Chief Marketer Staff

• DIRECT Listline

  Health Magazine Subscribers Novus Marketing Inc. is the new list manager for the 901,459-name active subscriber list to Health Magazine. The subscribers

• DM Management Secures Investment Capital

  DM Management Company, Hingham, MA, has secured a $12 million first mortgage loan from John Hancock Real Estate Finance, Inc. The financing will be used

• J.Crew Changes CEO

  J.Crew has named Dick Boyce, a member of its board of directors, chief operating officer of the troubled retail and catalog company. Howard Socol resigned

• Harland Restructures, Announces Layoffs

  John H. Harland Company, an Atlanta-based checks, database marketing software, direct marketing campaign management and loan automation software provider,

• Direct Focus Sales Jump on Strength of Bowflex

  Direct Focus, Inc., Vancouver, WA, had full-year sales of $57.3 million ($88.8 million Cdn), up 188 percent from $19.9 million ($28.4 million Cdn) in

• Network Holdings International Acquires Links Direct

  Network Holdings International, Inc. Fort Lauderdale, FL, has acquired Links Direct, Inc. Links Direct, which was founded in 1996, markets golf products

• F.Y.I. Acquires Two DM Companies

  F.Y.I. Inc., Dallas, has acquired two direct marketing and printing firms: Sacramento, CA-based TCH Group, and Advanced Digital Graphics, Inc. (ADG) located

• House Postal Panel Changes Won’t Affect Reform: Experts

  Minor changes in House postal subcommittee membership are not expected to cause any major delays in passage of postal reform legislation, Congress watchers

• National Media Says Internet Revenues Up 600%

  Infomercial giant National Media Corp., Los Angeles, said revenues from its Quantumtv.com Web site increased by more than 600% for the three-month period

• Delia’s Confirms Plans for IPO of Internet Subsidiary

  In response to investor and media inquiries, Generation Y marketer Delia’s Inc., New York, said it has, subject to market and other conditions, formally