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Federated Media snags $50 million investment?

By Jordan Golson, 8:04 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008, 511 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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A tipster reports that John Battelle's Federated Media ad network just scored a $50 million investment. We've emailed FM but haven't heard back yet.

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