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NowPublic Lays Off Staff, Citing Acquisition; Vows To Rebuild

Apr 23, 2010 2:13 PM

Citizen-J site NowPublic has laid off several members of its dozen-person staff, paidContent has been told, confirming portions of an earlier post by Reportr.net. In an e-mail message to paidContent, NowPublic’s founder Leonard Brody said that, contrary to the earlier report that the site was headed for its demise, NowPublic…

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Posted In: Jobs & Layoffs, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Social Media, News Sharing, nowpublic

The News Is NowPublic: Cit-J Site Sold To Anschutz’s Examiner.com; Price Around $25 Million

Sep 1, 2009 4:00 PM

You’re reading it here first: After several months of trying to get the deal done, Citizen-J site NowPublic is about to be sold to a non-traditional buyer: local news network Examiner.com, which is controlled by Philip Anschutz’s Clarity Media Group, we have learned. The price is around $25 million range,…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, clarity media group, examiner, nowpublic

Video Interview: Len Brody, CEO, Now Public: From Hyperlocal to Hyperpersonal

Nov 18, 2007 1:48 PM

At Monaco Media Forum earlier this month, I did a short video interview with Len Brody, the co-founder and CEO of NowPublic, one of the larger public journalism efforts out there. We quoted Len a few months ago from another story, where he caused some controversy saying that hyperlocal was…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, len brody, nowpublic

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