Here we are at the end of May already?!  It’s zoomed by really fast for me…I can’t believe summer is within our grasp!  It’s been a short week thanks to the Memorial Day weekend, so not much news to summarize for you this week, but plenty to get your brain juices going!

• With the recent appointment of Angel Djambazov as the new publisher for ReveNews, the posts have flooded in over there with some great financial news.  Now if someone would just replace that Azoogle banner ad with an Epic Advertising banner or something, they’ll be back up to date.
• The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released their new Interactive Campaign Setup Best Practices document.  It’s full of a lot of useful information for those of us involved in performance marketing and is a totally free resource available for download on their website.
• The first issue of FeedFront Magazine has been shipped this week.  If you’ve signed up on the website for your FREE subscription, or if you attended Affiliate Summit West 08 in Las Vegas, you should be receiving your copy soon.
  
• Newbie network Pepperjam has partnered with the eBay Partner Network, which is very interesting considering that eBay made a huge departure from Commission Junction to be on their own at the beginning of this quarter.  It makes me ponder if this is a result of the PJ vs. CJ tussle from back in March.
  

That’s about it – good quality stuff.  Have a great weekend recovering from such a grueling (yet short) week!

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That’s right, I’m throwing myself into the fray… I’m getting into the tussle! Check it out.

In this corner, sporting fabulous guylights, Jim Kukral & Twittermethis!

And in this corner, clutching a beer in one hand & an Asus EEE in the other, Sam Harrelson & Twattermethat!

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For the record, I still <3 Jim & Sam equally!

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A ton of stuff has gone on this week in the world of online & affiliate marketing. It’s pandemonium.

• Sam Harrelson stepped down just last night as publisher of ReveNews, a group blog about online revenue news. I’m bummed as I just started reading and I quite enjoy Sam’s take, but I know I’ll be keeping in touch with his endeavors via Twitter and FriendFeed and some other venues. Good luck, Sam!
• The EU approved the acquisition of online marketing company DoubleClick by Google. But if you’re a faithful reader of this blog, you already knew that.
• AOL announced the acquisition of social network Bebo. Bebo is big overseas, which is probably why you haven’t heard of it.
• Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney is being a smug bastard after his mac mishap. 55 comments on this blog entry, basically all of which are asking for a hand out. I’d ask too, but who the hell am I?
• Shawn Collins just posted a link to an article he wrote called Affiliate Marketing is Dead. He talks about the innovation of video and mobile affiliate marketing. Video I can get behind, but mobile seems entirely too intrusive and scares the bejesus out of me.

The end of the week has really slowed down in terms of business news. So I’ll leave you with this – go to GeekCast.fm and listen to the Geek Cast with Sam Harrelson, Shawn Collins, Jim Kukral, and Lisa Picarille. Hilarity & relevancy collide, I promise you.

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