Chief Marketer Staff

• More Mail Irradiation Study Needed: US Agency

  Further study is needed to determine if irradiated mail poses a serious health risk to mail handlers, according to the U.S. Office of Compliance. Office

• Trust Fund Set up for Daughter of Jens Runge

  A trust fund has been set up for Mia Sophie, the three-month old daughter of Jens Runge, a vice president at Direct Media Inc., who was murdered June

• Kansas Do-Not-Call Law Stalled: Reports

  Kansas residents, expecting the state’s telemarketing do-not-call law to take effect this week, may be in for a surprise. The law passed in May and was

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• West Coast Port Slowdown Threatens Catalogers

  (Catalog Age)–The showdown between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union could spell big problems for catalogers and other marketers importing merchandise from Asia.

• Client Side

  Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR, promoted Phil McAveety to vp-marketing for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, named Essie Calhoun

• Credit Card Games

  Credit card giants MasterCard, Visa, and American Express will square off directly this summer by launching dueling sweepstakes built around their largest

• Agencies

  USPS, Nonprofits Spar Over Co-op Rules

  The U.S. Postal Service and two groups representing nonprofit mailers are butting heads over two pending bills to relax the cooperative mail rule. Those

• Agency Moves

  Gage, Minneapolis, promoted Tom Wilson to vp-managing director to oversee the agency’s channel marketing practice. Tracy Locke Partnership, Wilton, CT,

• Reality Check

  Almost 60 percent of promotion agency professionals received no salary increase in 2001. That fact is hardly a surprise, considering that the recession