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Clearspring Technologies, the leading widget network connecting publishers and audiences on the distributed Web, today announced that MTV Networks will utilize the Clearspring syndication platform to deploy, manage and monetize selected widgets and related content.

Clearspring Technologies, the leading widget network connecting publishers and advertisers to audiences on the social Web, today announced the beta release of the next generation of its free Launchpad sharing service.

Clearspring Technologies, the leading widget network connecting publishers and advertisers to audiences on the social Web, experienced a 59 percent increase in worldwide usage of its sharing service between August and September.

Web 2.0 software company Clearspring Technologies has acquired bookmarking and content-sharing service provider AddThis. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.