Chief Marketer Staff

• Listline e-Newsletter 10/05/06

  Qualified investors who registered online to subscribe to financial
  newsletters are named on the High Income Financial Newsletter
  Subscribers file. Postal addresses are provided for these 714,073 names.

• Email

  InfoUSA Acquires Digital Connexxions

  InfoUSA has acquired Digital Connexxions, an e-mail marketing company that specializes in the small-to-medium market and the publishing industry.

• Agencies

  USPS Reports Income Decline

  The U.S. Postal Service posted net income before escrow allocation of $1.28 billion for the nine months ended Aug. 31, off $28.5 million from net income of $1.5 billion for the same period last year. However, after escrow allocation, the USPS was in the red by $1.46 billion.

• Agencies

  U.S. to Stop Crackdown on Canadian MO Drugs

  The federal government plans to stop its crackdown on discount drugs mailed from Canadian pharmacies to U.S. customers, according to wire service reports.

• U.K. Affiliate Marketing Market to Top $4 Billion in 2006

  The UK market for affiliate marketing will grow 60% in 2006, breaking through the 2 billion-pound ($3.8 billion) mark to an estimated value of 2.16 billion pounds ($4.07 billion), according to a report from E-Consultancy.

• Digital

  Ad Infuse, Mondo Media Team on Podcast Ads

  Ad Infuse has teamed up with Mondo Media to add greater personalization and segmentation capabilities to podcast advertising.

• Email

  Kirby Named VP/GM at Merkle|Quris

  Merkle Inc. has appointed Eric Kirby senior vice president and general manager of Merkle|Quris, its e-mail marketing division.

• MeritDirect Names Ackley Vice President of Brokerage

  MeritDirect Names Ackley Vice President of Brokerage

• Agencies

  Burger King Characters Take the Lead in 5 Million Xbox Games

  Burger King is adding video games to its menu as part of a new promotion to sell three original Xbox video game titles that feature the King and other restaurant characters.

• Agencies

  OfficeMax Analyzes Handwriting Online

  OfficeMax is touting its TUL private-label pen brand with tongue-in-cheek handwriting analysis online.