FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Donohue Elisabeth B	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
5/18/2017 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Synacor, Inc. [SYNC]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

C/O SYNACOR, INC., 40 LA RIVIERE DRIVE, SUITE 300	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)	
(Street)

BUFFALO, NY 14202       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	
No securities are beneficially owned.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Donohue Elisabeth B
C/O SYNACOR, INC.
40 LA RIVIERE DRIVE, SUITE 300
BUFFALO, NY 14202	X				

Signatures		
/s/ William J. Stuart, attorney-in-fact		5/22/2017	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Know by all these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints
William J. Stuart the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Synacor, Inc. (the "Company"), (i) Forms 3, 4
and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (a "Section 16
Form") and (ii) a Form ID and any other forms required to be filed or submitted
in accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated by the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (or any successor provision) in order to file a Section
16 Form electronically (such forms, together with the Section 16 Forms, the
"Forms");

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such Forms with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

            The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

            This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of May, 2017.

        By:   /s/ Elisabeth B. Donohue

      Name:  Elisabeth B. Donohue