FTC Fines Bookspan $650,000

Bookspan, a partnership between Bertelsmann and Time Warner and the parent company of Doubleday Entertainment and Yes Solutions, received a $650,000 fine Thursday from the FTC for violating the National Do Not Call Registry by calling more than 100,000 numbers on the restricted phone list and "tens of thousands of consumers" on the Bookspan-specific do-not-call list, writes Long Island Business News.