Dan Abrams Online Media Empire Continues to Grow with Mogulite

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeTechCrunch.com reports that 45-year-old NBC News legal analyst turned Media Metwork entrepreneur Dan Abrams is debuting Mogulite today, which he views as a worthy addition to the Mediaite, Geekosystem family (see "TUOL" post 12/7/10).

Mogulite, is not something you soak your mogul in to remove stains, nor is it a creation from the imagination of H.G. Wells or J.R. Tolkien. Rather, it is a Website devoted to reporting on the lives of bigshots, ranging from Oprah to Mark Cuban, to some of our friends who helped destroy the World economy a couple of years back.

Peter Lauria of The Daily Beast will be consulting editor, and The Real Deal's Amy Tennery, managing editor, of Mogulite. Features will include an evolving Mogul Power Grid to show who's on top of his or her game and, perhaps, if we're lucky, who's been indicted.  The introductory post for Mogulite says in part: "We're committed to the idea that what the ultra-wealthy and powerful do matters, as much as many would like to deny it."

One may wonder if Mogulite's appeal will match that of Mediaite, which draws more than 1.2 million unique visitors monthly, according to the TechCrunch post. Stop us, if you've heard this one, but didn't this kind of "zillionaire as rock star" mentality give us Ken Lay, Bernie Madoff and the rest of the Lousekateers?

Internet Maven Abrams to Expand Online Publishing Empire

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeNBC News Chief Legal Analyst Dan Abrams, son of prominent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, buoyed by the success of media news Web site Mediaite and his four other Web properties, is expanding his digital publishing realm, according to a New York Times story.

The 44-year-old former MSNBC anchor next year will debut Mogulite, which sounds like a mutant race from H.G. Wells' Time Machine, but will be a Web site devoted to covering prominent business personalities. Also in the works are a job board site to compete against Mediabistro.com, and Mary Sue, a technology news Web site targeting women.

Besides Mediaite, Abrams presently is the online publisher of Sportsgrid, fashion and beauty site Styleite,  Gossip Cop and technology site Geekosystem. According to the Times article, the five sites combined generate more than 6.4 million views monthly. Abrams believes the sites could begin operating in the black early in 2011.