Chapter 1 - The Business & Professional Web/Online Services Market
Scope Of Report
Composition Of The Business & Professional Web/Online Services Market
Definition Of Business & Professional Web/Online Services
Web/Online History
Web Commercialization Begins In 1991
Web/Online Services: Market Size
Worldwide Web/Online Services Sales Reach $46.4 Billion in 1999
Brokerage Services Account For 24.2% Of Web/Online Sales
North America Generates Biggest Share Of Business/Professional Revenue
Electronic Information Services Revenue Rises 19.3%
Selected Web/Online Services Providers Post 33% Revenue Gain
Web/Online Paid Subscriptions Top 45.6 Million In 1999
Web/Online Services Market To Top $80 Billion In 2004
Web/Online Services Subscribers To Reach 96.6 Million By 2004
Conclusions

Chapter 2 - Brokerage Information
Web/Online Brokerage Information: Review
Online Brokerage Information Revenue Reaches $7.94 Billion In 1998
Reuters Continues To Lead The Pack In Information Product Sales
Web/Online Brokerage Information Terminals Up 12.5%
Web/Online Brokerage Information: Trends
M&A Activity Slow In 1999, First Half Of 2000
Industry Leaders Stretch Services To Reach Burgeoning Consumer Market
Data Broadcasting Bolsters eSignal Offering
Bridge Gets New Corporate Structure, To Get New CEO
Reuters Expands Instinet To Reach Individual Investors
Large Investment Banks Cast Their Hats Into The Ring
Business/Professional Online Brokerage Information: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 3 - Credit Information
Credit Information: Review
Overview Of Major Players
Credit Information: Trends
Variety Of Downward Pressures At Work
Privacy Legislation Could Impede Business
New Uses For Information Developing
Scoring And Modeling Products Flourish
Companies Recast Their Products
Companies Seek To Fill E-Commerce Needs
Traditional Products Also Being Moved Online
Smaller Players Also Find The Internet To Be Fertile Ground
Acquisitions Expand Reach
Credit Information: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 4 - Current Awareness News & Research
Current Awareness News & Research: Review
My Yahoo!, My Excite Experience Rapid Growth
Subscriptions Increase 22.4% For 10 Leading Players
Sales Per Subscriber Decline As Ad-Supported Service Popularity Rises
Current Awareness News & Research: Trends
Leading Companies Reorganize To Move Ahead, Make Way For New Players
Intranets Are The Future
Mergers And Acquisitions Pace Continues
International Markets Present Growth Opportunities
Services Add Personalization Features
Current Awareness News & Research: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 5 - Financial News/Research
Financial News/Research Review
Financial News/Research Providers Post 18.2% Sales Gain In 1999
Hoover's Shows Fastest Growth
Newswire Services Up 4.5%, Account For 8.7% Of Financial News/Research Sales
Subscriptions For Six Leading Providers Exceed 1 Million
Financial News/Research: Trends
Mergers & Acquisitions Picks Up The Pace Through 1999
More Services Aimed At Serving Retail Investing Market Emerge
International Expansion Continues To Be Priority For Industry Leaders
Financial News/Research Services: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 6 - Legal, Tax And Public Record Information
General Law
Tax Law
Environmental Records
Real Estate Information
State Commercial Records
Federal Government And Agency Documents, State Legislation And Regulations
Legal, Tax And Public Record Information: Review
Legal, Tax And Public Record Information Sales Top $1.7 Billion In 1999
Westlaw Maintains 32.5% Market Share
Legal, Tax, Public Records Subscribers Reach Nearly 3.7 Million
Legal, Tax And Public Record Information: Trends
Market Consists Mostly Of Large Players, But Small Ones Continue To Enter
West Group Continues Its Push Into Global Markets
Reed Elsevier Goes To Competition For Help In Expanding Its Executive Team
Small Players Also Focusing On Acquisitions And Global Expansion
Mergers Also Part Of The Game For Smaller Players
Loislaw.com Continues To Work At Being A Strong Number Three
Lexis-Nexis Targets The Small Law Firm
VISTAInfo Expands Via Partnerships
DataQuick Launches Internet-Based Service
Transamerica Adds Web-Based Product To Its Lineup
Legal, Tax And Public Record Information: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 7 - Marketing Information
Three Segments Of Marketing Information
Audience Rating Services
List Compilers
Product Marketing Information Services
Marketing Information: Review
Marketing Information Sales Among Category Leaders Reach $7.3 Billion In 1999
Web/Online Media Replaces Traditional Delivery Options
Marketing Information: Trends
Marketing Information Mergers & Acquisitions Reach $5 Billion In 1999-2000
Strategic Partnerships Help Round Out Information Offerings
Dun & Bradstreet Spins Off Moody's
Web/Online Marketing Information: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 8 - Healthcare Information
Healthcare Information: Review
WebMD Emerges As Leading Player In Online Healthcare Information Market
Merger And Acquisition Activity Steady In 1999 And 2000
Healthcare Information: Trends
Online Inforamtion Players Work Together On Ethics Standards
Online Players Look For Expansion Into Handhelds
Not All Internet Health Information Companies A Model For Success
Traditional Publishers Look More Closely At The Web, As New Players Emerge
Societies Get Into The Game
Professionals Still The Main Target For Tradional Publishers
Healthcare Information: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 9 - Vertical Market Services
Vertical Markets: Trends
Massive Consolidation On The Horizon
B-to-B World Is An Industry Of Many Forms
If You Build It, Will They Come?
Online Construction Market Beings To Emerge
Science Industry Among First To Exhibit Signs Of Online B-to-B Life
Deregulation Makes Energy Industry An Attractive Vertical Market
More Vertical Marketplaces On The Horizon
Vertical Market Services: Forecast
Forecast Assumptions
Forecast

Chapter 10 - Profiles Of Leading ISPs
America Online
AT&T WorldNet
EarthLink Inc.
Microsoft Network
Prodigy Communications Corp.

Chapter 11 - Profiles Of Leading Business & Professional Web/Online Information Providers
ACNielsen
Acxiom Corp.
Bloomberg Financial Markets L.P.
Bridge Information Systems
Bright Station
Business Wire
Comtex News Network
Data Broadcasting Corp.
Dow Jones & Co. Inc.
Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
Hoover's Inc.
IHS Group Inc.
McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
Medscape
NewsEdge Corp.
PR Newswire Association Inc.
Reed Elsevier plc
Reuters Holding plc
The Thomson Corp.
Track Data Corp.
VerticalNet
VNU USA Inc.
Wavo Inc.
Wolters Kluwer

List of Tables
Table 1.1 - Web/Online Services Definitions
Table 1.2 - Web/Online Services Sales Growth, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 1.3 - Web/Online Services Market Share And Revenue Growth By Market Segment, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 1.4 - Web/Online Services Revenue By Market Segment, 1995-1999
Table 1.5 - Web/Online Services Sales By Market Segment, 1999
Table 1.6 - Business/Professional Sales By Geographic Market, 1999
Table 1.7 - Selected Electronic Information Services Revenue, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 1.8 - Selected Web/Online Services Revenue, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 1.9 - Web/Online Subscriber Growth By Market, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 1.10 - Web/Online Paid Subscriber Growth, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 1.11 - Web/Online Services Industry Sales Forecast, 1995-2004
Table 1.12 - Ten-Year Web/Online Services Revenue Growth Summary
Table 1.13 - Web/Online Services Revenue By Market Segment, 1995-2004
Table 1.14 - Business/Professional Web/Online Subscriber Forecast, 2000 To 2004
Table 2.1 - Selected Online Brokerage Information Services, By Market
Table 2.2 - Electronic Brokerage Information Sales, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 2.3 - Market Share For Leading Web/Online Brokerage Information Services, 1999 32
Table 2.4 - Reuters User Access Summary, 1996-1999
Table 2.5 - Web/Online Brokerage Information Services Terminal Growth, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 2.6 - Bloomberg Subscriber Growth, 1992-1999
Table 2.7 - Electronic Brokerage Information Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, 1999
Table 2.8 - Web/Online Brokerage Information Services Sales Forecast, 1995-2004
Table 2.9 - Web/Online Brokerage Information Sales Growth, 1995-2004
Table 3.1 - Selected Credit Information Providers
Table 3.2 - Credit Information Sales, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 3.3 - Credit Information Revenues As A Percentage Of Total Sales, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 3.4 - Credit Information Sales Forecast, 1995-2004
Table 3.5 - Credit Information Sales Growth, 1995-2004
Table 4.1 - Selected Web/Online Research Services
Table 4.2 - Selected Web/Online Current Awareness News Services
Table 4.3 - Current Awareness News & Research Web/Online Sales Growth, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 4.4 - Current Awareness News & Research Web/Online Subscriber Growth, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 4.5 - Estimated Current Awareness News & Research Services Sales Per Subscriber, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 4.6 - Selected Current Awareness News Web/Intranet Launches, 1Q 1998 To June 2000
Table 4.7 - Current Awareness News & Research Services Mergers & Acquisitions, August 1999 To July 2000
Table 4.8 - Selected Ad-Supported Current Awareness News Services Statistics
Table 4.9 - Pricing Structures For Selected Current Awareness News And Research Services
Table 4.10 - Web/Online Current Awareness News & Research Services Sales Forecast, 1995-2004
Table 4.11 - Web/Online Current Awareness News & Research Services Sales Growth, 1995-2004
Table 5.1 - Selected Web/Online Financial News/Research Services
Table 5.2 - Financial News/Research Services Sales, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 5.3 - Selected Financial News Services Sales, 1997-1999
Table 5.4 - Market Share Of Financial News Services, 1999
Table 5.5 - Web/Online Financial News/Research Services Subscriber Growth, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 5.6 - Selected Financial News/Research Mergers & Acquisitions, January 1999 To July 2000
Table 5.7 - Financial News/Research Services Sales Forecast, 1995-2004
Table 5.8 - Financial News/Research Services Sales Growth, 1995-2004
Table 6.1 - Selected Legal, Tax And Public Record Web/Online Services, By Market
Table 6.2 - Legal, Tax And Public Record Web/Online Services Sales, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 6.3 - Legal, Tax And Public Record Web/Online Services Market Share Of Leading Players, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 6.4 - Legal, Tax And Public Record Web/Online Service Subscribers, 1997-1999
Table 6.5 - Legal, Tax And Public Record Web/Online Sales Forecast, 1995-2004
Table 6.6 - Legal, Tax And Public Record Web/Online Sales Growth, 1995-2004
Table 7.1 - Selected Audience Rating Services
Table 7.2 - Selected Marketing Information Providers
Table 7.3 - Selected Product Marketing Information Services
Table 7.4 - Sales Of Leading Marketing Information Companies, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 7.5 - Marketing Information Company Mergers & Acquisitions
Table 7.6 - Web/Online Marketing Information Sales Forecast, 1995-2004
Table 7.7 - Web/Online Marketing Information Sales Growth, 1995-2004
Table 8.1 - Selected Online Healthcare Information Services
Table 8.2 - Online Healthcare Information Sales Growth, 1999 vs. 1998
Table 8.3 - Mergers And Acquisitions, January 1999 To September 2000
Table 8.4 - Partnerships And Product Launches, January 1999 To September 2000
Table 8.5 - Online Healthcare Information Sales Forecast, 1999-2004
Table 8.6 - Healthcare Information Online Sales Growth, 1999-2204
Table 9.1 - Selected Online Vertical Market Information Services, By Market
Table 9.2 - Vertical Market Services Sales Forecast, 1999-2004
Table 9.3 - Web/Online Vertical Market Information Sales Growth, 1999-2004