Drupal Distros and Media companies

A discussion to compare notes on the challenges of using Drupal in a media or publishing environment - eg magazine, newspaper or TV news type websites, and whether distros are the solution.

How do you build and manage dozens of sites that are both similar, yet in their own way unique?

There are a few Drupal distros out there targeted at this segment including OpenPublish and NodeStream. However many organisations have taken to building their own distros.

Dennis Publishing is one such organisation and we'd like to share our experiences in creating our D7 distro.