<s>
Circa	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Circa	B-Application
,	O
was	O
an	O
American	O
online	O
newspaper	O
and	O
entertainment	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
was	O
discontinued	O
abruptly	O
on	O
26	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
Sinclair	O
stating	O
that	O
industry	O
changes	O
did	O
not	O
justify	O
the	O
continuation	O
of	O
Circa	B-Application
News	I-Application
as	O
a	O
website	O
(	O
and	O
three	O
days	O
before	O
sister	O
property	O
KidsClick	O
was	O
also	O
closed	O
with	O
little	O
notice	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
's	O
social	O
media	O
accounts	O
remained	O
active	O
but	O
dormant	O
,	O
with	O
their	O
handles	O
changed	O
to	O
the	O
initials	O
"	O
TND	O
"	O
;	O
Sinclair	O
would	O
later	O
repurpose	O
the	O
accounts	O
for	O
its	O
headline	O
news	O
service	O
The	O
National	O
Desk	O
,	O
removing	O
all	O
traces	O
of	O
Circa	B-Application
from	O
the	O
accounts	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
retaining	O
the	O
existing	O
subscribers	O
of	O
those	O
feeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Circa	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
application	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founders	O
 '	O
aim	O
for	O
Circa	B-Application
was	O
"	O
to	O
pursue	O
a	O
more	O
pure	O
definition	O
of	O
news	O
with	O
truths	O
divorced	O
from	O
conjecture	O
,	O
opinion	O
or	O
biased	O
analysis	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Circa	B-Application
announced	O
version	O
3.0	O
of	O
its	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
added	O
a	O
daily	O
briefing	O
service	O
called	O
"	O
Wire	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
aggregates	B-Application
top	O
stories	O
over	O
a	O
24-hour	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
would	O
expand	O
from	O
the	O
app	O
world	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
a	O
web	O
version	O
,	O
CircaNews.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Circa	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
buyer	O
after	O
failing	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
new	O
funding	O
round	O
of	O
venture	O
capital	O
financing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Circa	B-Application
halted	O
its	O
news	O
reporting	O
operations	O
for	O
financial	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
Circa	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
go	O
on	O
an	O
"	O
indefinite	O
hiatus	O
"	O
following	O
its	O
inability	O
to	O
secure	O
an	O
buyer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CEO	O
and	O
co-founder	O
Matt	O
Galligan	O
bade	O
farewell	O
to	O
Circa	B-Application
in	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
titled	O
"	O
Farewell	O
to	O
Circa	B-Application
News	I-Application
"	O
in	O
which	O
,	O
he	O
admired	O
the	O
successes	O
of	O
Circa	B-Application
,	O
but	O
lamented	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
failure	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
sustainable	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
former	O
Circa	B-Application
employees	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
CircaNews.com	O
website	O
was	O
again	O
active	O
,	O
stating	O
a	O
simple	O
message	O
that	O
"	O
Circa	B-Application
will	O
be	O
back	O
soon	O
...	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sinclair	O
confirmed	O
on	O
7	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Circa	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
its	O
intellectual	O
property	O
and	O
assets	O
earlier	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
aimed	O
to	O
relaunch	O
Circa	B-Application
in	O
spring	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Circa	B-Application
was	O
to	O
be	O
funded	O
by	O
a	O
Sinclair	O
subsidiary	O
(	O
Sinclair	O
Digital	O
Ventures	O
)	O
and	O
potentially	O
other	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
CEO	O
Matt	O
Galligan	O
mentioned	O
at	O
its	O
closure	O
the	O
previous	O
June	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
could	O
sell	O
or	O
"	O
white-label	O
"	O
its	O
technology	O
to	O
a	O
news-producing	O
company	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
revived	O
Circa	B-Application
formally	O
went	O
live	O
on	O
18	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
redesigned	O
app	O
and	O
a	O
website	O
using	O
a	O
new	O
URL	O
,	O
Circa.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Circa	B-Application
was	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
chief	O
operating	O
officer	O
John	O
Solomon	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
vice-president	O
of	O
content	O
and	O
business	O
development	O
for	O
The	O
Washington	O
Times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solomon	O
was	O
hired	O
by	O
Sinclair	O
as	O
Circa'''s	O
chief	O
creative	O
officer	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Sinclair	O
Sets	O
Circa	B-Application
Debut	O
,	O
Hires	O
CCO	O
"	O
,	O
TVNewsCheck	O
,	O
7	O
July	O
2015	O
-	O
"	O
SINCLAIR	O
PROMOTES	O
JOHN	O
SOLOMON	O
TO	O
CHIEF	O
OPERATING	O
OFFICER	O
OF	O
CIRCA	B-Application
"	O
,	O
press	O
release	O
from	O
SBGI	O
,	O
12	O
December	O
2016	O
Solomon	O
left	O
Circa	B-Application
to	O
join	O
The	O
Hill	O
in	O
July	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sinclair	O
says	O
that	O
it	O
aims	O
to	O
"	O
let	O
the	O
content	O
drive	O
 [ Circa ] 	O
 "	O
and	O
not	O
let	O
the	O
site	O
adhere	O
to	O
any	O
set	O
political	O
or	O
cultural	O
viewpoint	O
,	O
describing	O
Vice	O
News	O
and	O
Breitbart	O
as	O
"	O
partisan-driven	O
"	O
news	O
sites	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
Circa	B-Application
would	O
not	O
intentionally	O
emulate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Sinclair	O
has	O
aired	O
conservative	O
political	O
content	O
on	O
its	O
stations	O
,	O
its	O
stated	O
intention	O
with	O
Circa	B-Application
was	O
to	O
present	O
information	O
with	O
"	O
no	O
spin	O
,	O
just	O
facts	O
and	O
transparency	O
"	O
and	O
in	O
"	O
an	O
irreverent	O
tone	O
"	O
that	O
will	O
allow	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
target	O
audience	O
(	O
young	O
adults	O
18	O
to	O
35	O
years	O
old	O
)	O
to	O
form	O
its	O
own	O
opinions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
's	O
reporting	O
has	O
been	O
characterized	O
by	O
other	O
media	O
outlets	O
as	O
conservative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
attracted	O
attention	O
for	O
its	O
reporting	O
on	O
Russian	O
interference	O
in	O
the	O
2016	O
election	O
,	O
which	O
broke	O
many	O
stories	O
seen	O
to	O
be	O
favorable	O
to	O
the	O
Trump	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
The	O
Hill	O
,	O
Circa	B-Application
's	O
reporting	O
on	O
Russian	O
interference	O
has	O
"	O
only	O
a	O
peripheral	O
focus	O
on	O
whether	O
anyone	O
in	O
Trump	O
’s	O
inner	O
circle	O
had	O
contact	O
with	O
Russian	O
officials	O
during	O
the	O
campaign	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
original	O
iteration	O
,	O
the	O
Circa	B-Application
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
and	O
website	O
have	O
offered	O
"	O
atomization	O
"	O
of	O
news	O
rather	O
than	O
"	O
summarization	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Atomization	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
originally	O
expressed	O
by	O
Circa	B-Application
,	O
means	O
"	O
to	O
break	O
down	O
a	O
story	O
into	O
its	O
core	O
elements	O
:	O
facts	O
,	O
stats	O
,	O
quotes	O
and	O
media	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
a	O
summary	O
where	O
content	O
is	O
reduced	O
for	O
quicker	O
reading	O
or	O
users	O
are	O
linked	O
elsewhere	O
for	O
the	O
full	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
initially	O
pushed	O
multiple	O
updates	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
points	O
"	O
,	O
over	O
the	O
days	O
,	O
weeks	O
and	O
months	O
as	O
stories	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Circa	B-Application
app	O
also	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
"	O
follow	O
"	O
particular	O
stories	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
receive	O
future	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
relaunched	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
Circa	B-Application
app	O
and	O
the	O
Circa.com	O
website	O
retained	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
atomization	O
"	O
approach	O
to	O
delivering	O
the	O
news	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
redesigned	O
Circa	B-Application
emphasized	O
"	O
short	O
-	O
and	O
long-form	O
video	O
,	O
optimized	O
for	O
mobile	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
engagement	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
utilizes	O
original	O
reporting	O
from	O
its	O
own	O
80-person	O
staff	O
,	O
user-generated	O
content	O
and	O
access	O
to	O
video	B-Application
feeds	I-Application
and	O
reportage	O
from	O
Sinclair	O
's	O
172	O
owned-or-operated	O
TV	O
stations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	B-Application
features	O
several	O
portals	O
and	O
micro-sites	O
accessible	O
through	O
its	O
website	O
,	O
app	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Welcome	O
to	O
Circa	B-Application
"	O
,	O
Circa.com,	O
18	O
July	O
2016Circa	O
Now	O
,	O
a	O
portal	O
for	O
top	O
stories	O
and	O
breaking	O
developments60	O
Seconds	O
,	O
a	O
one-minute	O
twice-daily	O
summary	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
's	O
news	O
emphasizing	O
text	O
prompts	O
and	O
images	O
optimized	O
for	O
mobile	O
viewing	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
sharingThe	O
Great	O
American	O
Pop	O
Report	O
,	O
a	O
fast-moving	O
summary	O
of	O
pop	O
culture	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
buzzCirca	O
Documentaries	O
,	O
long	O
-	O
and	O
short-form	O
documentaries	O
exploring	O
serious	O
issues	O
and	O
topicsCirca	O
Moments	O
,	O
daily	O
news	O
segments	O
produced	O
to	O
air	O
on	O
Sinclair	O
's	O
owned-and-operated	O
TV	O
stationsCirca	O
360	O
,	O
news	O
,	O
entertainment	O
,	O
and	O
branded	O
advertisements	O
shot	O
entirely	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
format	O
"	O
Circa	B-Application
launches	O
VR	O
360	O
content	O
and	O
ad	O
platform	O
"	O
,	O
press	O
release	O
from	O
SBGI	O
,	O
28	O
September	O
2016Circa	O
Humor	O
,	O
topical	O
parodies	O
,	O
satirical	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
humorous	O
videos	B-Application
produced	O
under	O
the	O
supervision	O
of	O
David	O
Zucker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
A	O
New	O
Comedy	O
Brand	O
for	O
Millennials	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
from	O
SBGI	O
,	O
26	O
September	O
2016It	O
's	O
Complicated	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
videos	B-Application
discussing	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
dating	O
life	O
for	O
millennials	O
,	O
including	O
"	O
ghosting	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
cuffing	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
when	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
parents	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
