Now WordPress Will Allow You to Profit from Your Posts

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Just a couple of days after Chime.in launched with the promise of allowing users to monetize their own social media, WordPress bloggers are about to get the same ability thanks to a new deal struck between the blogging engine and Federated Media Publishing.

The deal will offer WordPress users a chance to opt-in to Federated’s advertising representation starting at some point during Q1 2012. WordPress will take a cut of the ad revenue generated as a result, as well as being paid by Federated for the ability to represent its users.

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The partnership, announced Wednesday at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, isn’t Federated’s first move into the blog space. The company previously had a deal with LiveJournal and TypePad creators Six Apart that quietly disappeared because it didn’t “work for advertisers,” according to CEO Deanna Brown.

Brown told AdWeek that she “could imagine [Federated] will continue growing relationships with all kinds of independent Web publishing partners” in future, which suggests that other blog platforms may soon follow WordPress’ lead. Tumblr advertising, anyone?

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Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.