The TIME Almanac

{{Infobox book | name = The TIME Almanac | author = | language = American English | country = United States | genre = Almanac | publisher = Information Please LLC | isbn = | title_orig = | translator = | image = TIME Almanac with Information Please.jpg | caption = 1998 edition | illustrator = | cover_artist = | series = | subject = General | pub_date = 1947-2013 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Almanac | pages = | oclc = 38222513 | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = {{official URL}} }} {{Italic title}} '''''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.<ref>[http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/archive99/week3/index.htm Information Please]</ref> The name was changed with the 1999 edition when ''Time'' magazine bought naming rights to the almanac.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.infoplease.com/aboutip.html?type=books Company Overview]</ref>

''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.<ref>[http://www.who2.com/cliftonfadiman.html Clifton Fadiman | Who2 Biographies]</ref> In 1997, the ''Information Please Almanac'' merged with ''Time''. The ''Time Almanac for Kids with Information Please'' was first published in 2000.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

With the 2008 edition the almanac began a partnership with the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', and in 2013, the final edition was published.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} The ''Time Almanac for Kids'' continues in publication.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

The almanac contained the following sections: * "Current Events" * "U.S. Government and History" * "U.S. States Statistics" * "Great Disasters" * "Awards, Entertainment, and Culture" * "People"<ref>Brunner, B. (Ed). (2006) ''Time Almanac 2006 with Information Please''. (2006) Boston: Pearson Education Company.</ref>

==Competing books== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts'' * ''The CIA World Factbook'' * ''Whitaker's Almanack'' * ''The New York Times Almanac'' * ''Europa World Year Book'' {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Serial almanacs, factbooks, and yearbooks about world and country news, facts, and statistics}}

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