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Transforming Information Companies

Today’s surprise announcement that the Washington Post Company is selling its flagship newspaper along with several other newspapers to Jeff Bezos is only part of a wider, ongoing story of transformation.  Earlier this year, the company took a sharp turn … Continue reading


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Relationship Science: LinkedIn for the One Percent?

Relationship Science, a new company that bills itself as “the ultimate business development tool,” has been in the news because it recently raised $90 million from a set of marquee investors and, perhaps even more significantly, it is the follow-on … Continue reading


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Are Buyers’ Guides Good Enough?

We wrote recently about Epocrates, the drug information company that is a rare case of a successful advertising-supported business in the business and professional market. It’s worth mentioning another class of ad-supported business information services, buyers’ guides, which is in … Continue reading


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