Examiner.com

Not to be confused with Examine.com.
Examiner.com
The logo of Examiner.com
Type of site
Citizen journalism
Available inEnglish
OwnerAnschutz Entertainment Group
URLwww.examiner.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional, required to comment
LaunchedSeptember 1994 (domain registered by San Francisco Examiner)
April 2008 (launch in present format)
Current statusDefunct (July 10, 2016)

Examiner.com was an American news website based in Denver, Colorado, that operated using a network of "pro-am contributors"' for content.[1][2] It had various local editions with contributors posting city-based items tailored to 238 markets throughout the United States and parts of Canada in two putative national editions, one for each country.[1][3][4][5]

As of early 2014, Examiner.com was a property of Philip Anschutz-owned[3][4][6] AEG, and announced it would be partnering closely with ticket merchant AXS.[7] Subsequently, Examiner operations were announced to be shutting down on July 10, 2016.[8]

  1. ^ a b Lee, Edmund (June 7, 2010). "Does Who Creates Content Matter to Marketers in a 'Pro-Am' Media World?". Advertising Age.
  2. ^ "Examiner.com Execs Push for Quality, Refute 'Content Farm'". PBS MediaShift. October 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Stelter, Brian (September 2, 2009). "Examiner.com Buys NowPublic, a Citizen-Media Web Site". The New York Times. pp. B2. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Rocha, Roberto (October 29, 2009). "News website chain expands into Canada". The Gazette. Montreal. Archived from the original on November 1, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Examiner.com expanding into Canada". The Sydney Morning Herald. Agence France-Presse. October 28, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  6. ^ Harden, Mark (April 18, 2008). "Examiner.com recruits local bloggers". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  7. ^ "Examiner.com Acquired by AXS". AEG Worldwide. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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