More than 450 journalists get looped into email thread with pharma bro Martin Shkreli
 

More than 450 journalists get looped into email thread with pharma bro Martin Shkreli
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It was a summer Friday like ** other.*

At 2:20 a.m., an email that appeared to come from Martin Shkreli — the "world's most hated man" for his decision to hike up the price of an anti-parasite drug used by HIV patients — arrived in the inbox of more than 450 members of the media.*

With the subject line "Wu-Tang Clan - Once Upon A Time In Shaolin," he offered the release of one track of the exclusive album he had purchased for $2 million.*

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The 456 email addresses were cc'ed and included four employees of Mashable.*

The thread received its first reply-all at 4 a.m., but it began gaining steam with members of the media in the morning hours with several requests to get off the thread.* Read more...

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