NowPublic was a user-generated

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website. The company was based in

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, Canada, and was founded by

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and Michael E. Meyers in 2005. On Sept. 2, 2009 the company was acquired by Clarity Digital Group, LLC, wholly owned by The Anschutz Company, a Denver-based investment company. Effective December 27, 2013 the site was closed and the domain redirected to www.examiner.com. In addition to content contributed by users, NowPublic had a content-sharing agreement with the

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. ''

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'' magazine named NowPublic.com one of the Top 50 websites of 2007. In 2009, the site was nominated for an

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in Advanced Technology.

Financing

On July 30, 2007, a Canadian national daily, '' The Globe and Mail'', announced that NowPublic Technologies had closed a US$10.6 million round of financing from North American venture capital groups, following several takeover offers. These investors include New York's

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and its

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affiliate and early investing Canadian firms Brightspark and Growthworks.

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