First "National Geographic" cover under new Rupert Murdoch ownership revealed

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/karlakapow/status/641733776079388673/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/10/rupert_murdoch_just_bought_national_geographic_heres_the_problem_everybody_should_be_talking_about/


and yes, of course this is satire (for those who think I come to DU to fool or mislead)
i come bearing laughter and/or tears today,
peace,kp

[Gothmog]

1. Great cover

[kpete]

2. Here is another:

[roguevalley]

11. I went to school with their chief content editor ... gets to put things in across the board ...

I wonder what he thinks about this? I can't imagine he likes it.

[davidpdx]

34. Why not ask him?

If he has any integrity he'll quit and tell Murdock to go fuck himself.

[KG]

3. I was over Nat Geo when they did an article about a fucking aircraft carrier.

the us navy is one of the world greatest ocean polluters.

[Hugin]

4. Between Sesame Street moving to HBO and this sellout...

Alas, any sort of socially driven media is dead in the U.S.

I never thought I'd live to see this day.

Alas, indeed. :sigh:

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. LOTS of socially driven media out there.

Just not on networks, which is why cable companies ( all 3 of them) are losing customers at such a rapid pace.
The internet provides a variety of options, from places like Talking Points Memo, to Alternet, to Democracy Now, Link tv,
and John Oliver just won an Emmy award for his new show.

We have had no cable or radio for years now, and get more real news and entertainment than we have time to watch, onliine.

[Hugin]

9. I cancelled my family's 60 year Nat Geo membership on Friday.

I inherited it from my Dad who was given it by his Dad.

Such is my loathing of the media consolidation and the Murdoch empire.

Alas, again. :sigh:

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. It is so sad, isn't it?

So many of us grew up with that magazine.

Until the last 20 years or so, it was not legal for one person/company to own so much of a publishing or tv or radio market.

[jwirr]

15. MSNBC can be added to that list. At the time of W's

election one of the things we realized is that we do not have an liberal media to speak of. Now we have even less.

This is going to be real trouble. Wasn't it Thomas Jefferson who told us that without a well informed electorate we would fail?

Well we are failing.

[Hugin]

20. Yep, sad and true.

That Thomas Jefferson was a sharp feller.

[cpompilo]

5. When does the "Exploitable Resources of the World in Pictures" issue come out?

[Hugin]

6. Right after the "Preserving Our Wildlife: Taxidermy to Trophy Special."

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[yuiyoshida]

8. Why is it, everything a Republican touches turns Radioactive???

They are worse than Gojirra!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

14. Gojirra looks like he's kick Godzilla's ass!

[yuiyoshida]

29. psssssst, Elmer...

Gojirra is Godzilla, its just the Japanese name,..dun worry, I won't tell anyone

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

30. DOH! I wonder why we don't use the same name.

And I guess I didn't realize Gojirra had a flamethrower mouth.

[yuiyoshida]

32. Well we call it Baseball ...in Japan they call it...YAKYU!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

35. How dare them!

[Duval]

10. I like it!! eom

[jalan48]

12. LOL! Thanks, I need this.

[Omaha Steve]

18. x 2

OS

[packman]

13. National Geo was a magazine you hated to throw out

I've known people who have kept them for decades and when they passed their families "donated" their collection to the local school. I once asked a school librarian about the Nat Geo collections and if she ever got one. She rolled her eyes and said that got hundreds each year and threw them in the school dumpster.

[Eleanors38]

16. All Right Wing all the time.

[jmowreader]

17. The fine folks who populate DU are missing the REAL motivation here

Murdoch simply feels that esteemed publication is no longer printing enough photos of naked natives. He wants to return the National Geographic to its former role as every little boy's introduction to porn.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Understandable, now that Sears catalog is not longer in print.

[Zorra]

23. Perfect! nt

[yardwork]

24. Lol!

Future covers:

Alaska: How global warming is creating a new tropical vacation destination

Fewer polar bears means more tourism

New beaches!

[NightWatcher]

25. Let's turn Nat Geo into National Review meets National Enquirer

No thanks guys, I won't be reading it.

[lunasun]

26. Thanks i still have not cnxld my Geo Traveler mag i have time today

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. lol

[colsohlibgal]

28. Tragically Funny

Media Consolidation continues, not good at all. I was so bummed when I hear about this.

[Mr.Squirreleo]

31. I really don't see the big deal in this

It is most likely that the magazine will simply continue to operate in the exactly same way and with the same tone as before the acquisition. Think about it. If they were to change the tone of the magazine or the subject matter it would lead to a public outcry (look at all the people complain simply about the acquisition) and would likely spell either financial ruin or heavily decreased profits.

If the magazine is simply left the way it is everyone wins, if it is changed everyone loses. At least hold the criticisms until the fate of the magazine is determined.

[LeftOfWest]

33. thanks kpete