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Steve Stone’s portfolio might read something like a history lesson in the past two decades of media brands—old, new and newer. The last agency he co-founded, Black Rocket, helped put Yahoo on the map with its trademark yodeling campaign. His current agency, Heat, created Condé Nast’s “Point of Passion” campaign in 2005, and over the years, Stone helped promote the publishing house’s launches of Portfolio, Domino and Lucky. Heat is still using its media expertise with yet-to-be-released digital and outdoor marketing for Huffington., HuffPo’s new tablet publication—after helping AOL kick off its Editions app last year.