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  • Bluegrass Merges with High Profile

    Bluegrass Promotional Marketing has merged with High Profile, a 16-year-old firm specializing in promotional products.

  • Draftfcb Forms Experiential Division

    Draftfcb has formed a new division that combines two business units.

  • Holiday Gift Card Spending Estimated at $26.3 Billion: Study

    U.S. shoppers plan to spend $26.3 billion on gift cards this year, up 6% compared to last year, according to a recent survey.

  • ExxonMobil Revs NASCAR Role

    ExxonMobil is boosting its NASCAR profile with Penske Racing as title sponsor of the Penske Dodge car next season.

  • Postscripts

    ADVERTISING SPECIALTY INSTITUTE: has upgraded its ESP Online software with new features for distributors.

  • News Brief

    COORS: will award $10,000 in scholarships to both Grambling State University and Southern University as part of its sponsorship of the annual State Farm Bayou Classic in New Orleans on Nov. 24.

  • Do-Not-Track List: Dumbest Idea Ever

    Just when you thought the privacy crackpots couldn

  • Magilla Top-Business List Drives Press Releases … Sort of

    OK, so maybe The Magilla Marketing List of Top 40, Fastest-Growing (and some not-so-fast-growing) E-mail Marketing Related Companies that Came to Mind Randomly while Swilling Vodka Martinis wasn’t the business model I thought it was.

    The list—written as a transparent attempt to generate cheap publicity—resulted in two press releases from companies crazy enough to acknowledge they were included.

    However, they are the two of the best press releases ever received by this newsletter.

  • Listline e-Newsletter 11/13/07

    Data has been overlaid on Belvoir Media Group’s newsletter and magazine
    files to identify individuals with a likely interest in crafts.

  • Ford Dealers Launch Ad Campaign Inside Video Game

    The Northern California Ford Dealers Advertising Association plans to launch a direct response advertising campaign on a video game advertising network on Nov. 15 to promote leases for the Ford Fusion midsize car.