Chief Marketer Staff

• U.S. Judge OKs Legislature’s E-Message Blocking

  A federal judge in Sacramento, CA has ruled that the state legislature can block an overwhelming number of electronic messages to state lawmakers to combat

• List and Database News

  Gaiam Inner Balance ALC of New York is now managing this direct-mail-sourced file of 12,083 last-24-month buyers from this natural products catalog. Selections:

• British Bank Invests $18 Million in Online Advertising

  U.K.-based bank Alliance & Leicester (A&L) is investing 10 million pounds ($18.4 million) in Web-based marketing and advertising in 2004 in a bid to increase

• PRC Chair: More Postal Service Transparency Needed

  Postal regulators testified Wednesday that while the U.S. Postal Service needed more flexibility in setting rates, it must exhibit greater financial transparency,

• U.S. Drug Stores Fear Canadian MO Pharmacies

  American pharmacists estimate that they have lost 10% of their business to Canadian pharmacies–usually via the Internet–and most expect that loss to

• Turner and Dodge in Marketing Deal

  Turner Network Television and Dodge have signed into a marketing partnership for the network’s upcoming original series, The Grid. The partnership includes

• Draft Hires VP, Director of Digital Strategy

  Jonathan Sackett has joined ad agency Draft

• Travelocity Europe Acquires German Travel Site

  Travelocity Europe will acquire travelchannel.de, a German online travel site, for an undisclosed sum. With the acquisition, the online travel service

• Letters to the Editor

  : Congratulations for having the courage to publish and republish

• Popowitz Appointed CEO of Nutrition Sciences

  Rick Popowitz hass been named chief executive officer of Nutrition Sciences Corp., a subsidiary of Orlando, FL-based Bio-One Corp. As head of Nutrition