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{{Short description|New-media syndication company based in Herndon, Virginia}}{{advert|date=September 2015}}
'''Voxant''' was a news-media syndication [[company]] based in [[Herndon, Virginia]], in the [[United States]]. Voxant was a privately held company that was founded in 2004 by investors from Longworth Venture Partners of [[Waltham, Massachusetts]]. Longworth acquired the assets of the news transcription company Morningside Partners of [[Lanham, Maryland]], in order to form a news video [[search engine]] using Morningside's 10 years library of transcribed news and licensed news video.
In April 2006, Voxant launched its new media network, syndicating fully-licensed news and information content to Web publishers and bloggers. Today over 20,000 Web publishers and bloggers are members of the network. Content distributed by Voxant includes news clips, stories, and images from about 250 sources including [[The New York Times]], [[The Wall Street Journal]], [[CBS News]], [[MTV News]], [[Reuters]], [[The Associated Press]], and [[Agence France Presse]].▼
In 2005, Voxant hired former [[LexisNexis]] and [[IBM]] executive, Jeff Crigler as Chief Executive Officer, to recruit a management team and develop the new service offering. Founding executives also included former [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] sales and marketing executive Susan Kearney, top IBM technologist Ben Steinberg, and content industry veteran Art Bushnell.
▲In April 2006, Voxant launched its new media network, syndicating fully
In 2008, Voxant was acquired by Anystream.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-09-22 |title=Online Video Syndication Service Voxant Acquired By Anystream - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-video-syndication-service-voxant-acquired-by-anystream/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The companies merged to become Grab Networks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2008-09-21 |title=Anystream Merges With Net-Video Syndicator Voxant |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/anystream-merges-net-video-syndicator-voxant-371821 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Multichannel News |language=en}}</ref> [[Marcien Jenckes]], formerly CEO of Voxant, became CEO of Grab Networks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=Comcast, Charter Recruit Cable Veteran Marcien Jenckes to Head Their Streaming Joint Venture |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/comcast-charter-recruit-cable-veteran-152654439.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Leadership==
In
In January 2008, Former AOL executive, Marcien Jenckes was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Former CEO, Jeff Crigler assumed the role of President.
==Investors==
Voxant's investors include Court Square Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners, and
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nextgreatthing.com/2007/11/01/voxant-giving-riches-to-the-niches/ Voxant: Giving Riches to the Niches] Next Great Thing discusses [[Daryn Kagan]]'s relationship with Voxant
*[http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/default.asp/ Voxant is up for an award]
*Kang, Stephanie. [
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