Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Alltel Gives Amateur QBs A Pass At $100,000

  Alltel Wireless is offering college and pro football fans a shot at $100,000 in a group passing competition

• Nike Names New VP for Global Sports Marketing

  John Slusher has been named vice president of global sports marketing for Nike Inc.

• OgilvyAction Promotes Colombo to Exec VP in New York

  OgilvyAction, the global brand activation arm of The Ogilvy Group, has hired Michele Colombo, as executive vice president and managing director for the New York office.

• News Brief

  LIFELOCK: will be the title sponsor for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at the Kansas City Speedway on Sept. 30.

• Agencies

  Meet the Broker: Ellen Blumenkrantz

  Today we meet Ellen Blumenkrantz, vice president of list brokerage, Specialists Marketing Services Inc. She’s one of half a dozen brokers who moved over to Specialists a few months ago when it acquired NRL Direct.

• Listline e-Newsletter 09/13/07

  Several lists sourced from 866Search.com have been released. These
  include a postal file that identifies 2.1 million singles who’ve
  searched online to meet companions for dates and 1.7 million mothers at
  e-mail addresses, among others.

• Digital

  Publicis Acquires French Interactive Shop Wcube

  Publicis Groupe has acquired Wcube, a French Internet marketing agency. Wcube will be renamed Publicis Modem France.

• HL2 Acquires AMP Marketing of Orange County

  HL2 Advertising, Seattle, has acquired AMP Marketing of Orange County (CA), for an undisclosed sum.

• Agencies

  Harry & David Narrows Losses

  Harry & David Holdings Inc. posted a net loss of $7.8 million for the fourth quarter, compared to a net loss of $22 million last year.

• Digital

  Yahoo to Sell Ads for Social Network Site Bebo

  Yahoo Inc. will sell most of the display advertising for Bebo, a British online social network, according to wire service reports.