On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:06 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)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