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It's a bit sad what's become of National Geographic under Disney. Once it was actually a part of the prestigious National Geographic Society, a non-profit. Now

It's a bit sad what's become of National Geographic under Disney. Once it was actually a part of the prestigious National Geographic Society, a non-profit. Now what's left of nationalgeographic.com is mostly a giant advertisement for Disney+. They even have Buzz Lightyear and Star Wars characters on there...

Nick87633 3y ago
Maybe you got a different A/B version of the page, but I went there and there weren't any of those. There's a Disney+ call to action but it shows naturalistic content. I cycled through the promoted shows gallery and it didn't bring up any Star wars or Toy story items.
- dylan604 3y ago
  were ad blockers involved? i run uBO, and i too do not see the Disney themed ads.
  - whimsicalism 3y ago
    on mobile with no blockers and i don’t see it. fwiw i think the deterioration has been much more clear under natgeo tv than the magazine
- 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
  Or maybe Disney knows they have children.
- Reason077 3y ago
  Maybe the US page is different from international versions? I'm viewing it from the UK.
  - richeyryan 3y ago
    I'm viewing it from Ireland, and half way down the page, I see a full-screen banner for Disney+ with a notable personality from each of their franchises Moana (Disney), Mr Incredible (Pixar), Thor (Marvel), Jyn Erso (Rogue One/Star Wars) and Jeff Goldblum (National Geographic). I suppose that's what you're seeing?
    - LandR 3y ago
      Yeah same here, almost the entire landing page that I can see on my monitor is immediately just Disney+ advertising. Nothing at all to hint I'm on nationalgeographic.com
    - Reason077 3y ago
      Yes, that's it. Mr Incredible and Buzz Lightyear look very similar I guess.
autoexec 3y ago
> Once it was actually a part of the prestigious National Geographic Society, a non-profit. A non-profit that shares ownership with Disney over a crappy for-profit media network sounds more like a once-prestigious non-profit that turned sell out. Hopefully there's something good left in them, but as much as we can blame Disney for what it has become it was the National Geographic Society that let the mouse in to trash the place and their reputation.
hedora 3y ago
Between the things happening at Disney, and the discovery/hbo/cnn talent/production cull, I think we’re witnessing the biggest purge of the arts and journalism in the US in at least a generation.
- koheripbal 3y ago
  This statement is too broad and vague to be valuable input.
  - coldtea 3y ago
    A self-referencing comment? If your task is to complete an exhaustive statistical survey on the issue, perhaps you're right, the comment is too vague. If your intent is (as the parent's was) to contribute to a conversation by giving an opinion on what you observe happening to US journalism industry, with some example cases to illustrate the point, it's fine.
- papito 3y ago
  It's kind of similar to tech. All these brilliant "executives" turned out to be complete imbeciles - unless they operate in an environment where money grows on trees and the economy is on fire (not that it's bad in the first place). The [US] economy is actually fine, and all they know how to do is gut their own companies to "save" money.
  - izacus 3y ago
    Thats the Jack Welsch MBA school of business - gut the company, earn wealth and piss off. The fact that it destroys the society and makes the whole nation uncompetitive on the world market doesn't matter.
    - antonvs 3y ago
      I don't think "earn" is the right word here.
technothrasher 3y ago
> It's a bit sad what's become of National Geographic under Disney. It was already destroyed after Fox bought it and started putting out covers with the Virgin Mary, the Real Jesus, and the Healing Value of Faith.

Nick87633 3y ago

Maybe you got a different A/B version of the page, but I went there and there weren't any of those. There's a Disney+ call to action but it shows naturalistic content. I cycled through the promoted shows gallery and it didn't bring up any Star wars or Toy story items.

dylan604 3y ago
were ad blockers involved? i run uBO, and i too do not see the Disney themed ads.
- whimsicalism 3y ago
  on mobile with no blockers and i don’t see it. fwiw i think the deterioration has been much more clear under natgeo tv than the magazine
111111IIIIIII 3y ago
Or maybe Disney knows they have children.
Reason077 3y ago
Maybe the US page is different from international versions? I'm viewing it from the UK.
- richeyryan 3y ago
  I'm viewing it from Ireland, and half way down the page, I see a full-screen banner for Disney+ with a notable personality from each of their franchises Moana (Disney), Mr Incredible (Pixar), Thor (Marvel), Jyn Erso (Rogue One/Star Wars) and Jeff Goldblum (National Geographic). I suppose that's what you're seeing?
  - LandR 3y ago
    Yeah same here, almost the entire landing page that I can see on my monitor is immediately just Disney+ advertising. Nothing at all to hint I'm on nationalgeographic.com
  - Reason077 3y ago
    Yes, that's it. Mr Incredible and Buzz Lightyear look very similar I guess.

autoexec 3y ago

> Once it was actually a part of the prestigious National Geographic Society, a non-profit. A non-profit that shares ownership with Disney over a crappy for-profit media network sounds more like a once-prestigious non-profit that turned sell out. Hopefully there's something good left in them, but as much as we can blame Disney for what it has become it was the National Geographic Society that let the mouse in to trash the place and their reputation.

hedora 3y ago

Between the things happening at Disney, and the discovery/hbo/cnn talent/production cull, I think we’re witnessing the biggest purge of the arts and journalism in the US in at least a generation.

koheripbal 3y ago
This statement is too broad and vague to be valuable input.
- coldtea 3y ago
  A self-referencing comment? If your task is to complete an exhaustive statistical survey on the issue, perhaps you're right, the comment is too vague. If your intent is (as the parent's was) to contribute to a conversation by giving an opinion on what you observe happening to US journalism industry, with some example cases to illustrate the point, it's fine.
papito 3y ago
It's kind of similar to tech. All these brilliant "executives" turned out to be complete imbeciles - unless they operate in an environment where money grows on trees and the economy is on fire (not that it's bad in the first place). The [US] economy is actually fine, and all they know how to do is gut their own companies to "save" money.
- izacus 3y ago
  Thats the Jack Welsch MBA school of business - gut the company, earn wealth and piss off. The fact that it destroys the society and makes the whole nation uncompetitive on the world market doesn't matter.
  - antonvs 3y ago
    I don't think "earn" is the right word here.

technothrasher 3y ago

> It's a bit sad what's become of National Geographic under Disney. It was already destroyed after Fox bought it and started putting out covers with the Virgin Mary, the Real Jesus, and the Healing Value of Faith.