Type of site Private company Area served Worldwide Industry Electronic publishing | Headquarters United States Key people Alex Jasin (CEO) Slogan(s) Discover More | |
Metapress is website that creates, manages, monetizes, and distributes published resources. Its customers and partners have included Princeton, Inderscience, UCLA's AASC Press, and North Carolina State University.
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As a print journal republisher
Metapress was founded in 1998, as an online publication platform for content creators to produce and host their printed journal editions online. Initially formed as a subsidiary of EBSCO Information Services, The company became one of the world's largest and established scholarly publishers, hosting over 31,000 publications from over 180 publishers. Publishers have included the National Association for Music Education, Academy of Management, World Scientific, IOS Press, and others.
Acquisition by Atypon
On April 14, 2014, Atypon acquired the underlying platform of the Metapress business from EBSCO Information Services. Upon purchase, existing clients and content were migrated to Atypon's Literatum platform on May 21, 2015. The Literatum platform was integrated with the Metapress platform to include website development tools, content targeting, rapid product creation, subscription modeling, eCommerce, and analytics.
The website was relaunched in June 2016, rebranded as a "resource of expert content on the internet".