Rupert Murdoch Took Over at National Geographic Today, Immediately Laid Off Award Winning Staff
Daily Kos: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/11/3/1444157/-Rupert-Murdoch-Took-Over-at-National-Geographic-Today-Immediately-Laid-Off-Award-Winning-Staff
The memo went out, and November 3rd 2015 came to the National Geographic office. This
was the day in which Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox took over National Geographic. The
management of National Geographic sent out an email telling its staff, all of its staff, all to
report to their headquarters, and wait by their phones. This pulled back every person who
was in the field, every photographer, every reporter, even those on vacation had to show
up on this fateful day.
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Since the above-quoted article made it sound as if virtually everyone was laid off, I googled and found more:
National Geographic Society sets biggest layoff in its history
The National Geographic Society of Washington will lay off about 180 of its 2,000-member workforce in a
cost-cutting move that follows the sale of its famous magazine and other assets to a company controlled
by Rupert Murdoch. The reduction, the largest in the organization’s 127-year history, appears to affect
almost every department of the nonprofit organization, including the magazine, which the society has
published since just after its founding in 1888. It also will affect people who work for the National
Geographic Channel, the most profitable part of the organization. Several people in the channel’s fact-
checking department, for example, were terminated on Tuesday, employees said...
In addition to the layoffs and buyouts, National Geographic Society said it would freeze its pension plan
for eligible employees, eliminate medical coverage for future retirees and change its contributions to an
employee 401(k) plan so that all employees receive the same percentage contribution.
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I feel I am losing an old friend. 
In Jr. High School I read or looked at all the N.G. magazines from 1939 to 1946 and I really learned a lot about
WW II both on the battle fronts and @ home too ..... In the fall of 1945 the magazine had ads for new cars
and washing machines that were not made during the war.
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