Laguna Hills, CA  (February 24, 2005) &ndash  On the heels of a very successful 2004, the Adolph Agency announced today the renaming of their Advertising Division to FrontGateSM Media. The newly named company will expand services in 2005 and has added new staff members, all in an effort to better communicate the company&rsquos purpose to serve clients as their gateway to the Christian audience.
In addition to the name change, FrontGate Media is also unveiling a new logo:
***Print and web ready logos can be obtained at https://www.frontgatemedia.com/logos.***
 
&ldquoOur focus is on matching target audiences with media.&rdquo according to Bruce Adolph, Director of Marketing for FrontGate Media. &ldquoWe work right alongside our client to become a part of their marketing team saving time while designing a custom list of media suggestions based on their target audiences.&rdquo  
Serving clients as &ldquoYour Gateway to the Christian AudienceSM,&rdquo FrontGate Media currently provides its clients with access to nine top media leaders in the Christian market, including print, e-media and live event outlets, as well as other unique opportunities:
- Christian Music Planet – 150,000 circulation including direct into the homes of 125,000 donor subscribers and subscribers
- iTickets – Direct emails reaching up to 499,000 opt-in subscribers and web site traffic of 460,000 unique visitors for approximately 3.5 million webpages monthly
- Worship Musician - celebrating its second year of providing Practical Help for Worship Teams
- Creation Festival East & West - the 27th Annual festival with expected attendance of 70,000 East and 20,000 West
- Spirit West Coast Festival Monterey & Del Mar - the largest events of their kind in the Western region, expecting 20,000 attendees each
- Youth Specialties - student & youth pastor email newsletter reaching 9500 youth groups
- Christian Musician – celebrating their 10th year of publishing to professional & indie musicians
- HM Magazine - the industry’s most respected Rock & Roll publication with a 20 year history of influencing the 13-29 year old audience.
AND ANNOUNCING:
- New family member Christian Music Today – the most read concert and event newspaper in the
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FrontGate Media will be expanding its services in 2005 to include media creative for print and web media, as well as offering media planning services. 
&ldquoI am VERY excited to bring my award winning staff of eight years from Big Man Creative to help companies create effective print and web media campaigns targeting the Christian audience,&rdquo states Scott A. Shuford, President of FrontGate Media.
Moving forward with the same experienced
The firm has also secured long term, multiple media advertising agreements for 2004-2005 with market leaders including Tyndale House, EMI CMG, Multnomah Publishers, Integrity Music, Yamaha, Bethany House, World Vision, Shure, Zondervan Publishers, INO Records, Taylor Guitars, Rocketown Records, Larrivee Guitars and others.
In order to continue providing individualized attention to its clients, FrontGate Media has expanded its team of Christian media specialists.  The new additions are:  Richard Lockhart, with 13 years of media experience, most recently as a Senior Account Executive with Entrepreneur Magazine/Entrepreneur Media Inc. Stefan Konstantopoulos, a frequent contributor to Worship Musician and Christian Musician magazines, with three years of sales experience most recently with Titan Electric and Mitch Bohannon, well known in the worship community as the &ldquoCut Capo Guru&rdquo, who will continue as worship leader at his home church in addition to his sales role with FrontGate Media.
Here is what FrontGate Media&rsquos clients are saying:
&ldquoFrontGate Media&rsquos campaign approach has allowed us to target exactly the audiences we need for each individual project.  We expect to do even more this year with FrontGate Media.&rdquo 
                        ~ Mark Adkison, Vice President, Interactive Marketing, EMI Christian Music Group
 
&ldquoFrontGate Media is a key element for our media planning, because their media family includes some of the most targeted vehicles in the marketplace.  In each campaign, we have worked together to effectively assemble and execute a targeted multi-media plan reaching the key demographics needed for our clients.&rdquo
            ~  Phil Bandy, President, Deodandum Marketing Communications, Agency for Zondervan Bibles (NIV)
&ldquoFrontGate Media is by far our best performing partner.  No one else comes close to this level!&rdquo 
                        ~ John Strobel, Director of Strategic Alliances Internet Marketing, World Vision
&ldquoThe FrontGate Media team has done a terrific job selling ad space for Christian Music Planet.  They have met or exceeded our sales budget issue after issue.  I consider them an important part of the Christian Music Planet team.&rdquo
                        ~  Lloyd Parker, Editor in Chief, Christian Music Planet magazine, EMF Broadcasting
&ldquoWe have always known that our iTickets list is extremely responsive, but we never imagined how useful advertisers would find it until Bruce and Scott&rsquos team began representing us.  We are excited about our spotlight and new banner options added for 2005.&rdquo                                                                                             
                        ~  Tim Landis, President, iTickets
Additional information about FrontGateSM Media and services the company provides can be found online at www.frontgatemedia.com or by calling 949.206.9806.  The company&rsquos mailing address is: 
FrontGateSM Media                     23412 Moulton Parkway, Suite 220                     
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