The TIME Almanac
 1998 edition | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Language | American English |
| Subject | General |
| Genre | Almanac |
| Publisher | Information Please LLC |
Publication date | 1947-2013 |
| Media type | Almanac |
| OCLC | 38222513 |
| Website | www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html |
The TIME Almanac was an almanac published in the United States. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the Information Please Almanac by Dan Golenpaul.[1] The name was changed with the 1999 edition when Time magazine bought naming rights to the almanac.[2]
Information Please was created in 1947 from the host and panelists from the popular radio show by the same name. The radio show which began in 1938 and consisted of a panel of information experts that answered questions sent in by the public. The fact experts answered questions over the air and when the panelists were not able to give a correct answer they used humor instead. Host Clifton Fadiman edited and helped publish the first edition in 1947.[3] In 1997, the Information Please Almanac merged with Time. The Time Almanac for Kids with Information Please was first published in 2000.[2]
With the 2008 edition the almanac began a partnership with the Encyclopædia Britannica, and in 2013, the final edition was published.[citation needed] The Time Almanac for Kids continues in publication.[citation needed]
The almanac contained the following sections:
- "Current Events"
- "U.S. Government and History"
- "U.S. States Statistics"
- "Great Disasters"
- "Awards, Entertainment, and Culture"
- "People"[4]
Competing books
References
- ^ Information Please
- ^ a b Company Overview
- ^ Clifton Fadiman | Who2 Biographies
- ^ Brunner, B. (Ed). (2006) Time Almanac 2006 with Information Please. (2006) Boston: Pearson Education Company.
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