Voxant, the Viral Syndication Network, Adds Select Content From The Huffington Post
NEW YORK and RESTON, Va., May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Voxant, the Viral Syndication Network (VSN), announced today that it will offer select content from The Huffington Post. The content will be made available for viral distribution through VSN’s online site, TheNewsRoom (http://www.thenewsroom.com/), later this summer. Web sites and blogs publishing content from The Huffington Post will be eligible to share in advertising revenue generated by its use.
“We’re very excited about partnering with The Huffington Post to make its content available in TheNewsRoom,” said Voxant CEO Jeff Crigler. “This is great news for Web publishers and bloggers who will now have legal access to content from one of the Web’s most widely read and quoted news and opinion sources.”
“The Huffington Post is building a powerful advertising and sponsorship platform for marketers,” said James Smith, Chief Revenue Officer for The Huffington Post. “While The Huffington Post has millions of loyal fans that rely on the site for its unique take on the latest news and opinion — from politics to entertainment — we look forward to benefiting from additional distribution points.”
VSN’s proprietary viral mashing(TM) technology allows copyright-protected news stories or feeds to be “mashed” from TheNewsRoom and legally embedded on Web sites and blogs, where they can then be redistributed to an infinite number of additional sites in a true viral distribution model. A tracking system and dashboard also record where the content has traveled on the Web and how often it is viewed, in addition to providing the ability to block content from appearing on inappropriate sites. All content is accompanied by advertising, which provides revenue to content owners and sites where content is published.
About Voxant and TheNewsRoom
Voxant, the Viral Syndication Network(TM), unlocks new markets for news organizations and advertisers around the world by helping them get their news content found, played, and paid for on the millions of Web sites and blogs that comprise the “long tail” of the Web. Through TheNewsRoom(TM) (http://www.thenewsroom.com/) and its unique viral mashing(TM) technology, Voxant distributes and promotes news from more than 175 credible, licensed content sources across channels including Campaign2008, U.S. and international news, politics, business, sports, entertainment, health, science life and reference. Network affiliates include CBS, the Associated Press, Reuters, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the NHL, Vibe Magazine and HowStuffWorks, as well as a variety of Web publishers and bloggers. For more information, please visit http://www.voxant.com/.
About The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is a leading online news, information and opinion site. With over 3.3 million users and 70 million page views a month, the site is expanding its coverage to include new verticals on politics, media, business, entertainment and living. In conjunction with newassignment.net, The Huffington Post will be adding a new dimension to coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign, deploying hundreds of volunteers — “citizen journalists” — to report and blog on the races. In conjunction with Yahoo and Slate, The Huffington Post will host the first-ever online Presidential debate this Fall. The site appeals to a highly-educated and affluent audience eager to be part of an engaged, interactive community composed of more than 1,000 contributors from the worlds of politics, entertainment and media.
Voxant
CONTACT: Kerri Glover of Voxant, +1-703-931-1774, kglover@voxant.com; orMario Ruiz, VP, Media Relations of The Huffington Post, +1-917-864-5370,mario@huffingtonpost.com
Web site: http://www.voxant.com/http://www.thenewsroom.com/