Cambridge Information Group

Cambridge Information Group (CIG) is a privately owned group of information services and publishing companies and educational institutions. It was founded in 1971 by Robert N. Snyder and Philip E. Hixon and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. As of 2007, CIG’s operating companies are ProQuest,^[1] R.R. Bowker,^[2] and CIG Education Group. CIG Education Group is the owner of the Sotheby's Institute of Art, and Bach to Rock music school (B2R). In 2016 CIG sold investments in Navtech and MetaMetrics. Robert Snyder's son Andrew is chief executive officer and his daughter Jill is director of communications.^[3]

See also

• ProQuest
• University Microfilms International
• CSA (database company)

References

1. "Cambridge Information Group Buys ProQuest Information and Learning". Online. Mar–Apr 2007. pp. 21–23.
2. "Cambridge information to buy Bowker". Publishers Weekly. Aug 27, 2001. p. 9.
3. "Team". Cambridge Information Group. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links

• Cambridge Information Group website
• Sotheby's Institute of Art website
• B2R - Bach to Rock website
• Navtech, Inc. website
• Mary H. Munroe (2004). "Cambridge Information Group Timeline". The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition – via Northern Illinois University.