We can send you fewer emails, if you want
The Ledger doesn't want to bombard you with unwanted email. Here's how you can change your preferences.
Dear Ledger reader:
If you’re like me, you get a ton of emails — some of which you want, some of which you don’t.
I’m writing to let you know that with The Charlotte Ledger, we don’t want to clog your inbox with unwanted emails, and there’s a way you can adjust your email preferences so we’re not overburdening you.
We’re already mindful of this: We don’t send you six emails on a Sunday, or four emails on Thanksgiving, to share “news alerts” of dubious value. Instead, we work hard to pack every newsletter we send with original, interesting and insightful Charlotte-focused information, and readers typically receive five or six emails from us a week. We’re working to build a relationship with our readers based on trust, not on web traffic or trickery.
The Ledger offers three distinct newsletters:
our core Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter, with free and paid versions, four mornings a week
our Ways of Life obituaries newsletter for paying members, on Tuesdays
the free Transit Time newsletter on local transit and transportation, on Thursdays
A lot of people enjoy all three. But people are different. If you’re not a fan of one or two or even (gulp) all three of our locally focused newsletters, you can opt out of the ones you don’t want.
Here’s how:
Go to the “My Account” page at charlotteledger.substack.com. (You might be asked to log in or to create a password — make sure you use the same email address at which you receive Ledger newsletters.) It’s in the drop-down menu, or the “V” in the upper right hand corner of the main Ledger page.
Uncheck the boxes with the newsletters you don’t want to receive.
We even had the talented Brie Chrisman make a handy instructional video to show you how:
You can also use the “My Account” page to
Update your billing information
Change the email address at which you receive The Ledger
Change your online password
Learn how to solve email delivery issues
If you have any questions, email Brie Chrisman, brie@cltledger.com.
You can also cancel your paid membership or free subscription entirely on that page. There’s also an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every newsletter we send. We hope you don’t leave, of course — but you should be in full control of how you spend your time and money and not have to labor to extract yourself from something you don’t want, like some magician trying to escape from a padlocked box.
Crackdown on unscrupulous subscription services: Incidentally, while our readers have always had this option, the Federal Trade Commission said recently that it would step up enforcement against companies that engage in “illegal dark patterns that trick or trap consumers into subscription services.” Sadly, a recent survey of U.S. news organizations found that a majority, including major newspaper chains, have no option to allow their readers to cancel online. Some force readers to call to drop their subscriptions. That sounds to us like a shady, consumer-unfriendly retention scheme.
As always, feel free to email us with any questions or concerns. We try to resolve any billing or delivery issues as quickly as possible.
Thanks, and have a great rest of the week.
—Tony Mecia, executive editor, The Charlotte Ledger
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Executive editor: Tony Mecia; Managing editor: Cristina Bolling; Contributing editor: Tim Whitmire, CXN Advisory; Contributing photographer/videographer: Kevin Young, The 5 and 2 Project