EBSCO has executed definitive agreements to acquire the U.S. operations of RoweCom which includes the operations of Dawson, Inc., Dawson Information Quest, Inc., The Faxon Company, Inc., Turner Subscription Agency, Inc., McGregor Subscription Service, Inc., and Corporate Subscription Services, Inc.
Posted Mar 07, 2003
An updated conference agenda for Buying & Selling eContent has been posted to the web at http://www.buy-sell-econtent.com.
Posted Mar 04, 2003
A wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text Corporation has acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of Corechange, Inc. Corechange is a portal software provider, whose main product is Coreport, an enterprise access framework for deploying intranet and extranet portals.
Posted Feb 28, 2003
Intermarket Group's Content Matrix tracking service has recently looked at paid content services in an effort to track characteristics of the services.
Posted Feb 28, 2003
divine, inc. announced February 25, that its board of directors has authorized divine and several of its subsidiaries to file a voluntary petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Posted Feb 28, 2003
divine, inc. has announced that its efforts to minimize operating costs and liabilities have been unsuccessful and it has enlisted Broadview International LLC to explore options for further reducing expenses.
Posted Feb 21, 2003
The European Commission has unveiled a plan for a new taskforce designed to coordinate Europe's fight against the threat of cyber attacks on key installations such as electricity and water supply.
Posted Feb 14, 2003
Hoover's, Inc. has received a letter from Austin Ventures and Marathon Partners, L.P. proposing to acquire up to all of the outstanding shares of Hoover's for $8.00 per share in cash (approximately $130 million).
Posted Feb 11, 2003
Chris Mole, Member of Parliament (MP), is championing a new bill to ensure that non-print materials are collected and preserved for future generations of researchers.
Posted Feb 07, 2003
The Center for e-Service at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and Rockbridge Associates, Inc. co-sponsored the recently released 2002 National Technology Readiness Survey (NTRS).
Posted Feb 07, 2003
While much of the content community continues to chase sponsor dollars by making ads bigger, louder, more animated, at least one provider understands the alternative Zen way: be there to deliver when the user needs you.
Posted Feb 01, 2003
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have announced the Business Matchmaking Program, designed to provide a major economic stimulus to America's small businesses by bringing small businesses closer to potentially lucrative government contracts.
Posted Jan 31, 2003
A new survey by iQ Content reveals that, while the Irish eGovernment program has made progress, significant implementation problems are being experienced by the majority of public sector agencies.
Posted Jan 31, 2003
RoweCom, Inc., doing business as RoweCom, Faxon or divine Information Services, has announced a non-binding letter of intent with EBSCO Industries, Inc. for the proposed purchase of the RoweCom worldwide subscription agent business.
Posted Jan 28, 2003
The New York attorney general's office has filed a suit against divine over the failure of divine's Faxon/RoweCom subscriptions unit to pay publishers and place 2003 orders on behalf of New York libraries.
Posted Jan 21, 2003
Marathon Partners L.P., an investment partnership that owns about 9% of Hoover's, Inc. has announced the selection of Marlin & Associates LLC (M&A) as its financial advisor to assist in helping to find alternatives to the proposed takeover of Hoover's by financial information publisher D&B.
Posted Jan 17, 2003
Information Today has announced that the Buying and Selling eContent
conference program is now available online at www.buy-sell-econtent.com. The 4th annual conference will be held
April 13-15, 2003 at Marriott's Camelback Inn Resort, Golf Club and Spa in Scottsdale AZ.
Posted Jan 10, 2003
RedDot Solutions has secured a second round of funding from ViewPoint Capital Partners (Frankfurt) and 3i, (a previous investor).
Posted Jan 10, 2003
ECNext, a provider of market expertise and Web commerce services for business publishers and advisory firms, has secured $3 million in third-round funding for continued growth and expansion.
Posted Dec 17, 2002
Outsell, Inc. has released a market sizing study of the Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) segment of the Information Content (IC), examining changes in 2001, the current state of the market, and prospects for the future.
Posted Dec 06, 2002
Intentia International has announced the results of its internal investigation launched after Reuters published Intentia's third quarter results for 2002 prior to the scheduled publication on October 24th.
Posted Nov 05, 2002
Three major publishers of scientific, technical, and medical materials have filed suit against Custom Copies, Inc., and its president Kenneth F. Roberts, both of Gainesville, Florida.
Posted Oct 15, 2002
XAware, Inc., a developer of data integration software components designed to simplify the accessing, transforming, and integrating of disparate data and application resources has secured a funding package of $2.1 million.
Posted Oct 08, 2002