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Dan Abrams’ Bottle Raiders Acquires Event Business in Bid to Scale Fine-Liquor Media
Dan Abrams has acquired two liquor events in a bid to boost the presence of his Bottle Raiders reviews business
The media entrepreneur, who has built businesses such as the TV-news-obsessed Mediaite and the Law & Crime network, which was recently sold to the creator-fueled media company Jellysmack, is acquiring two specialized event businesses tied to liquor tasting in a bid to grow Bottle Raiders, a collection of sites that offer reviews of whiskey, tequila, gin and rum. Bottle Raiders plans to launch a new app in June, says Abrams, : which will allow users to scan bar codes and tap into the site’s content. Law & Crime, which Abrams bootstrapped in similar fashion, sold to Jellysmack in October of last year for approximately $125 million, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
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