Chief Marketer Staff

• Short Cut

  ZDTV, the broadcasting arm of computer-related publisher and direct marketer Ziff -Davis has named Joe Gillespie executive vice president/COO. He will

• USA Networks Gives Up Pursuit of Lycos

  USA Networks, which owns the Home Shopping Network, is giving up its pursuit to buy search service Lycos Inc., according to a report in The Wall Street

• NBC Consolidates Internet Units Under NBCi

  NBC, the television unit of General Electric, is consolidating the Internet assets it held with Xoom.com and Snap.com to form a new company, NBC Internet,

• DIRECT Listline

  Internet World Penton Lists has assumed management of this 311,696-name subscriber list. Internet World provides industry news and features about vendors,

• QVC Adds to Comcast’s 1Q Results

  Comcast Corp., Philadelphia, the fourth-largest U.S. cable-television company, credited its retailing unit, QVC, with helping its positive first quarter

• Insight Acquires U.K. Computer DMer

  Computer direct marketer Insight Enterprises Inc., Tempe, AZ, has acquired U.K.-based DMer Action Computer Supplies Holdings plc for about $150 million.Action

• Sitel Signs Deal With Compaq in Brazil

  Service bureau Sitel Corp., Baltimore, has signed a three-year outsourcing contract with Compaq Computer Brasil Ind. Ltda. to provide customer relationship

• ICT Group to Build Call Center in Australia

  Service bureau ICT Group Inc., Langhorne, PA, will build a call center in Sydney, Australia with Australian DM firm Salmat Pty. Ltd. The new operation

• IDG Manages Two New E-mail Lists

  IDG Communications List Services, Framingham, MA, has become manager of the e-mail subscriber lists for two IDG publications. These subscribers have given

• Metris Cos. Buys $1.3B Portfolio from GE Capital

  A subsidiary of credit card marketer Metris Cos. Inc. has agreed to buy a portion of GE Capital’s consumer bank card portfolio. Terms of the transaction,