Chief Marketer Staff

• DIRECT Listline

  Fortune Executives This database identifies executives at the largest companies in the U.S. and their subsidiaries. Some 86,226 executives at fortune

• Brad Epstein Joins I-Traffic as Creative Director

  I-traffic, a New York-based interactive direct marketing agency, has hired Brad Epstein as creative director. Most recently, Epstein held the position

• Short Cuts

  DMW Worldwide/Philadelphia, Wayne, PA, appointed Wendy Z. Vagnoni creative director. Her background includes positions at National Liberty and GE Financial

• DoubleClick Reports 167% Revenue Gain, Widening Losses

  DoubleClick Inc., the New York-based online agency, reported a net loss of $4.4 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31. up from a net loss of $3.7 million

• Peapod Chooses Times Direct To Create DM Efforts

  Peapod, Skokie, IL, a provider of interactive grocery shopping services, has selected Times Direct Marketing Inc., San Francisco, as its agency of record.The

• New House Bill Would Bar Commercial USPS Ventures

  In an apparent move to undermine a colleague’s legislative plan to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service, Rep. Duncan Hunter has introduced a bill that would

• Alliance Offers Multinational Telemarketing

  International Marketing Solutions, Inc., Denver, which offers multi-lingual call center services, has joined forces with CCMR Advertising and Marketing

• Pegasus Sees Boom In Online Holiday Ticket Sales

  Online marketer Pegasus Internet, Inc., New York, reported holiday sales increases of between 200% and 600% among its 26 online ticketing clients over

• NFL Signs Deal To Create Copyrighted Content for Net

  National Football League has signed an arrangement with ThingWorld.com, a Newton, MA-based Internet multimedia company, to create protected, copyrighted

• Short Cuts

  1-800-Batteries, Reno, NV, named Robert W. Bauer vice president of sales and marketing. Bauer’s background includes positions at IBM, Compaq and 3Com.Transmedia