This blog post is sponsored content by a 2019 Connectiv Executive Summit sponsor James G. Elliott Co., Inc.

The following article was submitted by Mazars USA LLP, sponsor of the 2017 Connectiv Business Media & Information Revenue and Operating Cost Report, available here to Connectiv members.

Paid content and information services account for about 20 percent of revenue for b2b media and information companies, according to the 2015 Connectiv Information Industry Census. By 2020, that percentage will grow to 23 percent, exceeding both print and digital advertising, trailing only events as the top moneymaker.

It's a full two weeks later, and I still have information and visions of advice from SIPA 2016 playing in my head. Here are nine more actionable messages to reflect on from the conference.

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It's no surprise—today most Connectiv members describe themselves as “business media” companies. But five years from now, most say “business information services” will be a better descriptor, according to the recent Connectiv 2015 Business Outlook Census.  

On Monday, The New York Times published a letter to the editor from SIIA in a spotlight titled, “Sharing Knowledge for a Price.” This letter was in response to an article that ran in the times titled “Should All Research Be Free?” Concerning research papers, many believe that the public has a right to access and pursue knowledge while at the same time giving little consideration to the copyrights involved.  Copyright enforcement is critical in the protection of quality content.  As SIIA's Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Mark MacCarthy, writes in his letter to the editor,