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Broadcast Media Services

• Medialink

Phone: (312) 222-9850
Contact: Zane Robbins
E-mail: zrobbins@medialink.com
Web: www.medialink.com

Medialink is a global leader in providing broadcast newsrooms with timely, compelling video and audio that is produced on behalf of corporations and organizations. Medialink offers fully-sourced material that is delivered via multiple pathways. Medialink operates a global broadcast center in its New York headquarters and studios in Hollywood and London.

Corporate Communications

• Melcrum Publishing
70 W. Hubbard Street, #403
Chicago, IL 60610
Laurie Anne Plax
laurieanne.plax@melcrum.com
Tel.: (312) 527-5798
Fax: (312) 527-4917

Melcrum Publishing is a research based company focused on internal or corporate communicators.
We offer research reports, publications, workshops, conferences, networking functions and web-based seminars.

Executive Search Source

• Bloom, Gross & Associates, Inc.

625 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 200
Karen Bloom
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 654-4550
kbloom@bloomgross.com
www.bloomgross.com

Graphic Design, Web Design

• NuZoo Media, Inc.
606 W. 18th Street
Suite 3
Chicago, Il. 60616
Dan Pulik
(312) 421-2129
dp@nuzoo.net
www.nuzoo.com

Graphic design, web design, database development, video production, CDs and DVDs, logos, corporate identity

Integrated Service Solutions

• Bacon’s Information, Inc.

332 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
Stephen Debruyn
Tel.: (312) 986-4974
Fax: (312) 922-3684
sdebruyn@bacons.com

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Media Monitoring

• BurrellesLuce Information Services

625 N. Michigan Avenue, 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: Tina Eckert
Phone: 312-867-1003
Fax: 312-867-1009
Email: teckert@burrellesluce.com

BurrellesLuce provides the most customized and comprehensive monitoring of news from every form of media including print and broadcast sources, online publications, blogs and Internet chat rooms. We combine the talent of our editing staff with the latest technological advances to bring you news coverage that has been filtered and formatted to suit your immediate information needs and delivery preferences. Your coverage, complete with photos and graphs, is accessible at any time through MediaConnect™, our secure Web portal. www.BurrellesLuce.com/dir

Newswire Services

• PR Newswire Association LLC

Phone: 888-776-094
E-mail: information@prnewswire.com
Web: www.prnewswire.com

PR Newswire Association LLC provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast services on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide.  Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a variety of critical audiences including the news media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments.  

Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 11 countries and routinely sends its customers' news to outlets in 135 countries and in more than 40 languages. Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news from the source.  PR Newswire's leading services include ProfNet ExpertsSM, eWatch(TM), MEDIAtlas(TM), Search Engine Optimization, MediaRoom, MediaSense(TM), MultiVu(TM), U.S. Newswire, the preeminent policy newswire in the industry, and Vintage Filings, the fastest growing Edgar filing. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media plc of London.

Public Relations Firms

• Burson-Marsteller

233 N. Michigan Avenue, 14th floor
Chicago, IL 60601
Contact: Bill Zucker
Phone: 312-596-3516
Email: bill.zucker@bm.com

Burson-Marsteller, established in 1953, is a leading global public relations and public affairs firm.  It provides clients with strategic thinking and program execution across a full range of public relations, public affairs, advertising, and web-related services.  The firm's seamless worldwide network consists of 57 wholly-owned offices and 45 affiliate offices, together operating in 59 countries across six continents.

• Hill and Knowlton

222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 275
Chicago, IL  60654
phone 312-255-1200
fax 312-255-3030
contact:  Kimberly Miller email: 
kimberly.miller@hillandknowlton.com 

Hill & Knowlton has been at the cutting edge of communications since it was founded in 1927. Today, the company continues to lead the way as a global strategic communications firm, with a successful track record of providing high quality public relations support to companies, agencies, government organizations and representatives across the globe. As a multi-disciplinary firm, Hill & Knowlton offers in-depth expertise in a variety of practice areas, including Corporate & Financial Communications, Public Affairs, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Marketing Communications, and Online Communications. The agency is part of the WPP Group plc, the world's most comprehensive communications services group.

Radio Monitoring

• National Aircheck
338 S. Edgewood
Wood Dale, IL 60191
Mary Ann Halvorson
maryann@national-aircheck.com
888-872-4879
www.national-aircheck.com

The National Aircheck can record ANY radio or TV station ANYWHERE.

The National Aircheck can also:

• Search over 8000 hours per week of News and Talk Radio by keyword letting you know every time your clients are being talked about.
• Recording over 2,400 radio stations 24/7 allowing us to retrieve radio clips AFTER they have aired. Same day delivery of clips via email usually available.
• Send same day digital TV clips.
• Accurately track any ANR or PSA across the network of 2,400 radio stations letting you know the city, station, date and time each time it aired.
• We can also provide accurate audience impression numbers and media values for radio as well as transcripts.

Recruitment and Staffing

• Paladin

Paladin (www.paladinstaff.com) is a leading national recruitment and staffing agency focused exclusively on Marketing, Advertising and Creative needs. One of our areas of specialty is Public Relations and Communications.  

We staff freelance, contract and temporary assignments as well as direct-hire positions throughout the United States.  Paladin has provided marketing and advertising staffing solutions for nearly two decades and understands the subtleties of hiring. We are staffing experts. This expertise means that we act as staffing partners and career consultants to both our clients and our talent. We help our clients find and select the optimal matches for their staffing needs. We have a proven track record of providing talented professionals who have the specific skills and experience necessary for the job, as well as the right personality and cultural fit for your office. This match makes the difference between someone who is merely competent and someone who is truly ideal for the job.  

Contact: Elise Van Buskirk, Account Manager
312.654.6154
elisev@paladinstaff.com
www.paladinstaff.com

Telecommunications

• Intercall
8420 W. Bryn Mawr
Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60631
Ray Britt
(773) 867-7105