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| Owner | GoViral Inc. |
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| Created by | Taylor Ablitt, Dean Elkholy, Gary Manning |
| URL | diply |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2013 |
Diply was a social news website published by the parent company GoViral which was based in London, Ontario, [1] [2] New York City [3] and Toronto. It once ranked among the top-100 most popular websites in the world [2] [4] and the top-20 websites in Canada. [4] In April 2019, it was among the top 5000 most popular websites in Canada, and top 22000 in the world. [5]
Diply was founded in 2013 by Taylor Ablitt (CEO), Dean Elkholy, and Gary Manning. [2]
In September 2016, Diply hired Kirstine Stewart as chief strategy officer. [6] [7] [8] She left the company in late 2017.
In August 2018, Diply laid off 40 employees at its London, Toronto and New York offices. [9]
In October 2018, another 35 employees were laid off. [10]
As of 2021, Diply's Toronto office was shuttered.
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