Short Cuts

Advertising agency conglomerate Omnicom Group Inc., based in New York, has made an undisclosed equity investment in Zero.net, a San Francisco-based developer of Web portal technology.

Fingerhut Cos. Inc., the Minnetonka, MN-based cataloger, has tapped Banta Integrated Media, to provide a content and product information repository for both its print and online catalogs.

Claude Grizzard, principal, Grizzard Communications Group, has been named Atlanta Direct Marketer of the Year, by the Direct Marketing Association Atlanta Chapter.