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Hit by elongated sales cycles and longer deal reviews, ZoomInfo and TechTarget stumble. They could become acquisition targets if they don’t navigate the next year well. Weathering slowing deal dynamics becomes crucial for other B2B media and information companies in 2023.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ZoomInfo and TechTarget Growth Hits a Wall
Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 23, 2022
Effective contract management is increasingly a basic legal competence for regulatory compliance, driving further investment into contract management providers despite a cooling off in other LegalTech segments.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Despite Economic Outlook, Investment in Contract Lifecycle Management Continues
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: November 22, 2022
This third piece in our series on API and DaaS Strategies looks at price and packaging best practices. Data providers’ approaches start out simple and then get more elaborate depending on successful selling.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: API and DaaS Strategies – Pricing and Packaging
Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 21, 2022
TMX Group acquires Wall Street Horizon to gain insight on companies’ press releases, product launches, social media blurbs, executive movements, and organizational changes. The pattern and timing of these corporate actions show a correlation to the company’s financial health.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Corporate Activity Becomes a Telltale for Financial Performance
Author: Will Jan
Date: November 17, 2022
This second piece in our series of discussions with research buyers examines research operations makeup, new needs, and vendor approval processes. There are opportunities, new challenges, and high bars ahead for providers.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Research Buyer Pain Points – Provider Selection Process
Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 16, 2022
The big news coming out of the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair was the introduction of Wiley Partner Solutions, a reorganized division offering a comprehensive suite of services to scholarly information providers, in particular those based in scientific societies and professional associations.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Wiley Partner Solutions: A New Approach to Society Publishing
Author: Lettie Conrad
Date: November 15, 2022
The Biden administration is creating a new antitrust regulatory environment that could slow consolidation within the information industry at a time when emerging players that are unable to raise new funding are looking to sell to larger strategic players.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Penguin Random House Case Could Slow Market Consolidation
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: November 14, 2022
Verisk divests WoodMac for $3.1 billion to dedicate its offerings to serving the insurance sector. Risk data providers are seeking focus as PE owners are securing data assets critical to supporting the global energy transition.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Risk Information Giant to Focus on Insurance
Author: Will Jan
Date: November 9, 2022
This second piece in our series on API and DaaS Strategies looks at usage restriction best practices. Data providers creating specific terms do so to protect themselves and their data from potential misuse and abuse.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: API and Daas Strategies – Usage Restrictions
Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 8, 2022
McGraw Hill’s new SHARPEN speaks directly to current student demands and emerging study practices, enabling the company to boost revenues by selling a complementary offering directly to students and lifelong learners.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: McGraw Hill Extends into B2C Lifelong Learning Markets with SHARPEN
Author: Kate Worlock
Date: November 7, 2022
We continue to measure our industry’s gender diversity in the C-suite. Our latest findings show that diversity, equity, and inclusion programs have stalled. As we noted in our 2023 CEO Sentiment Survey, only 34% of leaders report they have diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in place, a number that did not budge from the year before. Further, only 28% of leaders stated they were soon planning to implement a program, a two-percentage-point decline from our previous findings. Here are our rankings of the top companies in our industry; see how they fare with gender diversity in their C-suites.
Experian collaborates with Prove Identity to enhance identity verification to drive financial inclusion and protection. Information providers are partnering to provide underbanked communities access to modern banking experiences while mitigating fraud.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Credit Giant Sets Out to Support Financial Inclusion
Author: Will Jan
Date: November 3, 2022
The European Commission is considering a gutsy move to transform Open Research Europe into a non-profit entity and offer the open access publishing platform to all.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Open Research Europe Looks to Grow Along with Open Access
Author: Reynold Guida
Date: November 3, 2022
China’s influence in global research is on the rise. To learn more about it, David Worlock spoke to Dr. Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science and co-author of “Five measures that chart the rise of Chinese influence in global research.”
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Outsell FutureScapes – The Future of Research: China Moves Ahead
Author: David Worlock
Date: November 1, 2022
Underline will extend its reach beyond online events hosting with its launch of a digital video library, aggregating recorded conferences and presentations on current research and addressing researchers’ hearty appetite for video content as part of the scholarly record.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Underline Goes Aggregator with Launch of New Digital Video Library
Author: Lettie Conrad
Date: October 31, 2022
Sphera acquires riskmethods to incorporate ESG assessments in supply chain risk management (SCRM). With geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty poised to exacerbate current supply chain disruptions, ESG considerations have become critical in evaluating overall supply chain risk.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Supply Chain Risk Management to Include ESG Considerations
Author: Will Jan
Date: October 27, 2022