The News is still NowPublic
As anyone who’s been through an acquisition knows there are often redundancies within the merged company. In the process of integrating our operations with Examiner.com, we have unfortunately had to eliminate some staff positions, which impacted respected colleagues from our Vancouver-based office.
As a founder of the company this is always hard, and we had to say good bye to some fantastic employees and old friends.
As difficult as this is personally for everyone involved, I wanted to clarify a couple of misconceptions that have been bouncing around the twitterverse and in the media. First and foremost, NowPublic is not closing.
We looked very closely at the organization and determined what changes would enable us to operate more efficiently and avoid duplication of our resources. As a result, there has been a reduction in workforce that affected members of the NowPublic’s editorial team, product and design teams.
Everyone should know that the decision was based on a need to operate in the most efficient way, and eliminate positions that were duplicated across the Examiner.com network – not on individual performance.
We still have a very strong group of talented, dedicated people who are helping us continue to grow our site and company. We will continue to operate our newsroom from Vancouver and serve the millions of readers who visit us monthly. We will also continue to leverage NowPublic’s technology and active contributor base to build value across the organization as a whole.
Myself, Michael Meyers and Leonard Brody continue to serve as members of the executive management team and Clarity Digital Group, Examiner.com’s and NowPublic’s parent company, is committed to maintaining our leadership role in the industry.
Michael Tippett
