New York, NY. February 3, 2009. Today Magnify.net announced it has partnered with BlogHer to build and deploy a video channel, including a custom video player solution that will distribute their video content to the BlogHer network.

The partnership will provide BlogHer with access to Magnify.net’s video publishing, player, and video discovery technology. We are enormously excited to see the power of BlogHers network of bloggers begin to explore the power of video, said Magnify.net CEO Steven Rosenbaum.

As BlogHer makes the move into producing and delivering more video content, we have conducted a search for potential video partners, said Lisa Stone, Co-founder and CEO of BlogHer Inc, “Magnify.net provides both the flexibility and features to fulfill our needs for our community, starting with our news hub at BlogHer.com."

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About BlogHer
Founded in February 2005 by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone, BlogHer’s mission is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education, community and economic empowerment. BlogHer provides the number-one community and media network of blogs by women via a community hub (http://blogher.com), annual conferences and an advertising network of more than 2,500 qualified, contextually targeted blog affiliates. BlogHer provides the highest quality content on a range of topics, with all blogs continually edited to meet strict editorial standards, including content quality, category relevance and blog frequency. In July 2008, BlogHer entered into a strategic partnership with iVillage, part of Women@NBCU, which includes other NBC Universal brands including Bravo and Oxygen. The partnership also includes an investment by Peacock Equity, a joint venture between NBC Universal and GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications and Entertainment business, and returning investor Venrock.