Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS) is a publicly held company that provides on-demand software for public relations, marketing and communications professionals. Their software provides news monitoring and management, social media monitoring and management, press release distribution and reporting and analytics, and includes a media contacts database. Vocus software is used by more than 4,000 organizations worldwide, and is available in seven languages. Vocus is based in Lanham, Maryland, but has offices throughout Europe and Asia. According to the Washington Post index, Vocus is one of the top 125 public companies headquartered in Washington D.C. and its suburbs.

Vocus went public in 2005.

1992: Vocus is co-founded by Rick Rudman and Bob Lentz.

2005: Vocus' IPO (initial public offering).

2006: Vocus acquires PRWeb, an online visibility service.

2007: Vocus is the first PR software Vendor Awarded 2007 SIIA Codie Award for Best Business Productivity Solution.

2008: Vocus launches its Summer ’08 release, which incorporates video clips into the news monitoring service and natural language processing to help determine sentiment of news coverage.

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.

In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.