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  2. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is the company known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's oldest continuously published encyclopaedia. The company also owns the American dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster. Originally founded in Edinburgh, Scotland and historically British, the company is now based in Chicago, Illinois, in ...

  3. Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Website. britannica.com. The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for 'British Encyclopaedia') is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1768, although the company has changed ownership seven times. The encyclopaedia is maintained by about 100 full-time editors and more than ...

  4. History of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).

  5. George Lucas - Wikipedia

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    Children. 4, including Amanda and Katie. George Walton Lucas Jr.[1] (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. [2]

  6. List of acquisitions by Disney - Wikipedia

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    The Walt Disney Company [22] 23 Tapulous: July 1, 2010 USA: Disney Mobile [23] 24 Playdom: August 27, 2010 USA: 563,000,000 747,000,000 Disney Interactive [24] 25 UTV Software Communications: January 31, 2012 India: 450,000,000 597,000,000 The Walt Disney Company India [25] 26 StudioEX December 10, 2012 South Korea: Disney Interactive [26] 27 ...

  7. Disney Store - Wikipedia

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    The Disney Store is a chain of specialty stores created on March 28, 1987 and sells only Disney related items, many of them exclusive, under its own name and Disney Outlet. It was a business unit of Disney Consumer Products with the Disney Experiences segment of The Walt Disney Company conglomerate. Disney Store was the first "retail-tainment ...

  8. National Geographic Partners - Wikipedia

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    National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of the company) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all commercial activities related to the Society, including magazine publications and television channels.

  9. Merriam-Webster - Wikipedia

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    merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries. It is the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States. [1] In 1831, George and Charles Merriam founded the company as G & C Merriam Co. in Springfield, Massachusetts.