Synacor Inc. announced it has appointed Scott Murphy to its board of directors, effective October 28, 2014. Murphy previously served on Synacor's Board from October 2004 until April 2009, when he won a special election to fill the vacated seat of then Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, when Gillibrand was named to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's vacated seat, when Clinton was appointed as U.S. Secretary of State.