Editing Encyclopædia Britannica (section)

==== 1994–present ====
[[File:Eb advert 1898.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|An 1898 advertisement for the 9th edition]]
In the fifth era (1994–present), digital versions have been developed and released on [[Optical disc|optical media]] and online.

In 1996, the ''Britannica'' was bought by Jacqui Safra at well below its estimated value, owing to the company's financial difficulties. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. split in 1999. One part retained the company name and developed the print version, and the other, Britannica.com Incorporated, developed digital versions. Since 2001, the two companies have shared a CEO, [[Ilan Yeshua]], who has continued Powell's strategy of introducing new products with the ''Britannica'' name. In March 2012, Britannica's president, [[Jorge Cauz]], announced that it would not produce any new print editions of the encyclopaedia, with the 2010 15th edition being the last. The company will focus only on the online edition and other educational tools.<ref name="nytstop" /><ref name="cnn-stop">{{cite news |last=Pepitone |first=Julianne |date=13 March 2012 |title=Encyclopedia Britannica to stop printing books |url=https://money.cnn.com/2012/03/13/technology/encyclopedia-britannica-books/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314232429/http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/13/technology/encyclopedia-britannica-books/ |archive-date=14 March 2012 |access-date=14 March 2012 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

''Britannica''{{'s}} final print edition was in 2010, a 32-volume set.<ref name="nytstop" /> ''Britannica Global Edition'' was also printed in 2010, containing 30 volumes and 18,251 pages, with 8,500 photographs, maps, flags, and illustrations in smaller "compact" volumes, as well as over 40,000 articles written by scholars from across the world, including Nobel Prize winners. Unlike the 15th edition, it did not contain {{lang|la|Macro-}} and {{lang|la|Micropædia}} sections, but ran A through Z as all editions up through the 14th had. The following is ''Britannica''{{'s}} description of the work:<ref name="store.britannica.com" />

{{blockquote|The editors of {{lang|la|Encyclopædia Britannica}}, the world standard in reference since 1768, present the ''Britannica Global Edition''. Developed specifically to provide comprehensive and global coverage of the world around us, this unique product contains thousands of timely, relevant, and essential articles drawn from the {{lang|la|Encyclopædia Britannica}} itself, as well as from the ''Britannica Concise Encyclopedia'', the ''Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions'', and Compton's by Britannica. Written by international experts and scholars, the articles in this collection reflect the standards that have been the hallmark of the leading English-language encyclopedia for over 240 years.}}

In 2020, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. released the ''Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia: What We Know and What We Don't'', an encyclopaedia aimed primarily at younger readers, covering major topics. The encyclopedia was widely praised for bringing back the print format. It was ''Britannica''<nowiki/>'s first encyclopaedia for children since 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The new Children's Britannica: a fantastic voyage through the history of the world |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/new-childrens-britannica-fantastic-voyage-history-world/amp/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/new-childrens-britannica-fantastic-voyage-history-world/amp/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 2020 |title=Why printed encyclopedias for children are more important than ever |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/britannica-encyclopedia-children-universe-facts-book-b1720986.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110131928/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/britannica-encyclopedia-children-universe-facts-book-b1720986.html |archive-date=10 January 2021 |access-date=6 January 2021 |website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2020 |title=Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia edited by Christopher Lloyd |url=https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book-reviews/britannica-childrens-encyclopedia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214215003/https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book-reviews/britannica-childrens-encyclopedia/ |archive-date=14 December 2021 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=The School Reading List}}</ref>