Metapress
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Type of site | Private company |
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| Headquarters | United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Alex Jasin (CEO)[citation needed] |
| Industry | Electronic publishing |
| URL | metapress |
Metapress is website that creates, manages, monetizes, and distributes published resources.[2] It's customers and partners have included Princeton,[3] Inderscience,[4] UCLA's AASC Press,[5] and North Carolina State University.[6][7]
History
As a print journal republisher
Metapress was founded in 1998, as an online publication platform for content creators to produce and host their printed journal editions online.[8] Initially formed as a subsidiary of EBSCO Information Services,[9] The company became one of the world's largest and established scholarly publishers,[10][11] hosting over 31,000 publications[12] from over 180 publishers.[13] Publishers have included the National Association for Music Education, Academy of Management, World Scientific, IOS Press, and others.[14]
Acquisition by Atypon
On April 14, 2014,[15] Atypon acquired the underlying platform of the Metapress business from EBSCO Information Services.[16][17] Upon purchase, existing clients and content were migrated to Atypon's Literatum platform on May 21, 2015.[18][19] The Literatum platform was integrated with the Metapress platform to include website development tools, content targeting, rapid product creation, subscription modeling, eCommerce, and analytics.[20]
The website was relaunched in June 2016, rebranded as a "resource of expert content on the internet".[21]
See also
References
- ^ "Metapress.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "About". metapress.com. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ "Princeton content" (PDF). princeton.edu. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ "Metapress platform". Inderscience. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ "AASC UCLA Press". aasc.ucla.edu. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "NC State University publishers". lib.ncsu.edu. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ "Research Information feature". researchinformation.info. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ "Taylor and Francis Journal Host". EContent. January 10, 2003.
- ^ "Digital Facilitators". infotoday.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Google Scholar Publishers (web.archive.org)". scholar.google.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "ALA TechSource launches new Web site". ALA.org. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "UK Federation Providers". ukfederation.org.uk. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Statistics Dissemination Project" (PDF). oecd.org. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Interview with Michael Margotta". researchgate.net. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Atypon Purchases Metapress Platform". CloudExpo Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Bloomberg Research". bloomberg.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Atypon Interview". Research Information. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Literatum Transition". Atypon. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ "Atypon acquires EBSCO Online platform". Business Wire. April 14, 2014.
- ^ "Literatum". Atypon. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "About". metapress.com. Retrieved July 2, 2016.