Chief Marketer Staff

• Frederick’s of Hollywood to Emerge From Ch. 11

  (Catalog Age) The U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved Frederick

• Digital

  Real Media Germany to Focus on Search Engine Business

  Real Media Germany, a subsidiary of 24/7 Real Media, has refocused its activities on Website Results, its keyword-targeted search engine traffic-delivery

• Market for Paid Online Content Explodes

  The market for paid online content grew to $361.4 million for the third

• Agencies

  Telemarketers Working for Nonprofits Must Keep No-Call Lists

  Proposed changes in the Federal Trade Commission’s telemarketing regulations, announced yesterday, will now require for-profit companies that do telemarketing

• Online Revenue Grows at Last

  Showing the first signs of growth in a year in a half, Internet advertising revenue totaled $1.47 billion for the third quarter of 2002, according to

• Catalog Sales Drop, Overall Rise For JCPenney

  J. C. Penney Co. Inc., the cataloger/retailer based in Plano, TX Reported that catalog revenues dropped 7.2% to $436 million for the month ended Nov.

• Lillian Vernon Posts $4 Million Loss for 3rd Quarter

  Lillian Vernon Corp. suffered a net loss of $4.1 million for the third quarter. Last year, the net profit was $2.6 million for the same period. The company

• Three Plead Guilty in Subscription Fraud Case

  Defendants used stolen names, sent bogus mail pieces to list managers

• Executives Depart MKTG to Start DM Business

  Two vice presidents at MKTG Services Inc. have left the firm to open a new direct marketing company.

• Agencies

  USPS Signs Tentative Pact With Two Unions

  The U.S. Postal Service and two of its largest employee unions, the American Postal Workers Union and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, have reached tentative agreement on a two year contract.