{"id":1787,"date":"2007-10-11T00:04:52","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T04:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/10\/11\/cbs-inflates-the-bubble-with-dotspotter\/"},"modified":"2007-10-11T00:04:52","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T04:04:52","slug":"cbs-inflates-the-bubble-with-dotspotter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/10\/11\/cbs-inflates-the-bubble-with-dotspotter\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS inflates the bubble with Dotspotter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dotspotter. Ever heard of it? Me neither — and I make it my business to keep track of as many Web 2.0-type new media sites as I can. Unheard of or not, the site has reportedly<\/a> been acquired by CBS for $10-million (PaidContent has apparently confirmed this as well<\/a>). How long has the site been around? Less than a year.<\/p>\n

So, Dotspotter — which appears to be a kind of Digg for celebrity stories, with a user interface and site design that seems to have been designed by colour-blind gerbils — is worth $1-million for every month it has been alive. By that measure, a site like TMZ.com or PerezHilton (or Gabe Rivera’s WeSmirch.com) should be worth about $100-million — which, of course, would be insane (no offense, Gabe). And what kind of name is Dotspotter anyway?<\/p>\n

According to the PaidContent piece<\/a>, a source said the acquisition price wasn’t so much for the actual site but for the team, which includes a former Yahoo vice-president named Anthony Soohoo. So all of a sudden a crap idea is worth $10-million just because some Yahoo VP was involved? That’s genius. Maybe there’s hope for Guy Kawasaki’s Truemors.com after all.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b><\/p>\n

My friend Om Malik says that (unlike me) he has heard of Dotspotter, and that they have an awesome development team<\/a>. He also says his sources tell him the price was much less than $10-million. And if Om says it, I know it must be true \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Dotspotter. Ever heard of it? Me neither — and I make it my business to keep track of as many Web 2.0-type new media sites as I can. Unheard of or not, the site has reportedly been acquired by CBS for $10-million (PaidContent has apparently confirmed this as well). How long has the site been … <\/p>\n

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