Chief Marketer Staff

• Listworks Clients Move On Following Reported Shut Down

  In the wake of the apparent closing of Listworks Corp. earlier this week, Macromark Inc., the Impulse Media division of RMI Direct Marketing Inc., and Specialized Fundraising Services Inc have taken over half of the company’s list portfolio.

• Live from the DMA Nonprofit Conference: Sojourners Uses E-mail to Create a Bestseller

  Most of the best-selling books that mix religion and politics have come from the religious right. But that reign was challenged last month when “God’s Politics, a New Vision for Faith and Politics in America,” entered the New York Times bestseller list at No. 11.

• Agencies

  Live From the Nonprofit Conference: Radio Station Finds Content

  WAMU, a public radio station in Washington, DC, thought it was on the right track when it redesigned its Web site last year.

• Agencies

  Live from the Nonprofit Conference: What’s Wrong with Charities

  What’s in it for me? That’s the first question asked by many charitable donors these days.

• GfK Group Buys Controlling Share in Caribou Lake

  The GfK Group, Nurnburg, Germany, has increased its shareholding in Caribou Kale Software, a U.S.-based e-online marketing firm to 68.9% in a bid to expand the group

• Talbots Catalog Sales Rise 20% in Quarter

  The Talbots Inc. reported total company sales of $128.4 million or the four weeks ended Jan. 29, up 22% from $105.4 million last year.

• Brookstone DM Sales Rise Nearly 25%

  Brookstone Inc. reported total sales of $238 million for the fourth quarter, up 8.5% from $219 million last year.

• CoolSavings Reports Net Income of $1.5 Million

  CoolSavings Inc. reported net income of $1.5 million for the fourth quarter, flat with last year.

• Draft Chicago Names Roggow Vice President

  The Chicago office of Draft has named Catherine Roggow vice president, account director.

• List and Database News

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