Approximately 180 National Geographic Employees Being Laid Off

[Stu_bert]

There was a time, long time ago, that my personal library encompassed three walls in my den
and the local library was one of my favorite places.

Those times are passed...no personal library and visits to the library haven't taken place in eight years.
Magazines...not bought any of them in quite a while.

All that replaced by a box thingy, sitting on my desk, that connects me to all the knowledge in the world.
Where's the downside?

I still have my library of books and it's always part of my research. Granted I rarely by them new, normally second hand where the pricing is sensible (digital books never seem to have that). In fact I have some of the Nat Geo books and a lot of the pictures in there are inspirational. I do the whole internet research as well, it would be silly not to, but I still value the books for the quickest way to home in on the areas I want to visit when travelling.

But hey, I still buy CDs and Blu Rays - streaming is not my thing, except for radio, lol.

It is sad, but like many companies they have found that surviving in the digital age is not so easy and whereas Murdock does have a rep for being ruthless, as mentioned if that means Nat Geo survives then alas it is the price to pay. Plus I would suspect the sellers knew the fate of staff and the list was probably compiled during negotiations. Murdock is no different in that respect to anyone else buying them.

I think many traditional magazines face the same challenges, just like newspapers. Many have moved to tablets in addition to traditional print. I use the former as it just saves so much space ;D

Page One: Inside the New York Times was a documentary in 2011 on how the NYT was having to adapt, and of course all the photog companies are still adjusting to the smartphone userbase / needs.

Hopefully they are adapting and levering the Murdoch news empire means there will be a greater reach and the ability to move into markets which they could not before.