2009/2/10 Owen Blacker owen@blacker.me.uk:
http://econsultancy.com/blog/3268-q-a-ian-grant-of-encyclopaedia-britannica-... Ian Grant is the MD of Britannica UK, responsible for the EMEA regions. I've been talking to Ian about how EB has adapted to the internet, the threat from Wikipedia, and its plans for the future...
Q. How much of a problem is the popularity of Wikipedia? A. I think the comparison is a non-debate, because we offer something very different.
Translation: We tried ignoring and slandering them and kept losing.
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