WSJ's Web Site Adds Facebook Function

January 30th, 2008 By SETH SUTEL, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- The Wall Street Journal has just accepted Facebook's request to be online friends. Hoping to tap into the growing buzz of online social networks, the Journal is adding a feature to its Web site that will allow readers to see which Journal stories are popular among that user's Facebook friends.



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