Merger of IRI and NPD Creates Research and Business Model Synergy
The merger of the companies works because of how they complement each other rather than compete head-to-head. Information providers looking for similar opportunities need to focus less on the many smaller-company sell sheets that bombard their desks weekly and more on the few key opportunities.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: April 18, 2022
Credit Rating Giant Moody’s Steps into the ESG Arena
Moody’s is evolving its credit impact score to account for ESG factors, signaling a new era in credit rating by offering new means of assessing corporate financial risk. Regulators and credit rating agencies are making sure that ESG risk evaluations become standard in the financial system.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: April 14, 2022
FreightWaves Company Spotlight
Born a data company, FreightWaves is adding content assets to deliver a supply-chain data, intelligence, and media solution. Now, as much of the global supply chain is upended, FreightWaves can tell companies what is happening, where, and why. Its reverse pivot into media provides lessons for all.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: April 13, 2022
OpenAlex Raises the Table Stakes for Scholarly Communications
Metadata is the connective tissue in the scholarly communications ecosystem. OpenAlex provides an enhanced way to link multiple data tributaries and feed a multitude of research projects, scholarly tools, and bibliographic studies, with no credit or attribution required.
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Author: Tatiana Khayrullina
Date: April 12, 2022
K-12 Learning Resources – Segment View 2022
The pandemic-driven move to remote learning has transformed the K-12 learning resources landscape, rapidly accelerating the take-up of digital and blended solutions. This report looks at how the market has changed over the past two years and forecasts anticipated change over the coming five years.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: April 11, 2022
Bett 2022: Back with a Bang
After a two-year, pandemic-driven absence, the Bett exhibition returned to London to show off the tools and approaches that emerged as a result of COVID-19.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: April 7, 2022
Benchmarking Product Management – The Function Is Maturing, But It’s Not Quite There
As the pandemic’s daily impact slowly fades, companies are realizing that their markets are forever changed, making product management critically important. This analysis explores the state of this function across our industry and provides a critical benchmark for organizations to assess themselves.
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Author: Ned May
Date: April 6, 2022
EU Curbs Big Tech Dominance
The EU agrees on a new law that gives it unprecedented authority to regulate Big Tech companies and may help level the playing field for the rest of our industry.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: April 5, 2022
RELX, Thomson Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer Post Full-Year Results
The full-year 2021 results from these three large firms show that the information industry has largely bounced back. However, starting the year coming from a lower base after the pandemic may make this a one-off.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: April 4, 2022
Metadata.io and the Need for Bidirectional Flywheels
Metadata.io’s new funding round provides it funds to take its operating system for B2B marketers to a broader market. However, marketer concerns linger around how their campaign data gets used to fuel others’ black boxes.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: March 31, 2022
US SEC’s Mandatory Climate Reporting Will Disrupt the ESG Data Market
The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved a proposed rule to require companies to report on climate-related risks. This regulation will serve as a key catalyst to accelerate the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) solutions by companies and investors.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: March 30, 2022
Sci-Hub Continues to Pose a Challenge to Scholarly Publishing. What Can the Industry Learn from It?
New data shows how much Sci-Hub’s grip on scholarly research has tightened despite losses in the courtroom. To beat the piracy site at its own game, publishers must continue to cater to user needs and focus on the seamlessness of the research experience.
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Author: Julia Kostova
Date: March 29, 2022
VelocityEHS Makes a Double Acquisition to Ensure Workforce Safety
VelocityEHS, a global EHS and ESG solution provider, is acquiring two business divisions of MyAbilities, a health technology company. Risk and compliance information providers are enabling smart health solutions to ensure a safe transition back to the office amid the pandemic.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: March 28, 2022
Fastcase Upgrades as Small Law Firms Adopt New Technologies
Fresh strategies are desperately needed as outdated market assumptions, inflexible sales structures, and sledgehammer products prevent the legal solution market leaders from reaching the lucrative small law market.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: March 24, 2022
Cambridge Elevates Education’s Focus on Employability
As employers look to gain an holistic view of candidates, content developers see an opportunity to integrate employability skills into their curriculum products.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: March 23, 2022
Academia.edu Announces Plans to Launch Open Access Journals
Backed by new funding from Chinese media conglomerate Tencent, Academia.edu plans to launch 10 new open access journals. Its effort to diversify beyond its core focus as a social network borders on a predatory practice and will likely backfire.
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Author: Julia Kostova
Date: March 22, 2022
TransUnion Acquires Verisk Financial to Create a Full-Wallet View of Consumers
TransUnion is acquiring Verisk Financial to bolster its capabilities in monitoring consumer financial behavior. As consumers’ financial footprints become increasingly digitized, information giants are evolving their methods of assessing the financial health of consumers.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: March 21, 2022
Update – Zendesk Disturbs Its Zen as Its Momentive Deal Craters
Not only did the market reactive negatively to the announcement of the deal for SurveyMonkey’s parent, so did shareholders. The ensuing mess, just like the prolonged deal closure we originally pointed out, magnifies opportunities for both buyers and sellers of survey sample and DIY research tools.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: March 17, 2022
CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform Expands into Biopharma
Biopharma is poised to lead the growth of the pharmaceutical and chemical development market. CAS SciFindern can now act as a single data source for chemists and bioscientists.
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Author: Tatiana Khayrullina
Date: March 16, 2022
Legal Tech M&A Activity in 2021
Outsell’s analysis of M&A activity in the Legal & Regulatory Solutions market over the last six years reveals a changing market landscape that is exposing established providers to greater competition from various new angles.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: March 15, 2022
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