Chief Marketer Staff

• Corrections

  The list manager was not identified in an item in List and Database News . The list manager is Estee

• Smucker Buys International Multifoods for $840 Million

  J.M. Smucker Co. will buy International Multifoods Corp. for $840 million. The deal brings Smucker’s total 2004 sales to $2.3 billion and adds the Pillsbury,

• Deutsch Adds Two Account Planners

  Deutsch Inc. has hired John Iglar and Amy Title to serve as vice president and account planners at its New York office. Iglar had most recently been an

• ICT Group Appoints New President of ICT Asia-Pacific

  ICT Group Inc., Newtown, PA, has picked Karen V. Batungbacal to be president of its Asia-Pacific operations. She will be responsible for the company’s

• Ferguson Named CoActive Division President

  CoActive Marketing Group promoted James Ferguson to president of its Conventional Marketing Division. James Ferguson He will oversee promotions work in

• Target to Drop “Smart Cards”

  Target Corp. plans to phase out its “smart card” technology this summer due to limited shopper use less than three years after it was introduced. The

• S&P Downgrades Midwest Medical Insurance Co.

  Midwest Medical Insurance Co., a medical professional liability coverage provider, has had its Standard & Poor’s credit rating dropped from BBBpi to Bbpi.

• HVDMA Event Features Insert Media Experts

  The Hudson Valley Direct Marketing Association is hosting a speakers luncheon called “Meet the Insert Media Experts” on April 7. Speakers include JoAnna

• Online Education Firm UNext Picks New CEO

  UNext, Deerfield, IL, has named Cathleen Raffeaeli, formerly chief executive officer of ProAct Technologies and Consumer Financial Network, to be its

• Jupitermedia to Sell 4.2 Million Shares of Common Stock

  Jupitermedia Corp. has filed a statement of intent with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 4.2 million shares of its stock. One million shares