Epsilon Rebrands With Abacus Moniker

| MCM staff

How big a brand is co-op database Abacus? Big enough that parent firm Epsilon, which acquired Abacus in December, is rebranding most of its data products and services under the Abacus name.

Business As Usual For Rubin Response Services

| Tim Parry

A week after list firm Rubin Response Services was purchased by Omaha-based conglomerate infoUSA and folded into its Walter Karl subsidiary, it was business as usual for the newly-purchased firm.

Teramedia VP Schineller Dies

| Tim Parry

Marissa Schineller, vice president of list management for Orlando, FL-based list firm Teramedia, died unexpectedly on Saturday.

Mailers Council Delivers Message to Congress

| Jim Tierney

In a letter sent to every member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Arlington, VA-based Mailers Council has asked Congress to oppose any legislation that would prevent the U.S. Postal Service from closing outdated and inefficient mail-processing facilities

Mailers Council Seeks Standard Rate Implementation Period

| MCM staff

The Mailers Council, an Arlington, VA-based coalition of mailers and mailing associations, in late August released a research paper detailing the benefits of a standard implementation period when the U.S. Postal Service raises postage rates.

ALC and Millard Launch Data Portal

| MCM staff

Last week American List Counsel and Millard Group created an Internet-based, interactive data exchange system, DMexchange, to allow participants to exchange list order and shipping information via a secure Website.