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  • Max Bartko Returns to Direct Media

    Direct Media Inc. has named Maxim C. Bartko to head the firm’s business-to-business division. Bartko had spent more than 20 years with Direct Media and

  • Florida Investigates Mailings of Prozac Samples

    The Florida Attorney General’s office has begun an investigation into whether Eli Lilly & Co. violated state laws after it mailed unsolicited free samples

  • Cohorts Promotes Two

    Cohorts, a consumer demographics and lifestyle segmentation firm, has promoted Mike Fitzpatrick and Maro Casparian to vice president positions. Fitzpatrick

  • Concepts Direct Announces Cost-Cutting Measures

    Concepts Direct Inc. will cut 100 jobs, or roughly 27% of its workforce, and trim its catalog distribution plans in a n effort to reduce operating costs

  • Deutsche Post Increase Holdings in DHL: Reports

    Deutsche Post will increase its holding in DHL International Ltd. from 50.6% to 75.6%, according to wire service reports. Deutsche Post will pay roughly

  • List Rentals on the Upswing: Survey

    A new study from Victoria James Executive Search Inc. contains some good news for the list industry.

  • DIRECT Listline

    Gardener’s Supply The Gardener’s Supply file is now enhanced with z-24 demographic information and profile scores. The Z-24 database added adult age,

  • Jupiter Media Metrix Requests Delisting Hearing

    Jupiter Media Metrix, Inc. has requested a hearing to appeal its potential delisting from the Nasdaq National Market. Jupiter had been notified on June

  • Loose Cannon: Anger Management Goes Digital

    Another Fourth of July has passed, and I have kept my streak of ending the day with all my fingers intact. According to a recent New York Times “Patents”

  • Insiderstreet.com to Acquire Neosphere

    Insiderstreet.com, Inc. plans to acquire the assets of Neosphere Technologies, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The online computer hardware and software