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The renaissance of the historic Encyclopedia Britannica in the digital and AI era

60 years of technological innovations: McKinsey's interactive timeline | Brazil wins the first edition of the Kings World Cup Nations

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Ismael Nafría & Clara Nafría
January 13, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

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  • The renaissance of the historic Encyclopedia Britannica in the digital and AI era

  • 60 years of technological innovations: McKinsey's interactive timeline

  • Brazil wins the first edition of the Kings World Cup Nations

The renaissance of the historic Encyclopedia Britannica in the digital and AI era

The historic Encyclopedia Britannica, created 250 years ago, stopped printing its famous paper edition in 2012 due to falling sales and the rise of digital initiatives like Wikipedia, among others.

However, this encyclopedia, which is currently part of the Britannica Group, owned by Swiss financier Jacob E. Safra, has managed to reinvent itself for the digital world during these past years. Currently, the group manages various websites, such as Britannica.com and the Merriam-Webster dictionary, provides educational services through Britannica Education, and owns the artificial intelligence company Melingo, among other activities.

In a recently published article, The New York Times reviews the successful business activity that Encyclopedia Britannica and the Britannica Group are currently conducting. You can access the article for free, courtesy of "On the Net Today":

The encyclopedia maker could have become a casualty of the Wikipedia era. But it has remade itself into a digital learning giant that is weighing going public.

Britannica.com has a chatbot (in beta phase) that provides answers based on the encyclopedia's contents.

Britannica.com offers limited free access to its contents. Additionally, it has various premium subscription options, which provide complete and ad-free access to all encyclopedia contents and various educational resources. The monthly subscription currently costs $8.99 and the annual subscription, $74.95. There is also a family subscription available for $99 per year.

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60 years of technological innovations: McKinsey's interactive timeline

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of McKinsey Quarterly magazine's birth, the McKinsey team is publishing, throughout a year, four special thematic issues dedicated to the future of business and society.

The first has focused on technology and is accompanied by an excellent interactive timeline that reviews, decade by decade, the major technological innovations that have marked the last sixty years. It is titled "Sixty years of innovation: Key moments in business technology".

To view this interactive feature and access all issues of McKinsey Quarterly for free, among other valuable content, you must create a free user account on McKinsey's website.

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Brazil wins the first edition of the Kings World Cup Nations

Brazil won yesterday the final of the first edition of the Kings World Cup Nations held in Turin (Italy) by defeating Colombia's team 6-2.

The Kings League is an innovative 7-a-side football league that was created in Spain in 2022 by former FC Barcelona player Gerard Piqué in collaboration with internet personalities and streamers like Ibai Llanos. 

Its promoters want to revamp the traditional football format with the aim of attracting new audiences through a combination of sports, entertainment, and social media interaction.

In the Kings League, 12 teams compete, presided over by former footballers, streamers, and other personalities. Matches last 40 minutes -in two 20-minute halves- and feature various special rules: no draws, unlimited substitutions, or the use of "secret weapons," among others.

The matches are broadcast through platforms like Twitch, YouTube, or TikTok.

The competition has been expanding to other countries and has also started organizing international competitions, such as the Kings World Cup Clubs and the Kings World Cup Nations, which has just celebrated its first edition in these early days of 2025 with a total of 16 national teams.

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