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The Chancer, Blogorrah cloned

UPDATE BELOW: A new Irish blog has launched, it appears to be in the style of the infamous NYC-based Irish blog Blogorrah.

The Chancer, with an address thechancer.ie, started publishing late last weeks.

John Ryan defends anonymous allegations

- Anonymous claims made against Ryan
- Pay outstanding to former employees 
- Blogorrah to return before September
- Gatsby Publishing “still exists. Just”
- Ryan trying to revived dog publication
- Gatsby looking to retrieve $110,000

UPDATE: Janice Ridge a former out-of-office account executive at Gatsby Publishing came forward shortly after this article was published stating that she is no longer anonymous.

John Ryan, publisher of infamous Irish blog Blogorrah and recently defunct New York Dog and Hollywood Dog magazines, has defended business practice at Gatsby Publishing after a competitor published a report with anonymous allegations said to be from two former employees.

Blogorrah will return “very soon”

Infamous Irish blog Blogorrah claim that they are to return “very soon”, after a month of no updates and speculation.

In the their first new post in some time the headline states “Blogorrah Will Return (Very Soon). In The Meantime...” and, in their own style, list “Ten reasons why Blogorrah took July off”.

Their last normal post was on June 12, another on June 21 claimed the website was undergoing a redesign.

The break in updates lead to many bloggers to ask 'Where’s Blogorrah?'. Their absence also lead to bloggers starting campaign-type blog posts demanding that somebody would bring back Blogrrah.

Blogorrah.com update/roundup

- Blogorrah, now a cultural icon
- Advertising started 
- Political blog in the works
- Irish sports blog restated

Blogorrah is now online Irish cultural icon spending its time slating Irish politicians, models, actors, and media. Although it is New York-based, Blogorrah has featured in Irish national newspaper and radio and has won the harts and minds of many Irish bloggers, and is pretty proud that the Sunday Independent called them "Frankly disgusting".

Irish sports blog stopped updating in October

Last year we reported that publisher of the infamous New York-based Irish blog Blogorrah, Gatsby Publishing, had launched an Irish sports blog, that appears to have stop updating in October.

Named ‘the Barefoot Sports Fan’ with an addressed at barefootfan.com, it was edited by – in the sites’s own words – Sligo "journalist/author/deviant" Declan Burke.

The blog's last post is dated October 20, just two days before, their sister blog Blogorrah posted "The Barefoot Fan wants YOU! Only if you can write, mind you. Blogorrah's sporty sister is looking for a yellow pack visionary to illuminate its pages; if you know your Christy Ring from your Christy O'Connor Jr from your Christy Onabike, and if you think bog snorkelling is the new rock n'roll, then throw us a mail."

Blogorrah.com - the start of empire building with “very few overheads”

So, we were right, the Irish "culture, media news, gossip - and whatever you're having yourself" blog, Blogorrah.com, is trying to copy Gawker.com (ok, so it wouldn’t take a intellect to guess such).

More importantly, they’re trying to copy Gawker Media, reports the Sunday Times (vie Blogorrah.com). From VIP magazine to dog mag publisher, John Ryan, told the Times “The beauty of it is that there are very few overheads”.

And we do mean copy, well in the inspired way, the design is more then just similar to Gawker.com. The design is copied; the method of news aggregation with witty comments is copied.

Even thought they take the piss with them, Blogorrah.com is obsessed with photo call shots of Irish models in and around St Stephen’s Green, and then there are ‘celebrity’ and socialite photographs. Now where did they copy that from? A bit of Gawker, a bit of Defamer, or just VIP magazine?

We’ll keep reading and viewing, if only there was more reading then viewing to do. Just go easy on McDowell, he’s a bit stressed out at the moment.