Comments on: Whiskey Media Quietly Growing, Innovating With Former CNET Team

By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » end of march blogging ‘09

Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » end of march blogging ‘09 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:21:20 +0000

[...] Structured Whiskey is coming [...]

By: jen

jen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:12:34 +0000

yeah, was gonna say…easy to launch Blogger sites on the quick, harder to do it when you’re building something from (relative) scratch…

By: M Dolon

M Dolon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:27:39 +0000

Very impressive lineup, I’m happy to see these guys succeed. Proof that experience, funding and careful execution can go a long way, even with a small team.

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:37:20 +0000

fixed thx.

By: Phill Freelance seo guy

Phill Freelance seo guy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:45:38 +0000

Self marketing is the only way I get leads lol….

So i too will second that,

Nice post.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:43:02 +0000

A recent blog from whiskey employee Mike Tatum said “While we have the ability to rollout sites the scale of Giantbomb every couple of weeks (like we did with Animevice). Instead, we’re focusing on areas where we have the most interest and think we can offer something unique. Expect to see some new products this year in other entertainment verticals, specifically areas where our communities already have shown interest.”

The Full blog is here (it’s an interesting read): http://www.whis...ear-for-whiskey

By: Site Sucks

Site Sucks — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:32:11 +0000

Yes, it’s easy to launch 20 sites in 6 months when they are complete garbage, like the one you linked to.

By: DJ Chang

DJ Chang — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:58:39 +0000

Also gained 22 more followers in the 5 minutes it took to read, research, and write this reply. Quickerfy.

By: DJ Chang

DJ Chang — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:56:11 +0000

Agree with the self-financing, low burn rate approach. Everyone should do that.

Two years to launch 3 sites? Can’t agree with that, particularly with the low traffic. We’ve launched 20 sites in 6 months. Here is our http://games.tEarn.com/ supersite. Have to move at web speed, not publishing speeds.

Quickerfy, Mr. Bonnie.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:42:30 +0000

I am sure they’ll do fine. Lots of experience, sound approach and proper funding. Can’t see much going wrong here on the long run.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:22:32 +0000

Ads seem to be their only major revenue stream, but at the moment they’ve only had relatively few ads, at infrequent intervals. I guess it’s a sign of the shrinking advertising industry to the recession.

Although, being the co founder of c net, I’d imagine Shelby Bonnie isn’t exactly short of money, so in the short term it’s probably not a huge issue. Hopefully the economy will recover before it becomes an issue.

By: silicon valley dropout

silicon valley dropout — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:54:50 +0000

wtg python. the article seem more about php vs python then the actual company .

By: Please explain

Please explain — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:45:57 +0000

lets see if they can run this company the same way as CNet…drive tremendous debt into the company, try to build their own pay per click engine (which failed when pitted against google on their own properties), then offload the company to some poor sucker (CBS).

By: jon

jon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:42:02 +0000

Yeah it gives an error that we don’t have permission to see TC drafts.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:40:50 +0000

The link to Political Base goes back to your blogging / draft system. Don’t think that’s where you want us to go

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:39:13 +0000

Clever company. I guess revenue through adds only?