The Tragic Downfall of National Geographic

Re:The Tragic Downfall of National Geographic by JohnFen on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:30AM (#36536764)

> Traditional media has become replaced by Social media

But there is nothing that I've seen that fills the niche that NG filled at all. If you just want a shallow look at another place, then yes, there is plenty of that online. But that wasn't NG's thing.

It's not just NG. We have lost quite a lot of really valuable things, never to be replaced with anything comparable.

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Re:The Tragic Downfall of National Geographic by jimmychoozyx on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:38AM (#36536931)

I'd argue that Vice News's website-news articles partially filled the void of NG, with their travel adventure content. It was basically the web-form of a magazine.

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Re:The Tragic Downfall of National Geographic by JohnFen on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:50AM (#36537155)

Could be! I'm not familiar with their travel-adventure stories.

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Re:The Tragic Downfall of National Geographic by cagenut on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:50PM (#36538234)

vice that just declared bankruptcy after torching a billion in VC to fill that void. the void is back.

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