National Geographic sold to Rupert Murdoch

[thelordofhell]

Source: Boing Boing

The first edition of National Geographic was published in 1888, the same year that the National Geographic Society was founded. An note in the first issue said the publication would help spread the research of others, “so that we may all know more of the world upon which we live.”

But things have changed since 1888, and the Society said Wednesday that selling its publications to 21st Century Fox, which has partnered with the non-profit in owning and operating its television channels for almost 20 years, was the best bet for survival in the modern media market.

Read more: http://boingboing.net/2015/09/09/national-geographic-sold-to-ru.html

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---They should have sold it to Disney instead of that dumb fuck---

[catchnrelease]

1. This is so depressing. n/t

[SoapBox]

2. Oh NO!

Sickening.

[Ed Suspicious]

3. I used to love paging through the yellow bordered magazines. The photos, the stories were amazing

to me as a kid and a young adult. Then somehow I lost track. I look up and they've sold to FOX. Damnit.

[Thor_MN]

4. I remember reading about the Glomar Explorer at my Grandparent's house in NG.

Back when it was a research vessel and so cool.

Not so sure now that we know it was a spy ship to designed and built specifically to recover a sunken Russian nuclear sub.

But a vivid memory from my youth, none the less.

[Kelvin Mace]

5. Yeah, I heard Murdoch promising

he wouldn't interfere with the content on the news.

I don't give them a year.

[mountain grammy]

6. +1

[cprise]

11. I recall when he declared war against AUS Labour Party

over the carbon tax. Murdoch controls about 70% of the media in Australia.

He won. Abbott is Murdoch's man, which is why he is such an incompetent dbag.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Grotesque. They've lost all hope of credibility, of respect. Gone without a trace.

Why on earth would ANY of the National Geographic employees even consider working for Rupert Murdoch? Jesus H. Christ.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Technically, they sold 73% of NG to him.

Still, more than enough to know who owns control.

[Judi Lynn]

32. Argh...... What a shame. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

8. They have no editorial spine

They should have simply shut it down.

[OldRedneck]

9. Are you shitting me???

Goddam!!! This is not from The Onion!! This is true.

Civilization has ended.

[appalachiablue]

10. How dismal. This country and it's major institutions are in fast decline.

[happyslug]

12. I have some from the 1940s and 1950s.

Looking into those old magazine and seeing what people were wearing where they went outdoors. I am NOT talking about bare breasted natives in Africa, but white teens and 20 something in the USA. Seeing the movies of the area and the ads, you think every woman wore a dress when they went into the woods, but National Geo showed them wearing jeans like their brother's were wearing.

Yes, I am getting old, bare breasts are to common on the net nowadays for me to be shocked when they show up in an old National Geo, but it is nice to see that women were NOT as dumb as they were portrayed in the Movies and Ads of the time period when it came to what they wore in the woods.

[oldandhappy]

13. I feel so sad.

National Geographic was one of our quality magazines. I will have to join you in some head bangs.

[Glorfindel]

14. I have subscribed to National Geographic for more than 30 years

That ends tomorrow. What a sad, pathetic day. I hope Rupert Murdoch burns in hell.

[BlueJazz]

16. I've been a subscriber for 3 years. That's over.

[cer7711]

15. Are You F@#king Kidding Me?!

This is the way the world ends: not with a bang, but a whimper.

[amb123]

17. It's now going to be chock full of articles denying global warming and the Holocaust.

And NatGeo TV will be full of shows about Jesus Christ, Armageddon and the Rapture to come just like the History Channel. The Dumbing Down of America Continues!

[a2liberal]

18. I came into the thread hoping it was an Onion article

this is crazy...

[area51]

19. All I have to say is ...

Was wishing it was a late April Fool's joke.

[LiberalElite]

20. Is it still "survival" if it's unrecognizable anymore?

[lonestarnot]

21. Damn isn't that a shame. Richie rich on a spending spree. Ruining everything in sight.

[Live and Learn]

22. No. No. No. What a way to wreck an excellent magazine. nt

[restorefreedom]

24. goodbye, ng

so sad.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

25. Major climate denier

He's 84 years old....hmmmmmm.

http://boingboing.net/2015/09/09/rupert-murdoch-just-bought-nat.html

[kysrsoze]

26. There is no integrity left in this world. WTF?

[Scootaloo]

27. First things I ever learned to read. And then this.

Oh well. At least Reading Rainbow came back.

[jmowreader]

28. The quality of the printed book has gone downhill in the last few years

I was at the laundromat one day washing clothes and found a dozen recent copies of the National Geographic on the table, so I thumbed through them...every picture was out of focus. That shit wouldn't have happened in the Kodachrome era.

[Marrah_G]

29. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[davidpdx]

30. I hope everyone who is a subscriber cancels their subscriptions

Let them have it right in the pocketbook.

[Glorfindel]

36. I did. I cancelled my subscription and two gift subscriptions

I hope everyone else will.

[davidpdx]

40. Three subscriptions...great!

We need to keep spreading the news.

[LeftOfWest]

31. Disney sucks bigtime

BIG TIME.

[Turbineguy]

33. Now they can change their motto to:

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"so all may know less".

[Botany]

34. To do list 9/10/15

Walk Dog 3 times
store
work on prairie @ hospital
clean house
spot seed grass @ neighbor's
plant material and deer repellent for project
cancel subscription national geographic
swim


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Although I feel bad and don't read them like I should I always enjoyed my Nat Geo mags.

You may cancel by calling 1-800-NGS-LINE (1-800-647-5463) or by sending an email to [e-mail]

[marble falls]

35. I will not be renewing.

[3catwoman3]

37. This is truly pitiful.

We are not subscribers, but would be canceling if we were. What will be the next American icon to be sold off?

[romanic]

38. Wow.

And that did this to SURVIVE? My mind is boggled. :/

[turbinetree]

39. Well I guess I will cancel my...........................

subscription, they will turn it into the defunct Daily Sun, with Rebekka Brooks running the pages.
And to top it all off it will become another Murdoch right wing rag of deceit and deception----------------------------

[sinkingfeeling]

41. Cancelling my subscription.

[gregcrawford]

42. I will be looking forward...

... to "Fair and Balanced" articles on the virtues of hunting caged lions.

I will pay good money to piss on that evil old bastard's grave.

[roomtomove]

43. The fist issue under the new ownership

will have an article detailing how humans co-existed with dinosaurs.

[Marthe48]

44. Buh-Bye Geology, proto humans, climate change, species extinction

rising sea level, pollution, plus we'll probably see articles on who really won the War Between the States..

all rocks will be 6000 years old, no apes are related to mankind whatsoever, there is no climate change and species go extinct all the time, what's the big deal???? <sarcasm mixed with sorrow>

[denvine]

45. That's really disappointing!

Bye bye National Geographic!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

46. The NG was very valuable to adolescent boys

The issues where they showed African tribes is the only thing, besides the bra ads in the Sears catalog, that we had access to in our developmental years.

Years later I found my Dads old Playboy stash.

[mainer]

47. Next NatGeo cover: Caribou Barbie huntin' and shootin'

This is a tragedy.

[left-of-center2012]

48. "National Geographic backs Creationism !"

Imagine the possibilities

[herding cats]

49. Just so everyone knows the National Geographic Society is still Murdoch free!

The magazine and the network are on a path to sure doom, but hopefully the NGS will use the money for research.

[Sunlei]

50. canceled my sub. Hope some other non political group starts a new mag.

[bikebloke]

51. I've been trying to get a job with National Geographic.

Now I don't feel so bad about my lack of success.

[DonCoquixote]

52. bye bye ecology

Hello thinly veiled propaganda and pictures that show there is no such thing as global warming.

[NuttyFluffers]

53. i am sad now...

all those memories now to go through the fox news, new york post blender.

[CanSocDem]

54. So what happens...

...when the 'natural' forces of capitalism end up owning the entire publishing industry? Will Americans, widely known for their ability to discern the messenger, stop reading entirely?



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[Alkene]

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