Complaint Review: Progressive Business Publications

I just received a call from a collections agency stating that in July of 2013 I had ordered a publication called the "Quality Managers Alert" from Progressive Business Publications.  The collection agency is stating that I verbally agreed to receive a publication from this business and then get billed $299 after some period if I did not cancel. 

I am the Vice President of a software company and I would NEVER have agreed to such a shady proposition.  I might have verified some information from them but would not have allowed a program that relied on me to call and cancel before some specific date to happen.  

Now they are telling me that I owe 7 months of past fees, plus collection, etc.  I am NOT going to be pushed around by some shady publishing company that thinks that a misleading verbal agreement is some sort of legally binding contract.

If you ever hear from this company, hang up immediately.