Never mind.
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 ...
oops, “their” shifting explanations
typing too fast with brain spasms....
I got that email.
They will.
I got the emails. It’s not a big deal. Accidents happen.
Its always good to turn off emails from your test servers.
Not that they’ve ever had remotely close to 8 million subscribers at any time. Of course they keep lists of all former subscribers, but I got two of these spammy email notices from them and I’ve sure NEVER subscribed to either print or web NY Times.
Presumably they had my email address bc I have written in years past to correct some of their more egregious errors. This suggests that they accumulate email addresses of non-subscribers like me who are foolish enough to write to them for any reason. However, I never requested or consented to any kind of marketing from them, only wrote to criticize editorial and news output. Thus, it is truly “spam” to send any sales/marketing emails, even accidentally, to people like me who are NOT willing customers.
Me too. It was shortly followed by a “never mind” note.
That’s outrageous; there’s nothing more cruel than false hope.
It’s the kind of “accident” that anyone involved with email marketing should take strenuous steps to avoid.
As I noted in another comment here, I have NEVER been any “customer” of theirs — never a subscriber.
Presumably I got two of these spammy emails because they have “harvested” my email address when I wrote many years ago to criticize editorial and news output. They should not have my email address in any list that could have been even “accidentally” marketed to in this way, since I never consented to receive anything outside of the specific topics I wrote to them about regarding public policy etc.
The Times still has subscribers?
8 million fewer...
Never mind.
If only 4 Million cancel their payments, maybe.........
Me too. And I don’t have a subscription.
Me too. And I don’t have a subscription.
Me too. And I don’t have a subscription.
Don’t worry, NY Times. Liberals can’t read anyway.
“Not that they’ve ever had remotely close to 8 million subscribers at any time.”
That’s what hit me first - they have 8 million subscribers?
Thanks for clarifying!
Scared a bunch of crossword puzzlers! For Nothing! :)
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.
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!
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