Chief Marketer Staff

• NJ Sues DMers of Detox Foot Pads

  The New Jersey Attorney General has filed suit against two Lakewood companies that market Kinoki Detox Foot Pads, alleging that the firms

• Listline E-Newsletter 12/12

  Lexis-Nexis has released many lists of professionals with millions of names.

• Listline E-Newsletter 12/11

  Health Forum Inc. has appointed Statlistics to oversee three controlled
  circulation magazine lists and a master file.

• Other News

  Anheuser-Busch to Shutter Bud Productions (St. Louis Business Journal)

• Agencies

  Beer Makers Get Complaints About Santa-themed Events

  Yes, Virginia, that is a beer in Santa’s hand, and no, the Center for Science in the Public interest isn’t happy about it

• Sony to Pay $1 Million to Settle COPPA Case

  Sony’s music division agreed yesterday to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the federal government alleging that the company knowingly collected and used personal data from as many as 30,000 children under the age of 13.

• Ellen DeGeneres, the Latest Face for Cover Girl

  Funny girl Ellen DeGeneres has a new gig: the face of Cover Girls’ new product for the woman advancing in age.

• Online Fraud Projected to Reach $4 Billion in 2008

  E-commerce merchants are projected to lose a record $4 billion to fraud this year, up from $3.7 billion in 2007, according to CyberSource Corp.

• News Brief

  TOYS R US: is running a giveaway at http://www.ToysrusHotHolidayGiveaway.com through Dec. 14.

• Patrick Kagan Starts List Management Firm

  Patrick Kagan has founded PK List Marketing Inc., a list management services company, based in Mount Prospect, IL. Kagan plans to focus primarily on consumer data.