Business information

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Business information is one of the three main segments of the information industry. The other two segments are scientific, technical and medical (STM) and educational and training content.^{[citation needed]}

Where much of the content industry revenues are advertising-driven, the business information segment remains largely driven by paid content, either via subscription or transaction (pay-per-view).

The primary forms of business information include:

• News
• Market research
• Credit and financial information
• Company and executive profiles
• Industry, country and economic analysis
• IT research

The primary business information formats can be divided into the following categories: ^[1]