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  • Radio Lives

    In 1951, radio promotions pioneer Todd Storz caused legendary traffic jams in Omaha, Neb., when his local station KOWH gave clues to listeners where they

  • Get to Know HVDMA

    WHAT Hudson Valley Direct Marketing Association MEMBERSHIP 51 corporate members (including agencies, lettershops and mailing list vendors)and 29 individual

  • Do You Do It?

    A Bill Me Later/Ipsos Insight survey found that more than 12 million Americans admitted to shopping online while on work-related conference calls.

  • How Not to Deal With ISPs

    Online political group Truthout.org cried foul recently after Hotmail and AOL blocked its e-mail. At the same time, Yahoo! apparently has been shunting

  • The Burden is On You

    I’m a longtime Verizon Wireless customer, but it took an article in the New York Times last month to make me aware that the company plans to share my

  • Say Cheese

    You could tell you were in the right place by the smell in the air: a wafting whiff of cheese fondue simmering with wine and herbs. Go straight through

  • Listline

    NEW LISTS Meritline Technology Buyers Media supply company Meritline has a list of 317,786 customers from the last 12 months. A typical sale was $72 for

  • Blowin’ in the Wind

    The music industry is reeling. With every report of a double-digit drop in CD sales, another nail is delivered in the coffin of physical media. After

  • Talk It Up

    Any direct marketer worth his or her M.B.A. knows the importance of identifying a company’s best customers

  • MmMMcDonald’s

    Granted, young adults are too old for the Happy Meal. But they’re just the right age for McDonald’s other products, and the brand has turned to music