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There goes a 57 year subscription to National Geographic
Topic Started: Sep 15 2015, 07:26 AM (110 Views)
Tybee
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That vile pig Rupert Murdoch has bought Nat-Geo. I've had a subscription since I was 5 and have every issue in storage. This year will be the last for me. The Atlanta Pub. Library has been after my collection for years and I think it may be time to let them have it. I'm mad enough to spit.
Fox, which is owned by self-confessed climate change skeptic Rupert Murdoch, has bought a 73 per cent stake in the environment-focussed world culture magazine National Geographic, making Murdoch the majority stakeholder in an unlikely joint venture.

The deal ends National Geographic’s 127 years as a non-profit organization. Fox paid $725 million to turn the brand into a for-profit joint venture that encompasses the National Geographic Channels cable television group along with the magazine and National Geographic's other properties.

The enterprise, called National Geographic Partners, will be 73 per cent owned by Fox, while the National Geographic Society will own 27 per cent. It expands on an 18-year partnership between the two businesses that previously included only the TV properties.

The improbable partnership has alarmed National Geographic magazine fans, given that Mr Murdoch recently described himself as a “climate change skeptic, not a denier” on his Twitter feed.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/national-geographic-rupert-murdochs-fox-buys-majority-stake-for-725m-10494836.html
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I can see the cover stories now:

"Why These Ungrateful African Native Children WANT to be Poor!"

"Melting Glaciers: God's Way of Revealing New Places to Off-Road!"
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A sad end to a great publication IMO.
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If it is any comfort: ALL magazines are coming to an end.

Murdoch only bought the brand to use the name on TV. He was probably planning on closing the magazine very soon.
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Isn't that so true. I once had subscriptions to no less than 10 magazines. Nat-Geo is the only one I have left.
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I love NG. Have subscribed since a teen. Ok, I don't save issues but love how they have always presented the wonder of our small planet.

OT, but when he bought th WSJ, he actually made it better.
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Sep 15 2015, 09:50 AM
I love NG. Have subscribed since a teen. Ok, I don't save issues but love how they have always presented the wonder of our small planet.

OT, but when he bought th WSJ, he actually made it better.
Same here.
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