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Former Shiny Media site Pies back in action

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It was, then it wasn’t – now it is again.

Who Ate All the Pies the football news site, formerly part of the blog network Shiny Media and recently bought by publisher Anorak Media, is live again.

Editor Ollie Irish had been locked out from the site following ‘a dispute between Shiny Media, Pies’ former owners, and one of their more difficult shareholders’, he writes.

Former owner Shiny Media went into administration earlier this month, with questions raised about the level (and receipt) of venture capital funding for the company announced in 2007.

The Shiny Media story: what’s going on?

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Since news broke that Shiny Media had gone into adminstration, Journalism.co.uk has been trying to gather more information – especially in regards to the details of the new buyer. Unfortunately, calls and emails to its remaining founder Chris Price have gone unanswered. We’ve called the administrators, Wilson Field, and they promise to keep us posted if a statement is put out.

  • Also at at Telegraph.co.uk: Why Brightstation Venture’s Dan Wagner is fighting the Shiny Media administration.

We have not been able to reach Price’s co-founder Ashley Norris, who left the company last year. The other co-founder, Katie Lee, has provided some information via her Twitter feed and in the comments on paidContent, and now she’s provided even fuller detail about her experiences at Shiny for a blog post on Telegraph.co.uk.

We hope to post more news soon.