WSJ Ditches Affiliate Program
from the bye-bye dept
So, yesterday I posted how Google was killing their affiliate program. Today, the Wall Street Journal sent me an email saying they were killing their affiliate program. To be honest, I don't even remember signing up for it, but I must have at one point. I think it's interesting to see these two major brand names killing their affiliate programs so quickly. I also wonder what this means for companies like BeFree that manage many of these affiliate programs.
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