Beyond Aggregation: Vendors Continue to Innovate
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By Andrew Grave

Abstract

As the FreePint Topic Series: Beyond Aggregation continues, series producer Andrew Grave takes a look at the how some of the aggregators continue to innovate against the backdrop of the changes with Factiva and DJX. He looks at product developments in Eureka.cc, Meltwater Buzz and Newsdesk with new options now available for social media monitoring, collaboration and current awareness.

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Much attention on the subject of news aggregation has been focused on the changes that Dow Jones has been making to its core Factiva offering. Tim Buckley Owen recently discussed our readers’ concerns with Dow Jones' Georgene Huang.

Whilst the changes to Factiva are very significant, all providers continue to innovate in the competitive aggregation field and our supplier Q&As are a good way to understand their strategies. We have five more scheduled: Acquire Media (NewsEdge), Attensa, Comintelli, M-Brain and Northern Light.

To understand how vendors’ strategies feed through to their products, our product reviews are an essential read.

In her review of Eureka.cc, Anne Jordan reported on its new optional module which allows uses to pull in content from Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube by setting up saved searches which port content into the product.

Media monitoring company Meltwater has adopted a different approach to social media. Alongside its traditional news product, Meltwater News, it has developed Meltwater Buzz which analyses social media. Content is pulled from seven key social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Reviewer Jan Knight concluded that those in PR, social media and marketing would need both Meltwater News and Buzz to cover all bases.

Penny Crossland found that Moreover’s Newsdesk has evolved from a news aggregator into a collaborative current awareness tool. Subscribers are able to add comments to articles, email articles to colleagues or share links via Twitter and Yammer.

More Product Reviews

We’ve also produced reviews on Nexis and M-Adaptive and a Mini Review on NewsEdge. As well as these, we will be publishing reviews on Northern Light’s SinglePoint, Westlaw Practitioner Insights and (early next year) Attensa’s StreamServer. And we have Mini Reviews for FirstRain and Silobreaker lined up too.

Comparative Matrix

We'll also be able to publish a comparative matrix on our reviewers' results. Every news-related product we've reviewed within the past 12 months will be included, enabling you to make point-by-point comparisons on key areas.

FreePint Report: Survey News Needs & Preferences 2013

We’ve now published the first part of our analysis of the FreePint Survey: News Needs & Preferences 2013. This article covers the importance of a range of variables when using premium news content products. It also illustrates the importance information managers place on exploring new products and resources, mobile access and alerts. The second part looks at purchase criteria with the following articles being published across the coming week.

Upcoming Webinar Opportunities to Explore "Beyond Aggregation"

Registration is now open for two exciting FreePint Webinars. FreePint Webinars are free, however, seats are limited and registration is required.

• News Integration in Work Environments: Lessons from the Field is on 21 November. Learn more and register >>
  
  
• New Thinking on News Awareness: Technology, Content and Culture on 3 December. Learn more and register >>

Editor's Note: Beyond Aggregation

This article is part of the FreePint Topic Series: Beyond Aggregation, which runs from October to November 2013. Register your interest, and you'll get pre-notification of when registration opens for any webinars in this series, as well as a free copy of the FreePint Report: Buyer's Guide on News Content when we publish in November.

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