Business Information Markets 2006-2007: Industry Report

Business Information Markets 2006-2007

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Simba Information - Reports
Published: August 2006
Product Code: R46-179

Description

Since 1979, professionals tracking the online content industry have relied on Business Information Markets for an accurate and unbiased inside look at the industry -- from the latest mergers and acquisitions, to subscriber growth estimates, to the technology trends that are constantly reshaping the dynamic market for creating and distributing content to business professionals.

This report covers all business information services that provide content, delivered through proprietary online networks, the Internet and handheld wireless devices. Here is the market intelligence you need to evaluate the trends affecting the information industry today, and get an inside track on where to place your bets for future growth. No other report delivers such a comprehensive, all-encompassing overview and outlook, broken out by segment: general news and research, financial, brokerage, credit, legal, tax, public records, health care, marketing and other online information services.

The report also includes detailed profiles of leading business/professional online content providers, such as Reed Elsevier, Dow Jones, Hoover’s, Reuters, WebMD and more.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
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Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Market Overview: Introduction; Market Structure; Brokerage Information Services; Credit Information Services; Current Awareness News & Research Services; Financial News & Research Services; Legal, Tax & Public Record Services; Marketing Information Services; Health Care Information Services; Other Online Information Services (formerly Vertical Market Services); Market Size; Online Service Sales Reach $36.5 Billion in 2005; Online Paid Subscriptions Climb to 19.5 Million in 2005; Market Trends and Analysis; New Product Launches; Merger and Acquisition Activity in the Market
Chapter 2: Brokerage Information: Introduction; Brokerage Information Segment Rides Rebounding Economy; Brokerage Information Subscriptions Up 4.5% in 2005; Mergers and Acquisitions Pick Up; Thomson Gets Active Again; Reuters Posts Solid Q1; Claims It Has Caught Bloomberg; Forecast Assumptions; Financial Forecast
Chapter 3: Credit Information Services: Introduction; Credit Information Sales Climb 5.5% in 2005; Rivals Team Up to Challenge FICO; Experian Leads M&A Activity; Companies Enter Business Intelligence Space; Consumer Product Rollout Continues; Credit Information: Forecast; Forecast Assumptions; Sales Forecast
Chapter 4: Current Awareness News & Research: Introduction; Market Size and Structure; Subscriber Growth Rises 2.1% in 2005; Search Upgrades Abound in 2006; CANR Advertising Sales Climb 13.5% in 2005; Traditional Media Invest in Web-based Products; Reputation Management Drives Product Development; Mergers & Acquisitions; Current Awareness News & Research Services: Forecast; Forecast Assumptions; Sales Growth Forecast
Chapter 5: Financial News & Research: ntroduction; Segment Sales Increase by 8.8% in 2005; Consistent with 2004 Data; Subscriptions Climb 6%; Show Growth After Stagnant 2004; Search Advertising Reigns; Display Advertising Falls in 2005; Dow Jones to Reassess Its New Delivery Operations; Pearson’s FT.com Woos New Users with Open House; IDC’s eSignal Launches Financial Information Portal MarketCenter.com; Financial News & Research Services: Forecast; Forecast Assumptions; Sales Forecast
Chapter 6: Legal, Tax and Public Record Information: Introduction; General Law; Tax Law; Public Record Information; Federal Gov’t and Agency Documents, State Legislature and Regulations; Leading Information Providers; Thomson Legal & Regulatory; Thomson West; LexisNexis; Wolters Kluwer Tax, Accounting & Legal (TAL); Legal, Tax & Regulatory Europe (LTRE); CCH, Aspen (Wolters Kluwer); ChoicePoint; The Bureau of National Affairs; Market Share Trends; Sales Forecast
Chapter 7: Marketing Information: Introduction; Audience Rating Services; List Compilers; Product Marketing Information Services; Marketing Information Sales Grow 5.4% in 2005; infoUSA Paces M&A Activity; Acxiom and D&B Join Forces with Outsourcing Agreement; Arbitron Adds CBS Radio to Fold; Online Marketing Information: Forecast; Forecast Assumptions; Sales Forecast
Chapter 8: Health Care Information: Introduction; Leading Health Care Information Providers Epocrates; Reed Elsevier; WebMD; Wolters Kluwer; Thomson; John Wiley & Sons; McGraw-Hill; Key Trends in Health Care Information Sales Forecast
Chapter 9: Other Information Services: Introduction; Key Trends; McGraw-Hill Builds Out Construction Vertical; Italian Firm Tabs Excelergy for Trading Solutions; Platts Launches New Online Resource for Energy Market Analysis; SciQuest Teams Up with Elsevier; Other Information Services: Forecast; Forecast Assumptions
Chapter 10: Conclusions and Market Forecast: Introduction; Online Services Market Projected to Reach $45.6 Billion in 2010; Company Profiles; Acxiom; Associated Press; Bloomberg L.P.; Bureau of National Affairs; Business Wire; CBC; Comtex; CSC Credit Services; D&B; Dow Jones; eCredit.com; EDGAR Online; Epocrates Inc.; Equifax; Experian; FactSet Research Systems; Hoover’s; IHS Group; infoUSA; Interactive Data Corp.; McGraw-Hill; Pearson PLC; PR Newswire; Reed Elsevier; Reuters; Thomson; Track Data; TransUnion; UpToDate; Value Line; VNU Group B.V.; WebMD Health; Wolters Kluwer

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