Today the Silicon Alley Insider released its list of The SAI 50+, expanding on their SAI 25 listings from last year to 60 companies.

We’re especially glad they saw the need to expand the list from 25 to 60 companies, as they obviously felt it was important to include some additional companies like Next New Networks, Etsy, The Huffington Post, Mint, and Metacafe.

Of us, they wrote:

“Next New Networks’ syndicated Webisode model is a tough one to pull off.  The company must make cheap but compelling programming, then convince advertisers of the value of selling sponsorships on that content across multiple distribution points like YouTube, Blip.tv, Yahoo, and many other portals.

Still, the company appears to be making a lot of progress toward that goal, consistently growing its audience and advertiser base with high-rate product-placement packages.”

I’d say that’s a pretty fair assessment. No one said this was going to be easy, but we really appreciate that people are seeing our progress, and how hard this team’s been working to make it happen.

We’ve been having an amazing year: high-profile projects with brands like Warner Bros, American Express, and Unilever; six Webby Awards, more than any other online media company; a 2009 Adweek Buzz Award for our work with Lionsgate and Initiative; and a huge partner presence on YouTube and other platforms including industry-leading ad solutions like Freewheel. All of this is showing that we’re building a viable new kind of media business out of the creative primordial soup of online video, and next year, I’d love to see us closer to the top of that list.