My personal sub is for 2 years and I am probably 9 months into it. The gifted sub was about 4 months in. I'm probably out $35. Nobody got any notice. Nothing can be done about it anyway. I look at it this way.....I got a lot of great Tech out of the magazine. Kind of like paying for a Gold membership here. Being that the gift promotion was recent, I don't think many at the magazine (marketing) knew about the sale of the publisher.