Chief Marketer Staff

• MPR Resolves Donor List Sharing Lawsuit

  Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch reached an agreement late last week that ends the state’s lawsuit over the radio

• Baby.com

  AmericanBaby.com is a new e-mail list of what American List Counsel describes as “Web-enabled mothers-to-be and new families.” The list names 29,341 Internet-sourced

• Barnesandnoble.com, Microsoft Open Online Digital Book Store

  Microsoft Corp. and Barnesandnoble.com Inc. will open an e-commerce Web site selling digital books. Customers will be able to download the books to read

• Deutsche Post Opens New York Office

  Deutsche Post Global Mail, Bonn, Germany, opened its first New York office at 928 Broadway. Helaine Rich, Denise Ribaudo, and Leslie Benjamin, who worked

• Playboy Posts Loss And Signs Intent To Sell Video Catalog

  Playboy Enterprises Inc., Chicago, announced earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the second quarter ended June 30, 2000

• Legal Seminars

  American Lawyer Media Seminars is one of three lists created by dividing the Law Journal Seminars Press list. The 6,933 seminar and workshop attendees

• Interview

  The 138,523 list of active subscribers to Interview is now managed by American List Counsel Inc. Founded in 1969 by Andy Warhol, the magazine features

• BrandDirect Settles Telemarketing Suit With Two AGS

  BrandDirect, a Shelton, CT-based telemarketer of buying-club memberships, has settled a lawsuit with the Washington and Connecticut state Attorneys General

• Havana Group Completes Acquisition of Phillips and King

  The Havana Group Inc., a tobacco products direct marketer based in North Canton, OH, has completed the acquisition of wholesaler and distributor Phillips

• Mass. AG, States File Objection to Toysmart List Sale

  The Massachusetts attorney general’s office, on behalf of 43 other states, two territories, and the District of Columbia, has filed a further objection