Reader'S Digest Association, Inc
Volume 83 · 83 F.T.C. 1356
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IN THE MATTER OF READER’S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC.
MODIFYING ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Docket C-2075. Modified Order—Mar. 5, 1974 Order reopening proceedings and modifying cease and desist order, 79 FTC 696, 36 FR 22824, by deleting the requirement to disclose the approximate numerical odds of winning each prize awarded in its promotional contests or the approximate number of recipients to whom the offer is directed if the numerical odds are not reasonably capable of calculation. = ORDER REOPENING PROCEEDING AND MODIFYING CEASE AND DESIST ORDER The Commission, on Jan. 22, 1974, having issued an order against respondent to show cause why the proceedings herein should not be reopened for the purpose of modifying the consent order to cease and desist entered on Nov. 2, 1971; and Respondent having answered that it has no objection to the reopening of the proceedings and the modification of the consent order, as set forth in the order to show cause.
Accordingly, Zt is ordered, That the matter be reopened, and that the order herein be modified so that Subsection 1 A(1) will read: A. (1) Failing to disclose clearly and conspicuously the total number of prizes which will be awarded, the nature of the prizes, and the approximate value of each prize.
and, further, to modify the order herein so that Subsection I B(4) will be deleted.