Feedburner shuts down its Feedburner Ad Network

[mandy]

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Google Groups announcement of the closing of Feedburner Ad Network:

This is a quick note to confirm that FeedBurner's former, independent
ad network, FeedBurner Ad Network (aka "FAN"), is officially closed.
No new applications for FAN publishers are being accepted and we
expect the broad variety of options provided through AdSense
(including the new AdSense for Feeds product, powered with FeedBurner
feeds) will give publishers valuable new revenue-earning potential.

http://groups.google.com/group/feedburne...d46c953123