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  • Short Cuts

    Vanessa Castagna has been named J. Co. Penney Corp.’s executive vice president, chairman and CEO of JCPenney Stores, catalog and Internet. The position

  • WA AG Sues MN Telemarketers Over Alleged Anti-Spam Violations

    Washington State Attorney General Christine Gregorie is suing the operators of a Minnesota-based debt consolidation company for violating the state’s four-year old anti-spam law.

  • DoubleClick Profitable in Second Quarter

    DoubleClick Inc. reported second quarter net income of $4.1 million, a turnaround from the $37.9 million seen in second quarter 2001. The company generated

  • Federated Completes Sale of Fingerhut Receivables

    Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, has closed its previously announced sale of $1.2 billion in Fingerhut receivables to CompuCredit Corp. Terms

  • Correction

    DIRECT Newsline inaccurately reported that Kansas is the only state to seek a private operator for its do-not-call list. The Direct Marketing Association

  • CMGI Acquires iLogistix for $46 Million

    CMGI, Inc., the e-mail marketing services provider, has acquired substantially Software Logistics Corp., a California corporation doing business as iLogistix,

  • DIRECT Listline

    Easy Guide to Computers & The Internet This newly available list consists of 21,088 buyers who have paid $16.95 for “The Quick & Easy Guide to Understanding

  • AOL Time Warner Seeking New CEO: Reports

    AOL Time Warner Inc. has hired executive search firm Spencer Stuart to find a new chief executive for America Online. According to news reports, the search

  • Sprint to Axe 1,100, Merge Web Hosting Services

    Sprint Corp., the long-distance telephone company and Internet services provider, will cut 1,100 employees and eliminate another 100 unfilled positions,

  • Worldata Wins Ziff Davis Controlled-Circ Files

    Ziff Davis has consolidated its list management, assigning its controlled circulation magazine files to Worldata/WebConnect, effective Aug. 15. Worldata, based in Boca Raton, FL, already managed Ziff Davis paid-circulation lists.