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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>VentureBeat - Latest Comments in Confirmed, finally: Online ad company Federated Media raises $50 million</title><link>http://venturebeat.disqus.com/</link><description>News about Tech, Business and Innovation</description><atom:link href="https://venturebeat.disqus.com/confirmed_finally_online_ad_company_federated_media_raises_50_million/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:29:43 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Confirmed, finally: Online ad company Federated Media raises $50 million</title><link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/15/confirmed-finally-online-ad-company-federated-media-raises-50-million/#comment-14684820</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I think FM should pick up a few flagship sites that they can use to drive traffic to the rest of their portfolio.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    One of the things that is not happening much yet, but if big media plays its cards right, it will, is that “traffic” will be used as a currency to recruit strong voices into networks. In other words, WSJ can easily recruit FM’s top authors with the lure of brand and traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    What is FM’s strategy to counter this, when it starts happening?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sramana Mitra</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:29:43 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>