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  • Snyder Reports $815 Million in Revenue for 1998

    Snyder Communications Inc., Bethesda, MD, reported net income of $21.7 million on net revenue of $226 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31,

  • ThompsonConnect Opens Offices In Paris, Hamburg

    J. Walter Thompson’s relationship marketing arm, ThompsonConnect, has opened offices in Paris and Hamburg.The Paris office is the merger of two JWT companies,

  • Catalog Earnings Down, E-Commerce Up At Playboy

    Playboy Enterprises Inc., Chicago, reported revenue from its Catalog Group declined 4% while revenue from its Web ventures more than doubled for its fourth

  • Staples Names New VP Operations For Staples.com

    Staples Inc., Westborough, MA, promoted Jacqueline Shoback to vice president of operations for Staples.com, its e-commerce division. She had been vice

  • DIRECT Listline

    U.S. Fencing File The 17,590-name list of members of the United States Fencing Association is available.Cost: $90/MSelections: Gender, state/SCF/ZIPContact:

  • Internet Ad Revenue Tops $1 Billion

    Internet advertising revenue topped the $1 billion mark for the first time during a single calendar year in 1998, according to IAB Ad Revenue Report.

  • Short Cuts

    GTV Direct selected Soltoff Direct Corp. as its direct agency of record. GTV is a Deerfield, FL-based manufacturer of consumer goods. Soltoff, based in

  • Nike Tests Nike.com

    Nike Inc., Beaverton, OR, launched nike.com, an e-commerce site offering Nike products direct to consumers only in the United States.The site is a three-month

  • PCH Will Reimburse An Elderly Consumer

    Publishers Clearing House will reimburse an elderly consumer who unsuccessfully spent $6,000 trying to win a PCH sweepstakes.The Port Washington, NY-based

  • Auto Dealers High On The Web: Polk

    Though they have not yet warmed up to e-mail, auto dealers are turning to the Web, judging by a new survey from the Polk Co., Detroit.Of a random sample