Clear Ink Returns

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SAN FRANCISCO — Four months after shuttering operations, Bay Area shop Clear Ink has reopened as an online communications agency, marking a return to its roots.

David Burk and Steve Nelson established Clear Ink in 1995 as an Internet professional-services firm. In 2000, the company merged with Shugart Matson Young, an advertising and direct marketing agency, but retained the Clear Ink name. The merged agency reported billings of $155 million in 2000, but was soon upended by the dot-com collapse and cutbacks in client spending.

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