Chief Marketer Staff

• Clarification

  “Early Submissions UP as Caples Extends Reach,” (Direct Newsline, Sept. 15, 2004) stated that the XXVII John Caples International Awards would feature 51 international judges. The 51 international judges are joined by 70 domestic judges. …

• Jones Named CEO of Euro RSCG New York Office

  David Jones has been named CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide’s flagship New York office, a new position.

• Agencies

  FTC Reviews Reward System for Catching Spammers

  The Federal Trade Commission released a report yesterday on whether a system that would reward members of the public for tracking down spammers

• USPS Launches Third Phase of Small Business Campaign

  The United States Postal Service is launching the third phase of a campaign directed to small businesses

• Brownstein Group Adds Staff

  The Brownstein Group has hired several new staffers for its Philadelphia and Seattle offices.

• Edith Roman Debuts B-to-B Executive Database

  Edith Roman, a division of infoUSA, has introduced BRAD, a new database of over 50 million business professionals and decision makers

• Michigan AG Pushes to Shut Down Charity

  Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has filed suit to shut down the Save A Child Foundation, Inc., a Flint, MI charity run by executive director, Bernhard D. Christenson, Jr.

• List and Database News

  A listing of mailing list availabilities

• List Hygiene Up, Open Rates Down for E-mail

  Marketers are getting better about delivering e-mail messages, but fewer consumers are opening them and clicking through to Web sites, and sales are dropping according to an e-mail trend report.

• Source for Everything Jewish Celebrates New Year

  Though the conventional fourth quarter has yet to begin, Niles, IL-based cataloger The Source for Everything Jewish has kicked off the New Year-make that the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah