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Michael Levy
Michael Levy was political science editor (2000-06), executive editor (2006-11), editor of Britannica Blog (2010-11), and director of product content & curriculum (2011-12) at Encyclopaedia Britannica. He subsequently became director of content for Elevate, a brain-training app for mobile devices.
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 15, 2024
	Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Michael Steele.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 14, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 03, 2024
	Add new Web site: Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs - Michael Steele.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 21, 2023
	Link added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: Black History in America - Michael Steele.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 12, 2023
	Link added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 10, 2023
	Add new Web site: Washington Speakers Bureau - Michael Steele.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 18, 2023
	Add new Web site: Maryland State Archives - Maryland manual On-Line - Michael S. Steele.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 06, 2023
	Noted that he became a senior adviser to the Lincoln Project.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 22, 2020
	Changed the title from "Michael S. Steele" to "Michael Steele" and noted that he became a faculty fellow at Brown University?s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 27, 2019
	Add new Web site: BlackPast - Michael S. Steele.	Aakanksha Gaur	Sep 03, 2013
	Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Michael Steele.	Parul Jain	Aug 31, 2011
	In May 2011 Steele became a political analyst on the television news network MSNBC.	Amy Tikkanen	May 24, 2011
	Updated for Steele's withdrawal from the race for Republican National Committee chairman.	Michael Ray	Jan 14, 2011
	Added mention of Steele's comments about the war in Afghanistan as a war of Barack Obama's choosing.	Michael Levy	Jul 07, 2010
	New article added.	Michael Levy	Jan 12, 2010
	Added photograph of Michael Steele after his election as chair of the Republican Party.	Adam Augustyn	Jan 12, 2010