Chief Marketer Staff

• MetaResponse Named Reseller of PostMasterDirect’s Database

  MetaResponse Group, Palm City, FL, has been named as reseller of PostMasterDirect.com’s database of more than 12 million opt-in e-mail addresses.Starting

• Hume Group

  Mal Dunn Associates now manages the Hume Group Buyers list. The 344,185 buyers on the list are upscale, well-educated, and highly motivated men and women

• Harte-Hanks Acquires Telemarketing Company

  San Antonio, TX-based Harte-Hanks Inc., has acquired Hi-Tech Marketing, a supplier of telemarketing services to the information technology industry. The

• Dotcoms

  American List Counsel Inc. has a new list, .com Companies, that features 377,885 executives in 99,731 companies.Cost: $85/MSelections: Sex, title address,

• Internet Commerce Corp. Acquires Service Bureau

  Internet Commerce Corp., a New York-based electronic business supply chain network, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Intercoastal Data Corp.,

• Quebecoor North American CD Facility Sold for $63 Million

  Vancouver-based Q-Media has purchased the North American CD replicating and fulfillment facilities of Quebecor World Inc. for $63 million. The sale price

• SmartReminders, Beenz Reach Agreement

  SmartReminders.com, a Nashville permission-based e-mail network, has struck a strategic agreement with beenz.com, the creator of beenz Web currency.Under

• Talbots Has Second-Quarter Sales Jump

  The Talbots, Inc., Hingham, MA, had second quarter sales of $356.6 million, up 17% from the $305 million it recorded in second quarter 1999. The company

• Dog Fancy

  Dog Fancy is a monthly magazine dedicated to dog care for all breeds. Subscribers are mostly female and, on average, have owned dogs for ten years or

• USPS COO Clarence E. Lewis Jr. Will Retire Next Month

  Clarence E. Lewis Jr., chief operating officer and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service has announced that he will retire on Sept. 29.Lewis