BITAC, Inc

Based in New York, Forbes Media is the parent company of Forbes, a privately held publishing and new media company. Its flagship publication is Forbes, one of the leading business magazines, with a North American circulation of more than 900,000. The magazine is also one of the nation's oldest major business magazines, celebrating its 90th Anniversary in 2007. The Forbes company was founded by journalist B.C. Forbes in 1917 and is now run his grandson, Steve Forbes, who made an unsuccessful self-funded run at the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000. Forbes, Forbes Asia, and the company's eight local-language editions, together reach a worldwide audience of over five million readers. The company also publishes ForbesLife, the lifestyle bi-monthly. Forbes Media s other divisions include Forbes.com, Forbes Conference Group, Forbes Custom Media and the American Heritage website.

News Communications is engaged in publishing and distribution of advertiser-supported newspapers and magazines. The majority of the company's customers are located in the Washington, D.C., and eastern Long Island, N.Y., areas. NCI has two publishing subsidiaries, Dan's Papers and Capitol Hill Publishing Corporation. DPI publishes Dan's Papers, Montauk Pioneer, Dan's Magazine Hampton Style, Dan's Magazine Hampton Style Insider Guide and Dan's Magazine Hampton Sports. Capitol Hill issues the newspaper, The Hill. All publications are primarily controlled and are free circulations. The primary source of the company's revenue is selling advertising space in the publications. News Communications is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 2000, BizBash is one of the leading trade medias for the event industry in the United States. The company publishes magazines and e-newsletters, as well as hosts Web sites. It produces trade and award shows for event marketers, fundraisers, public relation officers, human resource executives, and sales and marketing people. BizBash designs and plans meetings, events, promotions and other face-to-face events. Its Web site BizBash.com offers latest event news and information. The company s Web site provides to comprehensive, searchable resource directories of more than 6,500 vendors and photos and coverage of past events, as well as archived magazine issues. BizBash maintains a location in New York City.