A Sign of Desperation?

I stopped my LNP subscription nearly a year ago. Two weeks ago I received a mailing saying I was going to receive a complimentary trial subscription to the Intell, to encourage me to subscribe. (You know subscriptions are down when they give a zero-cost sample.)

Then I got an automated phone call saying the complimentary subscription had begun, and the robot asked if I had received my first issue. (I hung up the annoying call before it concluded) That was last Friday. I have yet to receive a paper. No matter....

But for LNP to use give-aways to sell subscriptions appears to be rather desperate.