Chief Marketer Staff

• InfoUSA.com Appoints Bill Chasse CEO and President

  InfoUSA, Omaha, NE, has appointed Bill Chasse CEO and president of its new Internet division, infoUSA.com. Chasse has been with infoUSA for over 10 years,

• Short Cuts

  JoAnn Alberts has joined American List Counsel Inc. as senior list broker. She will handle business-to-business and consumer marketers, specializing in

• TV Guide Forms Direct Division

  TV Guide Inc., New York, has formed TV Guide Direct, a new division, which will sell products and services through direct response and e-commerce. The

• Shop At Home Network Promotes Tipton to VP Internet Marketing

  Shop At Home, Inc., Nashville, TN, has promoted Cindy Tipton to VP of Internet marketing. Tipton had most recently been the company’s director of new

• Postal Reform In Doubt

  Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH), will ask the House postal subcommittee to eliminate the section of the Postal Modernization Act of 1999 that authorizes

• Highest Growth in Insurance and Finance Market Comes From B-to B: Study

  Business-to-business is the strongest growth area for the insurance and financial services sector, according to a recent Direct Marketing Association

• Amazon.Com’s Losses Widen Amid Flurry of Activity

  Amazon.com, Seattle, had first-quarter 1999 sales of $293.6 million, up 236% from $87.4 million in first-quarter 1998. The company’s net loss, which was

• Sharper Image Appoints Tracy Wan President and COO

  Sharper Image Corp., San Francisco, has promoted Tracy Wan to president and COO. Wan currently serves as the company’s executive vice president and CFO.

• Arnold Lands New Technology Account

  Insight Enterprises, a global computer direct marketer, named Arnold Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Snyder Communications Inc. Bethesda,

• Banta: Sales, Earnings, Lower As Expected

  For the three months ended April 5, 1999, Banta Corp., Menasha, WI, reported sales of $309,286,000 and net earnings of $9,712,000, lower than sales of