National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers

Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by dilippkumar on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @09:24PM (#36515157)

> Subscribing to a single source just isn't worth it unless you are a truly regular reader.

I used to subscribe to The Information. They had really high quality content consistently.

But then they got greedy and introduced an even more expensive plan and moved a bunch of features to that more expensive plan, and what’s left in the lower tier (but still hundreds of $$) subscription is kinda crap.

I’m not sure I want to renew my subscription this year.

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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by ryanSrich on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @09:32PM (#36515212)

I noticed a decrease in the quality of their content as well. I did the entry level deal back when they offered 3 months for a $1 (I think that was the price - you used to be able to find it in Jessica’s Twitter bio). I got hooked and bought an annual subscription. But after they jacked the price up, and also started writing content that felt a bit too opinionated I bailed.

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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by whakim on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:23AM (#36517047)

I used to work at The Information. The owners are extremely wealthy, and were constantly pushing to charge more, more, more. The recent subscription changes didn't surprise me in the slightest.

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