Two content industry leaders extended their profiles into specific market sectors with key acquisitions. LexisNexis has announced the acquisition of the public-records businesses
of Dolan Media Company, a Minneapolis-based provider of electronic public-records information, including bankruptcies, civil judgments, federal and state tax liens and eviction notices. In these days of corporate governance awareness and hyper-sensitive risk analysis, this hard-to-get data is extremely valuable, and as Dolan had made steady but unspectacular progress in distribution of this content through its ClickData distribution subsidiary, the time to sell had finally come. Find/SVP complemented its marketing research support capabilities by acquiring Sopheon's TelTech research services for R&D/Engineering departments, freeing Sopheon to concentrate on IT support services for business process management. Sometimes it's better to call it a day and align your assets with people that know what to do with them.