Chief Marketer Staff

• Aircraft Companies Debut Training Catalog

  FlightSafety Boeing Training International, a Seattle-based provider of airline training, has issued what it claims to be the industry’s first single

• Diller Eyes Two Film Companies, But Won’t Be “Big Studio Guy”

  Barry Diller, chairman, USA Networks wants to buy October Films and Gramercy Pictures as part of a strategy of “vertical integration” but has no plans

• Payforview.com To Offer DRTV Ads On Internet

  Payforview.com, Reno, NV, is matching DRTV spots with the e-commerce. Advertisers will be able to create a link in the ads which would allow viewers to

• First Data To Acquire Huge Chunk of Paymentech

  Electronic payment services provider First Data Corp., based in Atlanta, has signed definitive agreements with Bank One Corp and merchant credit-card

• Short Cuts

  Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc., Malvern, PA, has completed its acquisition of ArTech Financial Technology Services, Inc., kicking off the firm’s e-banking

• New President At Havana Cigar Club

  The Havana Group Inc. appointed Gary J. Corbett president. He had been vice president, Fred Stoker & Sons. The Havana Group operates the Web site-based

• New President At NM Direct

  The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. named Sharen Jester Turney president and chief executive officer of NM Direct, the Neiman Marcus’s Texas-based catalog company.

• CoolSavings Settles First Dispute Over Its E-Coupon Patent

  CoolSavings, Chicago, said it has settled with XAdvantage of Los Altos, CA, for infringement of CoolSavings’ patent for its coupon and sales promotions

• Acquisitions Boost Fortunes of American Educational Products

  American Educational Products Inc., Boulder, CO, had $11.7 million in sales during fiscal 1998, up 39% from $8.4 million in fiscal 1997. For the year,

• DIRECT Listline

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