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Weekly News Digest
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January 12, 2012 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Copyright Clearance Center Acquires Pubget
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and source of licensing solutions, acquired Mass.-based Pubget, a solutions provider focused on expediting the acquisition and analysis of content. Pubget offers search, retrieval and browse capabilities for content. Its solutions make research more efficient by simplifying the process of finding, managing, and analyzing information. Pubget served more than 5 million researchers and 500 research centers in 2011. “Blending Pubget’s current and future offerings with CCC’s broad portfolio of licensing products will provide clients with a complete professional information solution,” said Tracey Armstrong, CEO, CCC. “We’re thrilled to welcome Pubget’s team to CCC and look forward to working together to quickly create market-driven solutions that meet the needs of those who produce content and those who use it.” “Part of our mission at Pubget is to make access to information seamless. CCC has been making copyright licensing seamless for researchers for decades,” said founder Ramy Arnaout. “We need to work directly with publishers to build this business and CCC has done this while also extending the value of content spend for users. We are all excited about what the future holds with this combination.” Pubget was founded in 2007 by Arnaout who has an MD from Harvard, a PhD in mathematical biology from Oxford, and an SB in biology from MIT. Arnaout will join the CCC team as a senior advisor. Co-founders Ryan Jones, formerly of Microsoft’s enterprise search group, and Ian Connor, formerly of IBM, will remain as senior leaders in the Pubget organization responsible for Business Development and Engineering respectively. Arnaout, Jones, and Connor are joined by the entire Pubget team. Pubget’s offices will remain in Boston. Source: Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
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