Moreover Technologies (generally known as "Moreover") is a provider of
business intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) consists of strategies, methodologies, and technologies used by enterprises for data analysis and management of business information. Common functions of BI technologies include Financial reporting, reporting, online an ...
,
media monitoring
Media monitoring is the activity of monitoring the output of the print, online and broadcast media. It is based on analyzing a diverse range of media platforms in order to identify trends that can be used for a variety of reasons such as political ...
and
news aggregation products for enterprises, also offering free
news feeds for consumers. Moreover was founded in 1998 by
Nick Denton, David Galbraith, and Angus Bankes.
In October 2014, Moreover was acquired by
LexisNexis
LexisNexis is an American data analytics company headquartered in New York, New York. Its products are various databases that are accessed through online portals, including portals for computer-assisted legal research (CALR), newspaper searc ...
.
History
Moreover became involved with developing the
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 1.0 standard in 2000 and was later acquired by
VeriSign
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the , , and generic top-level d ...
in 2005 for $30m. As part of VeriSign the Moreover business unit was renamed as Real-Time Publisher Services being paired with
Weblogs.com to create a platform for publishers and bloggers to track and distribute content. In May 2009, Moreover was sold to a private investor group led by Paul Farrell. The sale included Weblogs.com with the
ping server becoming wholly owned and run by Moreover.
Current history
Moreover currently powers the
Ask.com News Search and
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
Newstracker,
[BBC News]
"BBC links to other news sites"
/ref> having global headquarters in Reston, Virginia
Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Reston's population was 63,226.
Founded in 1964, Rest ...
and further offices in Dayton
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, New York, San Francisco
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, Seattle
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and London
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; furthermore, in October 2014, Moreover was acquired by LexisNexis. LexisNexis has since integrated Moreover's flagship product, Newsdesk, into their portfolio of media intelligence
Media intelligence uses data mining and data science to analyze public, social and editorial media content. It refers to marketing systems that synthesize billions of online conversations into relevant information. This allow organizations to me ...
solutions.
See also
* Ask BigNews
*BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, as well as being used by 60% of the U ...
References
External links
Moreover Technologies
Moreover Technologies Company blog
LexisNexis Website
Business intelligence companies
Internet properties established in 1998
American news websites
News aggregators