Chief Marketer Staff

• MSGI Reports Net Loss in Third Quarter

  Marketing Services Group Inc., New York, reported a net loss of $1.8 million on revenue of $22.6 million for the third quarter ended March 31, 1999, compared

• Audio Book Club 1Q Gross Sales Up 169%

  Audio Book Club Inc. reported gross profit of $5.3 million on gross sales of $12.8 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 1999, compared to gross

• Sears Pays Settlement Over Telemarketing Complaint

  Sears, Roebuck and Co. paid an undisclosed amount to a Wheeling, WV, woman after the company settled a complaint alleging it wouldn’t discontinue telemarketing

• DIRECT Listline

  Computer Systems Training Executives A file of 32,226 computer professionals.Cost: $60/MSelections: Title, state/SCFContact: Fred Woolf List Co. Inc.,

• Cendant Sells Dating Service to Ticketmaster

  Cendant Corp., the direct marketing and franchising giant, has reached an agreement with Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Inc. to sell Match.com Inc. for

• Al DiGuido Appointed CEO of The BigHub.com

  Al DiGuido, the former executive vice president of e-commerce/Computer Shopper at Ziff-Davis Inc., has been hired as CEO and president of The BigHub.com,

• Fingerhut Names Key E-commerce Managers

  DM giant Fingerhut Cos. Inc., Minneapolis, announced four key appointments in its electronic commerce business.Andy Johnson was named president, Love

• Successories 1Q Revenue Dips Slightly

  Successories Inc., the Aurora, IL-based direct marketer of motivational products, reported a net loss of $557,000 on revenue of $12.1 million for the

• Gerald Stevens Buys Calyx & Corolla

  Gerald Stevens Inc., the specialty floral and gift retailer, has acquired San Francisco-based Calyx & Corolla (www.calyxandcorolla.com), the floral direct

• U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Driver Data Case

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Congress exceeded its power by requiring states to restrict disclosure of personal data on a