LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Send2Press(R), a leading targeted newswire service, announced today it will sponsor a record industry workshop presented by the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP), entitled “Getting Ink & Working the ‘Net: Secrets, Tips & Tricks of Publicity & PR.” The event instructor is Scott G “The G-Man,” a successful recording artist and marketing guru.

KANNAPOLIS, NC — Businesses can now increase the visibility and impact of their Web sites by adding Video Commercials using WEBSTREAMERS revolutionary video streaming service. According to research done by QwestDex media, consumers are 60% more likely to complete a transaction online if they see a video in addition to pictures.

ASHEVILLE, NC — Write Away, Inc., based in the mountains of western North Carolina, is a full-service editorial company that has recently added mystery shopping services to their client offerings; the business’ subdivision is doing business as CSI - Customer Service Investigation.

COLUMN: Apparently shaving is no longer hip and cool. I’m watching TV, the commercials come on, and I am blinded by the stubble… oh the stubble … Does Paris Hilton think “that’s hot?” Ohmigod! I need to stop shaving or I’m not going to get past that velvet rope!

COLUMN: Copywriters and art directors get much of the attention in the ad world, but Scott G is one creative director who claims it’s the account management function that controls how a campaign soars or collapses.

GREENSBORO, NC — The Oechsli Institute has completed its third in a series of independent research projects on affluent Americans with at least $100,000 to over one million dollars of investable assets. “Millions of Americans who once made up the vast middle of the $7 trillion consumer market are migrating upscale towards premium and luxury products and services,” observes Matt Oechsli, Company President.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — CCM Marketing, Inc., a leader in national direct response media, specializing in Sports, Health and Fitness products, is celebrating their 5 year anniversary. Co-owners Suzy da Silva and Nicole Licata, launched CCM Marketing on July 19, 2001.

COLUMN: Consumer-created media can be fun, frantic and fantastic, but it might also become fatal to your fiscal health. Scott G is pleased to scare you with this modern horror tale.

STUDIO CITY, Calif. — Building a brand in print and online often takes a public relations plan, but there are pathways to success that are not always visible to the public, says Scott G of G-Man Marketing. The seminar called “Getting Ink & Working the ‘Net” is presented by the National Association of Record Industry Professionals.

BOONTON, NJ — After years of contraction, the market for private line services began growing again in 2006, signaling the start of a long anticipated recovery in this $36 billion telecommunications segment, says a market analysis study from Insight Research. Private lines are point-to-point circuits leased by enterprises from telecommunications carriers in order to link enterprise sites to each other and to the Internet.

SAN MATEO, Calif. — AirSpun, Inc., a California start-up with an e-commerce approach to marketing digital music through commercial radio promotion, announced plans today to launch airspun.com (”Beta”) in an effort to democratize the music hitmaking process and provide independent artists with “unprecedented power over their creative futures.”