I guess online advertising company Federated Media is in a spending mood. Less than two weeks after its last acquisition, the company has announced that it&'s purchased Foodbuzz, a network of 4,400 independent food bloggers.

This seems pretty similar to Federated&'s last deal, where it acquired BigTent, a company that helps parents build online communities on the Web. Both companies built a sizable audience without directly employing a large team of writers and editors. Foodbuzz says it reaches more than 14 million users per month.

San Francisco-based Federated Media sells advertising on a number of blogs (including VentureBeat), usually with a focus on customized, &''conversational&'' campaigns. In the area of food, its partners include Serious Eats and Bakerella.

a4‚¬AFood is a universal topic that everyone loves to discuss,&'' said FM president and chief operating officer Deanna Brown in a press release. &''With Foodbuzz, FM can invite brands into the very best of those discussions at significant scale.&''

Back in August, Federated announced its first acquisition, the purchase of technology and executives from semantic startup TextDigger. So even though it&'s only a few months into the acquisition game, Federated has already announced three deals.

The terms of this latest acquisition were not disclosed. I haven&'t found any definite numbers about Foodbuzz&'s funding, but a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that it raised $1 million earlier this year.

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Companies: Federated Media, Foodbuzz

People: Deanna Brown

Companies: Federated Media, Foodbuzz

People: Deanna Brown

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