Administer simplenews subscriptions with views
Answer for 2016 and Drupal 7.  Simplenews module does now include bulk operations.  Simplenews has Views integration built in.  It does not come with a pre-defined view, so you have to create one.

Here is an export of a view that shows when the subscriber was added and by what means.  However Simplenews does not current provide VBO integration to allow a bulk action.

  $view = new view();
  $view-&gt;name = 'newsletter_subscriptions';
  $view-&gt;description = '';
  $view-&gt;tag = 'default';
  $view-&gt;base_table = 'simplenews_subscription';
  $view-&gt;human_name = 'Newsletter subscriptions';
  $view-&gt;core = 7;
  $view-&gt;api_version = '3.0';
  $view-&gt;disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */

  /* Display: Master */
  $handler = $view-&gt;new_display('default', 'Master', 'default');
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['use_more_always'] = FALSE;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['access']['type'] = 'none';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['cache']['type'] = 'none';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['query']['type'] = 'views_query';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['exposed_form']['type'] = 'basic';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['pager']['type'] = 'full';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['pager']['options']['items_per_page'] = '25';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['style_plugin'] = 'table';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['style_options']['columns'] = array(
    'mail' =&gt; 'mail',
    'name' =&gt; 'name',
    'timestamp' =&gt; 'timestamp',
    'activated' =&gt; 'activated',
    'source' =&gt; 'source',
    'status' =&gt; 'status',
    );
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['style_options']['default'] = 'mail';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['style_options']['info'] = array(
    'mail' =&gt; array(
      'sortable' =&gt; 1,
      'default_sort_order' =&gt; 'asc',
      'align' =&gt; '',
      'separator' =&gt; '',
      'empty_column' =&gt; 0,
      ),
    'name' =&gt; array(
      'sortable' =&gt; 1,
      'default_sort_order' =&gt; 'asc',
      'align' =&gt; '',
      'separator' =&gt; '',
      'empty_column' =&gt; 0,
      ),
    'timestamp' =&gt; array(
      'sortable' =&gt; 1,
      'default_sort_order' =&gt; 'asc',
      'align' =&gt; '',
      'separator' =&gt; '',
      'empty_column' =&gt; 0,
      ),
    'activated' =&gt; array(
      'sortable' =&gt; 1,
      'default_sort_order' =&gt; 'asc',
      'align' =&gt; '',
      'separator' =&gt; '',
      'empty_column' =&gt; 0,
      ),
    'source' =&gt; array(
      'sortable' =&gt; 1,
      'default_sort_order' =&gt; 'asc',
      'align' =&gt; '',
      'separator' =&gt; '',
      'empty_column' =&gt; 0,
      ),
    'status' =&gt; array(
      'sortable' =&gt; 1,
      'default_sort_order' =&gt; 'asc',
      'align' =&gt; '',
      'separator' =&gt; '',
      'empty_column' =&gt; 0,
      ),
    );
  /* Relationship: Simplenews subscription: Subscriber ID */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['relationships']['snid']['id'] = 'snid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['relationships']['snid']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscription';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['relationships']['snid']['field'] = 'snid';
  /* Relationship: Simplenews subscription: Term ID */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['relationships']['tid']['id'] = 'tid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['relationships']['tid']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscription';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['relationships']['tid']['field'] = 'tid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['relationships']['tid']['label'] = 'Newsletter';
  /* Field: Simplenews subscriber: Subscriber */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['mail']['id'] = 'mail';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['mail']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscriber';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['mail']['field'] = 'mail';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['mail']['relationship'] = 'snid';
  /* Field: Taxonomy term: Name */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['name']['id'] = 'name';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['name']['table'] = 'taxonomy_term_data';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['name']['field'] = 'name';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['name']['relationship'] = 'tid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['name']['label'] = 'Newsletter';
  /* Field: Simplenews subscription: Timestamp */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['timestamp']['id'] = 'timestamp';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['timestamp']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscription';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['timestamp']['field'] = 'timestamp';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['timestamp']['date_format'] = 'short';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['timestamp']['second_date_format'] = 'long';
  /* Field: Simplenews subscription: Source */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['source']['id'] = 'source';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['source']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscription';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['source']['field'] = 'source';
  /* Field: Simplenews subscriber: Activated */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['activated']['id'] = 'activated';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['activated']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscriber';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['activated']['field'] = 'activated';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['activated']['relationship'] = 'snid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['activated']['type'] = 'unicode-yes-no';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['activated']['not'] = 0;
  /* Field: Simplenews subscription: Status */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['status']['id'] = 'status';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['status']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscription';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['status']['field'] = 'status';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['status']['type'] = 'unicode-yes-no';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['fields']['status']['not'] = 0;
  /* Filter criterion: Simplenews subscriber: Subscriber */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['id'] = 'mail';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscriber';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['field'] = 'mail';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['relationship'] = 'snid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['operator'] = 'contains';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['group'] = 1;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['exposed'] = TRUE;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['expose']['operator_id'] = 'mail_op';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['expose']['label'] = 'Subscriber';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['expose']['operator'] = 'mail_op';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['expose']['identifier'] = 'mail';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['mail']['expose']['remember_roles'] = array(
    2 =&gt; '2',
    1 =&gt; 0,
    3 =&gt; 0,
    4 =&gt; 0,
    );
  /* Filter criterion: Taxonomy term: Term */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['id'] = 'tid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['table'] = 'taxonomy_term_data';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['field'] = 'tid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['relationship'] = 'tid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['group'] = 1;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['exposed'] = TRUE;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['expose']['operator_id'] = 'tid_op';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['expose']['label'] = 'Newsletter';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['expose']['operator'] = 'tid_op';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['expose']['identifier'] = 'tid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['expose']['remember_roles'] = array(
    2 =&gt; '2',
    1 =&gt; 0,
    3 =&gt; 0,
    4 =&gt; 0,
    );
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['type'] = 'select';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['tid']['vocabulary'] = 'newsletter';
  /* Filter criterion: Simplenews subscriber: Activated */
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['id'] = 'activated';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['table'] = 'simplenews_subscriber';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['field'] = 'activated';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['relationship'] = 'snid';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['group'] = 1;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['exposed'] = TRUE;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['expose']['operator_id'] = '';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['expose']['label'] = 'Activated';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['expose']['operator'] = 'activated_op';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['expose']['identifier'] = 'activated';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['filters']['activated']['expose']['remember_roles'] = array(
    2 =&gt; '2',
    1 =&gt; 0,
    3 =&gt; 0,
    4 =&gt; 0,
    );

  /* Display: Page */
  $handler = $view-&gt;new_display('page', 'Page', 'page');
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['path'] = 'newsletter-subscriptions';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['menu']['type'] = 'normal';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['menu']['title'] = 'Newlsetter subscriptions';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['menu']['weight'] = '0';
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['menu']['context'] = 0;
  $handler-&gt;display-&gt;display_options['menu']['context_only_inline'] = 0;