• Scope Of The Report
• Structure And Definitions Of The Business Information Market
• Definition Of Business Information Services
• History Of The Business Information Market
• Online Service Sales Reach $34.77 Billion In 2003
• Online Paid Subscriptions Climb To 17.11 Million In 2003
• Online Services Market Projected To Reach $44.2 Billion In 2008
• Forecast Assumptions
• Table 1.1: Online Service Definitions
• Table 1.2: Online Services Market Share And Revenue Growth By Market
• Segment, 2002-2003
• Table 1.3: Online Services Market Sales By Segment, 2003
• Table 1.4: Online Subscriber Growth By Market, 2002-2003
• Table 1.5: Total Online Business Information Sales Forecast, 2002-2008
• Table 1.6: Total Online Business Information Growth, 2002-2008
• Table 1.7: Online Business Information Revenue By Market Segment,
• 2002-2006

Chapter 2: Brokerage Information

• Introduction
• Brokerage Information Sales Slide 1.9% In 2003
• Brokerage Information Subscriptions Fall 3.9% In 2003
• Major Acquisitions Stir Up Market
• Telerate Changes Name, Targets Market Niche
• Thomson Financial Acquisitions Add To Thomson ONE Package
• Reuters’ Glocer Makes Wall Street A Believer
• Forecast And Conclusions
• Table 2.1: Selected Online Brokerage Information Services, By Market
• Table 2.2: Leading Electronic Brokerage Information Services By Sales, 2003 vs.
• 2002
• Table 2.3: Market Share for the Top 3 Online Brokerage Information Services vs.
• All Others, 2003
• Table 2.4: Leading Electronic Brokerage Information Services By Subscribers,
• 2003 vs. 2002
• Table 2.5: Brokerage Information Segment, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Table 2.6: Bloomberg Subscriber Growth, 1994-2003
• Table 2.7: Reuters Access Summary, 2000-2003
• Table 2.8: Online Brokerage Information Services Sales Forecast, 1999-2008
• Table 2.9: Online Brokerage Information Sales Growth, 1998-2008

Chapter 3: Credit Information Services

• Introduction
• Consumer & Business Credit
• Credit Information: Leading Players
• Credit Information Sales Climb 7.8% In 2003
• Credit Information: Trends
• Equifax Endures Major Changes
• M&A Deals Few For Credit Information Segment
• Consumer Direct Services Drive Sales Growth
• Fraud Protection Services Reach Consumers
• Forecast And Conclusions
• Table 3.1: Selected Credit Information Providers
• Table 3.2: Credit Information Sales, 2003 vs. 2002
• Table 3.3: Credit Information Segment, M&A
• Table 3.4: Credit Information Sales Forecast, 1999-2008
• Table 3.4: Credit Information Sales Growth, 2001-2008

Chapter 4: Current Awareness News & Research

• Introduction
• A Description
• Current Awareness News & Research: Review
• Subscription Growth Stagnant In 2003
• Current Awareness News & Research Services: Trends
• Small Players Emerge As The Dust Settles
• Consolidation Continues
• Leading Players Centralize Platforms
• Search Technologies Improve
• Players Team Up With Microsoft Office 2003
• Segment Answers Demand For Reputation Management
• LexisNexis First To Offer Wireless
• Forecast And Conclusions
• Table 4.1: Selected Online News & Research Services
• Table 4.2: Current Awareness News & Research Online Sales Growth, 2003 vs.
• 2002
• Table 4.3: Current Awareness News & Research Online Subscriber Growth, 2003
• vs. 2002
• Table 4.4: Current Awareness News & Research Online Sales Growth, Companies
• with Under $50 Million In Revenues
• Table 4.5: Online Current Awareness News & Research Sales Forecast, 1999-
• 2008
• Table 4.6: Online Current Awareness News & Research Services Sales Growth,
• 1999-2008

Chapter 5: Financial News & Research

• Introduction
• Financial Information: Review
• Advertising Sales Help Drive Market For Financial Information
• Subscriptions Climb 2.5% As Market Begins Recovering
• Financial News & Research Services: Trends
• MarketWatch Partners With Thomson To Offer News Service
• OneFN Casts Offering Into Crowded Space
• TheStreet.com Enters Independent Research Space
• Dow Jones Uses Acquisitions To Bolster Lagging Unit
• MarketWatch Loses Top Analyst To SEC Investigation
• Forecast And Conclusions
• Table 5.1: Selected Online Financial News & Research Services
• Table 5.2: Financial News & Research Information Sales, 2003 vs. 2002
• Table 5.3: Subscriber Growth, Financial News & Research Services, 2003 vs.
• 2002
• Table 5.4: Financial News & Research Sales Forecast, 1999-2008
• Table 5.5: Financial News & Research Growth, 1999-2008

Chapter 6: Legal, Tax and Public Record Information

• Introduction
• Leading Players By Segment
• 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 Growth Outpaces Other Sectors
• Thomson Legal & Regulatory
• Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax & Business
• LexisNexis
• ChoicePoint
• MacDonald Dettwiler Associates (MDA)
• Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)
• Market Share Trends
• Legal, Tax And Public Record Publishers See Subscription Growth
• LexisNexis (Reed Elsevier)
• Westlaw (Thomson)
• ChoicePoint
• CCH Inc (Wolters Kluwer)
• Key Trends in Legal, Tax and Public Record Information
• LexisNexis and West Move Beyond Content
• Global Online Content Is a Long-Term Gold Mine in the Legal Sector
• Publishers Think Big With Smaller-Scale Acquisitions
• Forecast And Conclusions
• Table 6.1: Key Legal, Tax and Public Record Online Services
• Table 6.2: Global Legal, Tax & Public Record Online Service Sales, 2002-2003
• Table 6.3: Global Legal, Tax & Public Record Online Services Market Share of
• Leading Players, 2002-2003
• Table 6.4: Legal, Tax & Public Record Online Service Subscribers, 2001-2003
• Table 6.5: U.S. Legal, Tax and Public Record Online Sales Forecast, 1998-2008
• Table 6.5: U.S. Legal, Tax and Public Record Online Sales Growth, 1998-2008

Chapter 7: Marketing Information

• Introduction
• The Three Segments Within Marketing Information
• Audience Rating Services
• List Compilers
• Product Marketing Information Services .
• Marketing Information: Review
• M&A’s Characterized By Major Deals
• D&B Sells Assets To Grow Presence In Europe
• ACNielsen Restructures
• Under Pressure From Shareholders, IRI Sells Out
• IRI, ACNielsen Panel Services Spar
• IRI, ACNielsen Lawsuit Finally Goes To Court
• Acxiom, Equifax Partner
• InfoUSA Turns To Retail Chains To Drive Product Growth
• Forecast And Conclusions
• 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, 2003 vs. 2002
• Table 7.5: Marketing Information Segment, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Table 7.6: Online Marketing Information Sales Forecast, 1999-2008
• Table 7.7: Marketing Information Sales Growth, 1999-2008

: Healthcare Information

• Introduction
• Reed Elsevier
• WebMD
• Wolters Kluwer
• Thomson
• American Medical Association
• Ingenix
• McGraw-Hill
• Key Trends In Healthcare Information
• Handhelds Deliver Content To The Point Of Care
• Print Not Going Away, But Online Is Where The Growth Is
• Small, Online-Only Startups Appeal To Physicians And Large Publishers
• Number Of Physicians Grows Slightly
• Battle Over Open Access Brews
• Forecast And Conclusions
• Table 8.1: Key Online Healthcare Services
• Table 8.2: Top Global Online Healthcare Providers By Revenues, 2002-2003
• Table 8.3: Number of U.S. Physicians, 1970-2002
• Table 8.4: U.S. Healthcare Online Information Sales Forecast, 2001-2008

Chapter 9: Other Information Services

• Introduction
• Key Trends
• Remaining Vertical Market Information Services Companies Hold Steady
• Many Vertical Marketplaces Close Or Adjust Business Models
• Software For Sale
• Forecast And Conclusions
• Table 9.1: Key Other Online Information Services
• Table 9.2: U.S. Other Online Information Sales Forecast, 1998-2008

Chapter 10: Company Profiles

• Acxion Corp
• Bloomberg
• BusinessWire
• Dow Jones
• Dun & Bradstreet
• Equifax
• Hoovers
• IHS Group
• Interactive Data Corp.
• MarketWatch
• McGraw-Hill
• OneSource.
• Pearson
• PR Newswire
• Reed Elsevier
• Reuters
• Thomson Corp.
• UpToDate
• VNU Inc.
• WebMD
• Wolters Kluwer