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Chegg vs. Pearson: Are back-of-chapter answers intellectual property?

By Michael Feldstein. Posted on September 15, 2021

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A copyright lawsuit raises the question of the embodied value of textbooks.

Ed Tech Cybersecurity: Suppose they gave a data breach and nobody came

By Phil Hill. Posted on October 22, 2018

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It has now been four weeks since Chegg announced a data breach compromising personal information of up to 40 million users. Cue the crickets because the only coverage in ed tech press thus far is from EdWeek, which focuses on the K-12 market. That’s a shame, because if ed tech companies want a case study […]

Chegg Data Breach May Affect Up To 40 Million Users

By Phil Hill. Posted on September 26, 2018

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Chegg data breach exposes up to 40 million registered users for loss of personal information, but company appears to focus first on stock price.

A Big Reason That Digital Textbooks Are Misunderstood

By Phil Hill. Posted on February 28, 2016

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Chegg, which is in the midst of a dramatic change in their business model by moving from textbook rentals to digital student services, got slammed last week in the stock market. After reporting mixed results of better-than-expected earnings yet worse-than-expected revenues, their stock price lost 35% in one day (Feb 22). But this is not […]

The Massive Decline In Larger Education Company Market Caps

By Phil Hill. Posted on January 14, 2016

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After our coverage of Blackboard’s CEO change last week, we were both interviewed by the Washington Business Journal, with the following lede: Analysts and sources I spoke with Monday, both on and off the record, said the decision to bring on Bill Ballhaus as CEO was a combination of Bhatt failing to make progress building […]

Pitchbook Lists Most Valuable Ed Tech Companies

By Phil Hill. Posted on April 28, 2015

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Update: Jeez – sorry about the multiple typos (mistakenly showed in thousands instead of millions). Fixed now. Pitchbook – a database service for M&A, private equity and venture capital – listed in Hot Topics what they saw as the top ten most valuable ed tech companies based on public valuations1. The definition of startup is […]

Links to External Articles and Interviews

By Phil Hill. Posted on April 15, 2014

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Last week I was off the grid (not just lack of Internet but also lack of electricity), but thanks to publishing cycles I managed to stay artificially productive: two blog posts and one interview for an article. Post at 20MM on Textbook Preference Report: It’s Difficult to Prefer What You Can’t Access Last week brought […]
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