Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced the acquisition of 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 analysing information. Pubget has served more than 5 million researchers and 500 research centers in 2011. According to Tracey Armstrong, CEO, CCC, blending Pubget’s current and future offerings with CCC’s broad portfolio of licensing products will provide clients with a complete professional information solution.
Pubget was founded in 2007 by Ramy Arnaout, who will now join the CCC team as a Senior Advisor. Co-founders Ryan Jones and Ian Connor will remain as senior leaders in the Pubget organisation responsible for business development and engineering respectively.
Arnaout, Jones and Connor are joined by the entire Pubget team including experienced talent from The Mathworks, Nature Publishing Group, The Broad Institute, 3M and MIT. CCC has named Emily Sheahan, former Group Publisher at HCPro, as General Manager & Executive Director.
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