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HotTopics: Information Industry Market Size And Share Rankings; Preliminary 2005 Results

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Author: Chuck Richard, Vice President & Lead Analyst

The fast-growing, $285 billion information industry consists of over 4,000 companies. This HotTopics provides analysis of year-over-year revenues and growth of the information industry as a whole, its 12 segments, and the top 10 market share leaders by segment. It contains Outsell's preliminary market size and share results for 2005, analyzes leaders and trends in nine sectors, and includes Outsell's industry predictions for 2006. The final analysis, available in May, will provide market size and share rankings for all companies over $5 million in revenue. The information industry segments covered are: B2B Trade; Company; Credit & Financial; Education & Training; Human Resources; Legal & Regulatory; Market Research, Reports & Services; IT Research, Reports & Services; News; Scientific, Technical & Medical; Search, Aggregation & Syndication; and Yellow Pages & Telephone Directories. This research is essential reading for industry executives who want the latest on how the neighborhoods of the information industry are faring.

Pub Date: January 31, 2006
Pages: 20
Format: PDF Application_pdf

Table of Contents

  • Why This Topic
  • Total Market Size and Top 20 Market Share Leaders
    1. Information Industry Grew 7.7 Percent in 2005, Driven by Search
    2. Over Half of Top 20 Industry Leaders Lost Market Share,
    3. While Google and Yahoo! Rocketed Upward
  • Market Share Leaders by Segment
    1. B2B Trade
    2. Company Credit & Financial
    3. Education & Training
    4. Human Resources
    5. Legal & Regulatory
    6. Market Research, Reports & Services
    7. IT Research, Reports & Services
    8. News
    9. Scientific, Technical & Medical
    10. Search, Aggregation & Syndication
    11. Yellow Pages & Telephone Directories
  • Predictions for 2006
  • Methodology
    1. Market Definitions
  • Companies Included in the HotTopics
  • - Reed Elsevier
  • - Thomson Corporation
  • - Time Warner
  • - Gannett
  • - Google
  • - Pearson
  • - McGraw-Hill
  • - Yahoo!
  • - Reuters
  • - VNU
  • - The Tribune Company
  • - News Corporation
  • - The Asahi Shimbun Co.
  • - Wolters Kluwer
  • - Bloomberg
  • - Daily Mail & General Trust
  • - Verizon Information Services (SuperPages)
  • - The Yomiuri Shimbun
  • - New York Times Co.
  • - Knight Ridder

Companies Mentioned