The 244-year-old Encyclopedia Britannica will be going out of print this year, abdicating to the likes of Google and Wikipedia. Most adults will remember looking up information in the IRL ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- After 244 years, Encyclopedia Britannica will cease production of its iconic multi-volume book sets. Britannica usually prints a new set of the tomes every two years ...

But before you could Google it, and long before we met Alexa, there was Britannica. As in Encyclopedia Britannica, which turns 250 years old this month. "Britannica did something unique," said ...

The company, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ... Its fiercest competitor of yore, The Encyclopedia Britannica, ended its print run in 2012 after 244 years in print.

(AP/CBS) Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that after 244 years, it will put an end to the print edition and be available only in digital form. Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced ...

Only 800 printed sets of the multi-volume Encyclopedia Britannica are stacked in the company’s Kentucky warehouse, the company says, and when the last one sells, there’ll be no more.

This week the 244-year-old company announced it is ceasing print publication, but here Encyclopaedia Britannica president Jorge Cauz discusses the business’ digital innovations and why its ...

From the Encyclopaedia Britannica, born in 18th-century Edinburgh, comes this 21st-century news: No more hard copy. If you or your library own a copy of the 2010 edition, that's it.

Ronnie Oldham could sell encyclopedias. He was named National Rookie of the Month in 1988 for his ability to push the Encyclopedia Britannica. He was so good, he once sold a set to a blind man.

The digital age has taken its toll on another long-held tradition: Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print and from now on will be all digital. Its final printed product will be the 2010 ...