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Month: February 2009

  • Houston Man Sentenced in MO Pharmacy Scheme

    A 49-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally selling drugs through an Internet pharmacy, according to Karen Hewitt, U.S. Attorney in San Diego.

  • Agencies

    Alliance Names Heffernan CEO

    Alliance Data Systems has approved a leadership succession plan. Under its terms, on March 1 J. Michael Parks will relinquish his CEO position, although he will remain chairman of the board of directors. Edward J. Heffernan, currently CFO and executive VP, will become president and CEO.

  • School Specialty Losses Widen

    School Specialty posted a net loss of $21.6 million for the third, compared to a net loss of $20.3 million in the prior year.

  • Agencies

    Meet the Broker: David M. Raff, MDI Lists

    This week, Meet the Broker features David M. Raff ruminating on how seasoned brokers actively push the envelope to keep list work challenging over the long haul

  • Listline e-Newsletter 2/19

    Infinite Media has partnered with MDR to manage three compiled files on a nonexclusive basis. Lists of (155,119) librarians, (63,058) technology
    coordinators and (169,376) school district administrators are
    available

  • Agencies

    Right Guard, Schwan’s Tie-in to ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

    Brand marketers including Right Guard, Schwan’s and Chicken of the Sea have signed on as the latest sponsors of the NBC reality show “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

  • Agencies

    Facebook Application Enables Digital Cookie Cakes

    Retail brand Great American Cookies has launched a Facebook application that lets users share a virtual version of its signature “Cookie Cakes” inside the social network.

  • Agencies

    Boston Market Offers $50,000 in Sweeps

    Boston Market is luring customers with new menu options and a sweepstakes, which will award one winner with $50,000.

  • Agencies

    BK Hoops Tourney Offers Big Cash Prize

    Burger King is running its fourth annual “BK B-Ball Battle” offering a $20,000 cash prize for the team that wins the three-on-three national tournament.

  • The Flogging of the Flog

    While we doubt that Merriam-Webster will update their definition for “flog” to encompass the fake blogs, it turns out that the current meaning of the word applies much more appropriately than expected, and that is “to force…