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Last week was an exceptionally rough week for affiliate marketing and industry morale is at an all time low. Those are in addition to CyberRebates blind-siding the entire industry by filing Chapter 11 on Wednesday. CyberRebates, of course, will let the bankruptcy courts figure out who gets what. Affiliates, merchants, analysts and even consultants have been posting to board after board after board and exchanging emails all week, many wondering how much longer this can go on, or more directly, how much longer they can take it . After becoming something of an affiliate marketing poster child , ClubMom abruptly pulled the plug on its affiliate program.