Chris Porter

Chris Porter is director of Porter Walford Consulting, an organisation which specialises in market research, market size and share and competitor analysis relating to the information industry. Clients include some of the world"s leading information-intensive companies.

Chris is the co-author of a forthcoming report on global market size and share for Media Intelligence information and software services.

Chris previously worked for Dow Jones, Factiva and Reuters, analysing B2B and consumer information markets worldwide. Expertise includes corporate and legal, risk and compliance, financial and business and public relations and corporate communications markets.

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Articles by Chris Porter:


Product review of Nexis Newsdesk (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
Friday, 18th December 2020

In the final part of our product review of Nexis Newsdesk, media monitoring and analytics tool, we look at the value offered by the product and what help and training is available. We also offer an overview of the competitor landscape which includes Cision, Meltwater, InfoDesk, Manzama, Newsedge, and Ozmosys. We also look at future development plans and pricing.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)


Product review of Nexis Newsdesk (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
Thursday, 17th December 2020

In the third part of our product review of Nexis Newsdesk, media monitoring and analytics tool, we provide a comprehensive overview of its search features. We focus on the Analysis Builder, the dashboard and alerts as well as the output features.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)


Product review of Nexis Newsdesk (sources - content and coverage)
Wednesday, 16th December 2020

In the second part of our product review of Nexis Newsdesk, media monitoring and analytics tool, we give a detailed breakdown of the type and range of content provided, from both traditional and social media. We also include coverage of countries and languages.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)


Product review of Nexis Newsdesk (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
Tuesday, 15th December 2020

In our product review of Nexis Newsdesk, media monitoring and analytics tool, we look at what's changed since our last review. In part one, we focus on the company and product, key users, and future product enhancements.

Note: Full review in Subscription Report (PDF)


Use-cases for Dow Jones' Data, News & Analytics
Tuesday, 3rd March 2020

The Dow Jones Developer Platform, formerly known as Dow Jones DNA, launched in 2017 and gives organisations access to data, news and analytics from the company's services, including Factiva. We recently caught up with Niranjan Thomas, general manager of the developer platform and solution engineering at Dow Jones to find out more about the product, how it's used and how it fits with the "FAIR" use of data.

Reports by Chris Porter:


Product review of Nexis Newsdesk
Tuesday, 15th December 2020

Media monitoring and analytics tool, Nexis Newsdesk, is a pow...


Product review of LexisNexis Company Dossier
Monday, 14th October 2019

Our new in-depth product review of LexisNexis Company Dossier, a research database that provides information about companies, executives and industrie...


Product review of FT.com
Monday, 2nd September 2019

In Jinfo"s full product review of FT.com, the digital version of the Financial Times, one of the world"s leading providers of business intelligence, w...


Product review of Orbis from Bureau van Dijk - A Moody's Analytics Company
Tuesday, 6th August 2019

Jinfo looked at Bureau van Dijk"s Fame, a company information database focused on the UK and Ireland, a few years ago and in this product review we ta...


Product review of Nexis
Wednesday, 13th March 2019

In this new product review of Nexis, a provider of premium global curated business, industry and news information, we take an in-depth look at how thi...