Avista Capital Partners, parent of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, will acquire a controlling interest in direct mail services company Iwco Direct from Court Square Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum.
Direct Marketing Association president John Greco Tuesday warned of the possible dangers of do-not-mail legislation under consideration in 15 states. He also solicited contributions to the Mail Moves America Coalition, an organization of 50 direct marketers, trade groups and printers the DMA set up to fight such bills.
Market Data Retrieval (MDR) has acquired MKTG Education Services for undisclosed terms. The list business acquisition includes all account management, customer service and data assets of this division from MKTG Services.
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Diversified Advertising Services, a division of ad conglomerate Omnicom Goup Inc., has acquired direct-response agency Expert Communications Inc.
Both Microsoft and Google have advanced in the regulatory reviews of their respective announced acquisitions -- albeit on different shores.
For more than two years, in the mid-1990s, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer building potable water systems in rural Bolivia. Later, as a marketing professional navigating the waters of information technology and professional services, I often reflected on my Peace Corps experience. I wondered if there might be an opportunity to put my…
Today we meet Joel Cooper, president of New York brokerage List Strategies Inc. Cooper began his career working with business-to-business files, but over the years he
A Canadian telemarketing do-not-call list moved closer to reality this week as the country's regulatory authorities put forth rules governing the creation and operation of the list.
The direct marketing community racked up 208 transactions valued at more than $33 billion, including mergers, acquisitions and capital injections, according to investment fir Petsky Prunier LLC.
