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FTC Fines Bookspan $650,000

Published on February 24, 2006 | Email this article

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.

Bookspan says it was unaware that it had violated the registry until it thoroughly examined its new telemarketing equipment, which had been installed to keep the company from violating the do-not-call lists. The company does not admit any wrongdoing in the matter.

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