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Uphill Battle

|  by Larry Riggs

By Larry Riggs The U.S. Postal Service came out with its five-year plan earlier this month saying in which it said it wants to keep improving service while cutting costs and further automating its operations. Much of this means coming up ...

Where Did My Music Go?

I visited Amazon.com the other day to buy some music CDs, but was rather alarmed to discover that a lot of the music I love is now starting to go

Where Did My Music Go?

I visited Amazon.com the other day to buy some music CDs, but was rather alarmed to discover that a lot of the music I love is now starting to go

RIP Abbi, And Thanks Drs. Foster and Smith

|  by Tim Parry

Last month, my wife and I had to make one of the toughest decisions a pet owner could ever choose. We had to put Abbi, our 10-or-so year old basset hound, to sleep. And while Abbi is at peace and the decision still has us in tears, we were also very ...

Watercooler Chat: Tuesday, Oct. 14

|  by Beth Negus Viveiros

Jingle bells. Fearing a holiday letdown, retailers are shifting there strategies in ho-ho-hopes consumers will open up their wallets. USA Today reports. Your ad here? EWeek.com discuses the new and very different ad platforms introduced by MySpace ...

Exhibit Hall Sighting: Don Chilcutt

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Oh wow. Can it get any better? I was hanging around in the DMA exhibit hall this morning when Don Chilcutt, founder of Chilcutt Direct, father of Matt and Scott and grandfather of Kris, happened by. That made my day. It had been years since I saw the ...

Money Mailer Goes Mobile in Coupons Inc. Deal

|  by Beth Negus Viveiros

It's not that Steven Gray wants the country to be suffering economic woes. But for his company's portfolio of products it isn't the worst thing in the world. "Couponing is a good place to be right now," said Gray, the COO of Money Mailer Direct ...

Vinod Gupta, Private Citizen

|  by Richard H. Levey

Spotted moving through the exhibit hall at DMA 08 Monday morning: Vinod Gupta, the founder of infoGroup, nee infoUSA. Gupta, as watchers of the compiled industry may recall, stepped down from the company