Bing PubHub is being retired, exactly when, I am not sure, but it is going away. Microsoft posted the notice in Bing Webmaster Tools and it links to a document that says “PubHub will no longer be accepting new publisher applications effective immediately” but doesn’t say when it will completely go away.
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