Chief Marketer Staff

• On the Net

  Virtual Wall Street The web’s highest-stakes contest is off and running. RealTime Media, Haverford, PA, teamed with Internet advertising network Flycast

• Ha-Lo Gives Holiday Shopping New Meaning

  Ha-Lo Industries, Inc. stayed in full acquisitions mode over the holidays, purchasing two more companies.The Niles, IL-based agency bought Parsons International

• Agencies Who’s News

  Executive Shuffle at Cyrk Cyrk, Inc. ceo Gregory Shlopak, who founded the company in 1976, resigned in what company officials termed a strategic reorganization.

• Agencies

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• February 1, 1999

   

• Advanstar Reports $259.8 Million in 1998 Revenue

  Advanstar Communications, Cleveland, reported revenue of $259.8 million in 1998 up from $187.7 million in 1997.Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation

• Holden Graphic Purchases Advance Direct

  Holden Graphic Services, Minneapolis, has purchased Boulder, CO-based Advance Direct, a subsidiary of Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.Advance Direct will

• Programmer’s Paradise Results Up From Last Year

  Computer software direct marketer Programmer’s Paradise Inc., based in Shrewsbury, NJ, reported net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, of $1.7

• Gall’s Acquires DynaMed

  Public safety cataloger/retailer Gall’s Inc., based in Lexington, KY, has acquired Carlsbad, CA-based DynaMed, a manufacturer and distributor of patient

• DIRECT Listline

  Global Executive Masterfile An 11.7 million-name executive and technical masterfile identifying professionals in a number of industries around the world