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Exhibit 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Kevin C. Clark and William P. Kelly, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and his name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, in connection with the ScreamingMedia Inc. (the "Corporation")
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration Statement in
the name and on behalf of the Corporation or on behalf of the undersigned as a
director or officer of the Corporation, to sign any amendments and supplements
relating thereto (including post-effective amendments) under the Securities Act
and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement, and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has signed these presents
this 11th day of July, 2000.
/s/ David C. Hodgson
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David C. Hodgson
