The NewsMarket

TheNewsMarket
Type	Private
Founded	New York, New York, United States (2000)
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Number of locations	New York, United States ; Atlanta, United States ; Chicago, United States ; Denver, United States ; San Francisco, United States ; Los Angeles, United States ; Washington D.C., United States ; Ahmedabad, India ; Mumbai, India ; London, United Kingdom ; Munich, Germany ; Beijing, China
Key people	Mark Toogood, Rob Beynon
Website	www.thenewsmarket.com

Last updated February 28, 2019

The company combines a video distribution platform and an embeddable, web-based streaming video player to support the marketing efforts of global brands, organizations, and agencies including NATO, Porsche, Panasonic, UNICEF, adidas,^[1] Intel,^[2] Rolls-Royce,^[3] and Roche.^[4]

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. NATO’s Headquarters are located in Haren, Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium.

Panasonic Japanese multinational electronics corporation

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thenewsmarket.com site is used by more than 30,000 media outlets in over 190 countries^[5] to access, preview and order free broadcast-quality video and other multimedia content for use in their programming.

Synaptic Digital's investors include Apax Partners,^[6] Battery Ventures, Hearst Interactive Media,^[7] and Softbank Capital.^[8]

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Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm. Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Israel. Since inception, the firm has raised over $6.9 billion and is now investing its twelfth funds, Battery Ventures XII and Battery Ventures XII Side Fund, with a combined capitalization of $1.25 billion.

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In September 2012, TheNewsMarket was acquired by Definition 6, a 15-year-old digital marketing agency based out of Atlanta, GA.

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In July 2009, TheNewsMarket announced that it would acquire Medialink Worldwide. The deal was completed in September 2009.^[9] This combines The NewsMarket’s digital video distribution platform with Medialink’s professional services and production capabilities to create a complete video solution. In April 2010, The NewsMarket and Medialink rebranded as Synaptic Digital. The company continues to power www.thenewsmarket.com.

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[1] s' BroadcastRoom - Powered by The NewsMarket

[2] Intel's Media Center

[3] Rolls-Royce Multimedia Press Room - Powered by The NewsMarket

[4] Roche Broadcast Room - Powered by The NewsMarket

[euroinvestor.co.uk-5] In a First, Geneva Motor Show to Be Broadcast Live and Available On-Demand - 2009 - euroinvestor.co.uk

[6] The NewsMarket Raises Capital From Apax Partners and the Hearst Corporation - April 24, 2004 - Allbusiness.com

[7] Hearst is Transforming Online Video and Itself with Smart Investing in MobiTV, Slingbox, Brightcove and the NewsMarket- March 29, 2007 - beet.tv

[8] - softbank.com tech portfolio

[9] TheNewsMarket Closes Medialink Acquisition - 2009]