Oxford University Press: Third Edition of OED Unlikely to Appear in Print Format

The Guardian: "Publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary have confirmed that the third edition may never appear in print. A team of 80 lexicographers began working on it following the publication of the second edition in 1989. It is 28% finished. In comments to a Sunday newspaper, Nigel Portwood, chief executive of Oxford University Press, which owns the dictionary, said: 'The print dictionary market is just disappearing. It is falling away by tens of percent a year.' Asked if he thought the third edition would appear in printed format, he said: 'I don't think so.' ..." But no final decision has been made. Note that the Third Edition is not due for another ten years.