Chief Marketer Staff

• 911Gifts.com Names Billings Chief Merchandising Officer

  911Gifts.Com, a San Francisco-based online gift consultancy, has hired Hilary Billings as chief marketing officer. Billings will be responsible for creating

• Novus Manages Petersen Stereo and Auto Files

  Novus Marketing Inc. List Management, Valhalla, NY, is the new manager of seven files from Petersen Publishing.In addition to two co-op program files,

• Chessie Wins All of Advanstar’s Files

  Advanstar Communications Inc., Cleveland, handed over the balance of its files to be managed by Chessie Lists Inc., Silver Spring, MD. Up to now, Chessie

• Reliant Interactive Acquires Interest in Tony Little.com

  Reliant Interactive Media Corp., Clearwater FL, has acquired a majority interest in Tony Little.com, the Internet operation of health and fitness direct

• Short Cuts

  DraftWorldwide has appointed Stephen O’Shea managing director of its Westport, CT office, The Agency @ MCA, which will be aligned with Draft’s New York

• Yesmail.com Registers for IPO

  Yesmail.com Inc., Vernon Hills, IL, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The “permission e-mail” provider proposes

• Acxiom Promotes Elwood to E-mail List Leadership Role

  Karen Elwood been promoted to product leader of e-mail list management at Acxiom/Direct Media, Walnut Creek, CA. In addition to spearheading e-mail list

• DMA Program Highlights Strategies for ‘The New Europe’

  The Direct Marketing Association’s International Council will host a day-long conference on “Strategies for the New Europe” on Monday, June 14. The conference

• Regulator Tells Banks Not to Sell Data to Telemarketers

  Comptroller of the Currency John D. Hawke Jr. called for banks to stop selling customer information to unaffiliated telemarketers, saying that legislative

• FTC Finds Sites Don’t Provide Contract Information

  A Federal Trade Commission survey of domestic and international Web sites has found that, while most companies provide helpful general business information,