Dear DSI!

As a number of you have already seen via the guardian article, we have recently been taken over by development hell, who run magazines 'The Word' and 'Mixmag'.

We have been working really hard to get this deal signed since last October. Now the deal is finally done, we can concentrate on the site relaunch that we promised you in January!

We are back in the office, which feels GREAT after 5 months working from home (and going slightly insane). The new office is in Angel, London and we have been setting up today / yesterday, so please bare with us if you are trying to phone the office, as the phone system is playing up a little. Best way to contact us all at the moment is email.

The DSI office staff are now:

John
Dave
Owain
Jason
Andy
Gee
Wendy

Tim has moved on to pastures new and we wish him the best of luck in whatever he goes onto.

We are REALLY excited about this deal, and are really looking forward to the synergy that is created by having DSI, the Word and Mixmag all in the same offices.

Thanks for sticking with DSI over the years, the next chapter is just beginning!

Cheers,

John / All at DSI HQ!

Remember everyone jabbering on about the chat window moving, lol

Jinx, I thought your name said floater then. Wrong images

onwards & upwards for DSI :))

does that mean you'll have a decent five-a-side team now then?

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Congratulations! Good luck guys :)

I used to love Owain in his shorts ♥

john, who is this joker?

well done by the way fella, tally ho!!

Hope you did good out of that deal guys, with a nice wage deal too and loads of new opertunities to develop your skills. Little question now, but may I presume that all our photos will be kept after this realaunch, or should be start saving them to other locations real quick? Good luck and lot of love, DDx (actually TrippleD now.. am expecting a baby in October!) XX

thats great news guys and well deserved hope it all works out and i look forward to watching DSI evolve and dominate the world! lol! :)

Something for you to look @:

"www.developmenthell.co.uk"

Quoted from Website:

Small Islington company buys world's biggest clubbing website
14th April 2009
Development Hell Ltd, the independent company behind Mixmag and The Word, has
bought DontStayIn.com, the world's biggest clubbing social network. Created in 2003,
DontStayIn.com, which is active in the UK, USA, Spain, Ireland, Australia and France,
has 1 million unique visitors per month and 20 million monthly page impressions,
making it one the biggest destinations for active 18 to 24 year olds on the web.
Development Hell MD Jerry Perkins said: "Development Hell believes that, without
community, magazines only tell half the story. We want people to spend more time
with us than they do with anyone else and to be glad that they did. By bringing the
world's most popular clubbing site together with Mixmag, the world's most popular
dance music and clubbing magazine, we create a uniquely powerful coalition that
delivers unrivalled impact for clubbers and brilliant value for advertisers."
DSI is used by clubbers to plan their nightlife. The site sends a weekly newsletter to all
users, detailing events which they may enjoy in their local area. The site holds over 6
million photographs and gets an average of 58,000 new pictures uploaded every week.
It recruits an average of 2,400 new members a week and 900 new events. DSI is
profitable and generates revenues from club promoters and club ticket sales, as well as
being a popular and effective site for lifestyle advertisers looking to target 18-to-24-
year olds through innovative advertising and sponsorship packages.
Development Hell was started in 2001 by David Hepworth and Jerry Perkins. In 2003
it launched The Word, the monthly which has been named Music Magazine of the Year
for the last two years and recently reported a 2% circulation increase. Editorial
Director David Hepworth says: "The website and podcasts are a crucial part of what
The Word does. We don't regard them as a chore like many magazine publishers do.
Our sites run 24 hours a day, seven days a week and they generate thousands of new
words a day. We see them as a way of cementing a deep relationship with our core
readers and forging the kind of bond magazine publishers need when people have so
many other claims on their time." In 2006 the company bought Mixmag from EMAP
and has since invested in restoring the magazine's production values and extending its
activities into the web, podcasting and outside events. A Brazilian edition of the
magazine launches this summer.
"They say that a recession is a terrible thing to waste," says Jerry Perkins. "Current
conditions gave us a chance to acquire DSI and bring aboard the skills of its founders.
The dance music sector is holding up very well in the current climate, it's booming in
both North and South America and we're well placed to benefit from that. The
expertise this brings into the company might lead us into other areas. Plus, doesn't
this make us the only media organisation not going backwards right now? With luck
the directors will not have to cut back on their massive salaries."
For further information call Jerry Perkins on 020 7078 8401 or email
jerry@developmenthell.co.uk

wouldnt it just have been easier to write 'DSI rules'?

Great work guys..... Nice move!

Rom thats really hard to read like that lol..

Like most of his posts then.

They All float down here Georgie :)

I just copied and pasted it, that is all, click on the LINK and read it and more for yourself?

thats awsome.. ama subscriber to mixmag n all :) cant wait for the site re-vamp.. just ope its not too complicated lol