Chief Marketer Staff

• Note to Our Readers

  Direct Newsline will not be published on Thursday, Dec. 25 or Friday, Dec. 26. The next edition of Direct Newsline will appear on Monday, Dec. 29. The

• Primus Knowledge Acquires Amacis

  Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc., has purchased all the stock of Amacis Group Ltd., an electronic commerce management firm based in Belfast, Ireland.

• Lycos Europe, Overture Sign Cooperation Agreement: Reports

  Lycos Europe NV and Overture Services, a subsidiary of Yahoo! have inked a long-term agreement under which Lycos will feature Overture’s sponsored links

• Loose Cannon: Norville T. Hooms, DM’s “Candide,” Dies at 81

  Norville T. Hooms, of Battle Creek, MI, died last week at the age of 81. The cause of death was advanced ennui. Although Hooms was a passionate direct

• Hanley Wood Acquires Dream Home Source; Plans Commercial Web Site

  Hanley Wood has purchased Dream Home Source Inc., which operates www.dreamhomesource.com, a Web site that selling stock house plans, for an undisclosed

• Quebecor To Purchase Videotron Telecom

  Quebecor Media will purchase the preferred shares of Videotron Telecom Ltd from The Carlyle Group for $94 million. The purchase gives Quebecor a business

• Short Cuts

  Mokrynski & Associates Inc. has named Marlies Duke as executive vice president-chief marketing officer. A 22-year industry veteran, Marlies has held key

• List and Database News

  BusinessWatch Network Direct Media Inc. has been named manager of the new BusinessWatch subscriber masterfile, containing 320,795 postal subscribers and

• Hills Gets More Responsibilities at 24/7 Real Media

  24/7 Real Media Inc. has given president David Hills responsibility for technology sales in North America, in addition to media sales. The Internet advertising

• Office Depot Debuts Green-Friendly Catalog

  Office Depot Inc., is launching The Green Book, a catalog of environmentally preferable products. The company’s sales force will hand out to the catalogs