O'Reilly Media is an American learning company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books, produces tech conferences, and provides an online learning platform.
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15 Facts About O'Reilly Media
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In 1993 O'Reilly Media created the first web portal, when they launched one of the first Web-based resources, Global Network Navigator.
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In March 2020, O'Reilly Media announced they would be closing the live conferences arm of their business.
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In 1998, O'Reilly Media invited many of the leaders of software projects to a meeting.
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In 2001, O'Reilly Media launched Safari Books Online, a subscription-based service providing access to ebooks and videos as a joint venture with the Pearson Technology Group.
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In 2014, O'Reilly Media acquired Pearson's stake, making Safari Books Online a wholly owned subsidiary of O'Reilly Media.
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O'Reilly Media did a redesign of the site and had success in expanding beyond Safari's core B2C market into the B2B Enterprise market.
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In 2017, O'Reilly Media announced they were no longer selling books online, including eBooks.
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In 2018, O'Reilly Media rebranded Safari to what is O'Reilly online learning.
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In 2019, O'Reilly Media acquired Katacoda so users can experiment with code in the website itself.
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The legal issue was resolved by O'Reilly Media's apologizing for the early and aggressive involvement of attorneys, rather than simply calling the organizers, and allowing them to use the service mark for this single event.
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In 2012, O'Reilly Media spun out the Make properties into a separate venture-backed company, Maker Media, headed up by former O'Reilly executive and Make founder Dale Dougherty.
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In 2014 O'Reilly Media acquired Infinite Skills, a Canadian publisher of online and DVD video courses.
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O'Reilly Media uses Creative Commons' Founders Copyright, which grants the company exclusive use of content produced by the authors who sign with them for 28 years.
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