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The announcement below from Atypon Systems Inc. may be or interest to
readers of the list:
For immediate release
Atypon Systems Inc. acquires eMeta from Macrovision Inc.
Santa Clara, California, November 17, 2008 - Atypon Systems, Inc., a leading
provider of e-publishing solutions, announced today the acquisition of the
eMeta operation, a provider of access control, subscription management and
commerce software, from Macrovision Solutions Corporation.
The acquisition of this operation from Macrovision supplements Atypon's
existing technologies and services and creates a broader proposition focused
exclusively on the licensing and online delivery of publisher content. It
creates a single entity dedicated to providing innovative content
production, marketing, ecommerce and e-rights management tools to the
publishing industry. Through the acquisition of the eMeta operation, Atypon
has expanded its highly experienced technical team and added a publishing
services consulting team to the company's existing proposition.
Georgios Papadopoulos, CEO of Atypon commented:
"Atypon has a strong reputation for developing innovative and creative
solutions that meet the increasingly complex and sophisticated needs of
scholarly publishers. This acquisition expands the range of services we can
offer to our existing market while at the same time allowing us to sell our
technology services to a wider range of publishers."
Atypon will add eMeta to its operations to create a single entity of over
100 people with offices in Santa Clara, New York, Athens - Greece, and
Oxfordshire UK.
About Atypon Systems, Inc.
Since 1996, Atypon Systems, Inc. provides software, hosting, and systems
development to the information industry, allowing publishers to grow their
business by providing superior technology and service that supports the
electronic exchange of scholarly information. Atypon's solutions include
Atypon Premium, a complete e-publishing solution for publishers who wish to
manage the entire process of delivering and managing their content online,
and Atypon Link, a cost effective, aggregated hosting platform for
publishers who require a well managed, outsourced e-publishing service. For
further information visit http://www.atypon.com
For further information, please contact:
Atypon Systems, Inc
Nash Pal
Phone: +44 (0) 870 350 2032
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