Metroblogging Partners with Federated Media

Worlds largest local blogging network, Metroblogging, teams up with Federated Media to help connect a select group of author-driven websites to world class progressive marketers.

Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) April 24, 2006 -- Metroblogging is pleased to announce its partnership with Federated Media Publishing, a company that connects a select group of author-driven websites to world class progressive marketers. Now handling advertising across this expansive network of local sites, this partnership with Federated Media is sure to excite marketers who are trying to make an impact with such an engaged and influential audience as the group that reads and writes Metroblogging.

"We're very excited to be working with John and the whole Federated team," says Richard Ault, Partner at Metroblogging. "They are at the forefront of helping independent publishers succeed and we are proud to join a network containing so many amazing authors and websites."

"Metroblogging is a great example of author driven media at its best," said John Battelle, founder and Chair of Federated Media. "It's clear their model is taking off, and readers love the local focus of Metroblogging's extensive network."

Federated Media represents "best of breed" independent publishing sites, with a focus on high quality authors catering to influential and highly engaged audiences. Through its advertising, technology, publishing, and business development services, FM connects independent weblog authors, marketers and influential audiences in an ongoing conversation that feeds everyone involved. The sites in FM’s network include BoingBoing.net, Buzzmachine.com, Digg.com, Dooce.com, Fark.com, GigaOm.com and more than 25 others.

With 45 active sites, Metroblogging is the largest and fastest growing network of city-specific blogs on the Web. From San Francisco to Bangkok, from Karachi to Toronto, Metblogs are a hyper-local look at what's going on in the great cities of the world. A hand-picked core of regional bloggers give each site a new perspective on daily life; less calendar listings, more friendly advice. With Metblogs, you can read about life and times in your neighborhood, your favorite places to visit, places where you've never been, or get a feel for them all with the daily "best of" blog on the hub at Metroblogging.com. Metroblogging is owned and developed by Bode Media and was selected in Forbes Magazine's Best of the Web, 2005 in the "City Blogs" category.

Metroblogging: http://metroblogging.com
Federated Media: http://federatedmedia.net/

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