Chief Marketer Staff

• Burger King Appoints CMO

  Burger King last week tapped Robert Klein, a former chief marketing officer from 7-Eleven as its CMO. Klein fills the post vacated by Chris Clouser who

• Ask Jeeves Sells Software Division, Will Focus on Search Business

  Ask Jeeves Inc., an online search service, will sell its Jeeves Solutions Inc. unit to Kanisa, Inc. for $4.25 million. The sale, which consists of $3.5

• Correction

  In a May 21 article, College TV Network Diversifies, the location of LatCom Communications was misstated. It is based in New York City.

• List and Database News

  International Journal of Call Centre Management This new list features 3,426 paid subscribers who are responsible for setting up, operating and managing

• Best Buy Sued (Again) by a Celeb

  Tough guy Mr. T (aka Lawrence Tero) sued Best Buy last month over a November 2002 TV spot that showed a Best Buy salesman boxing with Mr. T. The spot

• Alloy Cuts Catalog Circ, has Loss In First Quarter

  Alloy Inc. trimmed its catalog circulation to prospects outside of its database, as well as non-buyers within the file, during the first quarter of 2003.

• Yao Ming Follows Through With Coca-Cola Lawsuit

  Chinese basketball Yao Ming is suing Coca-Cola for 1 yuan (about 12 cents) for “spiritual and economic losses” and asking that Coca-China apologize in

• Amazon’s Bezos Says Free Shipping Benefits Will Come in Time: Report

  Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, said that benefits of the firm

• J. Crew’s Direct Sales Drop as Catalog Pages Circulated Shrinks

  Revenue for apparel marketer J. Crew fell from $167.1 million to $161.5 million during the first quarter of 2003. While comparable store sales dropped

• New Line Cinema Names Senior VP-Domestic Licensing

  New Line Cinema has promoted Randi Goodman from VP to senior-VP, domestic licensing and merchandising. In her new position, Goodman will continue to manage