Gale Acquires HighBeam Research to Connect With End Users by Paula J. Hane, Newsbreaks (Dec 22)
Here is a very full account of Gales acquisition of HighBeam Research and its intentions to deliver content directly to the end user.
Of interest:
+ Newser is not part of the sale. Patrick Spain will continue to build it. "Newser uses the HighBeam technology platform to access and filter millions of news and reference articles, photos, and videos. Newser combines human and machine intelligence to present news from across the internet in a visually attractive and easily accessible format."
+ The sale does include the free Encyclopedia.com. Gale is considering some changes such as an option to link to libraries.
+ "HighBeam currently charges $199.95 a year or $29.95 a month for subscriptions."
+ Gale owns Goliath -- "Goliath (http://goliath.ecnext.com) is Gale’s business content service that has been around for a few years, providing global company and industry intelligence to business executives."
Posted by Gwen at December 22, 2008 04:53 PM