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  • Arby’s, Outback Steakhouse Names New CMOs

    Arby’s restaurant group has named Cheryl Barre as the new CMO for Arby’s and president of Arby’s Franchise Association. She will replace Debbie Pike, who announced plans to retire this year.

  • Listline e-Newsletter 09/13/06

    CMP Business Media tapped MeritDirect to manage TechNet magazine’s file.
    A total of 68,036 subscribers’ names and 4,879 e-mail addresses are
    listed.

  • Kraft Names First CMO; Sneed Resigns

    Kraft Foods revamped its marketing staff yesterday, naming Jeri Finard as its first-ever CMO and merging its global marketing unit with global category development.

  • Students to Create Super Bowl Ad for Chevy

    College students across the country could have their idea for a Chevy ad watched by more than 140 million viewers during next year’s Super Bowl thanks to a new Chevrolet promotion.

  • Denny’s Drives Sales with 49 Million Scratch-Off Cards

    Denny’s is revving up excitement around a new scratch-off promotion with Coca-Cola that dangles a chance for customers and racing fans alike to ride along with some of their favorite NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers.

  • Circuit City Names Weedfald CMO

    Circuit City Stores has promoted Samsung veteran Peter Weedfald to senior VP-CMO of the consumer electronics retailer.

  • News Brief

    AMSOUTH BANK: is offering its customers the chance to have their

  • Test for Imran

    ABC is bringing dancing stars to the streets of New York as part of a guerilla marketing stunt to hype up the latest season of its popular show Dancing With the Stars.

  • Michigan Casts Wide Do-Not-E-Mail Net

    If the first charges brought under Michigan

  • Stupid Country Watch: New Zealand to Allow Nonprofit Spam

    Proving that Utah and Michigan don’t have a monopoly on wacky lawmakers, New Zealand’s commerce select committee has recommended changing the country’s anti-spam bill so its citizens can send unsolicited e-mail and need not stop even if asked by the recipient to do so, as long as the messages are non-commercial, according to a story on Stuff.co.nz.