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Month: September 2008

  • Transcontinental Income Rises 9%

    Transcontinental posted net income of $30.3 billion for the third quarter, a 9% increase over $27.8 million in the prior year.

  • FTC Charges So-Called Credit Repair Operators

    The Federal Trade Commission has charged two credit repair marketers with violating federal law by collecting advance payment for credit repair services and falsely promising to remove derogatory information from consumers

  • Agencies

    Meet the Broker: Jim Walters

    This week, Meet the Broker features Jim Walters, a specialist in the now growing education market. Walters keeps testing and ordering lists of career-minded adults no matter what the economy does

  • Listline e-Newsletter 9/11

    Direct Media Inc. was recently assigned to manage several Dell Magazines
    and Penny Press lists

  • Agencies

    Tostitos Runs College Football Tailgating Contest

    Tostitos is running a national contest to name America’s top college football tailgaters, offering a trip to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl as the grand prize

  • Agencies

    Eagle Snacks Returns to Store Aisles with Sweeps

    Eagle Snacks is making a comeback to grocery store aisles, and is running a sweepstakes to celebrate its snack foods

  • Baby Boomers Are Web ‘Videophiles’: Survey

    Most baby boomers surfing the Web are visiting video sites, and many are interacting on social networking sites, according to a survey by the NPD Group

  • Agencies

    Kroger, Nestlé Purina Sponsor Contest, TV Special

    The Kroger Co. has teamed up with Nestlé Purina to run a contest and TV special that focuses on ways people and pets improve each other’s quality of life

  • News Brief

    PEPSIAMERICAS, INC.: is teaming up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to raise money for breast cancer with a mail-in coupon on specially-marked packages

  • Agencies

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters in response to Loose Cannon: Go Ask A.L.I.C.E., Direct Newsline, Monday, Sept. 08, 2008. (http://directmag.com/opinions-columnists/loosecannon/loose-cannon-go-ask-alice-0908/) Another reader rises to the challenge of trying to have an intelligent chat with an automated response bot.