Month: June 2006
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Autobytel Names Rosen Senior VP of Web Business Operations
Autobytel has tapped Jonathan Rosen to serve as its senior vice president of Web business operations, a newly created position. Rosen joined the online automobile marketer from AOL’s search group, where he was head of strategy and business development.
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Tractor Supply Hires VP of E-Commerce
Farm and ranch supplies retailer Tractor Supply Company earlier this week announced it has hired former W. W. Grainger e-commerce executive Steven K. Braun to head up Tractor Supply
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Precision Marketing Group Takes Over Condon Communications
Precision Marketing Group, LLC of Upton, MA has acquired Condon Communications of Framingham, MA. The resulting company, which will operate under the Precision Marketing Group name, will offer strategic and tactical marketing services to small- and mid-sized businesses.
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MFC to Acquire Adsouth’s Consumer Products Division
MFC Development Corp., a direct response marketing, distribution and branding company, will acquire the consumer products division of Adsouth Partners Inc. The value of the stock-and-cash purchase, which varies based on the amount of liability the division holds, is currently estimated at $2 million.
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Agencies
Quantum Launches Movie Ticket Loyalty Program
Quantum Loyalty Systems is out with a new consumer loyalty program that lets movie fans print tickets to their favorite flicks from the comforts of home.
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Agencies
SITE and its Research Arm to Reassess Relationship
The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) and its research arm, the SITE Foundation, plan to meet in July to discuss the future of their joint relationship. The meeting was called after the foundation planned a re-launch without the board’s approval.
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News Briefs
CORAZON TEQUILA: has paired a sweeps with its new TV spots, which…THE INTEGER GROUP: Denver, is among the top 10 best mid-sized companies to…
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Letters to the Editor
Letters in response to Loose Cannon: Diverging From Convergence, Direct Newsline, June 26, 2006
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Email
Stupid Media Watch: Utah Paper Conveniently Overlooks the Obvious
In its ongoing one-sided coverage of Utah’s misnamed child-protection do-not-e-mail registry, the Deseret Morning News ran a blurb last week headlined “Anti-Porn Registry is Defended” that should have been headlined “Anti-Porn Registry is Demonstrable Failure.”