Chief Marketer Staff

• USPS Ends Controversial Bonus Program For Executives

  Postmaster General John Potter has abolished a controversial bonus program for about 80,000 U.S. Postal Service executives, supervisors and managers.

• U.K. Post Office to Axe Managers

  Consignia, the U.K.’s privatized postal service, is planning a management shake up it hopes will safe more than 50 million pounds sterling ($75 million) a year, according to the London Daily Telegraph.

• SPIDER-MAN SET TO LEAP ONTO SMALL SCREEN

  Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Culver City, CA, is spinning a new promotional web for the video release of Spider-Man. The film, which brought in

• Short Cuts

  Solar Communications has appointed two. John Barrett and John Waterhouse have both been named vice president of business development. Naperville, IL-based

• Amazon Loss Narrows, Revenue Increases

  Amazon.com Inc. reported a smaller-than-expected net loss of $94 million in the second quarter 2002. The e-tailer had a loss of $168 million a year earlier.

• Prozac Sent to 16-Year-Old Boy

  A 16-year-old boy was among Florida residents who received unsolicited samples of Prozac earlier this month, the Associated Press reported. The Walgreen

• Sen. Lieberman to Keynote at Fall DMA Conference

  U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) will speak at the Direct Marketing Association’s 85th Annual Conference and Exhibition.

• PITTMAN OUT, TIME WARNER EXECS IN

  Bob Pittman last week resigned as coo of New York City-based AOL Time Warner amid reports of combative relationships with Time Warner management and a

• DMA Approves of Senate Draft Bill to Reform USPS

  The Direct Marketing Association has put its stamp of approval on a Senate proposal to create a commission to reform the United States Postal Service.

• Live from NCDM: Epsilon to Offer Unica Software

  Software manufacturer Unica Corp. has inked a contract with Epsilon, a marketing and billing system provider. The multi-year agreement calls for Epsilon