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Encyclopędia Britannica, Inc.
 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
Britannica.com Just Got Abridged
May 17 2001 04:08 PM PDT

Britannica.com Lays Off a Third of Staff
Mar 13 2001 10:31 AM PST

Posts
Jul 27 1998 12:00 AM PDT

 PROFILE
Encyclopędia Britannica thinks it knows everything, and it probably does. The company publishes reference works including its flagship 32-volume "Encyclopędia Britannica" (first published in 1768), "The Annals of America," and "Great Books of the Western World." It also publishes a variety of dictionaries through its Merriam-Webster subsidiary ("Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary"). Most of the company's products are available online, as well as on CD-ROM and DVD courtesy of sister firm Britannica.com. Swiss financier Jacob Safra owns both companies and is working to combine them into one entity.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: September
1998 Sales (mil.): 300.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (7.7)%
Employees: 400
Revenue per employee: $750,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• Ilan Yeshua
    CEO
• Richard Anderson
    CFO

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