Chief Marketer Staff

• Listline e-Newsletter

  ALC Data Management has been named list manager by Lodestone Solutions,
  a medical database developer. The appointment covers four files the
  largest with 877,000 records is the Lodestone Solutions Heathcare
  Professionals master file.

• Loose Cannon: The Ides Have It

  Beware the Ides of March? Indeed: Lately, my e-mailbox has been bombarded with messages cautioning me about the woes that will shortly befall my eBay online auction account. That would be the eBay account that I don

• 1-800-Flowers.com Buys Cheryl & Co.

  1-800-Flowers.com Inc. has acquired Cheryl & Co. Inc., a direct marketer of cookies and baked gift items, for about $40 million.

• Online Consumer Spending Grows 14%

  U.S. online consumer spending grew to $1.8 billion in 2004, up 14% over 2003, according to the Online Publishers Association.

• PA Fines AT&T $35,000 for DNC Violations

  AT&T Corp. will pay fines nearly $35,000 and investigation costs to resolve violations of Pennsylvania’s “Do-Not-Call” law.

• DMA to Work With Privacy Group

  The Direct Marketing Association is exploring ways it can work more closely with the International Association of Privacy Professionals on common issues surrounding marketing and privacy.

• Ex-NH GOP Chair Sentenced Over Phone Jamming

  The former executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party was sentenced to seven months in prison for jamming Democratic telephone lines during the 2002 election.

• Scholastic Names Radwell EVP

  Scholastic, the children

• Short Cuts

  Staples Inc. has named CEO Ron Sargent chairman of its board of directors.

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