New owners receive all notifications in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Currently, the owner of a document, spreadsheet, or presentation in the Google Docs editors receives an email notification when anyone adds a comment to the file, even if the owner’s name isn’t explicitly added to the comment. When the file’s ownership is transferred to someone else, this "all notifications" setting remains with the original owner, not with the new owner. 

With today’s launch, we will change this behavior so that when files are transferred to new owners, the new document, spreadsheet, and presentation owners will receive all notifications for any comments added to their files, and previous owners, like any other collaborators, will only receive notifications if their names are explicitly added to a comment.

Launch Details
Release track:  
Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release

**Update to original post (August 31, 2015): This launch was paused due to an unforeseen technical issue. Additional comms to follow once the rollout is complete.**

Rollout pace: 
Gradual rollout (potentially longer than 3 days for feature visibility)

Impact: 
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

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