Hi All,
I
am very keen to take up Qui Gon Jinn’s suggestion to set up a meeting with publishers to discuss this issue in further detail. I would suggest that we get together in groups but if anyone feels that they want a one to one meeting with the CJ UK management team about this issue we will make ourselves available
I suggest the following dates as possibilities for group meetings in our Putney office, followed by drinks (we’re paying J):
Friday June 11th
Tuesday June 22nd
Thursday July 8th
Wednesday July 21st
I would appreciate it if you could email me at
cwhite@valueclick.com or Tina Judic at
tjudic@cj.com to clarify if any of these dates would work for you.
Of course we will all be at CJU next week and we will be happy to talk to you about this issue then too.
I would also like to confirm that, further to some comments, 180 Solutions has had all relationships rescinded with UK advertisers – this applies to all names in which 180 Solutions trade under.
We are also reviewing the code of conduct and we expect to be able to issue an updated code within a matter of a few weeks. At that point we will clarify our position regarding all adware.
As a point of clarification BeFree didn’t take over Commission Junction ValueClick Inc did.
ValueClick has a policy of allowing the European operation to develop its products and services for the local needs of its clients. We believe that this autonomy will work to the benefit of our existing clients over the coming months. It will also allow us to formulate a policy based on UK needs rather than just US needs. Our aim is to get the benefit of global and local knowledge in order to better serve our clients. We will be making further announcements about building the local businesses within the next few weeks.
Having said all of the above Rome wasn’t built in a day and as a public company there are certain things we can’t say. Bear with us and please do work with us to build the affiliate network that you want.
All the best
Carl White
European Managing Director
ValueClick