>> What I find amusing is that we long-ago canceled all of our
>> subscriptions AND THEY KEEP SENDING THE MAGAZINE.

This probably has to do with how the magazine business works.

Basically, for audited publications (such as CoDe Magazine), the audit rules say that one can count a subscriber as a fully qualified, audited subscriber for 6 months after the expiration of the subscription (assuming they keep sending you a magazine). And if you paid the subscription for an entire year and then cancel 2 months into the subscription but do not get your money back, then the subscription will count for the entire subscription duration + 6 months after.

Neither FoxTalk nor Advisor are audited. Generally, unaudited magazines try to follow similar rules, but they stretch things a lot. So it isn't uncommon to count subscribers (and keep fulfilling) for a year after expiration and longer. And in the case of magazines that already have a shrinking circulation, they push it even further of course.

So that is probably part of what you are seeing here. Another part could be a bad database :-)


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