Encyclop?dia Britannica Online is the official website of the and its , with more than 120,000 articles that are updated regularly. It has daily features, updates and links to news reports from The New York Times and the . The 2010 edition of the Britannica is the last printed version; current plans are to continue sales until stock runs out. Roughly 60% of Encyclop?dia Britannica's revenue comes from online operations, of which around 15% comes from subscriptions to the consumer version of the websites. Subscriptions are available on a yearly, monthly or weekly basis. Special subscription plans are offered to schools, colleges and libraries; such institutional subscribers constitute an important part of Britannica's business. Articles may be accessed online for free, but only a few opening lines of text are displayed. Beginning in early 2007, the Britannica makes articles freely available if they are hyperlinked from an external site.Moncler Frakker On 3 June 2008, an initiative to facilitate collaboration between online expert and amateur scholarly contributors for Britannica's online content (in the spirit of a ), with editorial oversight from Britannica staff, was announced. Approved contributions would be credited, though contributing automatically grants Encyclop?dia Britannica, Inc. perpetual, irrevocable license to those contributions.moncler ned jakker On 22 January 2009, Britannica's president, , announced that the company would be accepting edits and additions to the online Britannica website from the public. The print edition of the encyclop?dia was not affected by the changes.Individuals wishing to edit the Britannica website will have to register under their real name and address prior to editing or submitting their content. All edits submitted will be reviewed and checked and will have to be approved by the encyclop?dia's professional staff. Contributions from non-academic users will sit in a separate section from the expert-generatedBritannica content, as will content submitted by non-Britannica scholars. Articles written by users,Outlet Moncler if vetted and approved, will also only be available in a special section of the website, separate from the professional articles.Official Britannica material would carry a "Britannica Checked" stamp, to distinguish it from the user-generated content.
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