Ryan Seacrest has purchased a controlling interest in the marketing firm Civic Entertainment Group. "Part of my overall goal in the business is to connect content, brands and consumers," Seacrest says. Stuart Ruderfer and David Cohn will continue to run the shop, which helped create the CNN Grill and NBC's Education Nation. "I think a lot of people have aspired to bring Hollywood together with excellent marketing services. I think this is genuinely fulfilling that promise," says Ruderfer.