Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  July 1, 2007

   

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• Listline e-Newsletter 06/29/07

  Walter Karl Inc. will take on management of 41 additional publication
  lists and nine more databases for Penton Media, effective July 2. These
  include multiple publication titles in such market categories as metals,
  manufacturing, information technology and design engineering.

• Agencies

  InfoUSA Acquires Guideline for More Than $41 Million

  InfoUSA has acquired Guideline Inc., a market research firm, for $41.6 million.

• Agencies

  MSC Industrial Income Grows More Than 23%

  MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. posted net income of $45.8 million for the third quarter, a 23.6% gain over net income of $37 million in the prior year.

• Agencies

  Canada High Court Upholds Tobacco DM Advertising

  The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a decade-old federal law setting strict limits on advertising by tobacco companies but does allow advertising through direct mail, according to wire service reports.

• Email

  Justice Department Warns of Spam Hoax

  The U.S. Department of Justice is warning that some spam e-mails purporting themselves to be from the agency and telling recipients to click on an attachment are a hoax and possibly an attempt to install malicious software on people’s computers.