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Critical Media

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Critical Media Inc. develops end-to-end digital video solutions to capture, monetize, distribute and syndicate content online. The company’s three business units – Critical Mention, ClipSyndicate and Syndicaster – provide robust solutions for corporations, publishers and media organizations to leverage video content. Its real-time broadcast capture infrastructure is the underlying technology of Critical Mention, a dynamic, real-time broadcast monitoring platform. Utilized by 25% of the Fortune 100, Critical Mention provides access to over 15,000 hours of keyword searchable, digitized news broadcasts from 4 continents. Focused on building the world’s largest ad-supported repository of fully searchable, authoritative video news and information, ClipSyndicate offers publishers an unmatched distribution platform. Critical Media’s most recent addition, Syndicaster offers broadcasters and content owners a comprehensive video ecosystem – a streamlined solution to upload, edit and publish, syndicate and monetize its video assets online.

Critical Media was founded in 2002 under the name Critical Mention by Sean Morgan, one of the founders of Screaming Media – the largest text syndication company on the Internet now owned by Dow Jones, Inc. – and is headquartered in New York City. For more information please visit www.critical-media.com.

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  Critical Media — Critical Media Expands Management Team, Critical Mention division adds Steve Shannon as VP, Sales & Marketing and Andrew Koeck as Director, Strategic Partnerships (11/4/09)
  Posted 1/6/10 at 11:15am
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  Critical Media — Critical Media Offers Free Access to Real-Time Middle East Broadcast Intelligence Platform to Government Intelligence Agencies, Newsrooms and Newswire Services (7/28/09)
  Posted 1/10/10 at 11:37am
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  Critical Media — Critical Media Offers Free Access to Real-Time Middle East Broadcast Intelligence Platform to Government Intelligence Agencies, Newsrooms and Newswire Service (5/6/09)
  Posted 1/10/10 at 11:37am
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  Critical Media — Journal Interactive Upgrades to Syndicaster 2.0 (4/28/09)
  Posted 1/10/10 at 11:37am
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  Critical Media — Syndicaster Adds AOL, Brightcove, And YouTube Distribution For Local TV News Clips (4/14/09)
  Posted 1/10/10 at 11:37am
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  Critical Media — Syndicaster Offers Broadcasters Ability to Upload, Edit and Publish Video Shot on Location to Web within Minutes of Filming (3/31/09)
  Posted 1/10/10 at 11:37am
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  Critical Media — UNICEF Leverages Critical Mention for Real-time Campaign Monitoring (1/26/09)
  Posted 1/10/10 at 11:37am
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  Critical Media received $4.2M in Series B funding. (2006)
  Posted 1/9/08 at 10:02pm
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  Critical Media received $2M in Series A funding. (2004)
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:59pm
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  Critical Media added Rey Contreras as CFO.
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:41pm
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  Critical Media added Sean Morgan as Founder & CEO.
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:40pm
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  Critical Media added Tim Reusing as Senior Vice President, General Counsel.
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:41pm
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  Critical Media added Nancy Dunn as VP of Advertising Strategy.
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:42pm
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  Critical Media added Jim Pavoldi as VP of Business Development & Distribution.
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:43pm
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  Critical Media added James Vaughn as VP of Software Engineering.
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:43pm
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  Critical Media added Michael Johnston as VP of Network Operations.
  Posted 1/9/08 at 9:44pm

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ClipSyndicate

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Website	clipsyndicate.com
Stage	Live
Tags	video

Above: ClipSyndicate Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

Above: clipsyndicate -- screenshot #2
Uploaded: 10/26/08

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1. demo.com [edit]
2. demo.com [edit]
3. Critical Media Expands Management Team (criticalmention.com) [edit]
4. Critical Media Offers Free Access to Real-Time Middle East Broadcast Intelligence Platform to Government Intelligence Agencies, Newsrooms and Newswire Services (criticalmention.com) [edit]
5. UNICEF Leverages Critical Mention for Real-time Campaign Monitoring (criticalmention.com) [edit]
6. Critical Media Offers Free Access to Real-Time Middle East Broadcast Intelligence Platform to Government Intelligence Agencies, Newsrooms and Newswire Service (money.aol.com) [edit]
7. Journal Interactive Upgrades to Syndicaster 2.0 (businesswire.com) [edit]
8. Syndicaster Adds AOL, Brightcove, And YouTube Distribution For Local TV News Clips (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Syndicaster Offers Broadcasters Ability to Upload, Edit and Publish Video Shot on Location to Web within Minutes of Filming (reuters.com) [edit]