Emerald enhances reprints service with CCC’s Rightslink - August 4, 2008
Management research publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that its reprints licensing service is now available through the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) Rightslink service. The enhancement offers a real-time solution to Emerald content users wishing to reuse copyrighted material published in over 180 Emerald… Read More
People’s Medical Publishing House acquires book list from BC Decker Inc - August 1, 2008
Peoples Medical Publishing House (PMPH), China, has announced the acquisition of the book list from Canada-based health science publisher BC Decker Inc. This acquisition gives PMPH USA, the newly established US operation for PMPH, an impressive list of medical and dental books… Read More
Reed Business deploys MarkLogic Server to enhance digital assets distribution - August 1, 2008
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Reed Business (RB) Netherlands has deployed MarkLogic Server as the engine behind an editorial workflow-based application for internal search and discovery of valuable digital assets. This enables RB Netherlands to reuse… Read More
Publisher Informa receives a second takeover proposal - July 31, 2008
Media Company Informa Plc, UK, has said that the company has received another preliminary buy-out approach. It is being targeted for takeover by a private equity consortium. While Informa did not reveal who made the latest approach, talks are continuing with Providence Equity Partners, Carlyle Group… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell partners with AlphaMed Press to co-publish Stem Cells journal - July 31, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and publisher AlphaMed Press, US, has announced that Wiley-Blackwell has been selected to serve as co-publisher of Stem Cells, effective January 1, 2009. An international journal of cell differentiation and proliferation, Stem… Read More
Elsevier expands use of CCC’s Rightslink service - July 31, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is partnering with non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, to use the latter's Rightslink service. Rightslink is an online e-commerce service that allows content users to instantly license content and… Read More
Epocrates and BMJ Group partner to develop new point-of-care applications - July 30, 2008
Clinical information products and services provider Epocrates, Inc., US, and medical publisher BMJ Group, UK, have announced the launch of new online clinical reference products. Through an exclusive development and marketing partnership, Epocrates and BMJ are introducing patient centered, web-based solutions to… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces publishing partnership with the Triological Society - July 28, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new partnership with the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., (The Triological Society). Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the society's official publication, The Laryngoscope. A monthly publication,… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Nielsen partner to measure healthcare landscape - July 25, 2008
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and information and media firm Nielsen Company, US, have announced the Healthcare Consumer Informatics Alliance. The alliance seeks to provide healthcare-related manufacturers and media companies with a comprehensive understanding of consumer behaviours and… Read More
Reed Business publications partner with Siemens safety experts to launch new website - July 25, 2008
B2B information provider Reed Business Information (RBI), US, has announced that its publications Control Engineering, Design News, Manufacturing Business Technology, and Plant Engineering have partnered with Siemens' US-based safety experts to launch SafetyBase.com (www.SafetyBase.com). SafetyBase.com is an interactive website designed to deliver… Read More
