Chief Marketer Staff

• Alleged Spammer Indicted in New York

  A spammer who allegedly falsified business records and opened e-mail accounts using stolen identities was indicted in New York. Howard Carmack, Buffalo,

• Live from Government Affairs: DMers Warned of FCRA Train Wreck

  Financial service marketers have high hopes that a key measure of the Fair Credit Reporting Act—preemption of state laws—will be reauthorized this fall.

• New Senate Bill Would Hit Spammers with RICO Counts

  Yet another anti-spam bill, one that would allow U.S. prosecutors to pursue spammers as racketeers, was introduced in the U.S. Senate this week by Sen.

• NextMark Audits Data Card Quality

  NextMark Inc. is rating mailing list data cards in a new product called the Data Card Quality Report. The Hanover, NH-based software firm has analyzed

• DM2 Hires Former Draft Executive

  DM2, formerly known as Cahners Business Lists, has hired Joan Ritter as director of marketing and product development. The hire is part of a move to rebrand

• Live from Government Affairs: DMers Await Postal Report

  Mailers are anxiously waiting to see what the President’s Postal Commission comes back with in July. One thing seems certain: Nobody wants the USPS to

• Cordiant Mulls Options

  Cordiant Communications Group is mulling purchase offers after reeling from the loss of its global client Allied Domecq, whose contract ends in October.

• Live from Government Affairs: Wyden Defends CAN-Spam Bill

  Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) predicted yesterday anti-spam legislation will be enacted this year. But he wants his version passed, not the one being floated

• Penney Income Falls Nearly 30%

  J. C. Penney Co. Inc. reported net income of $61 million for the first quarter, off 29% from $86 million last year. The cataloger and retailer reported

• OfficeMax Blames War for Sales Results

  OfficeMax Inc. reported net income of $9.8 million for its first quarter, down from $63.5 million last year. The direct marketer and retailer attributed