Blood-Horse Publications and Hammond Communications
Group announce strategic multimedia partnership agreement.
Lexington,
KY-- Hammond Communications Group and Blood-Horse Publications,
two prominent companies in the equine industry, have agreed to
a strategic multimedia partnership agreement. As part of the agreement,
Hammond Equine, a division of Hammond Communications Group, will
act as the multimedia provider for Blood-Horse Publications and
its customers. Services provided by Hammond Equine include web
design and development, Interactive CD-ROM, DVD and video / film
production. Services provided by Blood-Horse Publications include
print and web marketing and secure, high-quality web hosting.
Hammond
Equine will serve the customer base of Blood-Horse Publications'
Mane Media web development division. The partnership will allow
the two organizations to focus on their specific areas of expertise,
while offering full service marketing solutions to the equine
industry. Equine professionals will benefit from the knowledge,
experience and innovation both companies bring to the industry.
"We
are proud to venture into an agreement with such a respected entity
as Blood-Horse Publications. Ultimately, the equine professional
will gain the most benefit from the agreement by having access
to a new level of multimedia expertise" stated Ron Mossotti,
President of Hammond Communications Group.
"Our
goal is to provide the equine industry with innovative solutions
and exceptional service. This partnership will go a long way towards
meeting this goal. Communication through multimedia is a powerful
tool and this partnership will work to provide the community with
solutions that are powerful, innovative, and cost effective,"
said Mr. Stacy V. Bearse, and Publisher of Blood-Horse Publications.
Both
companies share a long and storied history in the Equine industry.
The
Blood-Horse has over 85 years of service to the Thoroughbred industry.
Blood-Horse Publications publishes The Blood-Horse, the oldest
continually published Thoroughbred magazine in North America;
The Horse, a monthly magazine devoted to equine health care; TBH
MarketWatch, a newsletter for Thoroughbred investors; the official
Kentucky Derby and World Thoroughbred Championship-Breeders' Cup
souvenir magazines. In addition, Blood-Horse Publications also
operates a family of award-winning Web sites including bloodhorse.com,
TheHorse.com and The HayNet (www.haynet.net).
Hammond
Communications Group has been serving the industry since November
of 1980 when, current Hammond Communications Group President,
Ron Mossotti, teamed with NBC Sportscaster, Tom Hammond, to form
Hammond Communications Group. In the following years, Hammond
Communications earned a well-deserved reputation for high quality
video production, and then expanded into computer visualization
and interactive media production. Recently, Hammond Communications
Group moved to further its growth in the equine industry with
the creation of Hammond Equine, a division specializing in the
multimedia needs of the industry.
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