Chief Marketer Staff

• Lillian Vernon to Write Newspaper Column

  Lillian Vernon will soon add newspaper columnist to her long list of accomplishments. The catalog legend will write a national column for Scripps Howard

• Loose Cannon: Postal Workers Are Mad as Hell, And Not Going to Take It Any More

  Three armed postal workers at the same station independently decide to launch a killing spree — and spend time arguing over who has the right to start

• Jupitermedia Acquires Online Search Company

  Jupitermedia Corp. has acquired PPCforHosts.com, a company that helps others bid fore placement on online directories, for an undisclosed sum. Jupitermedia,

• List and Database News

  The Noble Collection Within the past 12 months, 65,319 people have made a purchase from this historical artifacts marketer. Merchandise includes sword

• Hackett Named Executive Director at Internet Alliance

  The Internet Alliance (IA), has promoted Emily Hackett to the position of executive director from director of state policy issues. She will be responsible

• USPS Pulls $200,000 in Ads from Fox in Response to Show

  The U.S. Postal Service has pulled $200,000 in advertising from FOX-TV in response to an upcoming skit on its series MADtv that apparently depicts postal

• ValueClick to Acquire Hi-Speed Media for $9.5 Million

  ValueClick, Inc., an online marketing services firm, will acquire Hi-Speed Media, Inc., an opt-in email marketing services company, for $9.5 million.

• Short Cuts

  The National Ballet of Canada has tapped Tessitura for marketing and customer relations management fundraising and box office operations. 1-800-Flowers.com,

• Alloy Posts Loss in Quarter

  Alloy Inc. reported a net loss of $6.8 million for the third quarter ended Oct. 31, down from net income of $11.6 million last year. The teenage apparel

• Lillian Vernon to Write Newspaper Column

  Lillian Vernon will soon be able to add newspaper columnist to her long list of accomplishments. The catalog legend will write a national column for Scripps