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DataContent 2013: Save the Date October 15-17, 2013

May 23, 2013 By

Data Content 2013 - Data is Destiny -

Though data is destiny, success is far from inevitable. It’s easy to see that there are huge opportunities in data, but it’s hard to assess them and turn them into successful new data products. That’s because data is different: it has its own application, business, content and distribution processes. At DataContent13, October 15-17 in Philadelphia, we’ll examine them all  and identify best practices and trends, providing you with an insider’s view of what’s working and where things are heading.

We’ll also showcase the Models of Excellence, our picks for the year’s top data products, ones that exhibit both innovation and mastery. Many are produced by young, emerging companies you’ll want to learn more about and do business with. We’ll provide quick analysis of each to point out  new and replicable ways of applying ever-more powerful technologies to capture and monetize data in ways never before possible.

DataContent is the industry’s leading conference giving publishers an in-depth look at new ideas, new companies, and new business models that are redefining business information. By sponsoring you will put forth your support of the big data movement. Various sponsorship packages are available here.

The DataContent 2013 conference is the one must-attend event for this year for entities in the information and data business.

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List of Speakers who were confirmed:

  • Jeanette Horan, Chief Information Officer, IBM
  • Michael Bird, President, NetProspex
  • Minal Bopaiah, Editor, Subscription Site Insider
  • Keith Cooper, CEO, Connotate
  • Russell Glass, CEO & Co-founder, Bizo
  • Kathy Greenler Sexton, VP and General Manager, Content Division, SIIA
  • Sam Hamadeh, Founder & CEO, PrivCo
  • Eric Irani, Associate, S&P Capital IQ
  • Vinit Khanna, Chairman of the Board, OKS Group
  • John Lawler, Chief Executive Officer, Buyers Lab
  • Matt Manning, President, Information Evolution
  • Gerry Mintz, Managing Partner, Percepta Partners
  • Russell Perkins, Founder & Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group Inc.

Full Speaker bios are available here.

SIIA and ICG are currently seeking speakers for the event. If you are interested in joining this list and speaking at the Data Content 2013. Please review the program and submit your request to speak before July 26.

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Is Data the Salvation of News?

May 20, 2013 By

Post by: Russell Perkins, ICG

Russell Perkins, ICG

Doubtless by now you’ve heard the buzz around the travel news start-up called Skift. Skift is the brainchild of Rafat Ali, the founder of PaidContent.

Skift wants to broadly cover the incredibly huge global travel industry with only a handful of reporters. That means Skift will deliver a mix of original reporting along with licensed and curated content. So where’s the innovation and disruption? The answer, in a word, is data. Skift seems to have a firm grasp of the new dynamics of the information marketplace: while there is an important role for news, it’s increasingly hard to monetize. That’s why news married to data is a much smarter business model.

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Summary of Publishing in an Open Access World Webcast

May 17, 2013 By

Open Access publishing is a dominant topic in the world of scientific research.

During the webinar, held on May 9th and hosted by both the SIIA Copyright & Licensing Working Group and Copyright Clearance Center, the presenters discussed how to develop or refine your Open Access plan and explained what publishers are doing to facilitate the demand for free access to publicly funded content. The speakers also discussed the challenges and ultimate benefits of enabling public access to scientific research from the publishers point of view.

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Peter Binfield, co-Founder and Publisher of Peer J
Peter Binfield, Ph.D. Co-founder & Publisher Physicist. Gigapixel photographer. Pete has worked in the academic publishing world for almost 20 years. Since gaining a PhD in Optical Physics, he has held positions at Institute of Physics, Kluwer Academic, Springer, SAGE and most recently the Public Library of Science (PLoS). At PLoS he ran PLoS ONE, and developed it into the largest and most innovative journal in the world.

Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC
Heather Joseph serves the Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), an international coalition of academic and research libraries that promotes the expanded sharing of scholarship. As SPARC’s Director since 2005, Heather has focused on supporting emerging publishing models, enabling digital archives, and establishing open access policies on the national and international levels.

Brian D. Scanlan, President, Thieme Publishers
Brian Scanlan, President of the International Division of Thieme who joined the team in 1995. Thieme, which was founded in 1886, is a privately held, global force that publishes international medical and scientific information that serves physicians, health professionals and students.

  • The power point slides of the presentation are available here.
  • The full recording of the webcast is available here.

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Revenue Opportunities at the Intersection of Cloud and Mobile (for Publishers and Media Companies) is Now Available On Demand

May 17, 2013 By

During the Revenue Opportunities at the Intersection of Cloud and Mobile (for Publishers and Media Companies) webcast, held on May 14th in NYC and co-hosteded by ABM & SIIA, the speakers discussed how today’s leading media companies are developing revenue-driving mobile apps that combine their own information, mobile platform technologies and Web content to create powerful solutions.

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The roundtable discussion included panelists presenting case studies from leading publishers on the functionality and revenue impact of their apps on enterprise construction services, innovation for research and product development and online media.

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John Blossom, President of Shore Communications Inc
John Blossom is a globally recognized content industry analyst, providing thought leadership and improved strategic marketing for executives in media and technology companies in search of new approaches to rapidly changing markets for their products and services. Mr. Blossom founded Shore Communications Inc. in 1997, which provides research and advisory services for major and emerging publishers and content technology companies in enterprise and media markets.

Marc Chaikin, Founder, Chaikin Analytics
After 40 years on Wall Street as a trader, broker, and analyst, Marc Chaikin founded Chaikin Analytics in 2009 to deliver proprietary stock analytics to professional money managers and investors. The centerpiece of Chaikin Analytics is the Chaikin Power Gauge, a 20-factor alpha model, back-tested on ten years of data and proven quite accurate at identifying a stock’s potential over the next 3-6 months.

Michael Cadden, CEO of LivingAbroad, LLC
Michael Cadden began in the Global Mobility profession with Craighead Publications in 1995. Soon after joining he became the driving force behind converting 1000s of pages of country-specific information from paper to online. With that success he later became a principle and Managing Director of Living Abroad LLC in 2002 and is behind its highly successful transformation, culminating with the acquisition of the legacy Craighead business in 2008.

Aneel Tejwaney, SVP Technology, SourceMedia
As SVP of Technology, Aneel Tejwaney manages strategic direction and hands on management of multiple technology initiatives, from digital operations of 30+ brands to internal technology applications and infrastructure operations. With over 15 years of deep technical expertise and business acumen, Aneel comes to Sourcemedia with significant management consulting experience with Accenture.  He has implemented several complex projects using custom and off the shelf applications, utilizing onshore and offshore resource mix. 

  • The power point slides of the presentation are available here.
  • The full recording of the webcast is available here.

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Drawing the Line: Customers as a Data Source

May 10, 2013 By

Russell Perkins, ICG

Post by: Russell Perkins, ICG

Your subscribers, often unknowingly, are trusting you with a lot of potentially sensitive and valuable information. It’s your duty to guard it carefully.

Depending on the markets and the job functions you serve, you may want to re-think if, say, your customer service people should be able to view a specific subscriber’s saved searches. And even something as innocuous as putting up a list of “most viewed companies this week” could inadvertently reveal too much if you operate in a tight vertical.

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Summary of Platform Publishing Webcast

May 3, 2013 By

The notion of platforms in business isn’t new: automakers and product makers realized the value some years ago, software developers adopted it, and most recently Amazon, Google, and Apple have built businesses around the concept.

During the Platform Publishing Webcast held on Wednesday, May 1st, Marc Strohlein, Principal at Agile Business Logic, discussed how to continuously create engaging and successful digital information products and what key ingredients should platform publishing include. He also demystified some seemingly arcane jargon and provided tools to start thinking about creating your own publishing platforms.

Marc Strohlein, Principal, Agile Business  Logic

 

 

 

The PowerPoint slides of the presentation are available here. The full recording of the Data Content Bootcamp session is available here.

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Google: An Unstable Platform

May 3, 2013 By

Russell Perkins, ICG

Post by: Russell Perkins, ICG

Google has evolved over the years, and consequently publishers need to evolve in their thinking towards Google. The term ”frenemy” was coined to summarize our confusion about how we should best interact with Google. The emerging reality seems to be that while Google can still bring benefit to all of us, it’s a mistake for any of us to depend on it.  

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