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  • Online Ad Revenue Tops $2 Billion in Quarter

    Online advertising revenue in the U.S. totaled $2.2 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, a 38% increase over the same period last year, according to

  • Short Cuts

    Patrick Connolly, executive vice president/CMO at Williams-Sonoma Inc. will deliver the keynote address at the Direct Marketing Association’s 21st Annual

  • Blair Reports Net Income Gain in Quarter

    Blair Corp. reported net income of $9.1 million for the fourth quarter, up from net income of $6.2 million last year. The cataloger and retailer reported

  • DM Copywriter J.J. Spector Dies at 86

    Veteran direct marketer Julius Jack Spector died at age 86 in Los Angeles last Thursday, Direct Newsline has learned. Specter was a copywriter for j.

  • Loose Cannon: Bye, Bye, Buyers

    From the desk of Vonda Del Lans To our valued customers: Ever since the turn of the century, when my great-grandfather sold his first zip drive from a

  • Wasserstein in Talks to Acquire Bear Creek for $260 Million: Reports

    Wasserstein & Co., L.P., is about to purchase Bear Creek, owner of the Harry and David catalog, for $260 million, according to the New York Post. Yamanouchi,

  • List and Database News

    Nursing Made Incredibly Easy Rubin Response Services Inc. has been named manager of the Nursing Made Incredibly Easy subscriber file. It lists 39,345

  • IPG Spins Off Premium Surge, Group III

    Interpublic Group of Cos. spun off Chicago agencies Premium Surge and Group III Promotions as the troubled holding company refocuses on its core disciplines.

  • ValueClick Reports 61% Revenue Increase

    ValueClick Inc., a provider of online marketing services, posted a fourth-quarter revenue increase of 61% to $30.3 million. In addition, the Westlake

  • Unilever Launches Carb Options with Online Sweeps

    Unilever launched Carb Options low-carb products this week, jumping on the nationwide low-carb hype. An online instant-win game at www.carboptions.com