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Information Industry Market Size and Share Rankings: Preliminary 2008 Results

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Authors: Kate Worlock, Director & Lead Analyst; Pooneh Fooladi, Director & Market Analyst

This report analyzes preliminary estimates of 2008 revenue and 2007-to-2008 growth in the $400 billion information industry and its segments, and includes:

- Revenue and growth rates for the total information industry, which grew 2.3%, and its top 20 companies, which in aggregate grew 8.5% in 2008;
- Revenue and growth rates of the top 10 leaders in each of 10 industry segments;
- Commentary on trends driving growth in each segment, including News, which saw negative growth overall despite the positive effect of several acquisitions, and Search - led by Google - which saw slower than expected overall growth;
- Essential actions for information industry companies looking to maintain and grow market share in 2009.

Outsell maintains and continuously updates a database of over 7,000 publishers and information providers worldwide and uses a supply-side methodology to size the information industry.


Pub Date: January 20, 2009
Type: Market Size & Share Report
Segments: B2B ITTRRS MRRS NEWS STM SAS IM ALL CF E & T HR LTR T & C
Keywords: Market Statistics, Market Analysis, Education, Newspapers, Professional Publishing, Search, STM Publishing
Pages: 28
Format: PDF Application_pdf

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Table of Contents

  • Why This Topic?
  • Information Industry Market Size and Top 20 Market Share Leaders
    1. Information Industry Growth Slowed Significantly to 2.3%
  • Growth Continues, But at a Slower Pace
  • Market Share Leaders by Segment
    1. B2B Trade Publishing
    2. Company Information
    3. Credit & Financial Information
    4. Education & Training
    5. Legal, Tax & Regulatory Information
    6. Market Research, Reports & Services
    7. IT & Telecom Research, Reports & Services
    8. News Providers & Publishers
    9. Scientific, Technical & Medical Information
    10. Search, Aggregation & Syndication
  • Essential Actions
  • Methodology

    • Tables & Figures

  • Table 1. Preliminary Worldwide Information Revenue by Segment, 2008
  • Table 2. Top 20 Information Industry Companies, Preliminary Worldwide Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Figure 1. Declining Growth in the Information Industry, 2006-2008
  • Table 3. Currency Effects of Conversion from Pounds, Euros, and Yen into Dollars
  • Table 4. Top 10 B2B Trade Publishing Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 5. Top 10 Company Information Providers, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 6. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 7. Top 10 Education & Training Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 8. Top 10 Legal, Tax & Regulatory Information Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 9. Top 10 Market Research, Reports & Services Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 10. Top 10 IT & Telecom Research, Reports & Services Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 11. Top 10 News Providers & Publishers, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 12. Top 10 Scientific, Technical & Medical Information Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008
  • Table 13. Top 10 Search, Aggregation & Syndication Companies, Preliminary Revenue Estimates, 2008

Companies Mentioned

  1. Bloomberg L.P.
  2. Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT)
  3. Gannett Co., Inc.
  4. Google, Inc.
  5. International Data Group (IDG)
  6. New York Times Company
  7. News Corporation, Ltd
  8. Pearson plc
  9. Reed Elsevier
  10. SuperMedia LLC
  11. The Asahi Shimbun Company
  12. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  13. The Nielsen Company
  14. The Tribune Company
  15. The Yomiuri Shimbun
  16. Thomson Reuters
  17. Time Warner Inc.
  18. Wolters Kluwer nv
  19. Yahoo! Inc.
  20. Yell Ltd.