Month: November 2008

• Agencies

  Lawyer, Linhardt Settle

  E-mail marketer Dave Linhardt has just gotten one lawsuit off his plate.

• Publicis Acquires Brazilian Digital Shop Tribal

  Publicis Groupe has acquired Tribal, a Sao Paulo-based digital agency.

• Agencies

  Mailman Who Hoarded Standard Mail Sentenced

  A former North Carolina letter carrier who admitted keeping people’s direct mail in his garage or buried in his backyard has been sentenced to probation, according to wire service reports.

• Agencies

  Tween Brands Posts Loss

  Tween Brands Inc. posted a loss of $800,000 for the third quarter, compared to earnings of $13 million in the prior year.

• TV-Shop Revenue in Western Europe to Grow 54%

  Television shopping in Western Europe is projected to grow 54% to 6.4 billion euros ($8 billion) in revenue by 2012, according to Screen Digest and Goldmedia.

• Forging the Relationship Chain

  Two minutes into a car trip, the plaintive voice comes from the back seat: “Are we there yet?”

  Parents know these words

• Listline e-Newsletter 11/19

  Infocus Marketing Inc. now manages the American Academy of Neurology

• Anheuser-Busch Sports Marketing Head Tony Ponturo to Retire

  Tony Ponturo, vice president of global media and sports marketing for Anheuser-Busch, will retire from that post at the end of this year.

• Agencies

  Frito-Lay Seeks ‘True North’ Stories

  Frito-Lay is pushing its TrueNorth nut snacks with a contest to find a story about one person’s life passion that will become a TV spot during next year’s Academy Awards.

• King Features Creates Digital Funny Pages

  It’s been seven decades since Popeye the Sailor became a silver screen star and now he’s found a new niche in cyberspace.