Chief Marketer Staff

• Direct Media and Millard Combine

  InfoGroup has merged Direct Media and Millard to form Direct Media Millard (DMM), a new combined list brokerage and management operation that launches July 1.

• Listline e-Newsletter 6/25

  True North List Marketing has taken over management of this compilation which names 27,460 professionals. Bethesda List Center was the previous
  manager

• Planet Orange Re-launches for ING Direct

  According to a recent Harris Interactive survey, more than 27% of U.S. parents admitted that they would rather talk to their kids about sex and dating than about money and finances

• WPP Agencies and Microsoft to Conduct Research on Search Marketing

  WPP agencies and Microsoft Advertising plan to conduct a research project exploring the relationship between search engine marketing and brand building

• TracyLocke Promotes Kaminkow to President and COO

  TracyLocke promoted last Friday Beth Ann Kaminkow to president and COO

• Dallas Massage Clinics Offer Facebook, Twitter Fans Free Massages

  Stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of the Massage Envy chain are enticing area fans to raise their hands and follow it on Facebook and Twitter by offering to give a free massage daily in each of those channels for the next month

• News Brief

  RODALE INC.: has set up a digital kiosk at the Boston Public Market at Dewey Square that displays information about the farmers selling in the market and the harvest season

• Jeff Weiner Promoted to CEO at LinkedIn

  Jeff Weiner has been named CEO of professional network firm LinkedIn. Weiner had served as interim president since January.

• Retirement Living TV Picks Apex As DR Agency

  Retirement Living TV, a cable network dedicated to the 50+ market, has chosen Apex Media to serve as its direct response agency.

• Digital

  WPP Launches Search, Brand Building Research Project

  WPP has launched a research project designed to qualify the relationship between search engine marketing and brand building. The company