Chief Marketer Staff

• AOL Time Warner Seeking New CEO: Reports

  AOL Time Warner Inc. has hired executive search firm Spencer Stuart to find a new chief executive for America Online. According to news reports, the search

• Sprint to Axe 1,100, Merge Web Hosting Services

  Sprint Corp., the long-distance telephone company and Internet services provider, will cut 1,100 employees and eliminate another 100 unfilled positions,

• Live From MeritDirect Co-op: B-to-B Catalogs Mailing More to House Files, Prospecting Less

  Business-to-business catalogers are mailing more to their house files and prospecting much less this year than they did last year, according to a study by William A. Ruppert, president of ResponseB2B.

• Worldata Wins Ziff Davis Controlled-Circ Files

  Ziff Davis has consolidated its list management, assigning its controlled circulation magazine files to Worldata/WebConnect, effective Aug. 15. Worldata, based in Boca Raton, FL, already managed Ziff Davis paid-circulation lists.

• Worldata Wins Ziff Davis Controlled-Circ Files

  Ziff Davis has consolidated its list management, assigning its controlled circulation magazine files to Worldata/WebConnect, effective Aug. 15. Worldata, based in Boca Raton, FL, already managed Ziff Davis paid-circulation lists.

• China to Debut Hybrid Mail-E-Mail Service

  China Post, the country’s official postal service, will introduce a new service enabling people to write mail on their computers, send it to the post office over the Internet–in a similar manner as e-mail–then have it delivered anywhere in China by a human mail carrier, according to wire service reports.

• Spiegel Reports Monthly Losses

  The Spiegel Group reported sales of $196.6 million for the five weeks ended June 29, a 20% decrease from sales of $246.3 million for the same period last

• Live From the MeritDirect Co-Op: Queensboro’s E-Prospecting Paying Off

  (Catalog Age) Some marketers have had difficulty making e-mail prospecting work, but Queensboro Shirt Co. isn

• Catalogs Pace Jos. A. Bank Sales

  Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. reported sales for the month ended July 6, increased 7.9% to $20.3 million from $18.9 million last year.

• Live From MeritDirect Co-Op: Queensboro’s E-Prospecting Paying Off

  (Catalog Age) Some marketers have had difficulty making e-mail prospecting work, but Queensboro Shirt Co. isn