Chief Marketer Staff

• Dallas Business Settles FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule Charges

  A Dallas business has agreed to pay $85,000 in consumer redress to settle alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule

• List and Database News

  Ham Radio Operators MarketTouch has updated this file of 704,254 people who operate ham radios. Names are sourced from government records. Selections:

• Short Cut

  Bill Aylesworth has joined the Direct Marketing Association’s Agency Council . Aylesworth is chairman of CFM Direct, an Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based agency.

• eBay to Acquire Tech Firm FairMarket

  eBay has signed an agreement to acquire auction technology firm FairMarket, Inc. for $4.5 million in cash. The two companies have worked together since

• Tougher Can-Spam Act Heads for Senate, Calls for a Do-Not-E-mail List

  A tougher version of the Can-Spam bill was passed by the Senate Commerce Committee Thursday. Stronger provisions added since the bill was introduced in

• Iraqi Most Wanted Deck Delivers Big Time

  Last week, when American military officials captured Saddam Hussein’s top aide, Abid Hamid Mahmoud al-Tikriti, the tabloid headlines blared that the U.S.

• Loose Cannon: Nigeria, Here We Come?

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• Nextel Steps In as R.J. Reynolds Drops NASCAR Sponsorship

  Nextel Communications and NASCAR are expected to announce today that the wireless company will be taking over as title sponsor of NASCAR’s highest profile

• Draft’s Furth Named Chicago WDMI’s Direct Marketing Woman of the Year

  The Chicago chapter of Women in Direct Marketing has named Yvonne Furth, president and chief operating officer of the Chicago office of ad agency Draft,

• Goodman Marketing Partners, A DM Agency, Opens

  Goodman Marketing Partners Inc., a full-service direct response marketing firm, has opened in San Anselmo, CA. Carolyn Goodman, formerly of the 360 Group,