On November 22, 2015, a few former Circa employees reported that the CircaNews.com website was again active, stating a simple message that "Circa will be back soon..." A report by the Nieman Journalism Lab said that the site's domain name was registered one month earlier to Sinclair Broadcast Group.[21] Sinclair confirmed on December 7, 2015, that it had acquired Circa News, its intellectual property, and assets earlier in 2015, and aimed to relaunch Circa in the spring of 2016.[5] The acquisition of Circa was to be funded by a Sinclair subsidiary (Sinclair Digital Ventures) and potentially other investors. Circa CEO Matt Galligan mentioned at Circa's closure the previous June that the company could sell or white-label its technology to a news-producing company for use in its own apps.[21]
The revived Circa formally went live on July 18, 2016 with a redesigned app, and a website using a new URL, Circa.com.[22] Since December 2016, Circa has been led by chief operating officer John Solomon, the former vice-president of content and business development for the Washington Times; Solomon was hired by Sinclair as Circa's chief creative officer in December 2015.[23][24]
Ideology
Sinclair says that it aims to "let the content drive [Circa]" and not let the site adhere to any set political or cultural viewpoint, describing Vice News and Breitbart as "partisan-driven" news sites the new Circa would not intentionally emulate. Though Sinclair has aired conservative political content on its stations, its stated intention with Circa is to present information with "no spin, just facts and transparency" and in "an irreverent tone" that will allow the site's target audience (young adults 18 to 35 years old) to form its own opinions.[10][22]
Circa's reporting has been characterized by other media outlets as conservative.[7][25][26] Circa garnered attention for its reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election, which broke many stories seen to be favorable to the Trump administration.[7] According to the Hill, Circa's reporting on Russian interference has "only a peripheral focus on whether anyone in Trump’s inner circle had contact with Russian officials during the campaign".[7]
It has been reported that Circa's owner, the Sinclair Broadcast Company, made an agreement with the Trump campaign to be given greater access in exchange for favorable coverage.[7][6] Solomon said that reporting in many mainstream outlets was "reckless, false, unfair and imbalanced".[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circa_News#Acquisition_and_relaunchNote that
John Solomon left Circa for The Hill on July 10, where he hit the ground running with
an anti-Comey story, and has been pumping out the "Russia? Where's that? But look at all the 'unmasking' stuff the Obama admin did" propaganda ever since:
http://thehill.com/search/site/%22john%20solomon%22
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