RESTON, Va., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominent people living with cancer, important developments in cancer research, and the continuing crusade for a cure have made headlines and fueled news coverage of cancer in recent weeks. TheNewsRoom (http://www.thenewsroom.com/) now has more than 3,000 relevant news videos, articles, news feeds, press releases and research updates that may be obtained free of charge for use on Web sites and blogs that join the Viral Syndication Network (VSN).

With more than 1.4 million Americans and 10 million people around the world expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, millions of people rely on the Internet as a primary source of empowering news and information. More than 1.3 million Web sites and blogs currently mention cancer and several thousand are devoted to reporting specifically on the disease, according to Technorati.

TheNewsRoom, VSN's(TM) premiere site for fully licensed content, offers top medical, health and science news from trusted organizations including the Associated Press, Reuters, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Agence France-Presse (AFP), news services Newscom and Newstex, science news specialists Scientific Frontline and ScienCentral, and Insidermedicine, which provides health and medical videos, articles and research reported by physicians.

"In the last decade, the Internet has proven to be an empowering and life- sustaining resource for millions of people whose lives are touched by cancer," said Voxant CEO Jeff Crigler. "There are thousands of Web sites and blogs that help them find information, the latest research, the best doctor or a support network. TheNewsRoom is a valuable resource for sites that need free, licensed news and information from credible sources."

VSN's proprietary viral mashing(TM) technology allows copyright-protected content to be "mashed" from TheNewsRoom and legally embedded on Web sites and blogs, where it can then be redistributed to an infinite number of additional sites in a true viral distribution model. It also employs a tracking system and dashboard that 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 170 credible, licensed content sources. Network affiliates include the Associated Press, Reuters, McClatchy-Tribune Information, Agence France-Press, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Denver Post and HowStuffWorks, as well as a variety of Web publishers and bloggers. For more information, please visit http://www.voxant.com/.

CONTACT: Kerri Glover of Voxant, +1-703-931-1774,
kglover@voxant.com

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