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On-Demand Publishing, LLC, doing business as CreateSpace, was a self-publishing service owned by Amazon. [3] [4] The company was founded in 2000 in South Carolina as BookSurge and was acquired by Amazon in 2005. [5] CreateSpace published books containing any content at all, other than just placeholder text. [6] It neither edited nor verified.
Publishers Clearing House was founded in 1953 in Port Washington, New York by Harold Mertz, [5] [6] a former manager of a door-to-door sales team for magazine subscriptions. [7] The company started in Mertz's basement with help from his first wife LuEsther and daughter Joyce.
Publishers Clearing House (PCH) has found itself in hot water over its sweepstakes practices, which were described by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as “deceptive and unfair.”The company ...
Publishers Clearing House agreed to pay $3.5 million, not to a lucky prize winner, but to a collection of states that accused the marketing company of once again misleading consumers. A decade ...
In 1953, LuEsther and her husband, Harold Mertz, along with their daughter, Joyce, founded Publishers Clearing House. Over the years, Publishers Clearing House grew from an initial mailing of 10,000 letters to a marketing legend. Mrs. Mertz was active in the company's management, serving as a member of its executive committee until her death in ...
Jun. 29—Scammers are using a Publisher Clearing House ruse as the latest tactic to take people's money. Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes are legitimate, however, scammers have honed in on a ...
Publishers Clearing House scam season has begun January 19, 2022 at 8:00 AM In 2022, some lucky winner will be getting $5,000 a week for life, according to the company's website,
Publishers Clearing House (PCH) was a competitor to American Family Publishers that ran similar sweepstakes. The two companies were often mistaken for each other. Many believe, incorrectly, that Ed McMahon was the spokesperson for PCH. Star Search host Ed McMahon worked for only American Family Publishers according to a 1992 interview [7].