BN&F (Ben's News) Shutters The Blog

Ben's News & Friends (BN&F) announced today that the long time blog would not be updated starting this week & was in the process of being shuttered.  The blog started out covering The Fratmen/Fratpad sites until things became contentious between the sites & the blog.  BN&F shifted their focus over to a few new sites in Gay Hoopla & later The Voyeurboys.  The blog kept things very simple over the years reporting on upcoming shows, statistics such as viewership & tips from shows, pictures, along with the comings & goings of the different Voyeurboys. 

The original founder of the blog, Gregory Franklin, made the decision earlier this year to come out of retirement for a paid employment opportunity that would require the shuttering of the blog.  Eventually Gregory found a new owner/publisher for the blog & keep the volunteer staff to help build on what he started years ago.  This should have been easy to do considering the simplicity of their reporting.  

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The new owner proved to be unprepared for the task & quickly created a messy situation that completely ruined the blogs reputation along with losing the trust of many readers of the blog.  From there long time blog staffer Matthew quietly took control of the blog after failing to find a new owner.  CGN wrote how this was a curious decision at the time (Link) & later learned more about what was taking place in our comments section as one of the volunteer writers at BN&F filled us in...

We thank the writer for coming to CGN & sharing what was taking place along with how things worked at BN&F - we certainly hope he decides to keep in touch with us! As for Gregory, we are glad you are going out on your own terms & wish you the best with your new employment opportunity.

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A New Owner At BN&F

BN&F announced on March 16th they finally found new ownership of the blog.  It was announced that staff member Matthew would be taking over the reins.  It was quietly announced on Twitter late in the night but no other formal announcement on the blog was made.  For this reason I ended this article with a question that kept popping into my mind, after reading it let us know if you were thinking the same.

From Matthew's past comments he was the only person willing to attempt to keep the blog running & is doing it as a favor to Benjy.  This is also a surprise because many of the blog's readers don't care for Matthew's unprofessional comments & childish name calling of those not sharing his opinion.  Recently on Miss Murmurs the former owner Benjy was chatting with her readers who told him that Matthew's mannerisms are the reason they quit reading his blog all backed by specific examples.  One of the readers of BN&F left this message for the former owner... 

With Matthew at the helm the blog likely won't change much at all & will continue to be one sided, probably even more so based on his history.  If you don't agree with their views & comment otherwise be prepared to be called a hater which will get you chased away by an angry mob the blog is now known for.  Many of the blog's more moderate readers such as Jeff from above may also quite reading the blog as well.  Do you think all this is why the announcement was only made on Twitter late on a Monday night?

If you want to share your comments & experiences with Matthew please feel free to do so below.

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A Conclusion To The Drama At BN&F (Ben's News)

Finally a conclusion to the latest scandal to rock Ben's News & Friends.  C.V. is the new publisher who took over for Benjy Franklin posted false claims two weeks into his tenure about Miss Murmurs finally surfaced.  It took him over 24 hours & quitting as publisher before finally writing an apology to everyone touched by his actions.  Based on comments on all of the blogs it will be interesting to see where BN&F goes even with C.V. out of the picture as this whole fiasco will haunt them for a while.  Here is the apology we alluded to...

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New Editor At Ben's News Blog Gets Himself In A Major Fiasco...

Update 3/5/2015 9:15 p.m (EST):

Matthew posts article regarding future of BN&F.  Short lived owner/publisher reportedly removes himself from BN&F & no longer has ability to post.  Readers get no apology as he backs away with tail between his legs.

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Update 3/5/2015 7:30 p.m. (EST):

BN&F has removed the two articles linked below, but the comments remain.  Still nothing from the owner/publisher in the form of an apology to Miss Murmurs but more importantly to his readers whom he placed the entire blame on for this fiasco.  Comment below from 'Article 1' by former blog owner to what appears to be the new blog owner.

The last 24 hours over at Ben's News & Friends (BN&F) has been an interesting time to say the very least.  An "informant" of the blog claimed Miss Murmurs removed her website due to a legal cease & desist action asking her to remove certain content from her blog.  BN&F placed this on their blog & twitter as a "BREAKING STORY" with more to come. 

What did come was Miss Murmurs coming back (in classic Miss M fashion) claiming what the blog had written wasn't true & restored her entire blog online to prove the point.  Just this morning the new owner/editor at BN&F puts this beauty of a headline up on the BN&F blog...

What type of owner/editor attempts to put the blame for this mess on his readers & so-called tipster - IT'S YOUR BLOG & YOU PUBLISHED IT - so take responsibility for it!!!  What I don't know is if the cease & desist action "will be" filed or was even considered or not, but you can imagine what followed in the comments section.  After being took to task by his readers, the new owner/editor responded which leads to more questions about his & his blogs credibility...

We saved the best comment for last as it comes from former editor/owner of BN&F Benjy (Greg Franklin)...

The tipster for BN&F remains an unknown for obvious reasons... could it be the commenter known as Esteban who made vague claims of this "cease & desist" for two days?  Let's hope the new owner/editor at BN&F does the right thing on this one & keeps it to himself!  The new owner/editor at BN&F has a large hill to climb in front of him regardless if anything were to come of this or not.  He not only has to learn the ins/outs of blogging but also must attempt to establish/rebuild his credibility & regain the trust of his readers that choose to stick around.

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