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As of 2009, roughly 60% of Encyclopædia Britannica's revenue came from online operations, of which around 15% came from subscriptions to the consumer version of the websites. [60] As of 2006, subscriptions were available on a yearly, monthly or weekly basis. [61]
The Benton Foundation was the owner of the Encyclopædia Britannica from 1974 until 1996, ... Revenue and support as of 2018: $378,188. Contributions, gifts, grants ...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is the company known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's oldest continuously published encyclopaedia. The company also owns the American dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster .
Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).
In 1956, John G. Ryan reported a net profit of 20% on $25 million in sales revenue, [15] ... Collier's Encyclopedia at the Encyclopædia Britannica
1913 advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest and one of the largest contemporary English encyclopedias. In the early 20th century, the Encyclopædia Britannica reached its eleventh edition, and inexpensive encyclopedias such as Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia and Everyman's Encyclopaedia were common.
In May 2020, Britannica Group, the company behind Encyclopaedia Britannica, announced its acquisition of ProCon.org. [5] The organization's first managing editor, Kamy Akhavan, was hired on December 12, 2004. [6] ProCon.org's first appearance in the media was on June 6, 2005, when its material on medicinal marijuana was referenced by the BBC.
Weedon's Modern Encyclopedia (1931) a non-Britannica publication that was bought out and repackaged by Britannica as Britannica Junior (1934) Great Books of the Western World (1952) Children's Britannica (1960) aimed at ages seven to 14. Gateway to the Great Books (1963) Young Children's Encyclopaedia (1970) for children just learning to read