Source: Bigstock

Regular readers know that I am focused (fixated?) on a concept I call "central market position." I use this term to describe companies (typically media and data companies) that occupy a trusted, established and neutral position in the markets they serve. Central market position is important because it can be monetized. Traditional data publishers collect data themselves, whether via manual or automated means. They scrub it, organize it and otherwise add value to it, then turn ...