Examiner.com expands local news with NowPublic buy
Posted September 01, 2009 11:00 pm
DENVER, Colo. -- Two Web sites that rely on a mix of experts and amateur reporters to cover community news are joining forces in a deal announced Tuesday.
Examiner.com, a rapidly growing site that relies on contractors to dissect a wide variety of topics, paid an undisclosed amount for NowPublic, which depends on volunteers to cover what's happening in more than 6,000 cities around the world.
The sites will continue to operate separately, although Examiner.com will adopt some of NowPublic's technology and may hire some of NowPublic's unpaid contributors.
Examiner.com, part of Denver-based Clarity Digital Group, pays its roughly 16,000 experts based on how much traffic their stories attract.
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