Email Marketing Council Merges With EEC

The Direct Marketing Association has announced it will merge its Email Marketing Council with the Email Experience Council in an effort to strengthen the multichannel marketing environment.

Facebook Hires Former AOL Exec

In the past seven or so years, Chamath Palihapitiya worked at AOL and co-founded MyMusicChannel.  He then moved on to Mayfield Fund, which has “over $2.7 billion under management.”  Now Palihapitiya’s found another job; he will serve as Facebook’s vice president of product marketing and operations.

Facebook Heads For IPO, Rumor Says

Sometimes little things add up and point to something big. Something serious and something funny may mean Facebook stands on the cusp of making Mark Zuckerberg and his backers very rich.