Chief Marketer Staff

• Online Magazine Slate Goes Free (Again)

  Slate, Microsoft Corp.’s online magazine, can now officially be designated Hamlet of the Web: To charge or not to charge, that is the question. On Friday,

• Group 1 Earnings Up, New DB Marketing Contracts Signed

  Group 1 Software, Lanham, MD, had third-quarter revenue of 18.0 million, up from $15.9 million. Net earnings increased from $379,000 in third-quarter

• Sportsman’s Guide to Rely More Heavily on Internet Sales

  Internet sales for The Sportsman’s Guide, Inc., South St. Paul, MN, represented 2.1% of the its total January sales, an increase over the 1.5% reported

• Court Overturns Tax Ruling Against United Cancer

  A federal appeals court has reversed the Internal Revenue Service’s revocation of a charity’s tax-exempt status because of the arrangement it had with

• Proteam.com Sells Institutional/B-to-B Catalogs

  Proteam.com Inc., Secaucus, NJ has sold its four Institutional/Business-to-Business catalog titles, including Sportime, Senior Products, Abilitations

• New Clients Boost TeleTech’s 1998 Revenue

  TeleTech Holdings Inc., Denver, had net income of $5.5 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 1998, up 13% from fourth quarter 1997’s net income

• UPS Responds to USPS Tracking Services

  United Parcel Service of America Inc. has finally responded publicly to several mail-tracking efforts the U.S. Postal Service has either launched or plans

• DIRECT Listline

  Premier Wireless Package Inserts Inserts are included in 100,000 annual packages of Premier Wireless, a telecommunications company. The sources are the

• Short Cuts

  Aetna U.S. Healthcare has named David S. Rocchino head of core sales and marketing for the insurance company’s nationwide operations. In addition to direct

• Federated to Buy Fingerhut

  Federated Department Stores Inc., Cincinnati, will buy Fingerhut Cos. Inc., Minneapolis, for $1.7 billion. The acquisition will allow Federated to expand