After 244 years, Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease publishing paper editions and become a solely digital resource. Britannica has had digital editions on CD-ROM and online for the last thirty years, and will continue updating and publishing online. Unlike Wikipedia with its anonymous authors and crowd-sourced editing, digital Britannica will still be produced by professional editors and named authors who actually know what they’re writing about.
More:
“Wikipedia Didn’t Kill Britannica. Windows Did,” Tim Carmody, Wired
“Change: It’s Okay. Really.” Britannica Editors, Britannica blog
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March 24, 2012 at 1:09 pm
UPDATES:
“Spinelessness,” Nicholas Carr, Rough Type
“What We’ve Lost With the Demise of Print Encyclopedias,” David A. Bell, The New Republic
“Sales boom for Encyclopaedia Britannica,” JimRomanesko.com