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Tangent: I used to subscribe to the mag for years. I was getting steadily more frustrated with the shift towards US domestic content and away from nature and t
by willvarfar 6y ago
Tangent: I used to subscribe to the mag for years.
I was getting steadily more frustrated with the shift towards US domestic content and away from nature and the world, but I there was still good stuff in there and I was a big fan of sponsoring the research and exploration.
Then they sold to Murdoch, and so my subscription was no longer fuelling the research and exploration stuff, so I stopped in disgust.
Still miss what I remember of the 'good old days'.
- Fricken 6y agoMy Grandmother had a subscription to the mag going back to the mid 1960s, I read all of them, and it enriched my childhood. The online experience has always sucked, but in different ways over the years.
- chadcmulligan 6y agoI subscribed to the iPad version for a while, it was beautiful imho, though this was a few years ago.
- peanutz454 6y ago20 Yrs ago my brother bought 2 years worth of magazines from the kabadi bazar* in India it was a treasure trove. I was thinking of subscribing a few days back but based on what people are saying here I am wondering if I should buy old stuff from ebay instead. * You sell old newspaper and magazines by the kilo in India for recycling, sometimes they make their way to a huge market where people are selling old stuff in a huge market called Kabadi bazar think of it like a pawn shops fair every Sunday.
- pomian 6y agoGreat idea to find old ones. They were often very interesting and much less political.
- jfk13 6y agoAgree entirely. I dropped my subscription around the same time as you, by the sound of it.
- galangalalgol 6y agoI remember it becoming more and more about environmental issues, when Murdoch bought it did they change?
- Loughla 6y agoI've had a subscription for decades - I can't see a shift toward what I genuinely expected when Murdoch bought it. Yes, they focus more on US issues than in the past, but I have to assume that is where their market is. But environmental issues and nature conservation are still very prominent in the publication.
- andrepd 6y agoWhat?? I had no idea they were bought by Murdoch.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThey're not, at least not now. The TV arm used to be part of 21st Century Fox from 2015-2017, but... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Partners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Partners Disney owns 73%. The National Geographic Society owns 27%.
- LightG 6y agoThanks for the heads up ... didn't know that and will act accordingly.
- ceejayoz 6y agoVerify the claim first. (It's not true.)
- willvarfar 6y agoRupert Murdoch owns 21st Century Fox, which brought the magazine in 2015 for $725M.
- ceejayoz 6y agoDisney bought 21st Century Fox from Murdoch two years later. His ownership was very brief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fox_by_Disney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fo... No need to cancel a subscription over old news.
- willvarfar 6y agoSo the money raised by the sale of magazines now goes to research and exploration again?
- ceejayoz 6y agoThe National Geographic Society still exists, yes, and makes money off the partnership with Disney. Their current programs are listed at https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/programs/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/programs/.
- meragrin_ 6y agoIs there any proof it ever stopped?
- acheron 6y ago
- meragrin_ 6y ago> Then they sold to Murdoch, and so my subscription was no longer fuelling the research and exploration stuff, so I stopped in disgust. Is there any proof of the funding part? I find it hard to believe they would partner with Fox for years before forming the joint venture, not get anything out of the partnership, and then form a joint venture and get even less.