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The Times E-Mails Millions by Mistake to Say Subscriptions Were Canceled
NY Times ^ | 12/27/2011 | AMY CHOZICK

Posted on 12/28/2011 7:27:26 PM PST by Enchante

7:02 p.m. | Updated The New York Times mistakenly sent an e-mail on Wednesday to more than eight million people who had shared their information with the company, erroneously informing them that they had canceled home delivery of the newspaper.

The Times Company, which initially mischaracterized the mishap as spam, apologized for sending the e-mail.

(Excerpt) Read more at mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: media; mediascum; msm; nytimes
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To: Enchante

Scared a bunch of crossword puzzlers! For Nothing! :)


21 posted on 12/28/2011 9:15:10 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Enchante; abb

Hi ... my name is Pinch ... we have been laying off anyone with brains around this joint for the past 25 years ... now the best we have left is a couple of morons including myself ... as a result, things like this happen all the time ... sorry.

22 posted on 12/28/2011 10:38:16 PM PST by Zakeet (If Obama had half a brain, his butt would be lopsided)
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To: Enchante

I got those emails, and I’ve never had a subscription to the Times. Even years and years ago when I read it I bought it at the newsstand.

Oh well, it’s actually reassuring to know they were real, even if they were mistakes!


23 posted on 12/28/2011 10:50:48 PM PST by jocon307
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