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Greenspring Company (Greenspring) Greenspring is a taxable forprofit company that engages in communications activities that support the mission and goals of American Public Media Group (APMG), but are more properly pursued by a taxable entity. It does so through the ownership of its operating subsidiaries. Greenspring provides leadership, capital investment and financial oversight to these subsidiaries. Currently, its sole operating subsidiary is Greenspring Media Group (formerly Minnesota Monthly Publications). Up until April 15, 1998, Greenspring owned Rivertown Trading Company, a direct marketing organization with approximately $195 million in annual sales, which was sold to the Target Corporation. Up until March 1, 2004, Greenspring owned The MNN Radio Networks, a regional commercial radio network with approximately $4 million in annual sales, whose assets were sold to Saga Communications Corporation. Up until September 7, 2005, Greenspring owned The KLBB Company, whose assets were sold to Davidson Media Group. Greenspring Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of APMG.
444 Cedar Street, Suite 1900 Saint Paul, MN 55101 Tel: 651.290.1552; Fax: 651.290.1243 Greenspring Media Group Inc - Southern California Public Radio Greenspring Media Group Inc (GMG) GMG (formerly Minnesota Monthly Publications) is a taxable forprofit company that engages in printed communications activities, primarily through the publication of Minnesota Monthly, an advertiser- and subscriber-supported monthly magazine that GMG publishes for MPR. GMG also publishes Midwest Home & Garden and TC Taste in conjunction with Minnesota Monthly, various publications under license from the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association, Where magazine in the Twin Cities area as a franchisee of Where International, Meetings: Minnesota's Hospitality Journal as a guide for meeting planners for meetings in Minnesota, and Drinks, a national lifestyle magazine featuring fine wine and liquor. GMG also engages in various consumer show promotions, including the Twin Cities Food & Wine Experience, which it operates under contract with MPR, and the Luxury Home Tour in the Twin Cities, Chicago, and Naples, Florida. GMG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenspring Company.
600 U.S. Trust Building 730 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel: 612.371.5800; Fax 612.371.5801
American Public Media Group (APMG)
APMG is a tax-exempt nonprofit parent support organization that provides administrative, financial, and human resources services to its supported organizations, Minnesota Public Radio and The Fitzgerald Theater Company, and to Southern California Public Radio, and provides financial and human resources services to its wholly owned forprofit subsidiary, Greenspring Company. APMG operates the Public Radio MusicSource, a fundraising project for public radio stations, and the A Prairie Home Companion Catalog and The Lake Wobegon USA Store under license from MPR. APMG is a significant shareholder of Gather.com, a forprofit company that provides community and commerce services to the public radio audience. Gather also has a content license agreement with MPR|APM. The mission of American Public Media Group is to provide significant long-term financial strength to its supported organizations.
444 Cedar Street, Suite 1900 Saint Paul, MN 55101 Tel: 651.290.1500, Fax: 651.290.1260 E-mail: apmg@mpr.org
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)
MPR is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that produces and acquires radio programming of community value, combines these programs into a nonprofit radio service of the highest quality for broadcast through a network of radio stations to the people of Minnesota and its border communities, and reflects the culture, events, issues, and ideas of Minnesota and its people in radio broadcasts designed for national and international audiences. APM is the national program production and distribution division of MPR. The mission of Minnesota Public Radio regionally and American Public Media nationally is to enrich the mind and nourish the spirit, thereby enhancing the lives and expanding the perspectives of our audiences, and assisting them in strengthening their communities. MPR owns the Fitzgerald Theater and operates the theater through its Fitzgerald Theater Company subsidiary. MPR is a subsidiary of APMG, in that a majority of the Trustees on the Board of MPR are elected by or approved by the APMG Board, all of whom also serve on the MPR Board.
45 East 7th Street Saint Paul, MN 55101 Tel: 651.290.1550; Fax: 651.290.1243 E-mail: admin@mpr.org Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) SCPR is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that produces and acquires programming of community value, and combines these programs into a nonprofit radio service of the highest quality for broadcast to the people of Southern California and the nation, including the production and broadcast of local, West Coast, and Pacific Rim news and information programming. SCPR operates KPCC FM in Pasadena pursuant to a Public Service Operating Agreement with Pasadena City College. SCPR is a subsidiary of APMG, in that the Trustees on the Board of SCPR are appointed by the APMG Board upon recommendation of the SCPR Board. At least 75% of such Trustees must be residents of Southern California.
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