AI’s impact on teaching and learning is the critical issue facing the world of education. Are solutions providers who are incorporating generative AI into their product portfolios proceeding with sufficient caution?

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: AI in Education: Dangers and Opportunities

Author: Kate Warlock

Date: April 10, 2023

Outsell Chief Research Fellow David Worlock and Founder & CEO of LookOut Local Ken Doctor discuss how technological developments will change the future of news dissemination.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: A Discussion with Ken Doctor: Local News Goes Digital

Author: David Warlock

Date: April 6, 2023

President Biden issued his first veto to defend a rule on ESG investing, vowing to not allow financial institutions to cut corners in fulfilling their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment responsibilities. Information providers are on the hook to enable this path.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ESG Regulations Live to See Another Day

Author: Will Jan

Date: April 5, 2023

Credit information giants are racing to enable greater visibility into global businesses’ and consumers’ financial health.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Competition to Enable Financial Inclusion Heats Up

Author: Will Jan

Date: April 4, 2023

Informa consolidates share through its Tarsus deal, while Hyve Group and Cvent get needed cash infusions to jump-start not only growth but hopefully profits too. There are lessons here for others looking to acquire event assets if they look for value.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: A Resurgent Events Market Rapidly Consolidates

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: April 3, 2023

Cengage consolidates the journey from training to work as it combines recent acquisitions with existing operations and relationships to target employment problems in specific verticals. The result is a model for growth.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Cengage’s Reinvention Continues with Ready to Hire

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: March 30, 2023

Recent client conversations about generative AI prompted us to detail today’s modern technology stack as a means to fortify and scale businesses. Here, we summarize those conversations as we focus on moving up the information value chain.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Modern Technology for Creating and Commercializing Data at Scale, Part 1: Big Tech and Information Value Chains

Author: Michael Dziekan

Date: March 29, 2023

With ChatGPT’s increasing potential in financial services, Wall Street is presented with Morningstar’s automated fund research, a potential steppingstone toward the full use of AI in investment research.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Wall Street Evaluates Automated Fund Research

Author: Will Jan

Date: March 28, 2023

Touchcast’s ManualGPT solution turns lengthy and complex manuals and guides into new conversational concierge experiences. It’s ChatGPT meets the Metaverse for commercial applications, with Microsoft as a strong partner. This could liberate certain forms of content.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ManualGPT – How to Liberate Content with AI

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: March 27, 2023

The EU AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI regulation, is likely to set a precedent for other countries to follow, just like the GDPR. This analysis explores the new compliance challenges and opportunities for information solution providers.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Critical Steps to Take as the EU Steps In to Regulate AI

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: March 23, 2023

Pearson’s long-awaited sale of its online program management (OPM) business ends the company’s decade-long involvement in this market segment, as well as highlighting the challenges facing OPM providers.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Pearson Exits OPM Business

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: March 22, 2023

CoreLogic’s acquisition of Roostify highlights how e-lending has become part of the new norm and creates a new channel and opportunity for selling consumer data.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Digital Lending Emerges as a New Opportunity for Consumer Information Providers

Author: Will Jan

Date: March 21, 2023

New educational tools, facilitating tutoring, plagiarism detection, and content creation, are emerging onto the market, all driven by ChatGPT. Does this signal the emergence of a tiered market, at least when it comes to user perceptions of AI quality?

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Quizlet Launches New AI Tutoring Chatbot Based on ChatGPT

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: March 20, 2023

China Strategy, Part 2: In this Q&A with the general manager of JMR Publications, David Worlock explores how understanding and addressing cultural differences can help build trust between Chinese management and investing Western companies.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Q&A with Adrian Stanley: Understanding and Trading with Chinese Information Providers

Interviewer: David Worlock

Date: March 16, 2023

RELX, Thomson Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer reported respectable growth in 2022, but face increasing pressure to maintain momentum in 2023. Wolters Kluwer is focused on the growth in ESG, while Thomson Reuters and RELX risk losing out on ESG opportunities.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: A Discussion with Nicko Goncharoff: RELX, Thomson Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer Under Pressure to Maintain Growth Momentum

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: March 15, 2023

China Strategy, Part 1: Succeeding in China comes down to employing the right people and having the right partners, which can be challenging for companies with traditional Western mindsets. Nicko Goncharoff, Managing Director of Osmanthus Consulting Ltd., gives us insights on making it work.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: A Discussion with Nicko Goncharoff: Trading Information Services in China

Interviewer: David Worlock

Date: March 14, 2023

Intentsify sharpens its intent signal with a unique use of natural language processing (NLP) on a customer’s marketing assets and messaging. It’s the right direction, but it’s still not contact-level intent, where the industry must head.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Intentsify Ups the Game on Intent Signals

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: March 13, 2023

Casetext’s new AI legal assistant CoCounsel, customized for legal practice using OpenAI’s latest language model, represents a game-changer for legal research.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Casetext’s New Generative AI Product Signals “Code Red” for Competitors

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: March 9, 2023

Three key business models emerge as higher ed providers look to expand institutional sales.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Inclusive and Equitable Access Business Models: Driving Growth in US Higher Education

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: March 8, 2023

Moving to a blended business model of media, events, research, marketing services, data, and information requires rethinking cross-selling and upselling activities. This third piece in our series on sales transformation explores how to reinvent the activity.

Learn more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Four Lessons Learned for Cross-Sell/Upsell When Pivoting from Media to Information Services

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: March 7, 2023