US Higher Education Student and Faculty Survey 2022: Content Discovery, Purchasing, and Usage
Outsell’s latest survey highlights a worrying trend for content providers serving US higher education: a decline in usage of suggested learning resources amongst students, despite an uptick in faculty recommendations. Boosting student engagement is, therefore, critical.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: November 30, 2022
Layoffs Come to Legal Tech
As fast-and-easy funding and an explosion in demand for cloud solutions come to an end, some legal tech startups are feeling the pain.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: November 29, 2022
LexisNexis Acquires IPlytics
As patent data is increasingly consumed by a wider range of professionals, LexisNexis beefs up its intellectual property solutions with standards data and analytics capabilities to help it cross-sell to technical professionals.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: November 28, 2022
Enterprise Tax Solution Giant Sees Opportunity in the Personal Tax Market
Thomson Reuters is acquiring SurePrep to help CPA firms automate personal income tax service. Brick-and-mortar tax services lost their appeal during the pandemic as more consumers took to tax software. CPA firms’ growth may rest upon their ability to offer remote and automated services.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: November 24, 2022
ZoomInfo and TechTarget Growth Hits a Wall
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.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 23, 2022
Despite Economic Outlook, Investment in Contract Lifecycle Management Continues
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.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: November 22, 2022
API and DaaS Strategies – Pricing and Packaging
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.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 21, 2022
Corporate Activity Becomes a Telltale for Financial Performance
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.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: November 17, 2022
Research Buyer Pain Points – Provider Selection Process
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.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 16, 2022
Wiley Partner Solutions: A New Approach to Society Publishing
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.
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Author: Lettie Conrad
Date: November 15, 2022
Penguin Random House Case Could Slow Market Consolidation
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.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: November 14, 2022
Risk Information Giant to Focus on Insurance
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.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: November 9, 2022
API and Daas Strategies – Usage Restrictions
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.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: November 8, 2022
McGraw Hill Extends into B2C Lifelong Learning Markets with SHARPEN
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.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: November 7, 2022
Outsell Gender Diversity Rankings 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.
Credit Giant Sets Out to Support Financial Inclusion
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.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: November 3, 2022
Open Research Europe Looks to Grow Along with Open Access
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.
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Author: Reynold Guida
Date: November 3, 2022
Outsell FutureScapes – The Future of Research: China Moves Ahead
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.”
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Author: David Worlock
Date: November 1, 2022
Underline Goes Aggregator with Launch of New Digital Video Library
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.
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Author: Lettie Conrad
Date: October 31, 2022
Supply Chain Risk Management to Include ESG Considerations
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.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: October 27, 2022
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