Replies to post #310041 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[TJ Parker]

well, this is something i do know about.

"Planet Out, LGBT, could be worth a watch, no profit, about 11M in revs. - right now high price but becoming public could this be the future #1 media controller of the gay scene."

i wouldn't count on that. i might be overstating a bit, but most folks in gay community pretty much think of http://gay.com as a chat/hookup site; and after the novelty of that wears off, that association still sticks. this is not a respected thing. you tell someone you saw something on gay.com and immediately they'll suspect you were there trying to hook up (friends with benefits kinda thing). kinda like telling your gf about stuff you read in hustler.

hmm. now the top stories on gay.com today are:

 
 "Social Grace, the jerk"  
     "Bitter? Yeah, at jerks like you ... The point is, you're a  
     bastard!" Could this guy really be talking about our gay  
     etiquette expert? 
 BLOG: GOP candidate's nude male revue! 
 HOT: Crudup's "Beauty," a Bush spoiler? 
 HEALTH: Abstinence-only causing more sex  
 

ugh.

"Keep it on the radar IMO, the gay community will be buying this stock in droves - and they have tons of capital."

well, maybe the hedge funds, but community i kinda doubt: its a chatters place. i think the print media still has the respect here, e.g. http://www.advocate.com or http://www.out.com or (younger) http://www.xy.com .

"Also the potential for the advertising world to pay for advertising on their site is immense. This market on a global scale is a really big one with tons of high paid individuals making up the demographics!!!!"

in chat, nobody can see your ads ...

what i don't see is how they're losing money. each of those print mags has a web site thats at least as extensive, and they wouldn't if it wasn't profitable (i would think) ...