THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST IN EXHIBIT HALL8:30 AM - 9:30 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The future of advertising Lester Wunderman,

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The U.S. Postal Service was castigated for advertising its operational standards as a "commitment" in a strongly worded decision by the Postal Rate Commission.

CircBase, the publishers' co-op database run by Experian Direct Tech, Orange, CA and Nottingham, UK, now consists of 44 million subscribers and 162 publications.

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Shop At Home Inc., Nashville, TN, said its TV-shopping network set a new daily sales record on Sunday. The network posted $1.434 million in call-in sales,