits: $16,900 Employees: 3,621 2000 Sales: $404,700 2000 Profits: $16,400 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $283,100 1999 Profits: $9,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Aggressive acquisition strategy.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $498,558 Second Exec. Salary: $409,327
Bonus: Bonus:
$21,250 $18,750
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS INC Industry Group Code: 443110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ultimateelectronics.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 6
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Electronics Stores Home Entertainment Products Electronics Repair Home Installation Services
Ultimate Electronics, Inc. specializes in the sale of highend consumer electronic products. The company operates a total of 58 stores under three trade names: Ultimate Electronics, SoundTrack and Audio King. The firm’s stores feature over 3,800 mid- to high-end audio, video, television and mobile electronics products under more than 130 brand names and average 30,750 square feet. Ultimate Electronics, the first distributor of highdefinition television sets (HDTVs), focuses on the rising tide of digital technology. Products sold by the firm include HDTVs, DVDs and high-tech stereo systems for cars and homes. The company also offers VCRs, digital cameras, camcorders, video game hardware and software, car security products and home networking devices. Television products account for approximately 38% of sales. Ultimate Electronics also offers several customer services, including the Simple Solution program, which facilitates the purchase of products by enabling the customer to buy all the necessary components as a package rather than separately. Additionally, the company provides home installation services and in-home repair services as a convenience for customers. The firm also operates Fast Trak, Inc., an electronics repair company based in Minnesota. Ultimate Electronics’ expansion plans are focused on consolidating its holdings, while opening new stores in key metropolitan areas. In recent news, the company announced it will convert its Audio King stores to the Ultimate Electronics brand. Moreover, it plans to open seven new stores in fiscal 2004.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Fast Trak, Inc. SoundTrack Audio King Simple Solution
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. J. Edward McEntire, CEO David J. Workman, Pres. David J. Workman, COO Alan E. Kessock, CFO/Sr. VP-Finance Neal A. Bobrick, Sr. VP-Sales William J. Pearse, Chmn.
Phone: 303-412-2500 Fax: 303-412-2501 Toll-Free: Address: 321 W. 84th Ave., Ste. A, Thornton, CO 80260 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $704,400 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $7,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $580,200 2002 Profits: $12,000 Stock Ticker: ULTE 2001 Sales: $484,400 2001 Profits: $14,600 Employees: 3,375 2000 Sales: $384,983 2000 Profits: $8,427 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $328,907 1999 Profits: $2,160
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $375,000 Second Exec. Salary: $350,000 Focus on customer service/Steady sales growth.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$10,000 $10,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International:
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UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 5
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 7
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Diversified Publishing Market Research Press Release Distribution Professional Media Media Investments
United Business Media (UBM), previously United News and Media, is one of the leading market information companies in the world based on market share, operating in three core business areas: market research, news distribution and professional media. The company offers a comprehensive range of market information services. UBM operates primarily in the United States and United Kingdom but also has business interests in Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. UBM’s primary business is the provision of professional media and market information solutions to its customers, utilizing the strength of its leading businesses, NOP World (market research), PR Newswire and CMP Media (a technology, media and health care publisher). The professional media division, which includes CMP Media, is the largest business-tobusiness publisher in the U.S. high-tech sector, with a share of the market in which it operates approximately twice that of its nearest competitor. The news distribution division, which includes PR Newswire, is one of the world’s leading electronic distributors of corporate news, with over 40,000 customers worldwide including over 50% of U.S. Fortune 500 companies. The market research division, which comprises NOP World, is the world’s ninthlargest market research business, with strong positions in several key sectors of the market including media, health care, automotive, business-to-business and consumer sectors. UBM also has consumer and business-tobusiness publishing interests, including classified advertising periodicals, and retains a number of broadcast investments including a 35.37% stake in Channel 5 Television Group, a U.K. television broadcaster; 20% in Independent Television News, Ltd.; 33.3% in SDN, Ltd.; and 20% in Satellite Information Systems. UBM recently acquired Eurisko, the largest independent market research firm in Italy.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CMP Media United Advertising Publications NOP World Roper ASW PR Newswire Market Measures/Cozint Media Research, Inc. Eurisko
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Clive Hollick, Chief Exec. Malcolm Wall, COO Nigel Wilson, CFO Dawn Faulkner, Mgr.-Group Comm. Charles Gregson, Exec. Dir.-Bus. Info. Geoffrey Unwin, Chmn.
Phone: 44-20-7921-5000 Fax: 44-20-7928-2717 Toll-Free: Address: Ludgate House, 245 Blackfriars Rd., London, SE1 9UY UK
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $1,278,600 2002 Profits: $-385,100 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $1,357,900 2001 Profits: $-827,400 Employees: 11,180 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,220,000 Second Exec. Salary: $585,000 Leading global market information company
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $117,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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UNITED ONLINE INC Industry Group Code: 513390A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.unitedonline.net
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Internet Access Provider Market Research
United Online, Inc. is a nationwide provider of Internet access services through its NetZero, Juno and BlueLight brands. Formed from the merger between NetZero and Juno Online Services, the firm’s services are available in more than 6,500 cities across the U.S. and Canada and are currently utilized by over 5.2 million active users. United focuses on providing value-priced monthly subscription-based access, offering plans at less than half the cost of its major competitors. Through its NetZero and Juno subsidiaries, the company also offers NetZero HiSpeed and Juno SpeedBand, next-generation dial-up Internet access services delivering up to five times faster web surfing. Each service works from any phone jack using a standard dial-up connection, does not require any new hardware and can be downloaded from www.netzero.com or www.juno.com. Moreover, the firm offers free Internet access to computer users willing to install a special browser with an advertising window that is always open and visible. Advertisers are provided with sophisticated market research capabilities through United’s CyberTarget division. With access to millions of NetZero, Juno and BlueLight Internet users, along with the benefits provided by one of the largest Oracle data warehouses in the world, CyberTarget creates unique real-time market research in an Internet environment. In recent news, United launched enhanced versions of its NetZero HiSpeed and Juno SpeedBand dial-up accelerator services, featuring a pop-up filter that greatly reduces the number of pop-up advertisements a user sees while surfing the web. The company offers its employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Juno NetZero BlueLight CyberTarget NetZero HiSpeed Juno SpeedBand
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Mark R. Goldston, CEO Mark R. Goldston, Pres. Charles S. Hillard, CFO/Exec. VP-Finance Brian Woods, Exec. VP/Chief Mktg. Officer Gerald J. Popek, Exec. VP/Chief Tech. Officer Frederic A. Randall, Jr., Exec. VP/General Counsel Robert Taragan, Exec. VP-Oper. Jon O. Fetveit, Exec. VP/Chief Strategy Officer Brent Zimmerman, VP-Investor Rel. Robert Taragan, General Mgr.-CyberTarget Mark R. Goldston, Chmn.
Phone: 805-418-2000 Fax: 805-418-2001 Toll-Free: Address: 2555 Towngate Rd., Westlake Villiage, CA 91361 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $277,295 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $27,792 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $167,515 2002 Profits: $-47,810 Stock Ticker: UNTD 2001 Sales: $57,217 2001 Profits: $205,756 Employees: 461 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: ADVANTAGE: Well-recognized brands
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $605,000 Second Exec. Salary: $275,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$652,500 $312,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.unitedglobal.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 17
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Communications Services Internet Services Media and Content Services
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC) is the largest international broadband communications provider of video, voice and Internet services in the world. Through its state-of-the-art broadband networks the firm provides a wide range of services to over 9 million business and residential subscribers across 15 countries, including over 7.4 million video subscribers, 717,900 voice subscribers and 868,000 high-speed Internet subscribers. The company's operations are grouped into three major geographic regions: Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America. These are represented by three major operating subsidiaries: UGC Europe, Inc.; VTR GlobalCom, S.A.; and Austar United Communications (AUSTAR). UGC Europe is a leading pan-European broadband communications company. Through its UPC Broadband division, the company provides television, Internet access and telephony services to over 8 million customers in 11 countries. UGC Europe also owns interests in and develops media and content services through its chellomedia division. VTR GlobalCom is the largest broadband communications provider in Chile and a growing provider of telephone services. AUSTAR is a leading pay television provider in Australia, offering primarily digital satellite services to customers in regional and rural areas. AUSTAR also offers dial-up Internet and mobile telephone services. UGC recently sold its 90% interest in Megapo Comunicaciones de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., the holding company for UGC’s cable operations in Mexico. In other news, Liberty Media increased its interest in UnitedGlobalCom to 75%, solidifying UnitedGlobalCom’s financial situation and increasing Liberty’s economic stake in the European broadband market.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: United Pan-Europe Communications Austar United Communications VTR GlobalCom UGC Europe, Inc. UPC Broadband Liberty Media
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael T. Fries, CEO Michael T. Fries, Pres. Michael T. Fries, COO Frederick G. Westerman, III, CFO Valerie L. Cover, Controller Ellen P. Spangler, Corp. Sec. Ellen P. Spangler, Sr. VP-Bus. and Legal Affairs Tina M. Wildes, Sr. VP-Bus. Admin. Gene W. Schneider, CEO, UGC Holdings Michael T. Fries, Pres./COO, UGC Holdings Tina M. Wildes, Sr. VP-UGC Holdings Valerie L. Cover, Controller-UGC Holdings Gene W. Schneider, Chmn.
Phone: 303-770-4001 Fax: 303-770-4207 Toll-Free: Address: 4643 S. Ulster St., Ste. 1300, Denver, CO 80237 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $1,375,666 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $2,376,062 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,515,000 2002 Profits: $-504,400 Stock Ticker: UCOMA 2001 Sales: $1,561,900 2001 Profits: $-4,494,100 Employees: 10,500 2000 Sales: $1,251,000 2000 Profits: $-1,220,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $719,560 1999 Profits: $636,300
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $637,486 Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $571,010 Bonus: $ Acquisition by Liberty Media/Largest international broadband communications provider.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
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UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.univision.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 10
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Spanish Television Broadcasting Cable Television Programming Online Portals Music Publishing and Recording
Univision Communications, Inc. is the leading Spanishlanguage television broadcaster in the U.S. The company believes that the breadth and diversity of its programming provides it with a competitive advantage over both Spanish-language broadcasters and English-language broadcasters in appealing to Hispanics, which now make up 13% of the U.S. population, creating a potential audience of more than 35 million people. The firm’s Univision Network reaches more than 97% of all U.S. Hispanic households. The company’s 24-hour Spanishlanguage broadcast television network, TeleFutura, reaches 77% of U.S. Hispanic households. Another Univision owned network, Galavision, is the leading Spanish-language cable television network, reaching 90% or more than 5.7 million U.S. Hispanic cable subscribers. The Univision Television Group owns and operates 16 fullpower and 7 low-power Univision Network stations and one full-power station that broadcasts UPN. The TeleFutura Television Group owns and operates 17 fullpower and 13 low-power TeleFutura Network stations. Univision Radio, the largest Spanish-language radio broadcast in the U.S., owns and/or programs 66 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico. The leading Latin music recording and publishing company in the U.S., the Univision Music Group, captures 35% of the Latin music market through its three labels. The most visited Spanish-language Internet portal in the U.S., Univision.com, is dedicated to ecommerce and online direct marketing, reaching more than one billion page views per year. In order to strengthen its control, Unvision plans to continue to explore Spanish-language television, other media acquisition opportunities and joint ventures that complement and capitalize on its existing business and management. One such venture, Ask Jeeves en Espanol, Inc., has Ask Jeeves offering question-answer Internet services in Spanish. In late 2003, Univision’s plan to acquire its rival, Hispanic Broadcasting, was approved by the FCC.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Univision Television Group Galavision TeleFutura Univision Radio Univision Music Group Univision.com Ask Jeeves en Espanol, Inc. Hispanic Broadcasting
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. A. Jerrold Perenchio, CEO George W. Blank, CFO/Exec. VP Robert V. Cahill, Corp. Sec. C. Douglas Kranwinkle, General Counsel/Exec. VP Ray Rodriguez, Pres./COO, Univision Network Ray Rodriguez, Pres./COO, TeleFutura & Galavision Networks McHenry T. Tichenor, Pres., Univision Radio Andrew W. Hobson, Exec. VP A. Jerrold Perenchio, Chmn.
Phone: 310-556-7676 Fax: 310-556-7615 Toll-Free: Address: 1999 Ave. of the Stars, Ste. 3050, Los Angeles, CA 90067 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $902,854 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $96,574 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,091,300 2002 Profits: $86,500 Stock Ticker: UVN 2001 Sales: $887,900 2001 Profits: $52,400 Employees: 3,000 2000 Sales: $863,500 2000 Profits: $116,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $693,100 1999 Profits: $80,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Y Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $720,000 Bonus: Stock Purch. Plan: Second Exec. Salary: $540,000 Bonus: Focus on Spanish-language audiences/Acquisition of Hispanic Broadcasting. ADVANTAGE:
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
$150,000 $150,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT LP Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.usnews.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing
US News and World Report is a publisher of periodicals and Internet content. The company publishes US News and World Report, the nation's number-three news magazine. The magazine offers news on money and business, education, health, science and technology, entertainment and politics. The magazine has a circulation of over 2 million. In addition, the company provides a web site, www.usnews.com, with an online version of the magazine. US News is well-known for its yearly rankings of colleges, hospitals, mutual funds and other areas and has begun publishing them separately. Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Mortimer Zuckerman owns the company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: US News and World Report America's Best Colleges America's Best Mutual Funds America's Best Hospitals
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Thomas H. Peck, CFO Fred Drasner, Co-Chmn. Mortimer Zuckerman, Co-Chmn./Editor-in-Chief
Phone: 202-955-2000 Fax: 202-955-2685 Toll-Free: Address: 1050 Thomas Jefferson St. NW, Washington, DC 20007-3837 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
Third-largest news magazine.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International:
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VAIL RESORTS INC Industry Group Code: 713920 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.vailresorts.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Ski Resorts Luxury Hotels and Lodging Real Estate Development
Vail Resorts, Inc. is one of the leading resort operators in North America. The company owns and operates four ski resorts in Colorado, one ski resort in Lake Tahoe and one summer resort in Grand Teton, Wyoming. It also owns a majority interest in RockResorts, which manages 10 luxury resort hotels located in California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. The firm’s ski resorts include Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, Beaver Creek and Heavenly, all of which are popular skiing and snowboarding vacation destinations. The company’s five ski resorts offer over 15,780 skiable acres, constituting some of the most expansive and varied terrain of any resort in North America. The Colorado Front Range market, with a population of about 3.6 million, is within a two-hour drive from each of these resorts. Vail Resorts’ subsidiary Grand Teton Lodge Company constitutes its exclusive summer-destination resort in Wyoming. The resorts and resort hotels derive revenue through a comprehensive offering of amenities, including lift ticket sales, ski and snowboard lesson packages, resort accommodations, retail and equipment rental outlets, dining venues, private club operations and other recreational activities such as golf, tennis, horseback riding, fishing tours, float trips and on-mountain activities centers. In addition to providing extensive guest amenities, Vail Resorts also engages in commercial leasing of restaurant, retail and other commercial space, real estate brokerage services and extensive licensing and sponsorship activities with other brand-name companies. The corporation’s Vail Resorts Development Company subsidiary develops, buys and sells real estate in and around these resort communities in order to enhance the firm’s revenue outlets as well as provide a comprehensive guest experience. The firm offers its seasonal employees health insurance, affordable employee housing and equipment discounts. Full-time employees receive free lessons and resort passes.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Grand Teton Lodge Company Vail Resorts Development Company Snake River Lodge & Spa Inn at Beaver Creek Vail Marriott Mountain Resort RockResorts Heavenly Beaver Creek
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Adam M. Aron, CEO Jeffrey W. Jones, Sr. VP/CFO Frederick S. Smith, VP-Human Resources James P. Donohue, Sr. VP/CIO Nanci N. Northway, VP/Controller Martha D. Rehm, General Counsel Edward E. Mace, Pres., RockResorts and Vail Resorts Lodging Co. Clay James, Pres., Grand Teton Lodging Co. James P. Thompson, Pres., Vail Resorts Development Co. Adam M. Aron, Chmn.
Phone: 970-845-2500 Fax: 970-476-5600 Toll-Free: Address: 137 Benchmark Rd., Avon, CO 81620 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $710,398 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-8,527 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $615,300 2002 Profits: $7,600 Stock Ticker: MTN 2001 Sales: $559,300 2001 Profits: $18,700 Employees: 14,500 2000 Sales: $553,100 2000 Profits: $15,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 7/31 1999 Sales: $475,700 1999 Profits: $12,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $704,615 Second Exec. Salary: $444,999
Bonus: Bonus:
$3,097,750 $280,000
Growth through acquisitions.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
Y
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VALUE LINE INC Industry Group Code: 514100 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
www.valueline.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 4
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Financial Data Publishing Investment Management/Mutual Funds Research Services
Value Line, Inc.'s primary businesses are producing investment-related periodical publications through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Value Line Publishing, Inc. (VLP), and providing investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutions and individual clients. VLP publishes The Value Line Investment Survey, one of the nation's major periodical investment services, as well as the Value Line Investment Survey-Expanded Edition, the Value Line Investment Survey-Condensed Edition, Value Line Small Cap Plus, Value Line Select, the Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, the Value Line No-Load Fund Advisor, the Value Line OTC Special Situations Service, the Value Line Options Survey and the Value Line Convertibles Survey. The company's periodical publications are directly marketed through media and direct mail to retail and institutional investors. Value Line is the investment adviser for the Value Line Family of Mutual Funds. In addition, the company manages investments for private and institutional clients and, through VLP, provides financial database information through computer media and computer time-sharing facilities. The company's other subsidiaries include a registered broker-dealer, Value Line Securities, Inc., and an advertising agency, Vanderbilt Advertising Agency, Inc. These subsidiaries primarily provide services used by the company in its publishing and investment management businesses. Compupower Corporation, another subsidiary, serves the subscription fulfillment needs of the company's publishing operations. Value Line Distribution Center, Inc. handles all of the mailing of the publications to the company's subscribers. The firm’s web site includes Webcasts, which are intraday market commentaries; Educational Programming, which offers video instruction on the company's products; Ask Value Line, a link to which investment questions can be sent; and Value Line's Research Center, the firm's second-generation web site. As the daughter of Arnold Bernhard, Value Line’s founder, Jean Bernhard Buttner owns 85% of the company.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vanderbilt Advertising Agency, Inc. Compupower Corp. Value Line Publishing, Inc. Value Line Securities, Inc. Value Line Distribution Center, Inc. Value Line Investment Survey (The) Value Line Small Cap Plus Value Line Select
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jean Bernhard Buttner, CEO Jean Bernhard Buttner, Pres. Jean Bernhard Buttner, COO Steve Anastasio, CFO John Cella, VP-Human Resources Samuel Eisenstadt, Sr. VP/Research Chmn. David T. Henigson, VP Howard A. Brecher, VP Jean Bernhard Buttner, Chmn.
Phone: 212-907-1500 Fax: 212-818-9747 Toll-Free: Address: 220 E. 42nd St., New York, NY 10017-5891 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $82,100 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $20,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $87,400 2002 Profits: $20,300 Stock Ticker: VALU 2001 Sales: $98,400 2001 Profits: $24,100 Employees: 261 2000 Sales: $96,200 2000 Profits: $33,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 4/30 1999 Sales: $95,300 1999 Profits: $27,200
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $881,667 Second Exec. Salary: $136,250 One of the best-known names in financial publishing.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$900,000 $120,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC Industry Group Code: 454110B Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.shopnbc.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Shopping Programs Online Sales
ValueVision Media, Inc. (formerly ValueVision International, Inc.) is an integrated direct marketing company that markets its products directly to consumers through electronic media. The company’s principal electronic media activity is its television home shopping network, which markets brand-name merchandise and proprietary and private-label consumer products at competitive or discount prices. ValueVision’s live, 24hour-a-day home shopping programming is distributed through cable affiliation and through its own broadcast television stations. The firm’s home shopping programming is carried by over 821 cable systems on a full-time basis and over 101 cable systems on a part-time basis, reaching approximately 60 million cable homes. Products sold on the network include jewelry, giftware, collectibles, apparel, electronics, housewares, seasonal items and other various merchandise items. The company complements its television home shopping business by the sale of merchandise through its e-commerce web site, ShopNBC.com. General Electric and its NBC television subsidiary own a 40% stake in ValueVision. ValueVision recently launched online stores and outlets with the New York Police Department, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team and Charles Schulz’s Peanuts.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ValueVision Interactive, Inc. ShopNBC.com KBGE Television FanBuzz NBC General Electric ValueVision International, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Gene McCaffery, CEO Gene McCaffery, Pres. Richard D. Barnes, COO Richard D. Barnes, CFO Patricia Mueller, Sr. VP-Production Sales Stann Leff, Sr. VP-Human Resources Steven Danker, CIO Nathan E. Fagre, Sr. VP/General Counsel Howard Fox, Sr. VP-Oper. and Customer Service Craig Laing, Sr. VP-Programming Sales Roy Seinfeld, Sr. VP-ShopNBC/Pres., FanBuzz Lyndon Mueller, Sr. VP-ShopNBC Interactive Gene McCaffery, Chmn.
Phone: 952-943-6000 Fax: 952-943-6711 Toll-Free: 800-788-2454 Address: 6740 Shady Oak Rd., Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3433 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $554,900 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-39,100 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $462,300 2002 Profits: $-9,500 Stock Ticker: VVTV 2001 Sales: $385,900 2001 Profits: $-29,900 Employees: 830 2000 Sales: $293,460 2000 Profits: $29,330 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $222,130 1999 Profits: $4,639
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $840,385 Second Exec. Salary: $350,000 A major television home shopping programmer in the U.S.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$333,333 $35,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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VIACOM INC Industry Group Code: 513210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.viacom.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Y Y Y Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Networks Broadcast Networks Publishing Entertainment Parks
Viacom, Inc. is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in seven segments: cable networks, including MTV, Showtime, BET, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, VH1 Music First, TV Land, TNN and CMT; television, consisting of the CBS and UPN networks, 34 broadcast stations and a production business; Infinity, a radio segment operating 184 stations; entertainment, including Paramount Pictures and Paramount Parks, which owns and operates five theme parks in the United States and Canada; video, consisting of a majority interest in Blockbuster, Inc. (Viacom plans to spin off its 81% stake in Blockbuster.); publishing, including books and related multimedia products under imprints such as Simon and Schuster and Pocket Books; and online, providing online music and children’s destinations through Internet sites related to its television networks. Viacom is one of the largest entertainment companies in the world. The company operates in 100 countries and owns over 500,000 copyrights. It merged with CBS Corporation, acquiring Infinity Broadcasting Corporation in the process. Viacom recently announced plans to integrate Simon and Schuster's publishing operations with the Viacom Entertainment Group. The firm is also integrating its two broadcast networks under the CBS television unit. In recent news, the company announced a breakthrough strategic distribution agreement in China for its MTV and Nickelodeon networks. MTV will broadcast in the Guangdong Province of Southern China and, in a separate agreement, Nickelodeon will co-produce and distribute Chinese-language Nickelodeon television series on DVD/VCD with Shanghai Audio and Video Press.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: CBS Corp. Blockbuster Simon and Schuster MTV Viacom Entertainment Group Infinity Broadcasting Corp. Showtime Paramount Pictures
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Sumner M. Redstone, CEO Mel Karmazin, Pres. Mel Karmazin, COO Richard J. Bressler, Sr. VP/CFO William A. Roskin, Sr. VP-Human Resources Susan C. Gordon, Controller/Chief Acc. Officer Michael D. Fricklas, Exec. VP/Sec. Michael D. Fricklas, General Counsel William A. Roskin, Sr. VP-Admin. Rudolph L. Hertlein, Sr. VP-Corp. Dev. Carl D. Folta, Sr. VP-Corp. Rel. Martin M. Shea, Sr. VP-Investor Rel. Carol A. Melton, Sr. VP-Gov't Affairs Leslie Moonves, CEO/Pres., CBS
Phone: 212-258-6000 Fax: 212-258-6464 Toll-Free: Address: 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $26,585,300 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,416,900 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $24,606,000 2002 Profits: $726,000 Stock Ticker: VIA 2001 Sales: $23,222,800 2001 Profits: $-223,500 Employees: 120,630 2000 Sales: $20,043,700 2000 Profits: $-816,100 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $12,858,800 1999 Profits: $334,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $3,629,986 Second Exec. Salary: $1,075,000 One of the largest entertainment and retail companies in the world.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$16,500,000 $5,500,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENTwww.universalstudios.com Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution: Y
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Film and Television Production Theme Parks
Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE), a subsidiary of French media giant Vivendi Universal SA, is engaged in film and television production, as well as owning and operating a number of resorts. VUE was formed from the merger of Universal Studios and USA Entertainment. Universal Studios is one of the best-known names in the film industry and has been involved in film for over 90 years. The Universal Television Group operates a number of national and international pay television stations, including USA Network, the SCI FI Channel, TRIO and Newsworld International. Universal Parks & Resorts is comprised of a number of resorts and theme park properties all over the world, including the original Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as Islands of Adventure, The Hard Rock Hotel, Royal Pacific Resort, Universal Mediterranea and Universal Studios Japan. VUE is to go through yet another merger, as Vivendi Universal has decided to join the assets of the company with those of NBC, which is currently a subsidiary of General Electric. This merged company will be named NBC Universal and will be jointly owned by Vivendi and General Electric.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: General Electric Vivendi Universal SA USA Entertainment Universal Pictures Universal Parks & Resorts Universal Worldwide Home Entertainment Universal Television Group Universal Studios Hollywood
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ron Meyer, Pres. Ron Meyer, COO Frederick D. Huntsberry, Exec. VP/CFO Kenneth Kahrs, Exec. VP-Human Resources Karen Rundall, General Counsel Rick Finkelstein, Pres./COO-Universal Studios Oper. Group Diana Schulz, Sr. VP-Corp. Dev. and Strategic Planning Susan N. Fleishman, Sr. VP-Corp. Comm and Public Affairs Stacy Snider, Chmn., Universal Pictures David Goldhill, Pres./COO, Universal Television Group Thomas L. Williams, Chmn./CEO, Universal Parks & Resorts Louis Feola, Pres., Universal Home Entertainment Barry Diller, Chmn.
Phone: 818-777-1000 Fax: 818-866-3600 Toll-Free: Address: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 916081002 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $32,328,567 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ (12 months) 2002 Sales: $35,115,132 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 22,146 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Well-branded resorts, theme parks and TV stations
Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.blizzard.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Computer Software/Games Interactive Software
Vivendi Universal Games is the interactive publishing subsidiary of Vivendi Universal SA. The company's game design studios include Blizzard Entertainment, Black Label, Fox Interactive, Knowledge Adventure, Sierra Entertainment and Universal Interactive. Blizzard is the well-known designer of the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo games, some of the best-selling video games in history. Knowledge Adventure develops interactive software for children, designed to be both educational and fun. Sierra Entertainment is one of the oldest developers of interactive entertainment, debuting with Mystery House, the first game with both text and graphics. In addition, it recently began releasing a series of games based on Lord of the Rings.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Vivendi Universal SA Blizzard Entertainment Black Label Games Fox Interactive Knowledge Adventure Sierra Entertainment Universal Interactive Starcraft
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Bruce Hack, CEO Jean-Francois Grollemund, CFO Mike Morhaime, Pres., Blizzard Entertainment Luc Vanhal, Pres./COO-North America Rene Penisson, Chmn. Christophe Ramboz, Pres./COO-Int'l
Phone: 310-431-4000 Fax: 310-793-0603 Toll-Free: Address: 6080 Center Dr., 10th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90045 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $728,082 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ (12 months) 2002 Sales: $800,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Association with Vivendi Universal SA
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Industry Group Code: 513220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.vivendiuniversal.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 23
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Cable TV Service Music Production Water Distribution Video Games and Educational Software Road and Rail Transportation Telecommunications Services Film Production Theme Parks
French conglomerate Vivendi Universal is a global leader in the communications and utilities market. The company owns 100% of CANAL+, the leading provider of paytelevision and digital cable services in Europe, with over 15 million subscribers. Subsidiary Cegetel is the leading telecommunications operator in France, covering wireless and ground-line telephone and Internet services. Maroc Telecom, in which the company has a 35% interest, is the leading provider of telecommunications in Morocco. Vivendi has a 92% interest in the Universal Music Group, the largest music publisher in the world, selling an estimated one out of every four albums sold worldwide. Vivendi Universal also operates in films, television programs and theme parks after purchasing Universal Studios, Inc. As part of these operations, the parent company acquired the entertainment assets of USA Networks, which it combined with Universal to form Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE). The company plans to merge VUE with General Electric’s NBC. The new company will be called NBC Universal and will be 20%-owned by Vivendi and 80%-owned by GE. The company’s presence in the interactive entertainment industry is marked by Vivendi Universal Games, a 99%owned company that is one of the leading producers of video games and educational software in the world. Finally, Vivendi also has large interests in utility and environmental service companies in Europe and the U.S.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Cegetel Universal Music Group CANAL+ Universal Studios, Inc. Maroc Telecom Vivendi Universal Games NBC Universal Vivendi Universal Entertainment
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jean-Rene Fourtou, CEO Jean-Bernard Levy, COO Jacques Espinasse, CFO Andrew J. Kaslow, Sr. VP-Human Resources Jean-Francois Dubos, General Counsel Robert de Metz, Exec. VP-Divestitures, Mergers and Acquisitions Michel Bourgeois, Exec. VP-Corp Comm. Daniel Scolan, Exec. VP-Investor Rel. Jean-Rene Fourtou, Chmn.
Phone: 33-1-71-71-10-00 Fax: 33-1-71-71-11-79 Toll-Free: Address: 42 Ave. de Friedland, Paris, Cedex 08 75380 France
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $32,328,900 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $ (12 months) 2002 Sales: $61,075,000 2002 Profits: $-24,473,000 Stock Ticker: V 2001 Sales: $51,125,000 2001 Profits: $-12,119,000 Employees: 61,815 2000 Sales: $20,138,400 2000 Profits: $2,165,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $43,774,200 1999 Profits: $1,438,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Global communications and utilities leader.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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VNU NV
www.vnu.com
Industry Group Code: 541910 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems: Y
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Market Research Magazine Publishing Media/Entertainment Audience Research Trade News Directories Business Consulting
VNU NV, based in The Netherlands, is a world leader in market research, business and media information, trade publications and directories. The company has operations in over 100 countries worldwide and operates through such well-known subsidiaries as ACNielson, a market research company; Nielson Media Research, which provides information on spending in advertising; periodicals such as Billboard, Adweek and The Hollywood Reporter; and telephone directories such as Golden Pages, Gouden Gids and Pages d’Or. The market research group, which includes ACNielson, provides information to approximately 9,000 clients on sales volumes, market shares, distribution, pricing, merchandising and advertising gathered from a network of more than 170,000 stores; demographic information on consumer buying habits gathered from nearly 62,000 homes; and custom research in other market areas. Nielson Media Research, part of the company's media measurement group, monitors the viewing habits of approximately 107 million American homes as well as 85% of world spending on advertising. Other companies within the media measurement group monitor Internet activity, motion picture viewing and sales of entertainment media and goods. VNU's business information segment includes periodicals, publishing under 56 titles in the U.S. and covering topics from travel to health to sports. This business segment also organizes trade shows as well as publishing roughly 70 trade magazines in Europe. Directories published by the company amount to 150 and top 40 copies published annually. VNU recently announced the restructuring of its market research group, including the appointment of a CEO for the global operations of ACNielson and the creation of VNU Advisory Services, which will provide business consulting.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ACNielson Nielson Media Research Nielson Entertainment Hollywood Reporter Industries Billboard Global Media Adweek VNU Advisory Services
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Rob van den Bergh, CEO Frans Cremers, CFO J. Lancaster, Human Resources, Europe M. O'Toole, Info. and Comm. Tech. A.H.M. van Shalk, Corp. Controlling Th.C.M. van Kampen, Sec. of Exec. Board T. A. Mastrelli, Corp. Dev. R. de Meel, Corp. Comm. R. de Meel, Investor Rel. M. J. Borknik, Treas. and Insurance Michael Conners, VP-Media Measurement and Info. G. E. Challis, Human Resources, U.S. Steven M. Schmidt, Pres./CEO, ACNielson Rob van den Bergh, Chmn.
Phone: 31-23-546-34-63 Fax: 31-23-546-39-38 Toll-Free: Address: Ceylonpoort 5-25, Haarlem, 2037 AA The Netherlands
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 6 months. 2003 Sales: $1,521,020 ( 6 months) 2003 Profits: $80,796 ( 6 months) 2002 Sales: $4,481,100 2002 Profits: $177,800 Stock Ticker: Foreign 2001 Sales: $4,274,100 2001 Profits: $707,800 Employees: 37,590 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: One of the world's leading market research firms/ Owns Nielson Media Research.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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VULCAN VENTURES Industry Group Code: 551110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.vulcan.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Y Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Management of Companies and Enterprises Film Production Entertainment Investments Telecommunications Investments Sports Teams
Vulcan, Inc. was founded by Paul Allen, who was Bill Gates' original co-founder at Microsoft, to research and implement his investments. The organization’s diverse activities include everything from building museums and making original motion pictures to launching businesses developing new technologies. It primarily focuses on projects involving education, history and the arts. Though the company believes that technology can enhance these projects and deliver them to a broader audience, achieving high levels of creativity is its main objective. For example, Vulcan bought and renovated Seattle’s Cinerama theater in 1998 when it was facing the prospect of getting demolished to make space for a parking lot. Other creative projects include Vulcan Productions, the Experience Music Project and The Hospital. Vulcan Productions originates, develops and finances film projects with established and emerging directors and producers who have a history of success in delivering great storytelling, significant artistry and long-term commercial success. Its Experience Music Project, inspired by guitarist Jimi Hendrix, is a one-of-akind music museum combining interactive and interpretive exhibits to tell the story of the creative, innovative and rebellious expression that defines American popular music. The Hospital is a multi-use venue for international music and film professionals created from the derelict St. Paul’s Hospital in the London borough of Camden. The firm also owns several major sports teams including the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Sea Hawks, as well as various Seattle real estate properties such as 505 Union Station, Sammamish Park Place and South Lake Union. Moreover, Vulcan invests in companies that offer services that fit Allen’s wired-world strategy and can contribute to or benefit from the technology of other companies within Vulcan’s extensive investment portfolio. Vulcan has invested in telecommunications, media, retail, software, hardware and biotechnology companies such as DreamWorks SKG, Oxygen Media and RCN Corporation. The firm offers its employees medical, dental, life, dependent life, short- and long-term disability, AD&D and vision coverage, in addition to apartment assistance, tuition reimbursement and health club membership.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Digeo, Inc. Moxi Digital, Inc. DreamWorks SKG Oxygen Media RCN Corporation Vulcan Productions Vulcan Ventures Experience Music Project
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Jody Patton, CEO Jody Patton, Pres. Buster Brown, VP-Finance Chris Purcell, VP-Tech. Richard Leigh, VP/General Counsel Denise Wolf, VP-Oper. Denise Wolf, VP-Corp. Dev. Steven C. Crosby, VP-Corp. Comm. Joseph Franzi, VP-Tax, Risk and Asset Mgmt. Ada M. Healey, VP-Real Estate Dev. Richard E. Hutton, VP-Media Dev. Nathan Troutman, VP-Investment Mgmt.
Phone: 206-342-2000 Fax: 206-342-3000 Toll-Free: Address: 505 5th Ave. S., Ste. 900, Seattle, WA 98104 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Expertise, vision and financial resources of founder Paul Allen.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Industry Group Code: 713110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Y Book Stores: Dist./Printing: Y
disney.go.com/corporate
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Y Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 1
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Theme Parks and Resorts Filmed Entertainment Retail Toy, Game and Book Stores Television and Radio Networks Music and Book Publishing Online Entertainment Programs Resort Hotels Cruise Lines
The Walt Disney Company is a diversified international entertainment company with operations in filmed entertainment, theme parks and resorts, television and radio broadcasting, online entertainment, retailing, music, book publishing and consumer products. The company’s organization is divided into several business segments: media networks, studio entertainment, parks and resorts and consumer products. Disney operates the ABC Television Network with 10 television stations and 226 primary affiliated stations, as well as ABC Radio Networks with over 50 owned and 4,600 affiliated radio stations. The company also owns or has a partial stake in several cable channels, including The Disney Channel, ESPN, A&E Television Networks, Lifetime and E! Entertainment. In addition, Disney operates The ESPN Zone, a sportthemed restaurant with six locations in major markets across the U.S. The company markets its Disney-related products through The Disney Store, but it has recently closed a number of stores worldwide and plans to close several more. Customers can also purchase Disney merchandise on the Internet via the company’s ecommerce store. Disney produces and acquires theatrical movies under the banners Walt Disney, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Dimension. Disney has been investing aggressively in new theme park attractions, expanding its Disneyworld and Disneyland operations, as well as Disneyland Paris, its two parks in Tokyo and its cruise line. A new theme park in Hong Kong is scheduled to open in 2006. The company may open a park in Shanghai in 2010, and another park in Delhi may follow. The company also plans to offer enhanced wireless services, such as downloadable cartoon characters for cell phones, which have already proved popular overseas. In February 2004, cable TV operator Comcast made an unexpected bid to acquire Disney. While Comcast may not be successful in its bid, this move may encourage other firms to bid for Disney. Significant changes at the company are likely.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Walt Disney Animation Disneyworld Disneyland Miramax ABC Television Network ESPN Touchstone Pictures Dimension
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Michael D. Eisner, CEO Robert A. Iger, Pres. Robert A. Iger, COO Thomas O. Staggs, CFO Anne Sweeney, Pres., ABC Cable Networks & Disney Channel Andrew P. Mooney, Chmn., Disney Consumer Products Alan Braverman, General Counsel Peter E. Murphy, Chief Strategic Officer Steve Wadsworth, Pres., Walt Disney Internet Group Zenia Mucha, Investor Relations James A. Rasulo, Pres., Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Susan Lyne, Pres., ABC Entertainment George W. Bodenheimer, Pres., ESPN Richard Cook, Chmn., Walt Disney Studios Michael D. Eisner, Chmn.
Phone: 818-560-1000 Fax: 818-560-1930 Toll-Free: Address: 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-9722 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $27,061,000 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $1,267,000 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $25,329,000 2002 Profits: $1,236,000 Stock Ticker: DIS 2001 Sales: $25,269,000 2001 Profits: $-158,000 Employees: 112,000 2000 Sales: $25,402,000 2000 Profits: $920,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 9/30 1999 Sales: $23,435,000 1999 Profits: $1,300,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Bonus: $3,000,000 Second Exec. Salary: $1,000,000 Bonus: $1,000,000 Entertainment products that capitalize on well-known Disney characters/Aggressive diversification into nearly all segments of entertainment, including online.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 4 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
Y
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WARNER MUSIC GROUP Industry Group Code: 422921 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.wmg.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Games/Software and Recorded Music Distribution Music Production Music Printing
Warner Music Group participates in the music recording industry through a variety of record companies. Warner Bros. Records, Inc. covers a vast spectrum of musical genres through the Reprise Records, Maverick Records, Warner Jazz, Warner Nashville and Warner/Curb Christian divisions. The Atlantic Group, a long-standing powerhouse, is divided into three labels: its traditional Atlantic label, Lava and Nonesuch. Elektra Entertainment Group, originally a pioneer of '60s rock, is comprised of the Elektra and East West labels. Through the Word Records and Squint Entertainment labels, Word Entertainment specializes in Christian music, among the fastest-growing genres in the music industry. Warner International has a roster of more than 1,000 artists operating in more than 70 countries. The company’s artists cover the gamut of popular music from Green Day to Madonna to Faith Hill to Enya to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as past artists including Frank Sinatra, James Taylor and The Grateful Dead. Warner/Chappell Music, a leading music publishing company, holds the rights to more than a million songs, making it one of the largest publishers of printed music. WEA Corp., one of the first major distribution companies in the U.S., handles the firm’s U.S. sales and retail marketing as well as distribution for non-company-owned labels. Warner Strategic Marketing, originally developed to promote the company's vast catalog of music and artists, includes Rhino Entertainment, the world’s leading pop culture label; Rhino Home Video; Warner Special Products, which licenses the company’s recordings for commercial purposes; Warner Music Group Soundtracks, which coordinates film and TV soundtrack opportunities with company labels and artists; and Warner Television Marketing, which develops retrospective compilations from the firm’s catalog artists. In recent news, Warner agreed to be acquired by a group of investors led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Elektra Entertainment Group Atlantic Group (The) Word Entertainment Rhino Entertainment Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Warner Strategic Marketing WEA Corp.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Lyor Cohen, CEO Helen Murphy, Exec. VP/CFO David H. Johnson, Exec. VP/General Counsel Paul J. Vidich, Exec. VP-Strategic Planning and Bus. Dev. Dawn Bridges, Exec. VP-Corp. Comm. Malcolm Mimms, Pres./COO, Word Entertainment Sylvia Rhone, CEO, Elektra Entertainment Group Tom Whalley, CEO, Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Leslie E. Bider, CEO, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Lyor Cohen, Chmn. Paul-Rene Albertini, Pres.-Int'l
Phone: 212-484-8000 Fax: 212-333-3987 Toll-Free: Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $4,205,000 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Subsidiary 2001 Sales: $4,036,000 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 5,300 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Owns a long list of important music assets.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast: Y
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Northeast: Y
International:
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WASHINGTON POST CO Industry Group Code: 511110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Y Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.washpostco.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 8
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 5
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Newspaper Publishing Television Broadcasting Cable Television Systems Magazine Publishing Educational Services Internet Publishing
The Washington Post Company operates in the business segments of newspaper publishing, principally the Washington Post; television broadcasting, through the ownership of six network-affiliated stations; ownership and operation of cable television systems; magazine publishing, principally Newsweek Magazine; and the provision of educational services through its subsidiary Kaplan, Inc. The Washington Post is a morning and Sunday newspaper distributed by home delivery throughout the Washington, D.C. area and in Virginia and Maryland, with a circulation of over 1 million. The Post also publishes the Washington Post National Weekly Edition, a tabloid with selected articles and features from the newspaper, edited for a national audience. The company’s Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Company (WPNI) develops news and information products for electronic distribution. It also operates WashingtonPost.com, a web site featuring the full editorial text of the Post as well as classified advertising and original content. WPNI also produces the Newsweek web site. In addition, the Washington Post Company owns The Daily Herald Company, Gazette Newspapers, Inc. and Greater Washington Publishing, Inc. The firm’s television stations are located in Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and Jacksonville, Florida. In recent news, the company completed an internal restructuring effort, dividing itself from the Washington Post newspaper publishing business and turning it into a wholly-owned subsidiary.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Washington Post (The) Daily Herald Company (The) Kaplan, Inc. Newsweek Cable ONE Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Gazette Newspapers, Inc. Greater Washington Publishing, Inc.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Donald E. Graham, CEO John B. Morse, Jr., VP-Finance/CFO Ann L. McDaniel, VP-Human Resources Ralph S. Terkowitz, VP-Tech. Wallace R. Cooney, Controller Diana M. Daniels, Corp. Sec. Diana M. Daniels, General Counsel Gerald M. Rosberg, VP-Planning and Dev. David Lynch, Treas. Patrick Butler, VP Christopher Ma, VP Hal S. Jones, VP Donald E. Graham, Chmn.
Phone: 202-334-6000 Fax: 202-334-4536 Toll-Free: Address: 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20071 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $2,053,459 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $153,609 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $2,584,200 2002 Profits: $204,300 Stock Ticker: WPO 2001 Sales: $2,416,700 2001 Profits: $229,600 Employees: 11,600 2000 Sales: $2,412,200 2000 Profits: $136,500 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $2,215,600 1999 Profits: $225,800
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $400,000 Second Exec. Salary: $385,000 Owns one of the most respected newspapers in the nation.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $277,197
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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WENNER MEDIA LLC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Magazine Publishing Online Services
Wenner Media publishes magazines including Men’s Journal, Rolling Stone and US Weekly. Jan Wenner founded Rolling Stone in 1967. Since then it has grown to a media icon of the rock-and-roll scene, with a circulation of approximately 1.25 million. Rolling Stone Online in the online extension of the Rolling Stone brand, offering news and information about the music world. In addition, the web site offers Rolling Stone radio, personal ads, shopping and ticket sales. Men’s Journal is a men’s health, fitness and adventure magazine with a circulation of about 2.7 million. US Weekly, a joint venture with Walt Disney, is a celebrity gossip magazine with a circulation of approximately 1.06 million.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Rolling Stone Men's Journal US Weekly
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. John Gruber, CEO William Kwan, Dir.-IT Jann S. Wenner, Chmn.
Phone: 212-484-1616 Fax: 212-484-3435 Toll-Free: Address: 1290 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10104-0298 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $ 2001 Profits: $ Employees: 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Possesses some of the best-known magazine titles in the world.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
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WESTWOOD ONE INC
www.westwoodone.com
Industry Group Code: 512110
Profits: 1
Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 6
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Radio Programming Production and Distribution Information Services
Westwood One, Inc. supplies radio and television stations with information services and programming and is the largest domestic radio network and outsource provider of traffic reporting services. The company produces and distributes national and local news, sports, talk, music and special event programs, weather and other information programming. Westwood One’s principal source of revenue is the sale of commercial airtime to advertisers through its operating divisions, Metro Network, Shadow Traffic and the network division. The traffic/information division provides local traffic and information broadcast reports in over 90 metropolitan markets in the United States. The network division offers radio stations traditional news services, including CBS Radio news and CNN Radio news, in addition to seven 24-hour satellitedelivered, continuous-play music formats and weekday and weekend news and entertainment features and programs. These programs include major sporting events such as the National Football League, Notre Dame football and other college football and basketball games, the National Hockey League, the Masters and the Olympics; live, personality-intensive talk shows; live concert broadcasts; countdown shows; music and interview programs; and exclusive satellite simulcasts with HBO and other cable networks. The company also offers traffic reporting to over 200 television stations. Westwood One is managed by Infinity Broadcasting Corp., a subsidiary of Viacom, Inc. In recent news, the company added 55 new radio stations to its list of over 7,700 affiliated radio stations.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Metro Networks Shadow Broadcast Services Infinity Broadcasting Corp. Viacom, Inc. Shadow Traffic
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Shane Coppola, CEO Shane Coppola, Pres. Charles I. Bortnick, COO Jacques Tortoroli, CFO
Phone: 212-641-2000 Fax: 212-641-2185 Toll-Free: 800-877-0007 Address: 40 W. 57th St., 5th Fl., New York, NY 10019 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $393,150 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $68,960 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $550,800 2002 Profits: $109,100 Stock Ticker: WON 2001 Sales: $515,900 2001 Profits: $43,200 Employees: 2,830 2000 Sales: $553,700 2000 Profits: $42,300 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $358,300 1999 Profits: $23,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $420,000 Largest domestic outsource provider of traffic reporting services.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INCwww.wherehousemusic.com Industry Group Code: 451220 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 3
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Y Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Pre-recorded Music and Video, Retail Online Sales Video Game Rental
Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc. conducts its business through 111 retail locations in 125 cities in 18 states and by direct sales via the Internet on Amazon.com, Ebay/Half.com and its newly designed Wherehouse.com. Through its website, customers can buy music, movies and other products available in the stores, as well as access entertainment news and information. The firm acquired Blockbuster Music in 1998 and operated nearly 500 stores in 28 states at its highest point. The stores sell prerecorded music, videocassettes, DVDs, video games, personal electronics (including personal stereos, portable stereos, headphones and related merchandise), blank audio- and videocassettes and accessories. Many stores also sell used products, mainly used CDs. Another source of revenue is the rental of videocassettes and DVDs (chiefly feature films) and video games. Wherehouse’s inventory management system uses input from store management and a product allocation team to tailor each store’s product and merchandise selection to local market demand, maximizing availability of the most popular titles. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2003.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Wherehouse (The) Wherehouse.com Blockbuster Music Rocky Mountain Records Leopolds Odyssey CheckOut.com CheckOutMusic.com
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Antonio C. Alvarez, II, CEO Larry C. Gaines, Pres. Larry C. Gaines, COO Mark A. Velarde, Exec. VP/CFO Mark A. Velarde, Chief Admin. Officer Hugh G. Hilton, Exec. VP-Special Projects and Dev. Jerry M. Cornstock, Jr., Chmn.
Phone: 310-965-8300 Fax: 310-538-8790 Toll-Free: Address: 19701 Hamilton Ave., Torrance, CA 90502-1334 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $604,300 2002 Profits: $-53,700 Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $706,400 2001 Profits: $-21,600 Employees: 5,260 2000 Sales: $765,900 2000 Profits: $-1,200 Fiscal Year Ends: 1/31 1999 Sales: $496,500 1999 Profits: $7,100
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $315,146 Second Exec. Salary: $274,862
Bonus: Bonus:
$10,807 $3,722
Multiple retail outlet channels
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
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WMS INDUSTRIES INC Industry Group Code: 713290 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.wms.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Y Gambling Equipment: Y Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 8
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Slot/Video Gaming Machines Video Lottery Terminals
WMS Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets video and reel slot machines and video lottery terminals through subsidiary WMS Gaming, Inc. The company offers traditional slots and more advanced participation games. Participation games allow a greater amount of interaction and thus more player interest. Some participation games allow players to play against other players. WMS Industries holds the exclusive license to the MONOPOLY trademark for use on casino-style gaming machines, one of the most successful slot gaming titles. The company also holds the gaming rights to the Pac-Man and Hollywood Squares brand names. In addition, the company offers service contracts to its machine customers. In recent news, the firm received approval for its Bluebird gaming system and CPU-NXT operating system in Nevada. The company offers its workforce medical and dental insurance, an employee referral program and tuition reimbursement.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WMS Gaming, Inc. Williams Electronics Games, Inc. Vidco Holdings Pty., Ltd.
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Brian R. Gamache, CEO Brian R. Gamache, Pres. Orrin J. Edidin, COO Scott D. Schweinfurth, CFO Seamus M. McGill, Exec. VP-Sales and Mktg. Scott D. Schweinfurth, Treas.
Phone: 847-785-3000 Fax: 847-785-3058 Toll-Free: Address: 800 S. Northpoint Blvd., Waukegan, IL 60085 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $178,700 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-8,300 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $174,700 2002 Profits: $9,900 Stock Ticker: WMS 2001 Sales: $263,800 2001 Profits: $36,300 Employees: 838 2000 Sales: $216,700 2000 Profits: $29,800 Fiscal Year Ends: 6/30 1999 Sales: $126,000 1999 Profits: $5,253
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $550,000 Second Exec. Salary: $310,000 Owns proprietary software that is in high demand in the games industry.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
Bonus: Bonus:
$500,000 $116,250
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International: Y
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WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC Industry Group Code: 512110 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 7
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Y Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.wwe.com
Profits: 3
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Production Music Recording Magazine Publishing Merchandise Sales
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company, principally engaged in developing, producing and marketing television programming, pay-per-view programming and live events as well as licensing and selling branded consumer products featuring the World Wrestling Federation brand. Live events are the cornerstone of the company’s business and provide the content for programming. Events are highly theatrical productions involving audience participation and special effects including lighting, pyrotechnics, music and props. These events are held at such major arenas as Madison Square Garden in New York City and Earls Court in London, England. The company performs approximately 300 live shows a year. Events are promoted through a variety of media, including television, print and the Internet. WWE relies on its in-house production capabilities to produce seven shows consisting of nine hours of original programming 52 weeks per year, in addition to 12 domestic and two international pay-per-views per year. Weekly television shows include Raw, SmackDown!, Sunday Night Heat, Velocity, Confidential, Bottom Line and After Burn. The firm also offers a variety of branded merchandise through a licensing program and comprehensive direct sales effort. Additionally, WWE operates a record label and publishes two monthly magazines, World Wrestling Federation Magazine and RAW Magazine.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: LinkShare Corp. SmackDown! WWF Wrestlemania World Wrestling Federation Magazine RAW Magazine Sunday Night Heat After Burn
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Linda E. McMahon, CEO Linda E. McMahon, Pres. Philip Livingston, CFO
Phone: 203-352-8600 Fax: 203-359-5151 Toll-Free: Address: 1241 E. Main St., Stamford, CT 06902 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 12 months. 2003 Sales: $374,300 (12 months) 2003 Profits: $-19,200 (12 months) 2002 Sales: $425,000 2002 Profits: $42,200 Stock Ticker: WWE 2001 Sales: $456,000 2001 Profits: $16,000 Employees: 413 2000 Sales: $379,300 2000 Profits: $58,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 4/30 1999 Sales: $251,500 1999 Profits: $56,000
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $1,085,000 Bonus: Second Exec. Salary: $750,000 Bonus: Excellent management/Well-positioned to take advantage of pop culture trends.
Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
$900,000 $675,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC Industry Group Code: 511200 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.wgate.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 12
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems: Y
Profits: 12
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
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TYPES OF BUSINESS: Interactive Television Software and Equipment
WorldGate offers interactive television products and services to the cable television industry. The company develops, installs and maintains the equipment and computer software that power interactive television applications on a platform fully compatible with the set-top boxes used by cable operators for television programming. Its products allow home viewers to interact with programs, advertisements and other content on their television sets through wireless keyboards or other remote control devices. WorldGate generates revenue from advertising and television commerce through the use of transaction fees, in addition to the licensing fees already charged to cable operators for the company’s applications. It operates a proprietary Internet via television service, WorldGate iTV, with over 10,000 subscribers and deployment agreements with 11 cable networks. The company has a joint marketing agreement with General Instrument Corporation to install the WorldGate iTV application as a native application on General Instrument’s SURFview platform. WorldGate is a partial owner and manager of TVGateway, a joint venture between four of the six largest multiple system operators to offer interactive applications to cable operators for their digital products. Its immediate plans include a strategic shift towards international markets. The company’s interests in the international market include partnerships with Digital Latin America and Evrotur Sat TV in Bulgaria. WorldGate recently announced that the full year and quarter ended December 31, 2002 resulted in its highest ever earnings-per-share performance.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: WorldGate iTV TVGateway Channel HyperLinking CableWare eTV MyTV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hal M. Krisbergh, CEO Gerard Kunkel, Pres. Richard Westerfer, COO Joel I. Boyarski, VP/CFO Kenneth P. Nimmer, VP-Mktg. Randall J. Gort, Corp. Sec. Randall J. Gort, General Counsel Richard Westerfer, VP-Oper. Joseph E. Augenbraun, Chief Strategy Officer James McLoughlin, VP-Bus. and Account Dev. Hal M. Krisbergh, Chmn.
Phone: 215-354-5100 Fax: 215-354-1040 Toll-Free: Address: 3190 Tremont Ave., Ste. 100, Trevose, PA 19020 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $3,497 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-4,781 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $13,900 2002 Profits: $-19,200 Stock Ticker: WGAT 2001 Sales: $16,800 2001 Profits: $-31,300 Employees: 93 2000 Sales: $19,241 2000 Profits: $-49,597 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $5,594 1999 Profits: $-35,650
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $3,370,808 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $250,962 ADVANTAGE: Concentrating on international markets.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Bonus: Bonus:
$37,913 $19,788
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast: Y
International: Y
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WYNN RESORTS LIMITED Industry Group Code: 721120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.wynnresorts.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 13
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 13
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Hotel-Casino
Since its inception in June 2002, the operations of Wynn Resorts, Ltd. have primarily been devoted to the design, development, financing and construction of the Le Reve resort, as well as preparing and presenting to the Macau government a proposal resulting in obtaining a concession to engage in gaming activities in Macau and the design and pre-construction efforts related to the anticipated casino. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, the company is constructing and will own and operate Le Reve, designed to be a preeminent luxury hotel and destination casino resort in Las Vegas. The resort will be located on the Las Vegas Strip and will feature approximately 2,700 luxurious guest rooms, a casually elegant casino of approximately 111,000 square feet, 18 distinctive dining outlets, an exclusive on-site 18hole championship golf course and a new water-based entertainment production. Le Reve’s hotel tower contains 45 floors of hotel rooms and suites, each with a floor layout of approximately 620 square feet, as well as additional villas. In addition, the hotel casino will feature an art gallery, a Ferrari and Maserati dealership, retail space, swimming pools, convention and reception facilities, wedding chapels and a spa, salon and fitness complex. Wynn expects Le Reve to cost approximately $2.4 billion to design, construct, develop and open, including the cost of land, pre-opening expenses and financing fees. The casino is scheduled to open to the general public in April 2005. The firm’s strategy includes showcasing the Wynn brand, capitalizing on the attractive location of Le Reve and pursuing opportunities for development in Macau, as well as other opportunities for future growth.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Wynn Las Vegas, LLC Wynn Macau Le Reve
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Stephen A. Wynn, CEO Ronald J. Kramer, Pres. John Strzemp, Exec. VP/CFO Marc H. Rubinstein, Sr. VP/Corp. Sec. Marc H. Rubinstein, General Counsel John Strzemp, Treas. DeRuyter O. Butler, Exec. VP-Architecture, Wynn Design and Dev. W. Todd Nisbet, Exec. VP/Project Dir., Wynn Design and Dev. Roger P. Thomas, Exec. VP-Design, Wynn Design and Dev. Grant Bowie, Pres./Mgr., Wynn Macau Stephen A. Wynn, Chmn.
Phone: 702-733-4455 Fax: 702-733-4681 Toll-Free: Address: 3145 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $ 739 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-20,970 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $1,200 2002 Profits: $-31,700 Stock Ticker: WYNN 2001 Sales: $ 900 2001 Profits: $-16,900 Employees: 200 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Top Exec. Salary: $730,769 Bonus: $1,250,000 Second Exec. Salary: $459,692 Bonus: $150,000 Aggressive management that continually raises the bar for the entire casino industry.
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Profit Sharing:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
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Northeast:
International: Y
Y
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XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC Industry Group Code: 513111A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 1
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
www.xmradio.com Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Satellite Radio Broadcasting Radio Programming
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. is a premier nationwide provider of audio entertainment and information programming. The company provides satellite digital radio service to vehicle, home and portable radios, offering a wide variety of music, news, talk, sports and other specialty programming. The firm transmits 101 radio channels to subscribers from coast to coast, many of which are commercial-free, through two high-power satellites. The service is available for portable radios, after-factory automobile installation and factory installation on GM, Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Isuzu models. XMcapable radios are also available under the Sony, Pioneer and Alpine brand names at national consumer electronics retailers, such as Circuit City, Best Buy, participating Radio Shack dealers and franchisees and Sears. XM Satellite has original music and talk channels created by XM Originals, an in-house programming unit, and channels created by well-known providers of brand-name programming, including MTV, VH1, ESPN Radio, Radio Disney, CNN, CNBC, USA Today, Fox News, BET, E!, Radio One, Clear Channel and Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. General Motors (GM) has several car and truck models that feature the company’s radios. GM owns approximately a 20% stake in the firm. In late 2002, GM and other firms invested an additional $450 million in the company, which is expected to provide for XM's cash needs through mid-2004. As of June 2003, the firm already had over 600,000 subscribers paying about $10 monthly each for XM's music service. Employee benefits at the company include several insurance plans, paid vacations and holidays, legal consultation and referrals, a fitness program, subsidized café meals and shuttle service.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: XM Satellite Radio, Inc. XM Originals General Motors
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Hugh Panero, CEO Hugh Panero, Pres. Joseph J. Euteneuer, Exec. VP/CFO Stephen R. Cook, Exec. VP-Sales and Mktg. Ann Konter, VP-Human Resources Stelios Patsiokas, Exec. VP-Tech. and Eng. Frank Patry, VP-Enterprise IT Dan Murphy, VP-Retail Mktg. and Distribution Derek de Bastos, VP-Eng. Joseph M. Titlebaum, Corp. Sec. Joseph M. Titlebaum, General Counsel Anthony J. Masiello, VP-Oper. Steven P. Gavenas, Exec. VP-Bus. Dev. and Programming Chance Patterson, VP-Corp. Affairs Greg Cole, VP/Treas. Lee Abrams, Chief Programming Officer Robert Acker, VP-Product Mktg. and Strategy Patricia Kesling, VP-Mktg. and Oper. Rebecca Hanson, VP-Bus. Affairs/Deputy General Counsel Gary M. Parsons, Chmn.
Phone: 202-380-4000 Fax: 202-380-4500 Toll-Free: Address: 1500 Eckington Pl. NE, Washington, DC 20002 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $58,286 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-421,586 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $20,200 2002 Profits: $-495,000 Stock Ticker: XMSR 2001 Sales: $ 500 2001 Profits: $-284,400 Employees: 384 2000 Sales: $ 100 2000 Profits: $-51,900 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $ 200 1999 Profits: $-36,900
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Top Exec. Salary: $400,000 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $288,200 ADVANTAGE: State-of-the-art technology/Relationship with GM.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Bonus: Bonus:
$300,000 $115,280
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West:
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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YAHOO! INC Industry Group Code: 541810A Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.yahoo.com Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 2
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 2
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Portal-Search Engine Broadcast Media Job Placement Services Paid Positioning Services
Yahoo!, Inc. is a global Internet media company that offers a branded network of comprehensive information, communication and shopping services to millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the World Wide Web, Yahoo.com is a leading site in terms of traffic, advertising and household and business user reach, as well as the number one Internet brand globally, reaching the largest audience worldwide. Under the Yahoo! brand, the company provides broadcast media, personal communications and direct services. The company has entered into strategic relationships with business partners that offer content, technology and distribution capabilities, including Ziff-Davis, Reuters, Sporting News, ESPN, The Wall Street Journal and the Motley Fool, which permit the company to bring Yahoo!-branded, targeted media products to the market more quickly. The company also operates Yahoo! Broadcast, a media channel on which users can access interactive video, audio and other multimedia content from leading providers such as ABCNEWS.com, Bthere.tv, ClassicMovies.com, The Economist, MyPrimeTime and Travelocity. The company’s acquisition of HotJobs.com, Ltd., a leading Internet job placement and recruitment company, enabled it to enter the Internet recruiting market and compete with companies like Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. The firm recently announced the acquisition of the search engine firm Inktomi, which is part of Yahoo’s plan to build a diversified global business and provide more revenue building services. Additionally, LAUNCH, the company's music destination, recently introduced Live@LAUNCH, a service allowing Internet users on-demand access to live performances and interviews with the music industry’s biggest stars. Yahoo announced in July 2003 that it plans to acquire Overture, a highly successful service that enables advertisers to purchase paid positioning within search engine results. Yahoo! employees have an average age of about 30. The firm's benefits package includes eight weeks maternity leave, informal telecommuting, gym membership, $5,000 tuition reimbursement per year and a casual dress code.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Yahoo.com North Point Communications HotJobs.com, Ltd. Inktomi GeoCities LAUNCH Live@LAUNCH Overture
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Terry Semel, CEO Daniel Rosensweig, COO Susan Decker, CFO Gregory Coleman, VP-Mktg. and Sales Libby Sartain, VP-Human Resources Farzad Nazem, Chief Tech. Officer Farzad Nazem, VP-Eng. Jon Sobel, Corp. Sec. Jon Sobel, General Counsel Farzad Nazem, VP-Site Oper. Chris Castro, Chief Comm. Officer Jerry Yang, Co-Founder David Filo, Co-Founder Jim Brock, Sr. VP-Major Initiatives Wenda Hariis Millard, Chief Sales Officer
Phone: 408-731-3300 Fax: 408-731-3301 Toll-Free: Address: 701 First Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $961,100 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $100,500 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $953,100 2002 Profits: $42,800 Stock Ticker: YHOO 2001 Sales: $717,400 2001 Profits: $-92,800 Employees: 3,600 2000 Sales: $1,110,178 2000 Profits: $70,776 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $591,786 1999 Profits: $47,811
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: The giant among portals.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: 3 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
Top Exec. Salary: $500,000 Second Exec. Salary: $450,000
Bonus: Bonus:
$562,500 $895,500
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International: Y
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YOUBET.COM INC Industry Group Code: 713210 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.youbet.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 14
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits: 15
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Horse Racetrack Wagering
Youbet.com, Inc. is a leading brand name for online event sports entertainment, pari-mutuel wagering and other types of online gaming. Its principal product is the You Bet Network, a PC-based system that allows subscribers to transmit information and facilitate wagers on live events online. Network members can watch events, access a database of handicapping information and wager on a selection of coast-to-coast thoroughbred and harness horse races via a closed-loop network. Virtually 100% of U.S., Canadian and Australian horse racing content is available, with 24-hour access. The network is interactive and provides a real-time environment. It also features commingled track pools, live audio and video and up-tothe-minute information from the tracks. Youbet.com operates Youbet.com TotalAccess, an Oregon-based hub for the acceptance and placement of wagers. The company has also developed a web-based application, Youbet Express, to enhance and improve the network. In recent news, the company signed an exclusive Internet betting deal with Magna, one of the largest owners of horse racing tracks, including Santa Anita and Golden Gate. Youbet.com’s employee benefits include a company merchandise purchasing program, an education assistance program. The company also plans special events such as annual outings, a holiday party, Day at the Races, Bagel Day and Friday-evening socials for coworkers to get to know each other.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: You Bet Network Ladbroke USA Mountain Laurel Racing, Inc. Washington Trotting Association, Inc. Youbet Express TotalAccess
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Charles F. Champion, CEO Charles F. Champion, Pres. Gary W. Sproule, CFO Michael J. Veitch, VP-Mktg.
Phone: 818-668-2100 Fax: 818-668-2101 Toll-Free: 888-968-2388 Address: 5901 De Soto Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91367 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $39,093 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-2,848 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $25,900 2002 Profits: $-9,000 Stock Ticker: UBET 2001 Sales: $6,300 2001 Profits: $-14,800 Employees: 67 2000 Sales: $6,000 2000 Profits: $-1,700 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $3,800 1999 Profits: $-24,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Y Stock Purch. Plan: Y ADVANTAGE: Focus on online sports wagering.
COMPETITIVE OTHER THOUGHTS:
Apparent Top Female Officers: Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
Top Exec. Salary: $262,885 Second Exec. Salary: $204,360
Bonus: Bonus:
$ $25,000
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest:
Southeast:
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast:
International:
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YOUNG BROADCASTING INC Industry Group Code: 513120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.youngbroadcasting.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales: 19
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Advertising Services: Y Information Systems:
Profits: 20
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Television Station Owner/Operator Television Sales Representation
Young Broadcasting, Inc. owns and operates 11 television stations in geographically diverse markets and a national television sales representation firm, Adam Young, Inc. Six of the stations are affiliated with ABC, CBS or NBC and one is an independent station. Each of the company's stations is owned and operated by a direct or indirect subsidiary. Young is currently the eighth-largest ABC network affiliate group in terms of households reached. KRON-TV in San Francisco, California is the company's independent VHF station operating in the San Francisco market, which is ranked as the fifth-largest television market in terms of population. In recent news, the company launched its first completely digital station, WTVO-TV Rockford UPN Channel 19.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Adam Young, Inc. KRON-TV WTVO-TV
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Ronald J. Kwasnick, Pres. James A. Morgan, CFO James A. Morgan, Corp. Sec. Deborah A. McDermott, VP-Oper. Adam Young, Treas.
Phone: 212-754-7070 Fax: 212-758-1229 Toll-Free: Address: 599 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for 9 months. 2003 Sales: $152,555 ( 9 months) 2003 Profits: $-65,677 ( 9 months) 2002 Sales: $225,100 2002 Profits: $-65,600 Stock Ticker: YBTVA 2001 Sales: $368,200 2001 Profits: $-63,300 Employees: 1,429 2000 Sales: $372,700 2000 Profits: $14,000 Fiscal Year Ends: 12/31 1999 Sales: $280,700 1999 Profits: $-21,500
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Y Savings Plan: Y
COMPETITIVE
ESOP Stock Plan: Profit Sharing: Top Exec. Salary: $1,098,374 Bonus: $1,006,237 Stock Purch. Plan: Y Second Exec. Salary: $577,500 Bonus: $388,003 ADVANTAGE: Owns the only independent VHF television station operating in the Los Angeles market/Eighth-largest ABC network affiliate group.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Apparent Top Female Officers: 1 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities:
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest:
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC Industry Group Code: 511120 Print/Media/Publishing or Sales.: Newspapers: Magazines: Y Books: Book Stores: Dist./Printing:
www.ziffdavis.com
Ranks within this company's industry group: Sales:
Movies, Distribution or Production: Movie Theaters: Movie Production: Production-TV/Video: Video Rental Stores: Video Distribution:
Equipment, Supplies or Specialty Services: Equipment/Supplies: Gambling Equipment: Specialty Services: Y Advertising Services: Information Systems:
Profits:
Broadcasting, Cable, Satellite or Online: Broadcast TV: Cable TV: Satellite Broadcasting: Radio: Online Information:
Y
Music, Electronic or Audio Multimedia: Music Production: Retail Music Stores: Retail Audio Equip.: Music Printing/Dist.: Multimedia:
Y
Sports, Games or Gambling: Games/Sports: Retail-Games: Stadiums/Teams: Gambling/Casinos: Rides/Theme Parks:
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES:
TYPES OF BUSINESS: Online Content and Publishing Computer and Technology Magazines Custom Testing Services and Products
Ziff Davis Media, Inc. (ZDMI) is a multimedia content company in the business of publishing and licensing magazines; providing editorial content about technology on the Internet; and providing custom testing services, software, conferences, seminars and web casts. The company was formed to acquire the publishing assets of Ziff-Davis, Inc., which is no longer in operation. ZDMI is the largest technology and Internet magazine publisher and the sixth-largest magazine publisher in the United States, with 10 established titles, a combined circulation of nearly 6 million and estimated monthly readership of over 17 million. Magazines offer comprehensive market and product coverage as well as access to lab-based testing and award-winning editorial content. These titles include PC Magazine, eWEEK, Baseline, CIO Insight, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, Computer Gaming World, GameNow, Xbox Nation and GMR. In addition, the firm has a joint venture with International Data Group to publish MacWorld, a publication providing information about Macintosh products. ZDMI's newest publications include Expedia Travels and CIO Insight. In recent news, the company launched Gaming Industry News, a monthly newsletter and weekly e-mail providing business-to-business insight and research into the gaming industry.
BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: ZDNet Ziff-Davis, Inc. Ziff Davis Internet, Inc. Ziff Davis Development, Inc. MacWorld International Data Group PC Magazine eWeek
CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than once. Robert F. Callahan, CEO Bart W. Catalane, COO Derek Irwin, CFO Jasmine Alexander, Sr. VP-Sales Beth Repeta, VP-Human Resources Jasmine Alexander, Sr. VP-Tech. David F. Mullen, Controller Gregory Barton, Exec. VP/Corp. Sec. Gregory Barton, General Counsel Larry Green, VP-Bus. Dev. and Worldwide Licensing Tom McGrade, Sr. Exec. VP-Publishing Oper. Dale Strang, Sr. VP-Game Group Jason Young, Sr. VP/General Mgr.-Ziff Davis Internet Sloan Seymour, Sr. VP-Enterprise Group Robert F. Callahan, Chmn.
Phone: 212-503-3500 Fax: 212-503-4599 Toll-Free: Address: 28 E. 28th St., New York, NY 10016-7930 US
FINANCIALS:
Sales and profits are in thousands of dollars—add 000 to get the full amount. Year 2003 note: Complete fiscal 2003 results were not available for all companies at press time. For this company, year 2003 is for months. 2003 Sales: $ ( months) 2003 Profits: $ ( months) 2002 Sales: $ 2002 Profits: $ Stock Ticker: Private 2001 Sales: $440,485 2001 Profits: $-73,435 Employees: 1,080 2000 Sales: $ 2000 Profits: $ Fiscal Year Ends: 3/31 1999 Sales: $ 1999 Profits: $
SALARIES/BENEFITS: Pension Plan: Savings Plan:
ESOP Stock Plan: Stock Purch. Plan:
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: OTHER THOUGHTS:
Profit Sharing:
Top Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Second Exec. Salary: $ Bonus: $ Owns some of the best computer- and technology-related magazine content in the industry
Apparent Top Female Officers: 2 Hot Spot for Advancement for Women/Minorities: Y
LOCATIONS: ("Y" = Yes) West: Y
Southwest: Y
Midwest: Y
Southeast: Y
Note: Financial information, benefits and other data can change quickly and may vary from those stated here.
Northeast: Y
International:
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CONTENTS: Index of Firms Noted as “Hot Spots for Advancement” for Women/Minorities
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INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN & MINORITIES ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM AMERICAN EXPRESS CO AMERICAN GREETINGS APPLE COMPUTER INC ARGOSY GAMING CO BARNES & NOBLE INC BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC BEASLEY BROADCASTING GROUP BELO CORP BERTELSMANN AG BEST BUY CO INC BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC BOWL AMERICA INC BOYD GAMING CORP BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM CHURCHILL DOWNS INC CINAR CORPORATION CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC CLUBCORP CNET NETWORKS INC COMCAST CORP CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC COX COMMUNICATIONS INC COX RADIO INC DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS INC DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC DOUBLECLICK INC DOW JONES & COMPANY INC DREAMWORKS SKG DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) E W SCRIPPS CO ELECTRONIC ARTS INC ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORP FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC GANNETT CO INC GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC GETTY IMAGES INC GOOGLE INC GTECH HOLDINGS CORP HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS HARPO INC HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT INC IMAX CORPORATION INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC
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www.plunkettresearch.com ACNielsen; NETRATINGS INC ACNielson; VNU NV Acres Advantage; ACRES GAMING INC Acres Bonusing Technology; ACRES GAMING INC Acres Gaming, Inc; INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Acrodyne Communications, Inc.; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC Action Racing Collectibles; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC Adam Young, Inc.; YOUNG BROADCASTING INC Add, Inc.; JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC Adelphi Group; OMNICOM GROUP INC Adelphia Business Solutions; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Adelphia Digital Cable; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Adelphia Media Services; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Adelphia Power Link; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Admiral Riverboat; PRESIDENT CASINOS INC AdRelevance; NETRATINGS INC AdSense; GOOGLE INC Advance Internet; ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC Advance.net; ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC Advanced Casino Systems Corp.; ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Advanced Global Distribution; ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC Advanced Marketing Services; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC Advantage Outdoor Company; LAMAR ADVERTISING CO Advantage Publishers Group; ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC Adventure Amusement Park; CEDAR FAIR LP AdVisory Board, Inc.; CUMULUS MEDIA INC Adweek; VNU NV AdWords; GOOGLE INC After Burn; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC Aladdin; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Alfred A. Knopf; RANDOM HOUSE INC Alias Research; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Alias SketchBook Pro; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Alias/Wavefront; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Alliance Atlantis Cinemas; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM Alliance Atlantis Motion Pictures; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM allNetResearch; JUPITERMEDIA CORP Allnetresearch.com; JUPITERMEDIA CORP Allsport; GETTY IMAGES INC AllTrack; GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL INC ALLTRAK TOO!; GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL INC Alpine Gaming; CENTURY CASINOS INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. AltaVista Company; OVERTURE SERVICES INC Alton Belle Casino; ARGOSY GAMING CO Amazon Anywhere; AMAZON.COM INC Amazon.co.uk; AMAZON.COM INC Amazon.com; BORDERS GROUP INC AMC Film Marketing; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC AMC Realty, Inc.; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC America 51, LP; PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP America in the 20th Century; BROADVIEW MEDIA INC America Online; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC America Online (AOL); TIME WARNER INC America’s Heartland; DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) American Baby; PRIMEDIA INC American Baby; MEREDITH CORP American Bingo and Gaming Corp.; LITTLEFIELD CORP American City Business Journals; ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC American Family; NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE) American Golf Foundation; AMERICAN GOLF American Heroes Museum of Memories; AZTAR CORP American International Group, Inc.; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) American Internet Services, Inc.; BOOKS A MILLION INC American Movie Classics; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP American Movie Classics (AMC); METROGOLDWYN-MAYER INC (MGM) American Multi-Cinema, Inc.; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC American Park 'n Swap; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES American Publishing Company; HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC American Queen; DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) American Racing Series, Inc.; CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM American Tower do Brasil, Ltda.; AMERICAN TOWER CORP American Tower Systems; AMERICAN TOWER CORP American Wagering Management Company, Inc.; AMERICAN WAGERING INC American Wholesale Book Company; BOOKS A MILLION INC American Woodworker; READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC AmericanGreetings.com; AMERICAN GREETINGS America's Best Colleges; US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT LP
America's Best Hospitals; US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT LP America's Best Mutual Funds; US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT LP Americrown Service Corp.; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP Ameristar Casino Hotel Council Bluffs; AMERISTAR CASINOS INC Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City; AMERISTAR CASINOS INC Ameristar Casino Hotel Vicksburg; AMERISTAR CASINOS INC Ameristar Casino St. Charles; AMERISTAR CASINOS INC Amersham PLC; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) AMF Billiards; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC AMF Bowling Centers Holdings, Inc.; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC AMF Worldwide Bowling Centers Holdings, Inc.; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC AMFM, Inc.; CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC AmTote; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Anchor Gaming; INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Anderson Merchandisers; LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA Anderson Merchandisers; DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC Andice Development Co.; CALL NOW INC Angelika Film Center and Café; READING ENTERTAINMENT Animal Planet; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC Anschutz Corporation; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Anschutz Corporation (The); REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Anschutz Entertainment Group; REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Anyway.com; INTERACTIVECORP AOL Time Warner; TIME WARNER INC AOL Time Warner; COMCAST CORP AP; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC Apogee; HYPERFEED TECHNOLOGIES AppForge, Inc.; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC Applied Gaming Solutions of Canada; LOTTERY AND WAGERING SOLUTIONS INC Applied Semantics; GOOGLE INC AppLink; ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC ApprovalServer; ENGAGE INC Arena; EMAP PLC Argosy Casino at Riverside; ARGOSY GAMING CO Argosy Casino Lawrenceburg; ARGOSY GAMING CO
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.; ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD Aristotle; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC Arizona Daily Star (The); PULITZER INC Arizona Diamondbacks; HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC Arizona Journal; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Arlington International Racecourse; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Armed and Dangerous; LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC ARN Communications Corp.; CALL NOW INC Art.com; GETTY IMAGES INC Arthur; CINAR CORPORATION ASC Holdings, Inc.; AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Ascent Media Group; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP Ask Jeeves en Espanol, Inc.; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC askMartha; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC Associated Publishing Company (The); HEARST CORPORATION (THE) Astrology.com; IVILLAGE INC At Home Network Solutions, Inc.; MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS AT&T Comcast; COMCAST CORP AT&T Digital Phone; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC ATC Teleports, Inc.; AMERICAN TOWER CORP Athens Banner-Herald; MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Atlanta Journal-Constitution (The); COX ENTERPRISES INC Atlanta Magazine; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Atlanta Motor Speedway; SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC Atlantic Championship; CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM Atlantic Group (The); WARNER MUSIC GROUP Atlantis; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Atlantis Casino Resort; MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC Attitash Bear Peak; AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Attorneys Online; 1-800-ATTORNEY INC Attorneys.com; 1-800-ATTORNEY INC Audible, Inc.; AMAZON.COM INC AudibleListener; AUDIBLE INC AudibleManagement; AUDIBLE INC AudibleReady Devices; AUDIBLE INC AudibleReady Initiative; AUDIBLE INC Audio King; ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS INC Augusta Chronicle (The); MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Aurigin; INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC
Aurora Communications, LLC; CUMULUS MEDIA INC Austar United Communications; UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC Austin Tents and Events; LITTLEFIELD CORP Authentic Products, Inc.; PAUL-SON GAMING CORP Automatic Price Protection; TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Autotote Corporation; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Autotote Enterprises, Inc.; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Autotote Systems, Inc.; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION AutoTrader.com; COX ENTERPRISES INC AutoTrader.com.au; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV Avantrust; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) Avenue Pictures; AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP INC Avenue Pictures Television; AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP INC AWI Keno; AMERICAN WAGERING INC Azteca America; TV AZTECA SA DE CV B. Dalton Bookseller; BARNES & NOBLE INC Babbage's; GAMESTOP INC Babbage's Etc.; BARNES & NOBLE INC Babysitters' Club (The); SCHOLASTIC CORP Backpacker; RODALE INC Bain Capital; HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO Baldur's Gate; BIOWARE CORP Ballantine; RANDOM HOUSE INC Ballantine; BERTELSMANN AG Bally Gaming International, Inc.; ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Bally Sports Club; BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION Bally Wulff Automaten; ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Bally's Las Vegas; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Ballystore.com; BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION Baluma Holdings SA; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT BAMM.com; BOOKS A MILLION INC Bang & Olufsen; HARVEY ELECTRONICS INC Bang and Olufson; TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Banta Book Group; BANTA CORPORATION Banta Catalog Group; BANTA CORPORATION Banta Digital Group; BANTA CORPORATION Banta Direct Marketing Group; BANTA CORPORATION Banta Global Turnkey Group; BANTA CORPORATION Banta Healthcare Products; BANTA CORPORATION Banta Publications Group; BANTA CORPORATION Bantam Dell; RANDOM HOUSE INC Barak, Ltd.; MATAV-CABLE SYSTEMS MEDIA LTD
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Barnes and Noble Digital; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC Barnes and Noble University; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC Barnes and Noble, Inc.; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC Barnes and Noble, Inc.; GAMESTOP INC BarnesandNoble.com; BARNES & NOBLE INC Barron’s; DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Barton Creek Resort and Spa; CLUBCORP Baseline, Inc.; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP Battery Plus; INTERTAN INC Bavarian Village; BOYNE USA RESORTS Bay Harbor Golf Club; BOYNE USA RESORTS Bay Meadows; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Bayside Entertainment Distribution; MTS INC BBC; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION BBC America; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC BBC World Service; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION BBC Worldwide, Ltd.; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION BBCi; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION BBDO Worldwide Network; OMNICOM GROUP INC BDZ-S77; SONY CORPORATION Beaver Creek; VAIL RESORTS INC Bell & Howell Publishing Services; PROQUEST COMPANY Bellagio; MGM MIRAGE Belle of Baton Rouge Casino; ARGOSY GAMING CO Belle of Sioux City Casino; ARGOSY GAMING CO Belo Interactive; BELO CORP Belterra Casino Resort; PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC Benjamin Moore and Co.; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Bernard Hodes Group; OMNICOM GROUP INC Bertelsmann; RANDOM HOUSE INC Bertelsmann AG; RTL GROUP SA Bertelsmann Arvato; BERTELSMANN AG Berwick Offray, LLC; CSS INDUSTRIES INC BetNet; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC Better Homes and Gardens; MEREDITH CORP Big Bear Mountain; BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Big Sky Resort; BOYNE USA RESORTS bigchalk.com; PROQUEST COMPANY BigCharts.com; MARKETWATCH.COM INC Biker; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC Billboard; VNU NV Billings Gazette; LEE ENTERPRISES INC Bingo Card Minder Corporation; GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL INC
Binney & Smith; HALLMARK CARDS INC BioMedNet; REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC Birch Bay Resort Park, Inc.; THOUSAND TRAILS INC Black Book Photography, Inc.; DAG MEDIA INC Black Hawk Casino; RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORP Black Label Games; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Blackbook AR100; DAG MEDIA INC Blackbook Illustration; DAG MEDIA INC Blackstone Group (The); HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO Blizzard Entertainment; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Blockbuster; VIACOM INC Blockbuster Music; WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC Blooger; GOOGLE INC Bloomberg Data License; BLOOMBERG LP Bloomberg Magazine Group; BLOOMBERG LP Bloomberg Professional; BLOOMBERG LP Bloomberg Radio; BLOOMBERG LP Bloomberg Roadshows; BLOOMBERG LP Bloomberg Television; BLOOMBERG LP Bloomberg Tradebook; BLOOMBERG LP Bloomberg.com; BLOOMBERG LP Blowout Video, Inc.; RENTRAK CORPORATION BlowoutVideo.com; RENTRAK CORPORATION Blue Chip Broadcasting, Inc.; RADIO ONE Blue Credit Card (The); AMERICAN EXPRESS CO BlueLight; UNITED ONLINE INC BlueMountain.com; AMERICAN GREETINGS Bluesquare; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) BMG; BERTELSMANN AG Boardwalk Hotel and Casino; BOARDWALK CASINO INC Boca Raton Resort and Club; BOCA RESORTS INC BodyGem; SPORTS CLUB CO INC (THE) Book$mart; BOOKS A MILLION INC Bookland; BOOKS A MILLION INC Book-Mart Press, Inc.; COURIER CORP Books, etc.; BORDERS GROUP INC Books24X7.com; SKILLSOFT CORP Bookstar; BARNES & NOBLE INC Bookstop; BARNES & NOBLE INC Boomers; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Boomtown Bossier City; PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC Boomtown New Orleans; PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC Boomtown Reno; PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC Boomtown, Inc.; PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC Booth Creek Ski Group, Inc.; BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Borders International; BORDERS GROUP INC Borders, Inc.; BORDERS GROUP INC Borders.com; BORDERS GROUP INC Borgata; MGM MIRAGE
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Borgata Hotel and Casino; BOYD GAMING CORP Borsheim's Jewelry Corp.; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Boston College Club; CLUBCORP Boston Globe (The); NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) Boston.com; NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) Boulder Station; STATION CASINOS INC BounceBackCard; BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES BounceBackMedia.com; BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES Boyd Mississippi, Inc.; BOYD GAMING CORP Boyne Highlands Resorts; BOYNE USA RESORTS Boyne Mountain Resort; BOYNE USA RESORTS Boyne South; BOYNE USA RESORTS B-P Food Corporation; AMERICAN WAGERING INC Bravo; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP Bravo; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS Bride Communications, Inc.; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Bristol Motor Speedway; SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC Bristol Renaissance Faire; RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP British Satellite Broadcasting; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING British Sky Broadcasting; NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED Broadcast Merchandising Corp.; LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) Broadcast Software International, Inc.; CUMULUS MEDIA INC BroadcastAMERICA.com; CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP Broadway; RANDOM HOUSE INC Broadway.com; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP Brodeur Worldwide; OMNICOM GROUP INC Brookfield Collector's Guild; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC Bryant Development Company; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC BSB Bank and Trust; AMERICAN EXPRESS CO BudgetAdventures.com; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC BudgetCamping.com; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC BudgetEntertainment.com; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC BudgetHostels.com; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC Budgethotels.com, Inc.; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC BudgetResorts.com; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC BudgetSkiing.com; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC
BudgetVehicles.com; BUDGETHOTELS NETWORK INC Budweiser; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Building Better Homes; BROADVIEW MEDIA INC Bull Durham Saloon and Casino; GLOBAL CASINOS INC Burly Bear Netwok; NATIONAL LAMPOON INC Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc.; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Busch Entertainment Corp.; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Busch Media Group, Inc.; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Busch Properties, Inc.; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Business Browser; ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC Business Women's Network; IVILLAGE INC BusinessWeek; MCGRAW HILL COS INC Buy.com; BUY.COM INC BuyMagazine; BUY.COM INC BuySell.com.au; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV Buzztime.com; NTN COMMUNICATIONS INC CA One Services; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES Cable & Wireless Communications; NTL INCORPORATED Cable News Network (CNN); TIME WARNER INC Cable ONE; WASHINGTON POST CO CableVantage, Inc.; LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) Cablevision; GRUPO TELEVISA SA Cablevision Systems Corp.; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP CableWare eTV; WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC Cactus Pete's Resort Casino; AMERISTAR CASINOS INC Caesars Palace; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Caillou; CINAR CORPORATION Caledon Casino, Hotel and Spa; CENTURY CASINOS INC California Hotel and Casino; BOYD GAMING CORP California Real Estate Journal; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Callaway Golf Center; ALL-AMERICAN SPORTPARK Camelot Music Holdings, Inc.; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Canadian Satellite Communications; SHAW COMMUNICATIONS Canadian Tower, LP; AMERICAN TOWER CORP CANAL+; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Canterbury Card Club; CANTERBURY PARK HOLDING CORP Canterbury Park Concessions, Inc.; CANTERBURY PARK HOLDING CORP CanWest Entertainment; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. CanWest Interactive; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Canyons (The); AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Capitol Hill Publishing, Inc.; NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, Inc.; MCGRAW HILL COS INC Captain America; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC CareerBuilder; GANNETT CO INC CareerSite; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Carlson and Partners; OMNICOM GROUP INC Carlton Active; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS Carlton Cards; AMERICAN GREETINGS Carlton Cinema; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS Carnival Cruise Lines; CARNIVAL CORPORATION Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company; CINAR CORPORATION CART Hotline; CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM Cart, Inc.; CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM Cash Express; ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD Casino Aztar Caruthersville; AZTAR CORP Casino Aztar Evansville; AZTAR CORP Casino Caraibe; BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES Casino Data Systems; ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD Casino Excitement, Inc.; MIKOHN GAMING CORP Casino Legends Hall of Fame; AZTAR CORP Casino Magic Biloxi; PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC Casino Marketplace Development Corp.; ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Casino Rama; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC Casino Resource Corp.; BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES Casino Rouge; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC Casino World, Inc.; DIAMONDHEAD CASINO CORPORATION Casinos USA, Inc.; GLOBAL CASINOS INC Catfish Town; ARGOSY GAMING CO CBS Broadcasting; MARKETWATCH.COM INC CBS Corp.; VIACOM INC CBS Entertainment; CBS TELEVISION CBS MarketWatch Weekend; MARKETWATCH.COM INC CBS MarketWatch.com; CBS TELEVISION CBS News; CBS TELEVISION CBS Radio, Inc.; INFINITY BROADCASTING CBS Sports; SPORTSLINE.COM INC CBS Sports; CBS TELEVISION CBS SportsLine.com; CBS TELEVISION CBSnews.com; CBS TELEVISION CCM Communications, Inc.; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP CCM Magazine; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP CD Management, Inc.; CD WAREHOUSE INC CD Radio, Inc.; SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO
CDC Solutions, Ltd.; INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC CDWarehouse.com; CD WAREHOUSE INC Cedar Point; CEDAR FAIR LP Cegetel; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Celebrity Cruises; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES Centrix Grand Prix of Denver; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Century Communications; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Chalk Line Productions, Inc.; FILM ROMAN INC Challenge; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS Channel HyperLinking; WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC Channel One Network; PRIMEDIA INC ChannelOnline; CNET NETWORKS INC ChannelSupply; CNET NETWORKS INC Charles Town Races; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC Charley's Crab; LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC Chart House; LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC Charter Business Networks; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Charter Communications; DIGEO INC Charter Media; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Charter Paging; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Charter Pipeline; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Chase Authentic; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC CheckOut.com; WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC CheckOutMusic.com; WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC CheckWriter; INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc.; TRIBUNE CO Chicago Sun-Times; HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC Chicago Toy Company; AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC Chicago Tribune; TRIBUNE CO Chicken Soup for the Soul; PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP ChiefMonster; MONSTER WORLDWIDE Children's Book World; MEDIA SOURCE INC Churchill Downs Investment Co.; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Churchill Downs Management Co.; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Churchill Downs Simulcast Network; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Churchill Downs Sports Spectrum; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Ciga; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC CINAHL Information Systems; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Cincinnati Magazine; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP CineChrome Forever Cards; DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT CineGroupe; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CinemaNow, Inc.; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CinemaStar Luxury Theaters, S.A. de C.V.; CINEMASTAR LUXURY THEATERS INC CineMatch; NETFLIX Cineplex Odeon; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT Cinetropolis; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC CineVista; READING ENTERTAINMENT CIRCA Technology; GOOGLE INC Circuit City Express; CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC Circuit City Superstores; CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC CircuitCity.com; CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC Circus Circus Hotel and Casino; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Cirque Resort; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC Citadel Broadcasting Company; CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP Citadel License, Inc.; CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP CitySearch; TICKETMASTER CIVIA Network; FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC Classic Bike; EMAP PLC Classic Cinema; READING ENTERTAINMENT Classic Communications, Inc.; CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS INC Clearview Cinemas; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP Cleo, Inc.; CSS INDUSTRIES INC CLICK Records, Inc.; DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC Clipper Magazine; GANNETT CO INC Club Cirque; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC CMP Media; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC CMS BondEdge; INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION CNET Channel; CNET NETWORKS INC CNET Networks; NBC UNIVERSAL CNET Radio; CNET NETWORKS INC Coast Casinos; BOYD GAMING CORP College Directory Publishing, Inc.; 1-800-ATTORNEY INC College Television Network; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC Colonial Downs Racetrack; COLONIAL HOLDINGS INC Colorado Belle Hotel and Casino; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Colorado Grand-Cripple Creek Casino; ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC Colorado Journal; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Colorado Logos, Inc.; LAMAR ADVERTISING CO ColoradoSprings.com; FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Courier New Media, Inc.; COURIER CORP Courier Stoughton, Inc.; COURIER CORP Courier Westford, Inc.; COURIER CORP Court TV; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP Covenant Communications, Inc.; REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Cowboy Publishing Group; MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Cowles Media Company; MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) Cox Business Services; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox Cable; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox Communications, Inc.; COX ENTERPRISES INC Cox Digital Cable; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox Digital Telphone; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox Enterprises, Inc.; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox Enterprises, Inc.; COX RADIO INC Cox Express; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox High Speed Internet; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox Interactive Media, Inc.; COX ENTERPRISES INC Cox Media; COX COMMUNICATIONS INC Cox Radio Interactive; COX RADIO INC Cox Radio, Inc.; COX ENTERPRISES INC Cox Television, Inc.; COX ENTERPRISES INC CPS Company of Delaware; AMERICAN GREETINGS Crab House; LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC Cranmore Mountain Resort; BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Crayola; HALLMARK CARDS INC CRC Holdings, Inc.; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC CRC of Tunisia, S.A.; BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES Creative Digital, Inc.; POINT.360 Creative Faires, Ltd.; RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP Crosswalk.com; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Crown; RANDOM HOUSE INC Crown Castle Broadcast; CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP Crown Communications Corporation; NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE) Crown Media Distribution; CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC Crown Media Holdings; HALLMARK CARDS INC Crown Media International; CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC Cruise Ferries; STAR CRUISES LIMITED CruiseMatch 2000 Online; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES CruisingPower.com; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES Crunch Fitness; BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION Crystal Card Rooms; FLORIDA GAMING CORP Crystal Mountain; BOYNE USA RESORTS
Cumulus Broadcasting; CUMULUS MEDIA INC Cumulus Wireless Services, Inc.; CUMULUS MEDIA INC Cunard Cruise Lines; CARNIVAL CORPORATION CyberAtlas Research; JUPITERMEDIA CORP CyberEd, Inc.; PLATO LEARNING INC Cybereps; INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC CyberTarget; UNITED ONLINE INC Cypress Mountain; BOYNE USA RESORTS D&B; HOOVER'S INC Dacom Smartplay; ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD Daily Herald Company (The); WASHINGTON POST CO Dallas Morning News (The); BELO CORP Dan's Papers; NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC Darlington Raceway; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP DART; DOUBLECLICK INC DART Enterprise; DOUBLECLICK INC DART for Advertisers Service; DOUBLECLICK INC DART for Publishers Service; DOUBLECLICK INC DARTmail; DOUBLECLICK INC Data House; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) Datacast, LLC; GRANITE BROADCASTING CORP DATAMARK; INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS DataTrak; INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS DAYTONA International Speedway; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP DAYTONA USA; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP DBBC, LLC; CUMULUS MEDIA INC Deck Mate; SHUFFLE MASTER INC Deep Sky; CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC Delaware Logos; LAMAR ADVERTISING CO Delaware North Companies; DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) Delaware North Parks Services; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES Delmonico Hotel; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Delta Center; LARRY H MILLER GROUP Delta Queen; DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) Delta Queen Steamboat Company; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES Delta’s Downs Racetrack; BOYD GAMING CORP Deluxe Film Services; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) Deluxe Media Services; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) Dennis Publishing, Inc.; DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD Denton Record-Chronicle; BELO CORP Denver Post; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Denver Post Corporation; MEDIA GENERAL INC Departures Magazine; AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Des Moines Radio Group; SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC Desarrollos Empresariales; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Desert Radio Group; MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Destination Spa BodyMind Packages; SPORTS CLUB CO INC (THE) Detroit Free Press (The); KNIGHT RIDDER INC Dexter Shoe Company; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DG Systems; DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC Dialog; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Diamond Bingo System; GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL INC Dick Clark Communications, Inc.; DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC Dick Clark Corporate Productions, Inc.; DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC Dick Clark Restaurants, Inc.; DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Grill; DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC Digeo; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Digeo iTV; DIGEO INC Digeo, Inc.; VULCAN VENTURES Digital Audio Music; MP3.COM INC Digital Chicago; HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC Digital Communications Corp.; ELOT INC Digital Fountain; MACROVISION CORP Digital Gateway; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC Digital Photo; EMAP PLC Digital Review; LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP Digital Video Express, LP; CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC DigiTrak; RENTRAK CORPORATION DiMark; HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Dimension; WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) DirecPC; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP Direct Market Concepts, Inc.; HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC DirectGroup; BERTELSMANN AG DIRECTV; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP DirecTV; NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED DIRECTV; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP DIRECWAY; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP Disc Go Round; CD WAREHOUSE INC Disclosure, Inc.; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Discovery Channel; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC Discovery Communications, Inc.; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP
Discovery Digital Networks; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC Discovery HD Theater; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC Discovery Kids; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC DISH Network; ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP Disney; PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS Disneyland; WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Disneyworld; WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Diversion Entertainment, Inc.; FILM ROMAN INC Divine Nine; ALL-AMERICAN SPORTPARK DM360; ELOT INC DMA8 Digital Media; DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Do It Yourself Network; E W SCRIPPS CO Dolby Digital 5.1; DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Dolby Digital Surround DX; DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Dolby E; DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Dolby Pro Logic II; DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Dolby Stereo; DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Donkey Kong; NINTENDO OF AMERICA Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom; CEDAR FAIR LP Dorsett and Suriname Leisure Company; LOTTERY AND WAGERING SOLUTIONS INC Dorsett Hotel and Resorts, Inc.; LOTTERY AND WAGERING SOLUTIONS INC Doubleday; RANDOM HOUSE INC Doubleday Book Shops; BARNES & NOBLE INC Dover Downs; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Dover Downs Gaming; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center; DOVER DOWNS GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INC Dover Downs Raceway; DOVER DOWNS GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INC Dover Downs Slots; DOVER DOWNS GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INC Dover International Speedway; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Dover Motor Sports; DOVER DOWNS GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT INC Dover Publications; COURIER CORP Dow Jones Indexes; DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Dow Jones Newswire; DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Download.com; CNET NETWORKS INC DreamWorks Animation; DREAMWORKS SKG DreamWorks Interactive; DREAMWORKS SKG DreamWorks Movies; DREAMWORKS SKG DreamWorks Records; DREAMWORKS SKG DreamWorks SKG; VULCAN VENTURES DreamWorks TV; DREAMWORKS SKG Duke Communications; PENTON MEDIA INC Dun & Bradstreet Corp.; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B)
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Durable Links; PROQUEST COMPANY DVDPlanet.com, Inc.; IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT INC E! Entertainment; COMCAST CORP E.W. Scripps Co.; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC e3; SKILLSOFT CORP EA.com; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC EarthWeb Network; JUPITERMEDIA CORP East Peoria Hotel, Inc.; BOYD GAMING CORP East Valley/Scottsdale Tribune; FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC Eastman Kodak Company; LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP Easyriders Franchising; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC Easyriders, Inc.; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC EB Games; ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP EB GameWorld; ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP EBGames.com; ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP EBONY Fashion Fair; JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC EBONY Magazine; JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC EbonyFashionFair.com; JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC EBSCO Information Services; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC EBSCO Publishing; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC EBSCO Subscription Services; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC EBX; ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP EchoStar Technologies Corp.; ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP Edgewater Beach Hotel and Club; BOCA RESORTS INC Edgewater Hotel and Casino; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Edivisa; GRUPO TELEVISA SA e-DMEC; DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT Educational Options, Inc.; INSTRUCTIVISION INC Educational Publishing Corp.; TRIBUNE CO EduClick.com; MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES Educor; NASPERS LIMITED Edusoft; HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO EduSoft, Ltd.; CINAR CORPORATION Edwards Theaters; REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Edwards Theatres; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP El Commandante Race Track; EQUUS GAMING CO
El Diario/la Prensa; ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Electronic Interiors; TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Electronics Boutique; ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP Elektra Entertainment Group; WARNER MUSIC GROUP Elle; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Eller Media Company; CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC eLottery, Inc.; ELOT INC eLotteryFreeWay.com; ELOT INC eLottoNet.com; ELOT INC Elsevier Health Sciences; REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC Elsevier Science and Technology; REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC Embassy Chefs; NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE) Emmis Broadcasting Corp.; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Empress Casino and Hotel; ARGOSY GAMING CO Enchanted Capri; ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC Enchanted Capri Cruise Ship; ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC Encore, Inc.; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC Encounter in the Third Dimension; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC Energy Film Library; GETTY IMAGES INC Engage for Agencies; ENGAGE INC Engage for Corporations; ENGAGE INC Engage for Newspapers; ENGAGE INC Engage for Retailers; ENGAGE INC Entertainment Preview; INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC Equus Entertainment Corporation; EQUUS GAMING CO Equus Management Corporation; EQUUS GAMING CO Esatel Communications; PANAMSAT CORP eSignal; INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION ESPN; WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Esquire; HEARST CORPORATION (THE) Eurisko; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC Eurobell; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS Europa Cruises Corp.; DIAMONDHEAD CASINO CORPORATION Europrint; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Everstream; MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) Evite; TICKETMASTER eWeek; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC Excalibur Hotel and Casino; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Executive Information Systems, Inc.; ELOT INC Expandable Dispensing System; INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES Expedia.com; INTERACTIVECORP
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Experience Music Project; VULCAN VENTURES ExpressNet; AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Extra-Online; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Extreme Bowling; BOWL AMERICA INC Extreme Screens; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC Eye (The); PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC EyeWire; GETTY IMAGES INC EZ-Pay; INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Fairchild Publications; ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC FairHope Records; INTEGRITY INC Family Handyman; READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC Fanball.com, Inc.; LAKES GAMING INC FanBuzz; VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC Fandango Studios; CINAR CORPORATION Fanzz; LARRY H MILLER GROUP Fashion Fair Cosmetics; JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC FashionFair.com; JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC Fast Search and Transfer; OVERTURE SERVICES INC Fast Trak, Inc.; ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS INC Fatbrain.com; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC FCB Group; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC FedEx Championship Series; CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM FHM; EMAP PLC Fiesta Rancho; STATION CASINOS INC FileMaker; APPLE COMPUTER INC Film Roman Records, Inc.; FILM ROMAN INC FilmTracker; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP Final Fantasy; NINTENDO OF AMERICA Financial Times (The); PEARSON PLC Finding Nemo; PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS Fine Living; E W SCRIPPS CO Finish Line Events; SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC Fire Within; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC Firestone Country Club; CLUBCORP First Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION First Call Corp.; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) First Choice; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES First Look Artists; FIRST LOOK MEDIA First Look Home Entertainment; FIRST LOOK MEDIA First Look Pictures; FIRST LOOK MEDIA Fisher Broadcasting Company; FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC Fisher Media Services Company; FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC Fisher Pathways; FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC Fisher Pavilion; FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC Fisher Plaza; FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC
Fisher Properties, Inc.; FISHER COMMUNICATIONS INC Fit:perks; 24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE Fitness Connection; GOLD'S GYM INTERNATIONAL Five; RTL GROUP SA Flamingo Hilton; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Flash 21 Bingo; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC FlashCash; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC FLCC Holdings, Inc.; CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP FleetCenter; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES Flextech; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS FlightSafety Internaional, Inc.; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Flipdog; MONSTER WORLDWIDE Florida Gaming Centers, Inc.; FLORIDA GAMING CORP Florida Sportsman; PRIMEDIA INC Florida Times-Union (The); MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Flyer (The); HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Food Network; E W SCRIPPS CO Forest of Fear; RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP Formovies.com; RENTRAK CORPORATION Forstmann, Little and Co.; CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP Fountainhead Media Services, Inc.; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP Four Media Company; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Four Points; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC Fox Broadcasting Company; NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED Fox Filmed Entertainment; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Fox Interactive; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Fox Interactive; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Fox Music; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Fox Music Publishing; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Fox Television Studios; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Freeman Online; JOURNAL REGISTER CO FremantleMedia; RTL GROUP SA From Martha’s Kitchen; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC Frontier City; SIX FLAGS INC FrontierVision; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Froogle; GOOGLE INC FT Interactive Data; INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION FT.com; PEARSON PLC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. FuncoLand; GAMESTOP INC Fundacion Azteca; TV AZTECA SA DE CV Fuse; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP Future Shop; BEST BUY CO INC FutureBrand; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC FYE; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP G1440 Holdings, Inc.; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC Gajba TV; CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA Galapagos; EQUUS GAMING CO Galavision; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC Galaxy Satellites; PANAMSAT CORP Gale Group; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Game Boy; NINTENDO OF AMERICA Game Boy Advance; NINTENDO OF AMERICA Game Crazy; HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Game Informer; GAMESTOP INC Game King; INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Game Station, Ltd.; BLOCKBUSTER INC Gamebay.com; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC GameCube; NINTENDO OF AMERICA GAMEFX, Inc.; THQ INC GameGuard; INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES Gamestation; BLOCKBUSTER INC GameStop; BARNES & NOBLE INC GameStop.com, Inc.; GAMESTOP INC GameWorks; DREAMWORKS SKG Gaming Entertainment (California), LLC; FULL HOUSE RESORTS INC Gaming Entertainment (Michigan), LLC; FULL HOUSE RESORTS INC Gaming Entertainment, LLC; FULL HOUSE RESORTS INC Gannett News Service; GANNETT CO INC Gannett Offset; GANNETT CO INC Garden State Paper Company, Inc.; MEDIA GENERAL INC Gardiner-Caldwell Communications, Ltd.; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Gaspra, Inc.; MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES Gateway International Raceway; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO Gazette Newspapers, Inc.; WASHINGTON POST CO Gazette.com; FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC GC Companies, Inc.; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC GEICO Direct Auto Insurance; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Gemstar eBook; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC Gemstar International Group, Ltd.; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC General Electric; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT General Electric; VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC General Electric Aircraft Engines; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) General Electric Appliances; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) General Electric Capital Corporation; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) General Electric Company; NBC UNIVERSAL General Electric Lighting; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) General Electric Medical Systems; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) General Motors; PANAMSAT CORP General Motors; XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC General Re Corp.; BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Geneva Media, LLC; LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA Genworth Financial; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) Geocast Network Systems; HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC GeoCities; YAHOO! INC Georgia Toy Company; AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC Geri's Game; PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS gettyworks.com; GETTY IMAGES INC GFT Entertainment; PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Gibson Greetings; AMERICAN GREETINGS Gilant Satellite Networks; ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd.; RSTAR CORPORATION Giraudy; INFINITY BROADCASTING GIT Verlag; JOHN WILEY & SONS INC Global Interactive Gaming, Ltd.; INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC Global Media; VNU NV Global Television Network; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Globe Pequot Press; MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Globe Telecommunications, Inc.; KNOLOGY INC GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc.; MACROVISION CORP GMTV; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS Go Fish Pictures; DREAMWORKS SKG Go2Technologies, Inc.; BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES GoHastings.com; HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT INC Gold Creek Associates; CENTURY CASINOS INC Gold Crown; HALLMARK CARDS INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Gold Ranch Casino and RV Resort; SANDS REGENT Golden Bear International, Inc.; GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Golden Bear Realty; GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Golden Nugget; MGM MIRAGE Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc.; MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC Golden Sky; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Golf Channel (The); COMCAST CORP Golf Weekly; EMAP PLC GolfWeb.com; SPORTSLINE.COM INC Good House Keeping; HEARST CORPORATION (THE) GoodLife TV Network; NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE) Gorilla Sports; BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION GoTo.com; OVERTURE SERVICES INC Granada; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS Grand Casino Biloxi; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Grand Ole Opry; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO Grand Prix of St. Petersburg; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Grand Summit Hotel; AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Grand Teton Lodge Company; VAIL RESORTS INC Grande Oaks Golf Club; BOCA RESORTS INC Great Source Education Group; HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO Greater Washington Publishing, Inc.; WASHINGTON POST CO Green Valley Ranch Station; STATION CASINOS INC Grolier; SCHOLASTIC CORP Grosvenor Casinos; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) Group Computing; PENTON MEDIA INC GroupLotto.com; TRAFFIX INC Gruner + Jahr; BERTELSMANN AG GSD&M; OMNICOM GROUP INC GTECH; INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES Gulf States Theatres; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC Gulfstream Park; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Hachette Filipacchi Fujingaho; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc.; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Hachette Filipacchi S.A.; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Hallmark Channel (The); CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC Hamburger Press; MEDIA SOURCE INC Harcourt; REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC Hard Rock Café; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) HarperCollins; NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED Harpo Films, Inc.; HARPO INC Harpo Print, LLC; HARPO INC
Harpo Productions, Inc.; HARPO INC Harpo Studios, Inc.; HARPO INC Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Harris InfoSource; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) Harron Communications; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Harry Potter; SCHOLASTIC CORP Harte-Hanks Response Management; HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Harvey Electronics; HARVEY ELECTRONICS INC Hastings College Stores, Inc.; HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT INC Hastings Internet, Inc.; HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT INC Hastings Properties, Inc.; HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT INC Hearst Corporation (The); HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC Hearst Entertainment Productions; HEARST CORPORATION (THE) Hearst Interactive Media; HEARST CORPORATION (THE) Heavenly; VAIL RESORTS INC hebdo.net; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV Henry County MRTV, Inc.; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Hershey Chocolate and Confectionary Corp.; HERSHEY FOODS CORP Hershey Chocolate North America; HERSHEY FOODS CORP Hershey International; HERSHEY FOODS CORP Hershey Kisses; HERSHEY FOODS CORP Hersheypark; HERSHEY FOODS CORP HGTV Canada; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM HiFi Buys; TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC High Definition Laboratory (The); LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP High Speed Access Corp.; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Highland; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC HighReach Learning, Inc.; CINAR CORPORATION Hillcrest High Fidelity, Inc.; TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Hispanic Broadcasting; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC History Television; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM Holland America Line; CARNIVAL CORPORATION Hollywood Casino Corp.; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC Hollywood Park, Inc.; PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC Hollywood Reporter Industries; VNU NV
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Hollywood Video; HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Hollywood.com; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP Home & Garden Television; E W SCRIPPS CO Home Box Office (HBO); TIME WARNER INC Home Depot Center; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Home Shopping Network; INTERACTIVECORP Homecoming Magazine; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Homefront America; NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE) Homeroom.com; MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES Homestead (The); CLUBCORP HomeVision Entertainment; MOVIE GALLERY INC Hoosier Park, LP; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Hoover's Handbook; HOOVER'S INC Hoovers Online; MEDIA GENERAL INC Hoover's Online; HOOVER'S INC Hoover's UK; HOOVER'S INC Hoover's, Inc.; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) Hope Island; PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP HorseRacing TV; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Horseshoe Entertainment; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp.; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Horseshu Hotel & Casino (The); AMERISTAR CASINOS INC Hosanna! Music; INTEGRITY INC Host Communications, Inc.; BULL RUN CORP HOT 97; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Hotel Reservation Network; INTERACTIVECORP Hotels.com; INTERACTIVECORP HotJobs.com, Ltd.; YAHOO! INC Hotmail; MICROSOFT CORP Housing Development Associates; EQUUS GAMING CO Houston Chronicle; HEARST CORPORATION (THE) Hoyts Theaters; REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Hubbard Scientific, Inc.; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC Hudson Valley Guide; JOURNAL REGISTER CO Hughes Electronic; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Hughes Electronics; PANAMSAT CORP Hughes Electronics; NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED Hughes Network Systems; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP Hulbert Financial Digest; MARKETWATCH.COM INC Hungry Minds; JOHN WILEY & SONS INC Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina; BOCA RESORTS INC
Hyperion Telecommunications; ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Hyperlink; ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LTD HyperServer; HYPERFEED TECHNOLOGIES i2i-personals.com; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV iBlast; LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) iBook; APPLE COMPUTER INC iD8 Marketing; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC IDT Entertainment, Inc.; FILM ROMAN INC IDT Media, Inc.; FILM ROMAN INC i-Games; DIGEO INC IGI; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP IGT Gaming Systems; INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY iHigh, Inc.; BULL RUN CORP Illinois Herald & Review; LEE ENTERPRISES INC Illinois Radio Network; SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC ILTS Australia, Pty. Ltd.; INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS iMac; APPLE COMPUTER INC Image Bank (The); GETTY IMAGES INC IMARCS; ELOT INC iMarket, Inc.; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) IMAX 3D; IMAX CORPORATION IMAX Dome; IMAX CORPORATION In the Wind; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC Incredible Hulk; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC Independent Film Channel; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP Independent Film Channel; METRO-GOLDWYNMAYER INC (MGM) Independent Newspaper, Ltd.; SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED Independent Television; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS Indian Wells Country Club; CLUBCORP Indianapolis Monthly Magazine; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Industrial Light and Magic; LUCASFILM LTD Infiknowledge; TRAFFIX INC Infineon Raceway; SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC Infinity Broadcasting Corp.; WESTWOOD ONE INC Infinity Broadcasting Corp.; VIACOM INC Infinity Engine; BIOWARE CORP Ingram Design Group; INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC Ingram Publications; INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC Inktomi; YAHOO! INC Inmobiliaria Radio Centro; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Inn at Beaver Creek; VAIL RESORTS INC Innova; GRUPO TELEVISA SA Inside CART; CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Insight First, Inc.; 24/7 REAL MEDIA Insight Midwest, LP; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC Insight@Home; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC InsightBroadband; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC InsightDigital; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC InsightHDTV; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC Instant Listening; MP3.COM INC Instinet; REUTERS GROUP PLC Integrity Notes; INTEGRITY INC Integrity Publishing, Inc.; INTEGRITY INC Intelimark; INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY & TOTALIZATOR SYSTEMS Interactive Learning Group; LAKES GAMING INC Interdeco; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Interep Marketing Group; INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC Interlott Technologies; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Intermedia Films; AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP INC International Data Group; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC International Game Technology; ACRES GAMING INC International Herald Tribune; NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) International Sports Wagering, Inc.; INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC Internet Broadcasting Systems; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Internet Broadcasting Systems; HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC Internet Movie Database; AMAZON.COM INC Internet.com Corp.; JUPITERMEDIA CORP Internet.commerce; JUPITERMEDIA CORP Interpublic Sports & Entertainment Group; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC Interstate Logos, Inc.; LAMAR ADVERTISING CO Interstate Telephone Co.; KNOLOGY INC InterTAN Canada, Ltd.; INTERTAN INC InterVideo DVD Copy; INTERVIDEO INC IPO Central; HOOVER'S INC Irdeto Access; NASPERS LIMITED IsleOne; ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC ISP Insurance Services, Inc.; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC ITC Globe, Inc.; KNOLOGY INC ITHoldings Corp.; REUTERS GROUP PLC ITN; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS ITProsDirect; NETCREATIONS INC iTunes; APPLE COMPUTER INC ITV Digital; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS iVAST, Inc.; MACROVISION CORP iVillage Consulting; IVILLAGE INC
iVillage Parenting Network, Inc.; IVILLAGE INC iVillage.com; IVILLAGE INC Iwerks CineDome; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC Iwerks Quatro; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC Iwerks TurboRide; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC Iwerks Video 360 Theater; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC iWorship; INTEGRITY INC J. Countryman; THOMAS NELSON INC J. J. Kenny Company, Inc.; MCGRAW HILL COS INC Jacaranda Wiley, Ltd.; JOHN WILEY & SONS INC Jack Morton Worldwide; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC Jack Nicklaus; GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Jade Empire; BIOWARE CORP JCC Holding Company; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Jeffersion Pilot Benefit Partners; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Company; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION Jefferson Pilot LifeAmerica Insurance Company; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION Jefferson Pilot Sports; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION Jerusalem Post Publications, Ltd.; HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC JET Magazine; JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC Jewel Products International; DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT Jewish Israeli Yellow Pages (The); DAG MEDIA INC Jewish Master Guide (The); DAG MEDIA INC JewishMasterguide.com; DAG MEDIA INC JewishYellow.com; DAG MEDIA INC job.ru; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV Joe Muggs; BOOKS A MILLION INC Joe's Crab Shack; LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC Jordan Commons; LARRY H MILLER GROUP Journal Broadcasting Group; JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC Journal-Star Printing Company; LEE ENTERPRISES INC Junior Library Guild; MEDIA SOURCE INC Juno; UNITED ONLINE INC Juno SpeedBand; UNITED ONLINE INC Jupiter Research; JUPITERMEDIA CORP Justatip.com; TRAFFIX INC Kalahari.net; NASPERS LIMITED Kaplan, Inc.; WASHINGTON POST CO Katz Media Group; CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC KBGE Television; VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. KCNS; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC Keepsake Ornaments; HALLMARK CARDS INC Kentucky Derby; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Kentucky Downs, LLC; CHURCHILL DOWNS INC Kerzner International North America, Inc.; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Kesmai Corp.; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC Kids Can Press; CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC Kids-A-Million; BOOKS A MILLION INC Killington; AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Kingpin Holdings; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC Kit Kat; HERSHEY FOODS CORP KJZZ; LARRY H MILLER GROUP Kleiner Perkins; GOOGLE INC Klutz; SCHOLASTIC CORP Knight Newspapers, Inc.; KNIGHT RIDDER INC Knight Ridder Digital; KNIGHT RIDDER INC Knightsbridge Holdings; AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC Knology Broadband, Inc.; KNOLOGY INC Knott's Berry Farm; CEDAR FAIR LP Knott's Camp Snoopy; CEDAR FAIR LP Knowledge Adventure; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Kohlberg Kravis Roberts; PRIMEDIA INC Kohlberg, LLC; THOUSAND TRAILS INC KromeFX; DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT KRON-TV; YOUNG BROADCASTING INC L.A. Sports and Entertainment District; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP La Nouba; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC La Pirogue Hotel; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED LaCentrale.fr; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV Ladbroke USA; YOUBET.COM INC Ladies' Home Journal; MEREDITH CORP Ladue News, Inc. (The); PULITZER INC Lady Luck Gaming Corp.; ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC Lagardere S.A.; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Lake Tansi Village; THOUSAND TRAILS INC Lamar Media Corporation; LAMAR ADVERTISING CO Lamaze Publishing; IVILLAGE INC LaMusica.com; SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC Landcar Agency; LARRY H MILLER GROUP Landmark Broadcasting; LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC Landmark Education Services, Inc.; LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC Landmark Publisishing; LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC Landmark Travel Channel, Ltd.; LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC
Landry's Seafood House; LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC Las Vegas Hilton; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Las Vegas Motor Speedway; SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC Laser Edit, Inc.; LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP LAUNCH; YAHOO! INC Laurel Glen; ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC Laurel Park; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP LawLinks.com; 1-800-ATTORNEY INC Le CoCo Beach; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Le Reve; WYNN RESORTS LIMITED Learning Horizons; AMERICAN GREETINGS LearningElements, Inc.; PLATO LEARNING INC Legend of Zelda; NINTENDO OF AMERICA Legends in Concert; ON STAGE ENTERTAINMENT Leisure Time Resorts of America; THOUSAND TRAILS INC Lending Tree; INTERACTIVECORP Leopolds; WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC Leroy's Horse and Sports Place; AMERICAN WAGERING INC Leroy's Hotel Corporation; AMERICAN WAGERING INC Let It Ride; SHUFFLE MASTER INC Level 13 Entertainment, Inc.; FILM ROMAN INC Level13.net; FILM ROMAN INC LexisNexis; REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC Liberty Catering; LITTLEFIELD CORP Liberty Digital; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP Liberty Livewire Corp.; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Liberty Media; UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC Liberty Media Corp.; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Liberty Media Group; ON COMMAND CORP Life Network; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM LifeComp; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION Lifetime Television; HEARST CORPORATION (THE) Lightspan; PLATO LEARNING INC Link Magazine; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC LinkShare Corp.; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC Lions Gate Films Corp.; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT Lions Gate Motion Pictures; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT Lions Gate Records; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT Lions Gate Studios; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT Lions Gate Television; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT Liquent, Inc.; INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC Liquid Audio; LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA Liquid Music Network; LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA Liquid.com; LIQUID DIGITAL MEDIA
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Litchfield County Times (The); JOURNAL REGISTER CO Littlefield Amusements; LITTLEFIELD CORP Littlefield Hospitality; LITTLEFIELD CORP Littlefield Real Estate; LITTLEFIELD CORP Live.360; POINT.360 Live.Point360.com; POINT.360 Live@LAUNCH; YAHOO! INC LiveDaily; TICKETMASTER Living; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS LM100; DOLBY LABORATORIES INC Loews Cineplex Theatres, Inc.; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT Logicorp Group, Ltd.; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION London News Network; CARLTON COMMUNICATIONS Loon Mountain; BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Loriel Custom Audio Video Corp.; HARVEY ELECTRONICS INC Los Angeles Daily Journal; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Los Angeles Kings; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Los Angeles Times; TRIBUNE CO Los Comuneros; EQUUS GAMING CO Louisiana Downs; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Lowe's Motor Speedway; SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC Lowrider; PRIMEDIA INC Lucas Digital; LUCASFILM LTD Lucas Online; LUCASFILM LTD LucasArts; LUCASFILM LTD Lucasfilm; LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.; LUCASFILM LTD Luxor Hotel and Casino; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Luxury Collection; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC Lynch, Jones & Ryan, Inc.; REUTERS GROUP PLC Lynqx Communications; GRAY TELEVISION INC Lyric Theater; STAR CITY HOLDINGS LTD M Street Publications; CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC M.G.A., Inc.; MOVIE GALLERY INC M2 Communications, LLC; INTEGRITY INC M6; RTL GROUP SA Mac OS; APPLE COMPUTER INC Macrovision Europe Limited; MACROVISION CORP MacUser; DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD MacWorld; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC Madison Square Garden; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP Mag Rack; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP
Magic Johnson Theatres; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT Magic School Bus (The); SCHOLASTIC CORP Magnivision, Inc.; AMERICAN GREETINGS Magnolia Hi-Fi; BEST BUY CO INC Make Reading Fun; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP Malibu Grand Prix; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Manheim Auctions; COX ENTERPRISES INC Marcus Cable; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Mario Brother’s; NINTENDO OF AMERICA Market Measures/Cozint; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC Market Place Media; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC Marketscreen.com; HYPERFEED TECHNOLOGIES Markiza TV; CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA Maroc Telecom; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Martha Stewart Everyday; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC Martha Stewart Living; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC Martha Stewart Signature; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC Martha Stewart Weddings; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC MarthasFlowers.com; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC MarthaStewart.com; MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC Marvel Comics; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC Marvel Entertainment Group; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC Master Data Center; INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC Match.com; TICKETMASTER Math Made Easy; MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES mathmadeeasy.com; MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES Matthews Media Group; OMNICOM GROUP INC Max Trax; CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC Maxim; DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD Maxine; HALLMARK CARDS INC Maya; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC McCann-Erickson WorldGroup; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC McCown DeLeeuw & Co.; 24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE McDougal Littell, Inc.; HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO McGraw-Hill International Enterprises, Inc.; MCGRAW HILL COS INC McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing; MCGRAW HILL COS INC MCT Cablevision, Ltd.; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP MDK2; BIOWARE CORP
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. MDTV; MDU COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC Mecca Bingo; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) Medal of Honor; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC Medbookstore.com; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC Media General Cable of Fairfax County, Inc.; MEDIA GENERAL INC Media News Group Interactive; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Media Research, Inc.; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC Media24; NASPERS LIMITED Media24 Digital; NASPERS LIMITED Mediacom Online; MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS Mediacom, Inc.; INFINITY BROADCASTING Mediacom, LLC; MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS MediaTech; DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC Medstat; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Mega Advertising, Inc.; MEDIA GENERAL INC Megaband Network; RCN CORP MegaBingo; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC MegaBingo Lite; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC Megabox Theater; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT MegaCash; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC MegaJackpots; INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY MegaMania; MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC MegaModem; RCN CORP MegaStar Series; STAR CRUISES LIMITED MEI Holdings; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Meko, Ltd.; PENTON MEDIA INC Membership B@nking; AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Memphis Motorsports Park; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Men’s Health; RODALE INC Men's Fitness; DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD Men's Journal; WENNER MEDIA LLC Meredith Cable, Inc.; MEREDITH CORP Metal Container Corp.; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Metro Networks; WESTWOOD ONE INC Metropolitan Club; CLUBCORP MGM; METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC (MGM) MGM Grand; MGM MIRAGE MGM Mirage; BOARDWALK CASINO INC MGM Pictures; METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC (MGM) MGTV; MOVIE GALLERY INC Miami Herald (The); KNIGHT RIDDER INC Michael Jordan Golf; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC Michelob; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC MicroPatent; INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC Mid-America Racing Association, Inc.; SCIOTO DOWNS INC
MidAmerican Cable Systems; MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS Midway Slots and Simulcast; FULL HOUSE RESORTS INC MIH Holdings; NASPERS LIMITED MikohnVision; MIKOHN GAMING CORP Millbrook; MILLBROOK PRESS INC Millenium Casino; CENTURY CASINOS INC Millennium Sales and Marketing; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC Milwaukee Journal Sentinal; JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC Minichamps Collectibles; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC Miramax; WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Miss Marquette; ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC Mission Hills Country Club; CLUBCORP Mississippi Gaming Corp.; DIAMONDHEAD CASINO CORPORATION Mississippi Queen; DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) Missoulian; LEE ENTERPRISES INC Mitchell Broadcasting; SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC Mitsui; DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC Modern Studios; MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB Modular Vending Platform; INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES Mohegan Sun; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Momentum Pictures; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM Monarcas Morelia; TV AZTECA SA DE CV Monarch Home Video; INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC Money Market Directories, Inc.; MCGRAW HILL COS INC Monitor; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Monster.com; MONSTER WORLDWIDE Monsters, Inc.; PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS MonsterTRAK; MONSTER WORLDWIDE Montag, Popper & Partners; REUTERS GROUP PLC Monte Carlo; MGM MIRAGE More Group; CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC Morris and Abraham; INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC Morris Digital Works; MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Mortgage Rate Watch; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Mother & Baby; EMAP PLC Motor City Online; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC Motor Racing Network Radio; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP MotorCity Casino; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Motorsports International; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Mountain Bike; RODALE INC Mountain Laurel Racing, Inc.; YOUBET.COM INC Mountaineer Park, Inc.; MTR GAMING GROUP INC Mountaineer Racetrack and Gaming Resort; MTR GAMING GROUP INC Mountasia; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Mountasia Entertainment International; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Movielink; SONY CORPORATION MovieTickets.com; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP MovieTickets.com; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC Movil@ccess; TV AZTECA SA DE CV Moxi Digital; DIGEO INC Moxi Digital, Inc.; VULCAN VENTURES MSNBC; MICROSOFT CORP MSNBC.com; NBC UNIVERSAL MT Library Services, Inc.; MEDIA SOURCE INC MTV; VIACOM INC MTV Networks; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC Multex Investor; REUTERS GROUP PLC Multicom Publishing, Inc.; MEREDITH CORP Multikabel N.V.; PRIMACOM AG Musicam Express; DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC MVP.com; SPORTSLINE.COM INC My.MP3; MP3.COM INC Mystere; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC MyTV; WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC MyVideoStore.com; INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC MyWeather; LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) Nando Media; MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) Naples Grande Golf Club; BOCA RESORTS INC Napster Cards; NAPSTER LLC Nasboek; NASPERS LIMITED Nasco International; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC Nashville Superspeedway; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Natchez Trail Wilderness; THOUSAND TRAILS INC National Advisory Group; PENTON MEDIA INC National Cinema Network, Inc.; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC National Communication, Inc.; CALL NOW INC National Golf Properties; AMERICAN GOLF National In-Home TV Lab; TIVO INC National Lampoon; NATIONAL LAMPOON INC National Post; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS National Teaching Aids; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC NationalLampoon.com; NATIONAL LAMPOON INC NBC; NBC UNIVERSAL NBC; VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC NBC Universal; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE) NBC Universal; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA
NCAAsports.com; SPORTSLINE.COM INC NCL America; STAR CRUISES LIMITED Nelson Bibles; THOMAS NELSON INC Nelson World Direct; THOMAS NELSON INC Nelvana, Ltd.; CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC NET/36; PANAMSAT CORP NetCds; MP3.COM INC NetCentral; BOOKS A MILLION INC Netscape; TIME WARNER INC NetSchools Corp.; PLATO LEARNING INC NetView; NETRATINGS INC Network TEN; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Networks North, Inc.; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION NetZero; UNITED ONLINE INC NetZero HiSpeed; UNITED ONLINE INC Nevada Journal; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Nevada Landing; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP Neverwinter Nights; BIOWARE CORP New Boston Garden Corp.; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES New Haven Register; JOURNAL REGISTER CO New York Knicks; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP New York Magazine; PRIMEDIA INC New York Post; NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED New York Rangers; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP New York Renaissance Faire; RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP New York Skyline, Inc.; SKYLINE MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INC New York Skyride; SKYLINE MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INC New York Times (The); NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) New York Times Digital; NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) New York-New York; MGM MIRAGE Newborn Channel; IVILLAGE INC News 12 Networks; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP News Corporation; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC News Corporation; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING News Corporation; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP News on the March; NATIONAL LAMPOON INC NewsEdge Corp.; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Newsedge Insight; NEWSEDGE CORPORATION Newsedge Live; NEWSEDGE CORPORATION Newsedge Refinery; NEWSEDGE CORPORATION Newsedge Workgroups; NEWSEDGE CORPORATION NewsFlash; NATIONAL LAMPOON INC Newsquest; GANNETT CO INC Newsweek; WASHINGTON POST CO NewYellow; DAG MEDIA INC Nexstar Finacial Holdings; NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Nexstar Finance, Inc.; NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP INC NFL.com; SPORTSLINE.COM INC Nicklaus Designs; GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Nicklaus Flick Golf School; GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Nicklaus Magazine; GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Nielsen Media Research; NETRATINGS INC Nielsen/NetRatings; NETRATINGS INC Nielson Entertainment; VNU NV Nielson Media Research; VNU NV NOP World; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC Norlight Telecommunications; JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC North Point Communications; YAHOO! INC Northcoast Communications, LLC; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire; RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP Northstar-at-Tahoe; BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Northwest Cable News; BELO CORP Northwest Teleproductions; BROADVIEW MEDIA INC Norwegian Cruise Line; STAR CRUISES LIMITED Nova TV; CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA NTA Microslide; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC NTN Interactive Network; NTN COMMUNICATIONS INC NTN Interactive Network, Inc.; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION NTN Networks; NTN COMMUNICATIONS INC NTN North American Network; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION NTN Playmakers; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION NTRU Cryptosystems; MACROVISION CORP Nucentrix Internet Services; NUCENTRIX BROADBAND NETWORKS INC NYTimes.com; NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) NYTimes.com; NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) O; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC O, The Oprah Magazine; HARPO INC Oaktree Capital Management, LLC; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT OCX; ON COMMAND CORP Odeon Films; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM O'Doul's; ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC Odysseus; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC Odyssey; WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC Old South Cruise; DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) Olympia Explorer; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC Olympic Countess; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC
Olympic Voyager; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC On Command Corp.; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP OnePlace, Ltd.; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Onex Corporation; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT Online by LodgeNet; LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORP Open AdSystem; 24/7 REAL MEDIA Open Ratings, Inc.; DUN & BRADSTREET CORP (THE, D&B) OpenTV; ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP OpinionJournal.com; DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Oprah Boutique (The); HARPO INC Oprah Winfrey Show (The); HARPO INC Oprah's Book Club; HARPO INC Optimum Online; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP Orange County Register; FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC Organic Gardening; RODALE INC Organic Style; RODALE INC Organizacion Impulsora de Radio; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Orient Lines; STAR CRUISES LIMITED Orion Pictures Corporation; METRO-GOLDWYNMAYER INC (MGM) Otis; AUDIBLE INC Ottaway Newspapers Group; DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Outdoor Life Network; COMCAST CORP Outdoor Systems Mexico; INFINITY BROADCASTING Overseas Filmgroup, Inc.; FIRST LOOK MEDIA Overture; YAHOO! INC Oxygen Media; VULCAN VENTURES P&O Princess Cruises; CARNIVAL CORPORATION Pacific Film Laboratories; LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP Pacific Sound Services; LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP Pacific Video Canada, Ltd.; LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP Pages Book Fairs; MEDIA SOURCE INC Pages, Inc.; MEDIA SOURCE INC Palace Station; STATION CASINOS INC PanAmSat; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP Pantheon; RANDOM HOUSE INC Paper Magic Group, Inc. (The); CSS INDUSTRIES INC Parade Publications; ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC Par-A-Dice Gaming Corp.; BOYD GAMING CORP Paradise Island; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Paramount Pictures; VIACOM INC Paris Las Vegas; PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT Paris Match; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Park Acquisitions, Inc.; MEDIA GENERAL INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Partner Communications; MATAV-CABLE SYSTEMS MEDIA LTD Passport; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION Passport.net; MICROSOFT CORP PatentWeb; INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC Paul-Son Gaming Supplies, Inc.; PAUL-SON GAMING CORP Paul-Son Mexicana; PAUL-SON GAMING CORP Paul-Son's Draw Poker; PAUL-SON GAMING CORP PAX TV; PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP Pay-For-Performance; OVERTURE SERVICES INC Pay-Per-Transaction System; RENTRAK CORPORATION PC Magazine; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC PC Zone; DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD PCNA Communications Corp.; 1-800-ATTORNEY INC PCQuote.com; HYPERFEED TECHNOLOGIES PDI/DreamWorks; DREAMWORKS SKG PDR Productions; DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC PDS Video Productions, Inc.; LASERPACIFIC MEDIA CORP Peace Arch Films; PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Peakhomes.com; FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC Pearson Education; PEARSON PLC Pearson, PLC; MARKETWATCH.COM INC Pegasus Express; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Pegsattv.com; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Penguin; PEARSON PLC Penn National Race Course; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC PennySaver; HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Perfect Circle Media; INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC Performance Racing Network; SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC PGAtour.com; SPORTSLINE.COM INC Philadelphia Inquirer (The); KNIGHT RIDDER INC PhotoDisc; GETTY IMAGES INC Piggie Toes Press; INTERVISUAL BOOKS INC Pimlico Race Course; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Pinehurst; CLUBCORP Pinnacle Fitness; BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION Planet Movies; AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC Planet Music; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP PlayandWin, Inc.; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Playboy Auctions; PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC
Playboy Channel (The); PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC Playboy Magazine; PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC Playboy Online; PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC PlayboyCasino.com; PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC PlayboyGaming.com; PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC PlayboyRacingUSA.com; PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC Players International, Inc.; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC PlayMaster; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC PlayPoint; INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES PlayStation; SONY CORPORATION Plus Mark, Inc.; AMERICAN GREETINGS Pocono Downs Racetrack; PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC Pogo Corp.; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC Pokeman; NINTENDO OF AMERICA PolCard; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Pompano Park Harness Racing Track; ISLE OF CAPRI CASINOS INC POP TV; CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA Portable Press; ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC PortaPhone Paging; GRAY TELEVISION INC PortfolioWall; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Portland Broadcasting, Inc.; PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP PostMasterDirect; NETCREATIONS INC Potpourri; HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Power 106; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Power Mac; APPLE COMPUTER INC Power One Media; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Power Pop; IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT INC PowerOne Media, Inc.; ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS INC PR Newswire; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC Premier Club; BOCA RESORTS INC Premier Parks, Inc.; SIX FLAGS INC Premiere Party Rental; LITTLEFIELD CORP Prentice Hall; PEARSON PLC President Broadwater Hotel, LLC; PRESIDENT CASINOS INC President Casino Broadwater Resort; PRESIDENT CASINOS INC President Casino Laclede’s Landing; PRESIDENT CASINOS INC President Casino-Broadwater Riverboat; PRESIDENT CASINOS INC President Riverboat Casino-Missouri, Inc.; PRESIDENT CASINOS INC Presidente Remon Race Track; EQUUS GAMING CO Press Your Luck; SHUFFLE MASTER INC Press-Enterprise (The); BELO CORP Pressplay; NAPSTER LLC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Pressplay; SONY CORPORATION Prestige Financial Services; LARRY H MILLER GROUP Prevention; RODALE INC Pride of America; STAR CRUISES LIMITED Primacom Management GmbH; PRIMACOM AG Primm Resorts; MGM MIRAGE Prizecade.com; TRAFFIX INC PRO TV; CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ProAct; HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC Professional Trade Shows; PENTON MEDIA INC Profit.Net, Inc.; PENTON MEDIA INC PromoPlanner; ENGAGE INC Pro-Motion Agency, Ltd.; CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAM Promotora Tecnica de Servicios Profesionales; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV ProQuest Business Solutions; PROQUEST COMPANY ProQuest Information and Learning Co.; PROQUEST COMPANY ProQuest Online; PROQUEST COMPANY ProQuest SiteBuilder; PROQUEST COMPANY ProTrader; REUTERS GROUP PLC Providence Journal-Bulletin; BELO CORP Publicidad y Promociones Internacionales; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Publishers Group West; ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC Publishing Company of North America; 1-800ATTORNEY INC Puffin; PEARSON PLC Pulitzer Community Newspaper; PULITZER INC Pulitzer Publishing; PULITZER INC Pulitzer Publishing Co.; HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION INC Pulse!; MTS INC Punta del Este; CENTURY CASINOS INC Putnam; PEARSON PLC Q Records; DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS INC QB1; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION QSP, Inc.; READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC Quad-City Times; LEE ENTERPRISES INC Queue, Inc.; INSTRUCTIVISION INC QuickDraw; SHUFFLE MASTER INC QuickTime; APPLE COMPUTER INC QuickTime TV; APPLE COMPUTER INC Quintel Communications, Inc.; TRAFFIX INC QVC; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP Raceway Associates, LLC; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP Racing Collectables Club of America; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC Radio Centro Publicidad; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Radio City Music Hall; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP
RadioExchange; INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC Radiopolis; GRUPO TELEVISA SA RadioShack; INTERTAN INC RadioShack International Procurement, LP; RADIOSHACK CORPORATION RadioShack.ca; INTERTAN INC RadioShack.com; RADIOSHACK CORPORATION RadioShack@Speedway; RADIOSHACK CORPORATION RadioWorks NZ, Ltd.; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Radisson Bahia Mar Beach Resort; BOCA RESORTS INC Raging Waters; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Rail City Casino; ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Rainbow Hotel Casino; ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Rainbow Media; METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC (MGM) Rainbow Media Holdings; CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP Rainforest Café; LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC Ramada Express Hotel and Casino; AZTAR CORP Ramada Inn and Speakeasy Casino; MTR GAMING GROUP INC Random House; BERTELSMANN AG Rapid Communications Cable Systems; MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS Rapid Travel Solutions, Ltd.; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS RAW Magazine; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC RawData, Inc.; BOUNCEBACKTECHNOLOGIES RCN Corporation; VULCAN VENTURES Re:fresh; 24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE Reader’s Digest Magazine; READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC READERS ADVANTAGE; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC Reader's Digest Select Editions; READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC Reading Cinemas; READING ENTERTAINMENT Reading International; READING ENTERTAINMENT Real Cities; KNIGHT RIDDER INC RealJukebox; REALNETWORKS INC RealNetworks Helix; REALNETWORKS INC RealOne; REALNETWORKS INC RealPlayer; REALNETWORKS INC RealServer; REALNETWORKS INC RealSystem iQ; REALNETWORKS INC RealSystem Server Plus; REALNETWORKS INC RealVideo; REALNETWORKS INC Record Town; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Reed Business Information; REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Reel.com; HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Reese's Peanut Butter Cups; HERSHEY FOODS CORP Regal Cinemas; REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Regal CineMedia; REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Regal Entertainment Group; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Regency Cinelounge; READING ENTERTAINMENT Regent Broadcasting of Chico, Inc.; REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Regent Broadcasting of Erie, Inc.; REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Regent Broadcasting of Flagstaff, Inc.; REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Regent Broadcasting of Mansfield, Inc.; REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Regent Broadcasting of Palmdale, Inc.; REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Regent Broadcasting of Redding, Inc.; REGENT COMMUNICATIONS Registry Resort and Club at Pelican Bay; BOCA RESORTS INC Reiman Publications; READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC Reliance Distributors; SHAW COMMUNICATIONS Renaissance; AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC RenderMan; PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS Rent it! Like it! Buy it!; BLOCKBUSTER INC Research and Education Corp.; COURIER CORP Reserve America; TICKETMASTER ResortQuest International; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO Resorts USA; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) Retail Services, Inc.; BLOCKBUSTER INC RetailVision; PRIMEDIA INC Retama Entertainment Group, Inc.; CALL NOW INC Retama Park Racetrack; CALL NOW INC Reuters 3000 Xtra; REUTERS GROUP PLC Revell; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC Rhino Entertainment; WARNER MUSIC GROUP Richmond Newaspapers, Inc.; MEDIA GENERAL INC Ridder Publications, Inc.; KNIGHT RIDDER INC Rio Hotel and Casino, Inc.; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Riverside Publishing Company; HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO Riviera Gaming Management; RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORP Riviera Hotel and Casino; RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORP Road Runner; INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY INC Roadshow Advertising, Ltd.; INFINITY BROADCASTING RockResorts; VAIL RESORTS INC Rocky Mountain Records; WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC
Rocky Mountaineer Railtours; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES Rodriguez Communications; SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC Rogers AT&T Wireless Communications Express; INTERTAN INC Rogers Wireless, Inc.; INTERTAN INC Rolling Rewards; BOWL AMERICA INC Rolling Stone; WENNER MEDIA LLC Roper ASW; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC RoweCom; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC Roxio; NAPSTER LLC Royal Caribbean International; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES Royal Celebrity Tours; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES Royal Reunion; ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES RTL Group; BERTELSMANN AG RTL Radio; RTL GROUP SA RTL TVI; RTL GROUP SA Runner’s World; RODALE INC Rusconi Editore; HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MEDIAS Rutledge Hill Press; THOMAS NELSON INC Rvlinker.com; THOUSAND TRAILS INC Ryman Auditorium; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO Sacramento Bee (The); MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) SafeDisk; MACROVISION CORP Salem Radio Network; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Salem Radio Representatives; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Salem Web Network; SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Sales Annex; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC Salon Premium; SALON MEDIA GROUP INC Salon.com; SALON MEDIA GROUP INC Salt Lake Tribune; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Saltgrass Steak House; LANDRY'S RESTAURANTS INC San Francisco Daily Journal; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Sands Regency Casino and Hotel; SANDS REGENT Santa Anita Park; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Santa Fe Station; STATION CASINOS INC Satellite Theater Network (The); REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Saturday Matinee; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Savage; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC Savannah Morning News; MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc.; SCHOLASTIC CORP Scholastic Productions, Inc.; SCHOLASTIC CORP School Toolz; BULL RUN CORP ScienceDirect; REED ELSEVIER GROUP PLC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Scientific Games Corp.; MDI ENTERTAINMENT INC Scientific Games Holdings; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Scientific Games International; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Scott Resources, Inc.; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC SCP Private Equity Partners, LP; CINEMASTAR LUXURY THEATERS INC ScreamingMedia; PINNACOR INC Scribner’s Bookstore; BARNES & NOBLE INC Scripps Howard News Service; E W SCRIPPS CO SDI Media; MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB Seabourn Cruise Line; CARNIVAL CORPORATION secondamano.it; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV SeconSpin, Inc.; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Secret Weapons Over Normandy; LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC Secured Telephone Operating Platform, Inc.; AMERICAN WAGERING INC SeeitBuyit; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Sega Gaming; SHUFFLE MASTER INC Sequoia Capital; GOOGLE INC SFX Entertainment, Inc.; CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC SGI AccountPlay; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Shadow Broadcast Services; WESTWOOD ONE INC Shadow Traffic; WESTWOOD ONE INC Shape; DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD SharkyExtreme.com; JUPITERMEDIA CORP Shattered Steel; BIOWARE CORP Shaw Lite-Speed Internet; SHAW COMMUNICATIONS Shaw@Home; SHAW COMMUNICATIONS Sheraton; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC Shoebox; HALLMARK CARDS INC Shop at Home Network, LLC; E W SCRIPPS CO Shop At Home Network, LLC; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC Shop At Home, Inc.; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC ShopNBC.com; VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC Shopper's Guide (The); HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Shorecliff Communications, LLC; LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC Showboat, Inc.; HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC Showcase; ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMM Showcase Home Entertainment; TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Showdown; CHELL GROUP CORPORATION Showtime; VIACOM INC
Shuffle Master Gaming; SHUFFLE MASTER INC Side-Bet Table System; SHUFFLE MASTER INC Siegel Display Products; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC Sierra Design Group; ALLIANCE GAMING CORP Sierra Entertainment; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Sierra-at-Tahoe; BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Silicon Graphics, Inc.; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Silly Putty; HALLMARK CARDS INC Silver Dolphin; ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC Silversea Cruises; CENTURY CASINOS INC Silverstar Development, Ltd.; CENTURY CASINOS INC Sim City; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC SimEx ! Iwerks; IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT INC Simon and Schuster; VIACOM INC Simple Solution; ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS INC Simpsons (The); FILM ROMAN INC Sinclair Broadcast Group; ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORP Sinclair Television Group, Inc.; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC Sinclair Ventures, Inc.; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC SiteCensus; NETRATINGS INC Six Flags Belgium; SIX FLAGS INC Six Flags Great Adventure; SIX FLAGS INC Six Flags New Orleans; SIX FLAGS INC SJL of Kansas Corp.; LEE ENTERPRISES INC SKY; GRUPO TELEVISA SA Sky Global Networks; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING SKY Music; SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED Sky News; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING Sky News Radio; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING Sky Television; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING Sky Travel; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING Sky+; BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING Skyline Virtual Reality, Inc.; SKYLINE MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INC Skywalker Sound; LUCASFILM LTD Sleeping Bear Press/Ann Arbor Press; JOHN WILEY & SONS INC SmackDown!; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC SmartForce; SKILLSOFT CORP SmartMoney; DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Smile Records; IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT INC Snake River Lodge & Spa; VAIL RESORTS INC Software Etc.; GAMESTOP INC Soho Group, Ltd.; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Songs4Worship; INTEGRITY INC Sonic Telecom, Ltd.; PANAMSAT CORP Sony BMG; BMG (SONY BMG)
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Sony Music Entertainment; SONY CORPORATION Sony Pictures Entertainment; SONY CORPORATION Sound Advice; TWEETER HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Sound Mill, Inc.; HARVEY ELECTRONICS INC SounDelux Entertainment Group; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP SoundTrack; ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS INC South Beach Diet; RODALE INC Southam, Inc.; HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire; RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORP SpaceCom; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC SPACEWAY; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP Spark Network Services, Inc.; INFINITY BROADCASTING Spartan Communications; MEDIA GENERAL INC Spectrum Site Management Corp.; CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP Speedway Casino; MTR GAMING GROUP INC SpeedZone; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Speilo Manufacturing; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Spice Entertainment; PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC Spider Man: The Movie; ACTIVISION INC Spider-Man; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC Sports Club/LA (The); SPORTS CLUB CO INC (THE) Sports Club/LA Splash (The); SPORTS CLUB CO INC (THE) Sports Clubs of Canada (The); BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORPORATION Sports Haven; SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION Sports.com, Ltd.; SPORTSLINE.COM INC Sportservice Corp.; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES SportsMed Company (The); SPORTS CLUB CO INC (THE) Sportsystems Corp.; DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES SportXction; INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC SpringJobs.com; FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC SpringWheels.com; FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC Sprint Store at Radio Shack; RADIOSHACK CORPORATION St. Andrews Golf Shop; ALL-AMERICAN SPORTPARK St. Louis Post-Dispatch; PULITZER INC St. Regis; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC Standard & Poor's International Ratings, Ltd.; MCGRAW HILL COS INC STAPLES Center; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Star Series; STAR CRUISES LIMITED Star Theaters; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT Star Tribune (The); MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) Star Wars: Battle Front; LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC Star Wars: Jedi Knight; LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic; LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic; BIOWARE CORP StarBand Latin America; RSTAR CORPORATION StarChoice; SHAW COMMUNICATIONS StarCity Casino; STAR CITY HOLDINGS LTD Starcraft; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Stardust Resort and Casino; BOYD GAMING CORP StarGuide Digital Networks, Inc.; DIGITAL GENERATION SYSTEMS INC Starpower; RCN CORP STARS; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC Starz Encore Group; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP Steamboat; AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Stella Oceanis; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC Stella Solaris; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC Stepping Stones; THOMAS NELSON INC Sterling Newspapers; HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC StockScreener; HOOVER'S INC Stop-N-Save Software; ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP Streaming Media; PENTON MEDIA INC Street Hoops; ACTIVISION INC Street Hoops; ACTIVISION INC Studio 1+1; CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA StudioTools; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Stuff; DENNIS PUBLISHING LTD Suburban Newspapers of Greater St. Louis, LLC; PULITZER INC Successful Farming; MEREDITH CORP Sugar Beach Resort Hotel; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Sugarloaf; AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY SugarLoaf Creations; AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC Summa Holdings, Ltd.; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC Summit at Snoqualmie (The); BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Summit Learning, Inc.; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC Sun International North America, Inc.; KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Sunburst Technology; HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO Sunday Night Heat; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC Sunday River; AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY Sunset Station; STATION CASINOS INC Sun-Times Company (The); HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC Superbowl.com; SPORTSLINE.COM INC SuperCoups USA; LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) SuperLink; MIKOHN GAMING CORP SuperStar Series; STAR CRUISES LIMITED Superstar/Netlink Group; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC Supreme Beauty Products; JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC Suriname Palace Casino; LOTTERY AND WAGERING SOLUTIONS INC SurveyDirect; NETCREATIONS INC SUSTAIN Technologies, Inc.; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Synergy Solutions; ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC TABCORP Holdings; STAR CITY HOLDINGS LTD Table Talk; SALON MEDIA GROUP INC Tablelink; MIKOHN GAMING CORP Taj Associates; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Take Ten; LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) Talladega Superspeedway; INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP Tandy; RADIOSHACK CORPORATION Taste of Home,; READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC Tattoo; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC TBWA International Network; OMNICOM GROUP INC TEA Group, Inc.; CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP TeachMaster Technologies, Inc.; PLATO LEARNING INC TechRepublic; CNET NETWORKS INC TechSolutions; DOUBLECLICK INC Tekno Books; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP Telecosmo; TV AZTECA SA DE CV TeleFutura; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC Telegraph Group, Ltd.; HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC Telematch; GANNETT CO INC Telemundo; NBC UNIVERSAL TeleRep; COX ENTERPRISES INC TeleStructures, Inc.; CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP Televicentro; GRUPO TELEVISA SA Telewest Carrier Services; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS Telewest OnLine; TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS
Telocity Delaware, Inc.; HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven; ACTIVISION INC Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven; ACTIVISION INC Termite Art Productions; LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT Texas Cable News; BELO CORP Texas Monthly Magazine; EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP Texas Station; STATION CASINOS INC Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership; MEDIANEWS GROUP INC Thanksmuch, LLC; TRAFFIX INC The Hotel; MANDALAY RESORT GROUP TheLegalSource.com; 1-800-ATTORNEY INC TheTutorialChannel.com; MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES Thomas H. Lee Partners; HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO Thomas Nelson Gifts; THOMAS NELSON INC Thomson Corporation; NEWSEDGE CORPORATION Thomson Multimedia; ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP Threadneedle Asset Management; AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Three A's Holdings, LLC; MTS INC Three Card Poker; SHUFFLE MASTER INC Thunder Bay; ADVANCED MARKETING SERVICES INC Thunder Valley Casino; STATION CASINOS INC Ticketing Gateways; TICKETS.COM INC Ticketmaster; INTERACTIVECORP Tickets2Nite, LLC; CINEMA RIDE INC TicketWeb; TICKETMASTER Time, Inc.; TIME WARNER INC Times Mirror Company; TRIBUNE CO TLC; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC TLC Properties, Inc.; LAMAR ADVERTISING CO TMP Worldwide; MONSTER WORLDWIDE Todd-AO Corp.; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Todito.com; TV AZTECA SA DE CV Tom Snyder Productions; SCHOLASTIC CORP Tommy Nelson; THOMAS NELSON INC Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater; ACTIVISION INC Top Eliminator; PALACE ENTERTAINMENT Top Sante; EMAP PLC To-Sew; AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INC TotalAccess; YOUBET.COM INC Touchstone Pictures; WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Tower Direct, LLC; MTS INC Tower Records; MTS INC TowerRecords.com; MTS INC TownNews.com; LEE ENTERPRISES INC Toy Biz; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC Toy Story; PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Toy Story 2; PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS Toyota Grand Prix Association of Long Beach; DOVER MOTORSPORTS INC Trademark.com; INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC Trader.com; TRADER CLASSIFIED MEDIA NV Trailblazer; THOUSAND TRAILS INC Trak 21 Development, LLC; LAKES GAMING INC Trans Sierra Communications; MIKOHN GAMING CORP Trans World Gaming Corp.; TRANS WORLD CORP Travel & Leisure Magazine; AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Travel Channel; DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC Treasure Island; MGM MIRAGE Tribune Broadcasting Company; TRIBUNE CO Tribune Company; KNIGHT RIDDER INC Tribune Interactive, Inc.; TRIBUNE CO Tribune Publishing Company; TRIBUNE CO Trillium Software, Inc.; HARTE HANKS COMMUNICATIONS INC Triton; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC Triumph Communications Group; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Triumph Outdoor Holdings; LAMAR ADVERTISING CO TRO Learning; PLATO LEARNING INC Tropicana Casino and Resort Atlantic City; AZTAR CORP Tropicana Resort and Casino Las Vegas; AZTAR CORP TRS International; AMERICAN EXPRESS CO True North Communications; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC Trump 29 Casino; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Trump Hotel Casino at Buffington Harbor; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Trump Indiana; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Trump Marina Hotel Casino; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort; TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS INC TruSurround; SRS LABS INC TTR Technologies; MACROVISION CORP Turner Broadcasting System; TIME WARNER INC TV Guide; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC TV Guide; NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED TV Guide Channel; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC TV One; RADIO ONE TVG Network; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC
TVGateway; WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC TV-Shop; MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB Twentieth Century Fox Television; FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC Twenty-First Century; MILLBROOK PRESS INC Twice in a Lifetime; PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP Twin Sisters Productions; CINAR CORPORATION Twizzlers; HERSHEY FOODS CORP U.S. Farm Report; BROADVIEW MEDIA INC UGC Europe, Inc.; UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC Ultima Online; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC Ultima Renaissance; ELECTRONIC ARTS INC Unefon; TV AZTECA SA DE CV United Advertising Publications; UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC United Artists Corporation; METRO-GOLDWYNMAYER INC (MGM) United Artists Theaters; REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP United Artists Theatre Co.; ANSCHUTZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP United Feature Syndicate; E W SCRIPPS CO United Media; E W SCRIPPS CO United Pan-Europe Communications; UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC United Tote; INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY Universal de Muebles e Inmuebles; GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV Universal Entertainment; NBC UNIVERSAL Universal Hotels; RANK GROUP PLC (THE) Universal Interactive; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Universal McCann Worldwide; INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC Universal Music Group; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Universal Outdoor, Inc.; CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC Universal Parks & Resorts; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT Universal Pictures; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT Universal Studios; NBC UNIVERSAL Universal Studios Hollywood; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT Universal Studios, Inc.; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Universal Television Group; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT Universal Worldwide Home Entertainment; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT Univision; ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Univision; GRUPO TELEVISA SA Univision Music Group; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Univision Radio; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC Univision Television Group; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC Univision.com; UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC UPC Broadband; UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC US News and World Report; US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT LP US Weekly; WENNER MEDIA LLC USA Entertainment; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT USA Interactive; TICKETMASTER USA Interactive; INTERACTIVECORP USA Interactive; LIBERTY MEDIA CORP USA TODAY; GANNETT CO INC USA WEEKEND; GANNETT CO INC Usborne Kid Kits; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP Usborne Publishing, Ltd.; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP Utah Jazz; LARRY H MILLER GROUP Utah Starzz; LARRY H MILLER GROUP V Centenario Race Track; EQUUS GAMING CO Vail Marriott Mountain Resort; VAIL RESORTS INC Vail Resorts Development Company; VAIL RESORTS INC Valley Telephone Co., Inc.; KNOLOGY INC Valleyfair; CEDAR FAIR LP Value Line Distribution Center, Inc.; VALUE LINE INC Value Line Investment Survey (The); VALUE LINE INC Value Line Publishing, Inc.; VALUE LINE INC Value Line Securities, Inc.; VALUE LINE INC Value Line Select; VALUE LINE INC Value Line Small Cap Plus; VALUE LINE INC ValueAct Capital Partners; ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC ValueVision Interactive, Inc.; VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC ValueVision International, Inc.; VALUEVISION INTERNATIONAL INC Vanderbilt Advertising Agency, Inc.; VALUE LINE INC VCR Plus+; GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC VDI MultiMedia; POINT.360 Vegas.com; HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP VercomNet B.V.; HOOVER'S INC Verestar; AMERICAN TOWER CORP Veronica; SBS BROADCASTING SA Viacom; BLOCKBUSTER INC Viacom; CBS TELEVISION Viacom; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC Viacom Entertainment Group; VIACOM INC Viacom, Inc.; INFINITY BROADCASTING Viacom, Inc.; WESTWOOD ONE INC
Viasat Broadcasting; MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB Vidco Holdings Pty., Ltd.; WMS INDUSTRIES INC Video Buzz; MOVIE GALLERY INC Video Tutorial Services, Inc.; MULTI-MEDIA TUTORIAL SERVICES Video Update; MOVIE GALLERY INC Viking; PEARSON PLC Virginia Derby; COLONIAL HOLDINGS INC Virginia Landing Corp.; THOUSAND TRAILS INC Virtual Sales University SolutionSet; SKILLSOFT CORP VisionAIR, Inc.; SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC VisionLand; CEDAR FAIR LP Visiontext, Ltd.; ASCENT MEDIA GROUP Visual Communications; GETTY IMAGES INC Vivendi Universal; MP3.COM INC Vivendi Universal Entertainment; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Vivendi Universal Games; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL SA Vivendi Universal SA; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Vivendi Universal SA; VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT VNU; NETRATINGS INC VNU Advisory Services; VNU NV Volunteers: For the Sake of Others; NOSTALGIA NETWORK (THE) VTR GlobalCom; UNITEDGLOBALCOM INC V-Twin; PAISANO PUBLICATIONS LLC Vulcan Productions; VULCAN VENTURES Vulcan Ventures; VULCAN VENTURES VUNet USA; MP3.COM INC W Hotels; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC Wading Pool; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC Waldenbooks; BORDERS GROUP INC Waldenbooks.com; BORDERS GROUP INC Wall Street Journal (The); DOW JONES & COMPANY INC Walt Disney Animation; WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Warner Bros.; TIME WARNER INC Warner Bros. Records, Inc.; WARNER MUSIC GROUP Warner Strategic Marketing; WARNER MUSIC GROUP Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.; WARNER MUSIC GROUP Wasatch Interactive Learning Corp.; PLATO LEARNING INC Washington Journal; DAILY JOURNAL CORP Washington Post (The); WASHINGTON POST CO Washington Trotting Association, Inc.; YOUBET.COM INC Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive; WASHINGTON POST CO
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. WatchList Update; ONESOURCE INFORMATION SERVICES INC Waterville Valley; BOOTH CREEK SKI HOLDINGS INC Waterworld USA; SIX FLAGS INC Wavefront Technologies; ALIAS SYSTEMS INC Wax Works, Inc.; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP WE: Women's Entertainment; METRO-GOLDWYNMAYER INC (MGM) WEA Corp.; WARNER MUSIC GROUP Weather Channel (The); LANDMARK COMMUNICATIONS INC WebForums.com; MCCLATCHY COMPANY (THE) WebRF; NETRATINGS INC WebTV; MICROSOFT CORP Weitz Golf International; GOLDEN BEAR GOLF INC Well (The); SALON MEDIA GROUP INC Wellspring Capital Management; AMERICAN COIN MERCHANDISING INC West Publishing; THOMSON CORPORATION (THE) Westchester/Fairfield County Times; JOURNAL REGISTER CO Western International Communications; CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Westin; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC Westwood One; INFINITY BROADCASTING Wetair.com; CTN MEDIA GROUP INC Wherehouse (The); WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC Wherehouse Music; TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP Wherehouse.com; WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT INC White Water Bay; SIX FLAGS INC Whitston Publishing Co.; EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC Widevine Technologies; MACROVISION CORP WIIH-CA; LIN TV CORP Wild Bill's Dinner Extravangaza; ON STAGE ENTERTAINMENT Wilderness Rivers; DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY (THE) Wildhorse Saloon; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO Wiley Europe, Ltd.; JOHN WILEY & SONS INC Wiley InterScience; JOHN WILEY & SONS INC Wiley-VCH; JOHN WILEY & SONS INC Williams Electronics Games, Inc.; WMS INDUSTRIES INC Willowisp Press; MEDIA SOURCE INC WinCinema Manager; INTERVIDEO INC Windows; MICROSOFT CORP Windstar Cruises; CARNIVAL CORPORATION WinDVD; INTERVIDEO INC WinDVD Creator; INTERVIDEO INC
WinDVD Recorder; INTERVIDEO INC WinDVR; INTERVIDEO INC Winner's Circle; ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES INC WinProducer; INTERVIDEO INC WinRip; INTERVIDEO INC Winstar Interactive Media; INTEREP NATIONAL RADIO SALES INC Wisconsin State Journal; LEE ENTERPRISES INC WISH-TV; LIN TV CORP WMFP; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC WMS Gaming, Inc.; WMS INDUSTRIES INC WOAC; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC Womacks/Legends Casino; CENTURY CASINOS INC Wombat Productions; AVENUE ENTERTAINMENT GRP INC Women of Faith; THOMAS NELSON INC Women.com; IVILLAGE INC Women's Entertainment; RAINBOW MEDIA GROUP Worcester Telegram & Gazette; NEW YORK TIMES CO (THE) Word Entertainment; WARNER MUSIC GROUP Word of the Week; NATIONAL LAMPOON INC Worksite 1; JEFFERSON PILOT CORPORATION World Gym Austin; GOLD'S GYM INTERNATIONAL World Poker Tour; LAKES GAMING INC World Renaissance; ROYAL OLYMPIC CRUISE LINES INC World Wrestling Federation Magazine; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC WorldGate; CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS WorldGate iTV; WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC WorldNow; LIBERTY CORPORATION (THE) WorldPages.com; TRANSWESTERN PUBLISHING World's Best Praise and Worship; INTEGRITY INC Worlds of Fun; CEDAR FAIR LP Worldwide Lottery Group; GTECH HOLDINGS CORP Worthington Press; MEDIA SOURCE INC WOW; SRS LABS INC WOW! Multimedia Superstores; GOOD GUYS INC (THE) Wrath Unleashed; LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC WRAY; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC Wrestlemania; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC WSAH; SUMMIT AMERICA TELEVISION INC WSJ.com; DOW JONES & COMPANY INC WSM-AM; GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO WTNH-TV; LIN TV CORP WTVO-TV; YOUNG BROADCASTING INC WWF; WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC www.rexstores.com; REX STORES CORP Wyandot Lake; SIX FLAGS INC
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INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS, CONT. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC; WYNN RESORTS LIMITED Wynn Macau; WYNN RESORTS LIMITED XanEdu; PROQUEST COMPANY Xbox; MICROSOFT CORP XM Originals; XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC XM Satellite Radio, Inc.; XM SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS INC X-Men; MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC XpressBet; MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT CORP Xtra-Vision; BLOCKBUSTER INC Yabber.net; CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INC Yahoo!; BARNESANDNOBLE.COM INC Yahoo!; OVERTURE SERVICES INC Yahoo.com; YAHOO! INC Yarlow, Inc.; INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INC Yelmo Cineplex; LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT Yes Television; CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC You Bet Network; YOUBET.COM INC Youbet Express; YOUBET.COM INC Zante, Inc.; SANDS REGENT ZapMe! Corp.; RSTAR CORPORATION ZDNet; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC ZDNet Media; CNET NETWORKS INC Ziff Davis Development, Inc.; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC Ziff Davis Internet, Inc.; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC Ziff-Davis, Inc.; ZIFF DAVIS MEDIA INC Zoboomafoo; CINAR CORPORATION Zoo; EMAP PLC Zumanity; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL INC
