Cambridge Information Group (CIG) is a privately held global investment firm focusing on information services, education and technology. It began as a firm providing services to academic publishers. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
As of 2007, CIG's operating companies are ProQuest,[1]R. R. Bowker,[2] and CIG Education Group. CIG Education Group is the owner of the Sotheby's Institute of Art, and Bach to Rock music school (B2R). In 2016 CIG sold investments in Navtech and MetaMetrics. Robert Snyder's son Andrew is chief executive officer and his daughter Jill is director of communications.[3] On December 1, 2021, Clarivate bought ProQuest from CIG for $5.3 billion.[4] On June 10, 2022, CIG acquired Emerald Group Publishing.[5]
CIG was founded in 1971 by Robert Snyder and Philip Hixon as a result of a merger of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Disclosure Incorporated, and National Standards Association. The latter were sold by 1993, and the core CSA reference work expanded into the social sciences, the arts and the humanities.[6]
CIG purchased R. R. Bowker in 2001 and Sotheby's Institute of Art in 2003.[6]
cambridge, information, group, privately, held, global, investment, firm, focusing, information, services, education, technology, began, firm, providing, services, academic, publishers, headquartered, bethesda, maryland, typeprivateindustryeducationinformation. Cambridge Information Group CIG is a privately held global investment firm focusing on information services education and technology It began as a firm providing services to academic publishers It is headquartered in Bethesda Maryland Cambridge Information GroupTypePrivateIndustryEducationInformation servicesTechnologyFounded1971FoundersRobert SnyderPhilip HixonHeadquartersBethesda Maryland USAKey peopleAndy Snyder CEO SubsidiariesR R BowkerCIG Education GroupEmerald Group PublishingWebsitecig wbr comAs of 2007 CIG s operating companies are ProQuest 1 R R Bowker 2 and CIG Education Group CIG Education Group is the owner of the Sotheby s Institute of Art and Bach to Rock music school B2R In 2016 CIG sold investments in Navtech and MetaMetrics Robert Snyder s son Andrew is chief executive officer and his daughter Jill is director of communications 3 On December 1 2021 Clarivate bought ProQuest from CIG for 5 3 billion 4 On June 10 2022 CIG acquired Emerald Group Publishing 5 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditCIG was founded in 1971 by Robert Snyder and Philip Hixon as a result of a merger of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts CSA Disclosure Incorporated and National Standards Association The latter were sold by 1993 and the core CSA reference work expanded into the social sciences the arts and the humanities 6 CIG purchased R R Bowker in 2001 and Sotheby s Institute of Art in 2003 6 See also EditProQuest CSA database company References Edit Cambridge Information Group Buys ProQuest Information and Learning Online Mar Apr 2007 pp 21 23 Cambridge information to buy Bowker Publishers Weekly Aug 27 2001 p 9 Team Cambridge Information Group Retrieved 23 June 2016 Clarivate Successfully Completes Acquisition of ProQuest PR Newswire Retrieved 14 June 2022 New York s Cambridge Information Group Acquires the UK s Emerald Group Publishing Perspectives Retrieved 14 June 2022 a b Cambridge Information Group Northern Illinois University Retrieved June 11 2018 External links EditOfficial website This article about a United States publishing company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cambridge Information Group amp oldid 1166550024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
