Chief Marketer Staff
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Digital
Ask.com To Trim Workforce: Reuters
Search engine Ask.com will reduce its headcount by 40 workers, or about 8% of its workforce, according to Reuters.
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Agencies
Amazon.com To Sell Wine In U.S.: Report
Online retailer Amazon.com is entering the highly regulated wine direct marketing business, according to a report in the Financial Times.
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Agencies
Letters to the Editor
Letters in response to Loose Cannon: Google Knows Best, Direct Newsline, March 3, 2008
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Email
Stupid Marketer Watch: They’re Kidding, Right?
And from the completely-screwed-up-priorities file comes one particularly glaring statistic in JupiterResearch analyst David Daniels
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Agencies
Nine Years for Spamming? Supreme Injustice in Virginia
The Virginia Supreme Court last week upheld spammer Jeremy Jaynes’ conviction, the first felony conviction in the U.S. for spamming. The court ruled that Virginia’s anti-spam law doesn’t violate free-speech rights or unconstitutionally interfere with interstate commerce.
The ruling also reaffirmed a sentence that is entirely out of proportion to the crime.
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Email
Stupid Title Watch: SVP Thought Leadership and Market Strategy?
OK, so I made the thought-leader title up. But it wouldn
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Listline e-Newsletter 3/4
Celebrate Express Inc. has released a corporate master file, an enhanced
database, a list of costume buyers and an Alexa list-exchange file. The
master file names 843,031 customers from the last 12 months who bought
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DMA Report: DM Growth Continues But Slower
Despite recession fears the fourth quarter of 2007 marked the 18th consecutive quarter of direct marketing growth, according to the Direct Marketing Association’s Quarterly Business Review.
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Agencies
States Reach Settlement With Internet Advertising Firm
Pennsylvania and 25 other states have reached a settlement concerning alleged deceptive Internet advertising practices associated with USdirectory.com, which is owned an operated by Directory Billing LLC, based in Boca Raton, FL.