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Shelby Bonnie

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Shelby Bonnie is CEO of Whiskey Media, an online publisher that builds topical Websites, including giantbomb.com, comicvine.com and animevice.com.

Prior to Whiskey Media, he co-founded CNET in 1993 with Halsey Minor. He resigned from the positions of chairman and CEO in October 2006 following a stock options backdating scandal that took place between 1996 and 2003. He was later completely exonerated and continued to serve as director of CNET Networks until March 2007.

Before CNET, Bonnie worked for Tiger Management Corporation, Lynx Capital, and Morgan Stanley.

He received a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Milestones

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• 
  Shelby Bonnie invested in Whiskey Media. (12/31/09)
  Posted 12/31/09 at 6:03am
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  Shelby Bonnie invested in Whiskey Media. (3/24/09)
  Posted 12/31/09 at 11:18am
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  Shelby Bonnie invested in Dizzywood. (2/7/08)
  Posted 6/4/08 at 9:17am
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  Shelby Bonnie invested in Automattic. (7/1/05)
  Posted 10/17/07 at 8:13am
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  Shelby Bonnie added a position as Partner at Whiskey Media.
  Posted 10/9/07 at 2:29am
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  Shelby Bonnie added a position as Co-Founder at CNET Networks.
  Posted 11/22/07 at 12:36am

Videos

Investments

Sources

1. We’ve raised a bit of money (whiskeymedia.com) [edit]
2. Whiskey Media Quietly Growing, Innovating With Former CNET Team (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Dizzywood Takes $1 Million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Automattic Raised $1.1M Last October (businessweek.com) [edit]