Recently, I was trying to explain what I do for a living to a new friend and he asked, “So is digital content just, like, everything on the internet?” I thought about it for a split second before saying, “Yeah, pretty much.” That is to say, the digital content industry is sprawling–growing bigger and bigger every day. This year, the judges and I found ourselves grappling with this reality. It’s clear to us that, next year, we are going to have to widen our net to catch all the companies that are so clearly integral parts of the econtent ecosystem but did not quite fit in this year’s predefined categories. In 2013, our task was to narrow down the expanding list of important players in the digital content industry to a mere 100 companies that matter most, a task that is becoming harder every year.


THERESA CRAMER
Editor, EContent


Company
Name
Category Executive Summary

3M

Distribution & Delivery  

Access Innovations, Inc.

Search & Analytics   View From The Top Profile

Acquia, Inc.

Web Content Management   

Acquire Media

Distribution & Delivery View From The Top Profile

Acrolinx GmbH

Content Creation   

Adobe Systems, Inc.

Content Commerce, Content Creation, Web Content Management   

Alacra, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

Alexander Street Press, LLC

Digital Content Provider  

Amazon, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery, Mobile Content   

Anametrix, Inc.

Search & Analytics   

AOL, Inc.

Digital Content Provider  

Apple, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery, Mobile Content   

Aptara, Inc.

Content Creation, Mobile Content  

Aquafadas

Content Creation, Distribution & Delivery   

Automattic, Inc.

Content Creation, Web Content Management   

Badgeville

Social Media   

Bloomberg LP

Digital Content Provider   

Brainshark, Inc.

Content Creation   

Brightcove, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery, Web Content Management   

CAS

Digital Content Provider  

Cengage Learning, Inc.

Content Creation, Digital Content Provider   

Conductor, Inc.

Search & Analytics   

Copyright Clearance Center

Content Commerce  View From The Top Profile

CoreMedia Corp.

Web Content Management   

Credo

Content Commerce, Digital Content Provider   

CSG International

Content Commerce   

Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc.

Digital Content Provider, Distribution & Delivery, Mobile Content   

Drupal

Web Content Management   

EBSCO Industries, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery  

Ektron, Inc.

Web Content Management  

Elsevier B.V.

Digital Content Provider, Distribution & Delivery   

Empolis Information Management GmbH

Search & Analytics   View From The Top Profile

Ephox Corp.

Content Creation   View From The Top Profile

eZ Systems

Web Content Management   

Facebook

Social Media   

Fastcase

Digital Content Provider   

Flat World Knowldedge, Inc.

Content Creation, Distribution & Delivery   

Flipboard, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH

Digital Content Provider  

Google, Inc.

Content Creation, Mobile Content, Search & Analytics   

HighWire Press

Content Creation, Distribution & Delivery   

Hippo B.V.

Web Content Management  

HubSpot, Inc.

Content Commerce   

Hulu

Distribution & Delivery  

iCopyright, Inc.

Content Commerce   

iFixit

Digital Content Provider   

IHS

Digital Content Provider   

Impelsys, Inc.

Content Creation, Web Content Management   View From The Top Profile

Informa, PLC

Digital Content Provider   

Ingram Content Group, Inc.

Content Commerce, Distribution & Delivery   

IXIASOFT Technologies Inc.

Web Content Management   

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Digital Content Provider  

Kaltura Inc.

Web Content Management   

Lexalytics

Search & Analytics   

LinkedIn Corp.

Social Media   

LucidWorks

Search & Analytics   

Lulu Press Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

MadCap Software, Inc.

Content Creation   View From The Top Profile

Main Street Hub

Social Media   

Maker Studios, Inc.

Content Creation   

MarkLogic Corp.

Content Creation   

McGraw-Hill Education

Digital Content Provider   

MediaPass

Content Commerce   

Netflix, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

NewMediaRockstars

Content Creation   

Newstex

Distribution & Delivery   

The Nielsen Co.

Digital Content Provider  

O’Reilly Media, Inc.

Digital Content Provider   

OneSpot

Web Content Management   

Ooyala, Inc.

Content Commerce   

OverDrive, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

Pandora Media, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

Pearson, PLC

Digital Content Provider   

ProQuest, LLC

Digital Content Provider, Distribution & Delivery   

PublishThis

Web Content Management  

RAMP

Search & Analytics   

Recorded Future

Search & Analytics   

Reed Elsevier

Digital Content Provider   

Reprints Desk, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

RSI Content Solutions

Content Creation, Digital Content Provider   View From The Top Profile

SAGE Publications

Digital Content Provider   

SDL, PLC

Web Content Management   View From The Top Profile

Semantria, LLC

Search & Analytics   

Sitecore

Web Content Management   

Siteworx, LLC

Content Creation, Web Content Management   

Skyword, Inc.

Search & Analytics, Web Content Management   

Smashwords, Inc.

Distribution & Delivery   

Spotify Ltd.

Distribution & Delivery   

Springer Science+Business Media

Digital Content Provider   

Swets

Content Commerce   View From The Top Profile

T3Media, Inc.

Content Commerce   

Telerik

Web Content Management   

ThinkAnalytics Ltd.

Search & Analytics   

Thomson Reuters

Digital Content Provider   

Twitter, Inc.

Social Media   

Vimeo, LLC

Distribution & Delivery   

Volacci Corp.

Search & Analytics   

Wolper Information Services

Content Commerce   View From The Top Profile

YUDU Ltd.

Content Creation   

Zinio, LLC

Distribution & Delivery