Industry Trends, Size, And Players In The News & Trade Information Market

Authors: David Curle, Director & Lead Analyst; Janet Cleary, Director, Product Analyst

2001 revenue for the trade publishers, newspapers, newswires and news aggregators that constitute the $81.5 billion worldwide worldwide market for News & Trade Information declined by 5.4 percent from 2000 levels. Primary publishers are showing the effects of the overall slowdown in the advertising market

- though an analysis of the Outsell 60 Company Monitor companies in the sector shows that valuations are on their way back up. News aggregators continue to be a small portion of this segment, but they grew by 7.8 percent. This Briefing covers 144 primary publishers and aggregators, and describes the market forces shaping the sector: new players, new technologies, end user trends, and changing organizational content deployment practices.