John Battelle's ad network holds a monthly conference call with representatives of client sites such as Digg and Metafilter. We got our hands on a couple of recordings. One presumes the presentation is full of guff about how "author-driven" the rep firm is but, and reassurance that the permatanned mogul's smaller affiliates will one day benefit from the fabulous advertiser relationships which FM's expensive salespeople are developing. Unfortunately, the FM boss himself couldn't manage the January call: "Battelle is not joining us because he's over in Switzerland, with the rich and famous," says one of his colleagues. We didn't listen beyond that — these calls are each an hour long — but maybe some patient volunteer can scan for soundbites. The audio clips, below: