Articles by Larry Riggs

A Cynical Approach to Telemarketing Jobs

|  by Larry Riggs

A new bill has been introduced in Congress that would penalize American companies for sending their telemarketing operations abroad and ostensibly depriving Americans of jobs during a period of massive unemployment

Larry Riggs

|  by Larry Riggs

Larry Riggs is senior editor of Chief Marketer and has covered the direct marketing industry for over 20 years. He is the former managing editor of DM News and a senior editor on Direct. His beats include direct mail and lists & data.

The USPS Meets The Daily Show

|  by Larry Riggs

Things at the U.S. Postal Service must be really, really dire and out of control when they come to the attention of prominent political satirists like "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." In a segment airing last Thursday, show regular Wyatt ...

A Not-so Universal Postal Service

|  by Larry Riggs

With all the dire warnings that the U.S. Postal Service will become insolvent unless Congress comes to the rescue, predictable and unhelpful clarion calls for privatization have begun to resurface. One such call reportedly came from Steve Forbes, ...