Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Former Sony MBG Exec Moves to Momentum Worldwide

  Momentum Worldwide has hired Joe DiMuro as executive vice president of music and entertainment.

• MLB Pitches Airport Access to ALCS Games

  Airport travelers can now watch live MLB.TV coverage of the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays on laptop computers through Boingo Wireless.

• Agencies

  Newcastle Brown Ale to Debut Guy’s Guide

  Newcastle Brown Ale is set to introduce its second complimentary guide in November to bring attention to its beer as the holiday season gets underway

• News Brief

  BEAM GLOBAL SPIRITS & WINE: has formed a partnership with funkin, Ltd

• Read Group Acquires Meta-Morphix

  The Read Group has acquired Meta-Morphix, a British database marketing services company.

• Joann Kropp Joins Penton as VP, Customer Data Solutions

  Penton Media, publisher of Direct, has named Joann Kropp in the newly created position, vice president, customer data solutions, with responsibility for generating new revenue streams in list and name-based products across the entire organization. She will be based in the company

• Diedrich Coffee Losses Mount

  Diedrich Coffee Inc. posted a net loss of $13.8 million for fiscal 2008, compared to a net loss of $1.8 million in the prior year.

• Agencies

  NC Settles With Alleged Credit Card Fraudster

  North Carolina has settled with an Arizona telemarketer that allegedly sold state residents credit cards they never received, according to Attorney General Roy Cooper.

• Agencies

  Mail Volume Still Growing, Says UPU

  Domestic and international mail and parcel volumes continue to grow, despite predictions that they would decline because of the advance of electronic commerce, according to the Universal Postal Union.

• Agencies

  Meet the Broker: Amanda Fenchel

  This week, Meet the Broker features Amanda Fenchel, who shares some ideas about targeting new parents and pre-testing list data