Chief Marketer Staff

• Citigroup Venture Capital, Senior Managers Acquire IWCO

  Production house IWCO Direct has been acquired by the company’s existing senior management and Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners L.P.

• Ray Grace Receives Max Hart Award

  The Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation presented Raymond J. Grace with the 2005 Max Hart Achievement Award Friday at the Washington Nonprofit Conference.

• Gay-Specific Marketing May Influence Brand Loyalty of Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals: Survey

  Almost two-thirds (64%) of gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) adults say they are likely to consider purchasing household products and services from companies that market directly to gays and lesbians over competing brands that do not, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive

• CrimsonBay.com Debuts Indian Music Store

  CrimsonBay Inc. has launched CrimsonBay.com, a music download store dedicated to music from India and the Indian sub-continent.

• GoldenPalace.com Buys Ad Space on Forehead

  What does a permanent forehead tattoo have in common with the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich and the Ghost Cane?

• Short Cuts

  Pittsburgh-based marketing services firm Blattner Brunner has made four new hires. Keri Allison joined the design department as designer while Melanie Gottschalk and Edyta Stadnik joined the account services department as account executive and assistant …

• List and Database News

  Mailing lists available for rent

• Hanover Direct Delisted from Stock Exchange

  The American Stock Exchange has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to remove Hanover Direct’s common stock from listing on the exchange, effective Feb. 16.

• Loose Cannon: Perhaps They’re Hoping to “Post” Bail?

  News item: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld prisoners

• Listline e-Newsletter

  Direct Media Inc. has been retained to manage four lists owned by the
  auto parts and accessories cataloger Mid America Motorworks. The largest
  file is the Mid America Motorworks Corvette Catalog Buyers file with
  143,441 records.