Vertis Communications, a Baltimore-based marketing strategy business, announced an increase in fourth-quarter revenue of nearly $10 million compared with the previous year.

During the fourth quarter of 2006, Vertis reported revenue of $415.6 million, a slight increase from 2005?s mark of $405.9 million. For the entire year, revenue remained constant at $1.47 billion, the exact same figure reported at the end of 2005, a release stated.