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Agencies

  • Playboy’s Online Libido

    PLAYBOY’S LAWSUITS against Netscape Communications Corp. and Excite apparently are more than mere trademark disputes. At stake may be leadership of the

  • Bible Has New Author

    A DM father is bequeathing the direct marketing bible to a DM son.The seventh edition of “Successful Direct Marketing Methods” will be co-edited by DM

  • People

    Total Response Inc., Indianapolis, hired Julia Pekarek as account manager.Wendy Z. Vagnoni was named creative director at DMW Worldwide/Philadelphia.

  • Bill Would Cut Virginia Spam

    VIRGINIA BECAME THE first state to pass legislation controlling unsolicited commercial e-mail (“spam”) late last month, when its House of Delegates unanimously

  • PCH Blind-sided by Latest Lawsuits

    PUBLISHERS Clearing House has been slapped with two new lawsuits over the wording of its sweepstakes offers. Both came as a shock.In February, Indiana

  • Entering the Orderzone

    HARDWARE GIANT W.W. Grainger, Chicago, has teamed up with six partners in an attempt to become a one-stop cybershop for the less glamorous items it takes

  • SMARTEN UP!

    AMERICAN CONSUMERS CAN hold all a direct marketer could want to know about them in the palms of their hands. All it would take is the acceptance of smart

  • Celluloid Heroes

    AUTHOR Arnie Bernstein managed to tie together Chicago, the movie industry and direct marketing in his recently published “Hollywood on Lake Michigan.”Bernstein

  • Sweepstakes Mania Grips Lawmakers

    WITH MONICAGATE ALMOST almost out of the way at deadline, senators had time to turn to another critical national issue: sweepstakes.Two sweeps measures