Get Ready for Stricter Age Checks Online
New age-verification laws are set to shake up the online media landscape and create new challenges for the data, information, and analytics economy.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: February 6, 2023
Funding for Risk Solution Companies Picks Up Momentum
With accelerated demand for environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) and compliance learning solutions, acquisition momentum for risk and compliance solutions continues into 2023. Shortly after VelocityEHS’s joint private equity ownership, Symphony Technology Group acquires SAI360.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: February 2, 2023
Email Losing Its Title as the Killer App
Outsell’s latest Information Consumption Study reveals dramatic post-pandemic changes. The number one difference? Collaboration tools have nearly displaced email as the top method of sharing information. This analysis explores findings from our eighth study and analyzes the impact and implications.
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Author: Ned May
Date: February 1, 2023
Cureus and Springer Nature: A Bold, New Experiment Begins
Springer Nature experiments with faster turnarounds, do-it-yourself services, and innovative medical publishing with its acquisition of Cureus, a tech-driven, open-access mega-journal.
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Author: Lettie Conrad
Date: January 31, 2023
Four Lessons Learned When Pivoting a Sales Org from Media to Information Services
Moving to a blended business model of media, events, research, marketing services, data, and information requires rethinking the company’s sales approach. This analysis explores how to think about sales structure when evolving in this direction.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: January 30, 2023
Virtual Reality: Finding Sweet Spots in Education
If customers can overcome the ongoing cost hurdles, virtual reality has the potential to deliver real value in educational settings.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: January 26, 2023
Dow Jones Amps Up Its Third-Party Screening Capabilities
Dow Jones is acquiring a stake in Ripjar to enhance compliance in customer onboarding. The deal enables Dow Jones to broaden data access and analysis on financial crime and exemplifies how combining media and data science can enhance risk analytics.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: January 25, 2023
Generative Artificial Intelligence Under Increased Scrutiny for Copyright Infringement
Outsell expects a wave of litigation and regulatory policy discussions concerning generative artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright infringement will finally crash ashore in 2023.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 24, 2023
HMH Acquires NWEA to Boost Assessment Capabilities
HMH’s acquisition of NWEA confirms the ongoing strategic importance that assessment solutions bring to curriculum resources providers as they look to drive up usage and improve students’ learning outcomes.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: January 23, 2023
The Future of SaaS and DaaS
Investment in SaaS and DaaS abounds as businesses begin to rely heavily on this technology. What lies ahead? Outsell Chief Research Fellow David Worlock gets insights from expert Graeme McCracken, advisor and non-executive director of B2B information companies.
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Interviewer: David Worlock
Date: January 19, 2023
Mintec and AgriBriefing Combine on Feed-to-Food Data and Analytics
The combination creates a strong agri-food commodity solution for international markets and points to the importance of ingredients coverage for other data, information, and analytics companies looking for growth opportunities in adjacent markets.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: January 18, 2023
Data and Technology Innovations in Agriculture Shift Value and Create Opportunities for New Providers
Artificial intelligence (AI), location intelligence, and internet-of-things (IoT) technology innovation is improving farming and creating new growth opportunities for information providers.
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Author: Michael Dziekan
Date: January 17, 2023
Protecting the Future of Information Integrity
The race is on to ensure information integrity in an era of growing disinformation and even “deep fake” media that can fool those who use it. Outsell Chief Research Fellow David Worlock discusses the topic with Santiago Lyon, Head of Advocacy and Education at the Content Authenticity Initiative.
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Interviewer: David Worlock
Date: January 16, 2023
Legal Tech M&A Activity in 2022
Outsell’s analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the Legal & Regulatory Solutions market reveals that while there was a drop in the number of M&A deals in 2022, the number of companies making deals increased, including a return to M&A by the three largest players.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 12, 2023
Risk Data Giant Acquires Accident & Health Insurance Automation Capabilities
Verisk is acquiring Mavera, an insurance technology (insurtech), to automate accident and health (A&H) claims management. This deal demonstrates risk information providers’ increased appetite to help streamline the heavily paper-based insurance industry in a post-pandemic era.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: January 11, 2023
BC Partners Acquires Madison Logic
The deal will help the account-based marketing solutions provider to invest further in its platform and data capabilities, as the account-based marketing (ABM) space heats up with recessionary clouds ahead.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: January 10, 2023
The Future of Metadata
Does metadata allow us to verify and augment existing data sets, or is it an indexing tool that will eventually obviate the need for searching underlying data? Two researchers examine how AI-based tools for improving data and verifying research are being developed and consider future development.
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Interviewer: David Worlock
Date: January 9, 2023
AI in Higher Education: Bright Spots and Dangers Lie Ahead
ChatGPT and other auto-writing tools could significantly disrupt teaching and assessment processes, opening up possibilities for solutions providers.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: January 5, 2023
The Seven Key Trends Steering Us in 2023
What a difference a year makes.
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Author: Ned May
Date: December 22, 2022
G2 and Zappi Tap AI to Improve Speed to Insights, Output, and Decisions
Two very different companies investing in AI present other information providers lessons in data visualization and output as well as shrinking decision times for their customers.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: December 21, 2022
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