Comments on: Thomson Reuters acquires Super Lawyers http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/02/02/thomson-reuters-acquires-superlawyers/ If it’s legal, you can discuss it here Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:05:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Cohen http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/02/02/thomson-reuters-acquires-superlawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Mark Cohen Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:19:41 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4618#comment-724 Err, thanks? Can't say that comparison has been made before (or is likely to be made since). Although handy dandy Wikipedia (and would Wikipedia ever lie?) tells me that Drudge finished near the bottom of his high school class, never went to college and now makes millions of dollars a year from his Drudge Report. Just imagine how much he could be making if he had had the good sense to go to law school? ... As for strategy in the Super Lawyers aquisition, I think that's exactly right. West (Thomson/ Reuters, Findlaw, whatever you want to call it) wants to be in the lucrative ratings business. Super Lawyers is a good way in. As for L&P, it was getting thinner near the end (and went biweekly a few years ago), I suspect because Key was channeling resources to the cash cow, Super Lawyers, with all the advertorial those "magazines" entail. Unfortunate, but understandable given the economics. Bill W., Steve K. and Adam W. all have a lot of obvious talent. Apparently Adam is going to West. Perhaps Bill and Steve will start a Minnesota "Drudge Report"? Err, thanks? Can’t say that comparison has been made before (or is likely to be made since). Although handy dandy Wikipedia (and would Wikipedia ever lie?) tells me that Drudge finished near the bottom of his high school class, never went to college and now makes millions of dollars a year from his Drudge Report. Just imagine how much he could be making if he had had the good sense to go to law school? …

As for strategy in the Super Lawyers aquisition, I think that’s exactly right. West (Thomson/ Reuters, Findlaw, whatever you want to call it) wants to be in the lucrative ratings business. Super Lawyers is a good way in.

As for L&P, it was getting thinner near the end (and went biweekly a few years ago), I suspect because Key was channeling resources to the cash cow, Super Lawyers, with all the advertorial those “magazines” entail. Unfortunate, but understandable given the economics. Bill W., Steve K. and Adam W. all have a lot of obvious talent. Apparently Adam is going to West. Perhaps Bill and Steve will start a Minnesota “Drudge Report”?

]]> By: Bob http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/02/02/thomson-reuters-acquires-superlawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Bob Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:16:40 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4618#comment-723 I think the strategy here is to give Thomson Reuters and Findlaw an apples-to-apples challenge to Lexis AV ratings. So now Lexis has lawyers.com and AV, and Thomson has findlaw.com and SuperLawyers. Seems like a smart move, and if you have flipped through a recent Law & Politics, you could tell something was up. Sort of a 'blink and you miss it' publication for the last year or so. Or I guess maybe I'm supposed to say all the clever writing on the MN Lawyer blog drove them out of business.... if it hasn't been said before, then I'll say it: I think Mark Cohen is the Matt Drudge of the MN Legal Scene. I think the strategy here is to give Thomson Reuters and Findlaw an apples-to-apples challenge to Lexis AV ratings. So now Lexis has lawyers.com and AV, and Thomson has findlaw.com and SuperLawyers. Seems like a smart move, and if you have flipped through a recent Law & Politics, you could tell something was up. Sort of a ‘blink and you miss it’ publication for the last year or so.

Or I guess maybe I’m supposed to say all the clever writing on the MN Lawyer blog drove them out of business…. if it hasn’t been said before, then I’ll say it: I think Mark Cohen is the Matt Drudge of the MN Legal Scene.

]]> By: Mark Cohen http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/02/02/thomson-reuters-acquires-superlawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Mark Cohen Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:57:24 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4618#comment-722 Apparently it wouldn't be "super." Apparently it wouldn’t be “super.”

]]> By: John Murphy http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/02/02/thomson-reuters-acquires-superlawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-721 John Murphy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:51:07 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4618#comment-721 Imagine life for law grads in this state WITHOUT Thomson Reuters (West). Imagine life for law grads in this state WITHOUT Thomson Reuters (West).

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