[Foundation-l] Britannica became free

Tue Dec 23 22:09:30 UTC 2008

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:06 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Britannica is notoriously antagonistic toward Wikipedia in its
> advertising, but Brockhaus for instance isn't anywhere near as
> obnoxious (they're not *fans* of Wikipedia, but they have more class
> than to trash a perceived competitor the way Britannica try to). What
> other important language encyclopedias of comparable renown are there?

Well. The BIFAB AG (Bibliographic Institute & F. A. Brockhaus inc.)
has announced last week ("happy x-mas") to sell the usage rights and
brand name of "Brockhaus" to Bertelsmann (section Arvato, subsection
inmedia one, business unit wissen media Group). The remaining staff of
60 editors of Brockhaus at Leipzig was not bought and will receive
pink slips.

Brockhaus might be transformed into an "imprint" of various content
for door-2-door sales people.

Mathias