Chief Marketer Staff

• Egghead.Com Joins DoubleClick Network

  Internet-based software retailer Egghead.com Inc., headquartered in Seattle, will become a member of Internet advertising agency DoubleClick’s Select

• Playboy Names Mironovich President

  Playboy Enterprises Inc., based in Chicago, has named Alex Mironovich as president of its publishing group and executive vice president of the firm, effective

• LCS Golf Acquires Play Golf Now

  Golf equipment e-marketer LCS Golf, based in New York, has acquired Play Golf Now, a fellow Internet and direct marketer, which becomes a wholly-owned

• Five New House Bills Highlight Privacy Concerns

  Legislation potentially prohibiting direct marketers, list compilers, financial institutions, credit grantors, state and local authorities from disclosing

• Experian CEO Skilling Announces Retirement

  Experian North America chairman and CEO D. Van Skilling has announced his retirement from both positions, as well as deputy chairman of Experian Group,

• Short Cuts

  Harte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio, TX has increased its regular quarterly dividend to two cents per share, a 33% increase. The increase will be payable on

• Successories Launches Awards Catalog

  Successories Inc., Aurora, IL, has introduced a 32-page catalog offers a variety of proprietary gifts and awards. The “‘consumable’ proprietary products”

• Audio Book Club Re-launches Web Site

  Audio Book Club, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, has re-launched its Web site (http://www.audiobookclub.com). The new site is easier to navigate and offers a streamlined

• Peterman Bankruptcy Raises Questions Among DM Vendors

  Cataloger and retail store operator J. Peterman, Lexington, KY, filed on Monday for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the Eastern

• DIRECT Listline

  Chopra Newsletter Subs Some 54,000 paid names to Deepak Chopra Infinite Possibilities Newsletter are available. These names can be selected from the 149,774