Losing loyal WSJ, Barrons and Marketwatch readers over auto-renewal subscriptions and poor customer service policies

| August 8, 2026

I’ve subscribed to newspapers and financial publications for most of my adult life (and complained about subscription woes before). Having started my career working for HBJ and then a division of Knight-Ridder, I have always appreciated getting news and information from newspapers and magazines … and believe quality journalism is worth paying for ––  I […]

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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