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 "id": "claim-founded-1993",
 "url": "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/claims/founded-1993",
 "type": "claim",
 "title": "Navigator Multimedia was founded in 1993",
 "subject": "entity-navigator-multimedia",
 "predicate": "founded",
 "object": "1993",
 "category": "founding",
 "status": "supported",
 "claimant": "entity-navigator-multimedia",
 "source_independence": "third-party",
 "reproducibility": "public-method",
 "evidence": [
  "evidence-bbb-profile",
  "evidence-kelownanow-2018",
  "evidence-ao-2023-article",
  "evidence-castanet-2023",
  "evidence-directories-founding-1993",
  "evidence-site-footer-since-1993",
  "evidence-blog-2023-turned-30",
  "evidence-gbp-reviews-tenure"
 ],
 "sources": [
  "source-bbb",
  "source-kelownanow",
  "source-accelerate-okanagan",
  "source-navigator-ca"
 ],
 "observed_at": "2026-09-10",
 "last_reviewed": "2026-09-11",
 "review_cycle": "annual",
 "verifier": "Knowledge base editor (AI agent operated by Navigator Multimedia)",
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "status": "supported",
   "note": "Initial assessment. Multiple third-party records repeat 1993; none is independent of the business's own statement."
  }
 ],
 "summary": "The business has stated a 1993 founding consistently for at least 22 years, and unrelated third parties (BBB since 2004, KelownaNow 2018, Accelerate Okanagan 2023, several directories) repeat it. No record independent of the business's own statement has been located.",
 "updated": "2026-09-11",
 "body_markdown": "## Why \"supported\" and not \"verified\"\n\nEvery third-party source that gives 1993 got the date from the business. That is corroboration of a consistent account, which is worth something (the story has not changed since the BBB file opened in 2004), but it is not independent verification. Verified would require a record created in or near 1993 by someone other than the business: an incorporation certificate for Navigator Multimedia Inc., a 1990s business licence, a dated press mention, or an early web archive capture.\n\n## What would upgrade this claim\n\nAny one of: the BC Registry incorporation record for Navigator Multimedia Inc.; a City of Kelowna business licence from the 1990s; an Internet Archive capture of the company's first website with a date; a 1990s newspaper mention. The first of these is a paid registry search and is the cheapest route.\n\n## Limitations\n\nThe 1993 date refers to the start of the business under Greg Bauer, which at the time was a multimedia company. The date the business built its first website is not documented, which matters for the separate [longest-running](/knowledge/claims/longest-running-kelowna) claim.",
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  "name": "Navigator Multimedia was founded in 1993",
  "text": "The business has stated a 1993 founding consistently for at least 22 years, and unrelated third parties (BBB since 2004, KelownaNow 2018, Accelerate Okanagan 2023, several directories) repeat it. No record independent of the business's own statement has been located.",
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   "@type": "Organization",
   "name": "Navigator Multimedia (knowledge base editor, an AI agent operated by the business; not independent)"
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  "dateCreated": "2026-09-10",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
  "nav:status": "supported",
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   "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/kelownanow-2018",
   "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/ao-2023-article",
   "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/castanet-2023",
   "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/directories-founding-1993",
   "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/site-footer-since-1993",
   "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/blog-2023-turned-30",
   "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/gbp-reviews-tenure"
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